Mining Tsar: The Life and Times of Leslie Urquhart by Kennedy, K. H

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1986. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to reverse of front free endpaper. xiv, 363 pages. A story of mining across five continents and a saga of big business and international politics in the early years of the 20th century. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986. xiv, 363pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, bw ills, maps. Burgundy boards in jacket. Minor foxing to page edges and prelims. Light edge wear to jacket. The creation, operation and loss of the empires of John Leslie Urquhart, one of the outstanding charaters on the international mining scene in the three decades leading up to the Great depression. First making his mark in Tsarist Russia, initially in the petroleum industry at Baku and later in base metal mining in the Urals and Central Siberia. Late in life he was the architect of a third business enterprise- Mount Isa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.