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McDonald, Donald.
Percival Norton Johnson:
Publisher: Johnson, Matthey & Co. London;
Date of Publication: 1951
Stock Code: 13005
Octavo, [6], pp.224. Half racing green morocco over green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pale green endpapers, top edge pale green, other edges uncut. With portrait frontispiece and nine further black and white illustrated plates. In an unclipped mottled green dust-jacket with black titles to spine and upper panel. Boldly signed by the author at the end the preface. With a contemporary inscription to the front free end-paper stating the book was presented by the author in 1953. Near fine.
Biography of Percival Norton Johnson (1792-1866) founder of Johnson Matthey, the FTSE 100 minerals, metals, and sustainable technology business. A specialist in assaying and refining precious metals, Johnson went into partnership with George Matthey in 1851. £45.00