Fortunes Made In Business: Volume One ONLY (UNCOMMON 1884 HARDBACK FIRST EDITION)
by Various Writers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. VG. First edition. No d/w; now protected in a detachable, archival, acetate, clear d/w. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and blocked gilt on front cover. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece engraved portrait of Isaac Holden. Chapters include; 'The Story of Isaac Holden', 'Mr S C Lister and the story of Silk Waste', 'The Low Moor Company', 'Sir Josua Mason', 'The Romance of Invention: Sir Henry Bessemer', 'Sir John Brown', 'The Salts, and the Discovery of Alpaca', 'The Peases of Darlington', 'The Fisons and Forsters of Burley-in-Wharfedale', 'The Fieldens of Todmorden'. Some cloth rubbing, minor cloth rippling and spotting; else a very good copy of the UNCOMMON 1884 first edition. NO inscriptions, highlighting or underlining. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. WILL BE KEPT AT COST.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13079
- Title
- Fortunes Made In Business: Volume One ONLY (UNCOMMON 1884 HARDBACK FIRST EDITION)
- Author
- Various Writers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Biography. Business. History. Industry. Businessmen. Successful Businessmen. Isaac Holden. S C Lister. Low Moor Company. Sir Josiah Mason. Sir Henry Bessemer. Inventions. Inventors. Sir John Brown. The Peases Of Darlington. Fisons Of Burley-In-Wharedale.
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Greystone Books
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Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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