{"product_id":"through-fortress-and-rock-gencor-1895-1995-jones-1995","title":"Through Fortress and Rock by JDF Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrough Fortress and Rock (Gencor Centenary History with Signed Compliments Slip)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Centenary Corporate History of Gencor Set Against South Africa's Turbulent Past, in Original Dust Jacket\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Through Fortress and Rock: The Story of Gencor 1895-1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e JDF Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781868420292\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1868420299\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover edition published by Jonathan Ball in 1995. Accompanied by a tipped-in Gencor 'With Compliments' slip, hand-signed by J Marais, Group Secretary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark blue cloth boards with a gilt-coloured band at the spine foot, issued with a dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large octavo hardback, illustrated with colour photographic plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The plain dark blue cloth boards beneath the jacket are clean, with a straight spine and no visible marks. The corners and edges appear generally sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and bright and the binding appears tight. The colour plates are clean. A few small spots are visible on page 59.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e A printed 'With Compliments GENCOR J MARAIS GROUP SECRETARY' slip, hand-signed, is laid in on the dark blue endpaper. No bookplates or stamps seen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with light scuffing and scratches to the back panel and some wear and a dark mark on the gilt band at the spine foot. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Johannesburg in 1995 to mark the group's hundredth year, Through Fortress and Rock: The Story of Gencor 1895-1995 is a centenary history of one of South Africa's major mining and industrial groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJ.D.F. Jones traces Gencor from its beginnings in 1895 through its early development, the miners' strikes and later projects. The story of a large corporation is set against the complex and often violent history of the country in which it grew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book will interest collectors of South African mining and business history, and this copy is accompanied by a signed Gencor compliments slip from the Group Secretary, a small corporate association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: J.D.F. Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn David Francis Jones (1939-2009), who wrote as J.D.F. Jones, was the author of Through Fortress and Rock. 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