[Gourley, A D; subject; unique presentation album of photographs]

[Lever Brothers; unique presentation volume of photographs to A D Gourley]

Beschreibung

Unique presentation album of some 75 high-quality photographs, apparently assembled for the departure of A(lfred) D(udley) Gourley from his leading position with Lever Brothers/Unilever in southern Africa, 1960; oblong folio, 310 x 280mm, dark brown leather stamped gilt "A.D.G. - 1945-1960" on the front cover. . . This handsome album has been privately assembled and bound with a range of professionally taken photographs mounted, with only a couple of exceptions, one to a page, each photograph neatly captioned by hand in blue ink; almost every photograph features Gourley or Mrs Gourley. The work is divided into five sections with printed dividing sheets referring to staff presentations at both Capetown and Boksburg, management dinners at Capetown and Johannesburg, and the opening of the African Sports Pavilion at Boksburg, South Africa. The final two photographs show a presentation of flowers at the airport and a final shot of the Gourleys on the tarmac in front of a waiting aeroplane. . . Although the cover dates range from 1945 to 1960 the photographs are most likely from the end of the period mentioned but give interesting information on the personnel and to some extent the practices of the company, now Unilever following the merger of Lever Brothers with the Netherlands company Marganrine Unie in 1930. In 1945 Gourley went to Durban as the Chairman of the various Lever interests in Southern Africa, retiring in 1960. . . NOTE that as the album weighs almost 3kg there is likely to be a carriage supplement on an order, the exact amount depending on carrier and destination. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000774

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Gourley, A D; subject; unique presentation ...

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Very Good