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THE KING OF CASA LOMA - Sir Henry Pellatt by Oreskovich, Carlie (forword by Gordon Sinclair) - 1982

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THE KING OF CASA LOMA - Sir Henry Pellatt by Oreskovich, Carlie (forword by Gordon Sinclair) - 1982

THE KING OF CASA LOMA - Sir Henry Pellatt

by Oreskovich, Carlie (forword by Gordon Sinclair)

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Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1982. (xiv) 257 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a some scuff marks on the panels; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. Casa Loma was built from 1911 to 1914, designed by architect E. J. Lennox. An amazing thing to find in the middle of a city the size of Toronto, it is now mostly a museum. The Contents are: Foreword by Gordon Sinclair; Prologue; Canada's Uncrowned King; Patterns of Success: Building a Tradition; Setting Records; Taking Stock; Rusty Knight in Shining Armour; Insurance: Speculating on Life; Prophets of Power; Power Profits Forfeited; Many Times a Millionaire; Dressing Up History; There Will Always Be an Empire; All Aboard for Aldershot; Battling with Blanks; Foundation of a Dream; House of a Hundred Rooms; Guiding Lights; The Champagne Years; A Tax on Casa Loma; Sunset on a Failing Empire; The Last Bank Bankruptcy; Selling a Dream to the Highest Bidder; No Peace for Pellatt; and The Last Post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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  • Publisher McGraw Hill Ryerson
  • Place of Publication Toronto
  • Date Published 1982
  • Keywords casa loma; sir henry pellatt; canadian author; Canada's Uncrowned King; Patterns of Success: Building a Tradition; Setting Records; Taking Stock; Rusty Knight in Shining Armour; Insurance: Speculating on Life; Prophets of Power; Power Profits Forfeite
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Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 257 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a some scuff marks on the panels; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. Casa Loma was built from 1911 to 1914, designed by architect E. J. Lennox. An amazing thing to find in the middle of a city the size of Toronto, it is now mostly a museum. The Contents are: Foreword by Gordon Sinclair; Prologue; Canada's Uncrowned King; Patterns of Success: Building a Tradition; Setting Records; Taking Stock; Rusty Knight in Shining Armour; Insurance: Speculating on Life; Prophets of Power; Power Profits Forfeited; Many Times a Millionaire; Dressing Up History; There Will Always Be an Empire; All Aboard for Aldershot; Battling with Blanks; Foundation of a Dream; House of a Hundred Rooms; Guiding Lights; The Champagne Years; A Tax on Casa Loma; Sunset on a Failing Empire; The Last Bank… Read More
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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0075484560 . "In this the first comprehensive biography of Sir Henry Pellatt ever written, we are told the story of a man who, when he began construction of his castle [Casa Loma] in 1911, was said to be one of the 23 people who 'owned' Canada. Ebullient, charming and manipulative, he had risen from virtual bankruptcy to accumulate a staggering fortune - largely through his nimble, if not always ethical, activities as a financier and stock trader. A visionary who foresaw the economic importance of hydro-electric power, he rose to a position of great wealth, but died a pauper." - dust jacket. xiv, 257 pages. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper and some soiling to top edge, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this… Read More
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