A Young Man And A Nail Can: An Industrial Romance (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Macpherson. Macrobertson
Binding: Hardback
Published: MacRobertson, Melbourne, 1921
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Worn and faded boards with some discolouration. Name on fep. Inscribed by the author. Internally sound.
This rare industrial promotional volume presents a stylized narrative celebrating the rise of MacRobertson’s confectionery empire in early twentieth-century Melbourne. Framed as a romantic allegory, the story chronicles a young man’s journey from humble beginnings—symbolized by a nail can—to entrepreneurial triumph through ingenuity, perseverance, and mechanized production. The text illustrates the transformation of cocoa, chocolate, and sweets into mass-market commodities, aligning personal ambition with industrial progress.
Author: Macpherson. Macrobertson
Binding: Hardback
Published: MacRobertson, Melbourne, 1921
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Worn and faded boards with some discolouration. Name on fep. Inscribed by the author. Internally sound.
This rare industrial promotional volume presents a stylized narrative celebrating the rise of MacRobertson’s confectionery empire in early twentieth-century Melbourne. Framed as a romantic allegory, the story chronicles a young man’s journey from humble beginnings—symbolized by a nail can—to entrepreneurial triumph through ingenuity, perseverance, and mechanized production. The text illustrates the transformation of cocoa, chocolate, and sweets into mass-market commodities, aligning personal ambition with industrial progress.