Ace Of Diamonds The Story of Solomon Barnato Joel by Stanhope Joel Hardcover Book

Title: Ace Of Diamonds The Story of Solomon Barnato Joel by Stanhope Joel Hardcover Book.
Author: Stanhope Joel.
Type: Biography.
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Frederick Muller Ltd, London.
Year First Published: 1958.
Format: Hardcover Book with repaired dust jacket, with photographs.
Printed By: Ebenezer Baylis & Son, The Trinity Press, Worcester.
Page Count: 228 pages.
Width: 13.5cm
Height: 20.0cm
Thickness: 3.0cm
Info: As told to Lloyd Mayer by Stanhope Joel, the son of Solomon Barnato Joel.
The Biography of one of the greatest tycoons. "Solly Joel" found his fortune on the South African diamond fields and eventually wielded great financial power in England.
Born in a London slum he went to South Africa's diamond fields and was a millionaire by twenty years of age.
Along with his brothers, Jack and Woolf, he was mentored by Barney Barnato and made a fortune from the Barnato Diamond Mining Company.  
Despite having a keen interest in diamonds, he played a greater role in the gold industry. He established the Van Ryn Deep Mine in 1902; the Government Gold Mining Areas (Modderfontein) Consolidated Limited, in 1910; and the New State Areas Ltd. in 1918. He acquired control of Langlaagte Estate and Gold Mining Company and Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company from J.B. Robinson, and became a director of the Diamond Syndicate.
Condition: Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Original Owners Inscription on front papers, clean pages, some tanning of pages at front and rear cover. The Hard Cover is good. The Dust jacket is poor and has been repaired.
Price: R 145.00 Inc Vat.