The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.

YERGIN, Daniel.

Item Number: 100081

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

First edition of “the best history of oil ever written” (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Roger- With appreciation for the value and pleasure you find in this story of the “prize” Best wishes Daniel Yergin.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.

"Spellbinding...irresistible...monumental...must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history" (The New York Times). "A masterly narrative...The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies" (James Schlesinger).