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Member For Mexico. A biography of Weetman Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray.
by YOUNG, DESMOND:
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London. Cassell. 1966 1st edition.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spineslightly faded. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Very slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 280 pp. With b/w photographs, diagrams and maps. Weetman Pearson built up his grandfather’s engineering firm in Bradford to be one of the world’s leading contractors. He was responsible for draining Mexico City, establishing a Mexican oilfield, building the Blackwall Tunnel and the East River Tunnel in New York, and building Veracruz harbour. His work was found from Chile to China. Later he became Liberal MP for Colchester and in 1917, President of the Air Board and one of the creators of the Royal Air Force.
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- Title
- Member For Mexico. A biography of Weetman Pearson, first Viscount Cowdray.
- Author
- YOUNG, DESMOND:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London. Cassell. 1966 1st edition.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES Dustwrapper First Edition Illustrated Books History South America
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