xvi, 252pp, xii (index). Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. Lightly rubbed spine heel, cloth torn at spine head. Top text block edge just starting to fox. Rear endpapers starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.
Biography of the engineer and German Match King who, between the two world wars, built a financial empire and controlled some two-thirds of the world wide match market.
