The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. Hardcover Book, Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are for sale only one representative photo may be shown. Actual Photos are availible upon request. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure! Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: "The Bright Key is the bright title of the book by Monroe E. Spaght, president of Shell Oil Company...It consists of thoughts on the relation of business to research and education -- thoughts which eloquently travel a very broad spectrum...His book is alive with compelling observations and suggestions. Here is a typical 'I ask industry to use its influence to encourage life-long adherence to things of the mind, to nourish the thoughtful man by subjecting him to intellectual stress and and challenge, by giving him freedom to question, to speculate, to disagree, to use his imagination and to learn.'" ~ from The Amsterdam, New York, Evening Recorder, September 23, 1965 ..."Monroe Edward Spaught (1910?1993) was a research chemist who became president and chairman of the Shell Oil Company. In 1965, he became the first American managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Shell's parent company." ~ Wikipedia