A Young Man and a Nail can; An Industrial Romance
Melbourne: MacRobertson, n.d. [1921]. First Edition. Oblong hardcover : unpaginated [148pp.] : 24 colour plates : patterned silk endpapers : INSCRIBED from MacRobertson to W.A. Weir : quarter leather over blue cloth lettered in gilt. Loosely inserted : " Press extracts concerning MacPherson's Colossal Industrial Achievements in Australasia".
Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed; large stripe of sunning to top board; bookplate of Henry Nowik; light soiling to bright orange title. Strip of soiling to leading (4mm) and lower (5mm) edges of the "Press Extracts" Very good. Item #15453
Sumptuous art nouveau catalogue from Melbourne based confectioner and philanthropist Macpherson Robertson. At the height of his success MacRoberstson owned seventeen factories and employed 3,000 people.
Provenance : Personal copy of Henry Nowik who in 1969 became Managing Director of Effem Proprietary Limited, the holding company for Uncle Ben’s of Australia, Master Foods of Australia, and Mars Confectionery of Australia. In 1979, Henry Nowik moved to the United States to undertake world-wide responsibilities for some Mars Incorporated activities. In retirement, he worked as a consultant specialising in the global application of marketing concepts and the inter-relationship between economic and political forces.
Price: $400.00