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TOOLS THAT BUILT A BUSINESS: THE STORY OF A. A. JONES & SHIPMAN LTD
Written by Harry Miller.
Stock no. 1829377
Published by Hutchinson Benham. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of enterprise triumphing in circumstances of appalling economic strain, and surviving to bring brilliant technical innovations to the service of the nation's industries in war and peace. Tracing the growth of A. A. Jones & Shipman Ltd. from a primitive little engineering workshhop, opened in a Leicester backwater in 1899, to a leading position as manufacturer and exporter of grinding machines to world-wide markets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 128 pages. A few marks to boards. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears.

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