First edition, first printing (full number line to 1) of Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny (University of California Press, 1998). A definitive, archivally researched biography of the Los Angeles oil titan whose name is tied to the Teapot Dome scandal. Back-jacket praise includes Lou Cannon, Dr. Kevin Starr, Jules Tygiel, Leonard Maltin, Bernice Kert and Ed Cray—great period endorsements that underscore the book’s importance for California, petroleum, and Gilded Age/Progressive Era collectors. Hardcover in dust jacket; clean, tight copy with only light shelfwear (see photos).
Item specifics:
• Author: Margaret Leslie Davis
• Title: Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny
• Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
• Edition/Printing: First edition / First printing (number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1)
• Year: 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press (Berkeley/Los Angeles; London)
• ISBN: 0-520-20292-9
• Subjects: Biography; Business & Economics; U.S. History; Oil industry; Teapot Dome
• Condition: Very Good book / Very Good jacket—tight binding, unmarked text, light edge/corner rub; jacket shows minor surface wear. Photos show the exact copy.