The History of the Standard Oil Company
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904.
2 Volumes. First edition, first printing. Original ribbed maroon cloth, blindstamped front boards, gilt lettered spines, gilt topstains. Complete in two volumes. Very Good with soiling and edge wear to cloth, fading to spines and a small area of spotting to cloth at front cover of Volume I. private ex-libris bookplate to front pastedowns, front and rear inner hinges cracked in Volume I and bookseller ticket to rear pastedowns. The crusading American journalist, feminist hero, and iconic muckraker Ida Tarbell's masterwork, a thorough expose of the mammoth Standard Oil Company's history and tactics. It has been called "the greatest work of investigative journalism ever written." Tarbell's writings led to the passage of antitrust legislation and then the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911 for violating that legislation.
Price: $1,800.00