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Biography & memoir
Marcus Samuel
Robert Henriques
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- Author
- Robert Henriques
- Publisher
- Barrie and Rockliff (Barrie Books Ltd.)
- Year
- 1960
- Edition
- First edition · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- Yes – Fair
- Condition
- Good
About this copy
The founder of Shell, told with the flair of a novelist. Robert Henriques combines a staff officer's grasp of logistics with a novelist's eye for character to tell the story of Marcus Samuel, the East End boy who turned his father's shell-fancy business into a worldwide oil and trading empire. From oil prospecting in malarial jungles to the closed circles of high finance, this is business history at its most gripping, and the portrait of a great man in a changing age.
A first edition hardback, complete with its original dust jacket, price 42s net printed on the front flap. The frontispiece portrait and the map of the Far East add to the appeal of this handsome volume.
Condition
- Book
- Good. The binding is firm and the pages are clean, with a tidy copyright page and title page.
- Dust jacket
- Fair. The jacket shows wear, with a torn and chipped spine head, some nicks to the flap edges and general toning, but it remains complete and displays its original design by Alexander Werner.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- A biography of the founder of Shell, by the novelist Robert Henriques.
- Published by Barrie and Rockliff, London, 1960.
- First edition, first printing.
- Original jacket design by Alexander Werner, with the price 42s net printed on the front flap.
A fine addition to any business history or biography shelf.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
