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THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. A Chemist's Interpretation.
Edition: First edition.
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. Hardcover first edition - From the preface: "The thread which binds [this book] together is the reiterated emphasis upon the debt which Industry owes to Chemistry and the necessity of utlizing the creative power of research if we are to avoid its alternative, which is retrogression." Published just before the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, this in an interesting look at the American economy at the time. Includes comments on immigration and a long chapter on future fuel. Index. 287 pp.
Condition: Very good in burgundy cloth with gold lettering (some pages were opened carelessly with tears to the margins,)
Book ID: 65147More details Price: $25.00