The Two Tycooons A Personal Memoir of Charles Clore and Jack Cotton
Gordon, Charles.
Place Published: London:
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton,
Date Published: 1984.
Description: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 242 pages with index plus 16 pages black & white photos. The book is FINE. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with minor edgewear. NOT price-clipped. A very tight, clean copy. NOT remaindered. Color photo illustrated. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: "The property world at the big moneymaking level is virtually unknown to the general public. It is a world where individuals make vast fortunes and live like kings. It is a world where ruthlessness, ambition and greed are as evident as brilliance and talent. Among the most talented and most brilliant - and the first - were two men: Jack Cotton, one of the century's greatest property entrepreneurs, masterminding his empire from his flamboyant suite at the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London; and Charles Clore, one of the century's greatest money-makers and certainly one of the most glamorous. The Two Tycoons is the inside story of the conflict between these two men, who merged their huge property empires in 1960 only to break up with appalling consequences three years later. Both men were very rich, very clever, very famous, and their association is described with a wealth of intimate detail, as the author was a personal friend of both tycoons and closely concerned with their business as financial consultant to their property group. He describes lucidly and with an insider's expertise the whole backdrop to the property boom of the sixties and the way in which property became the investment force it is today. But the linchpin of the book is the unvarnished, fascinating and sometimes moving account of the relationship between two powerful businessmen whose characters, whose strengths and weaknesses, are exposed quite dispassionately. As an insight into Harold Macmillan's 'never had it so good' times The Two Tycoons makes compelling reading. As an account of the rivalry between two men it is a formidable story, a true business thriller with echoes of John Le Carre. Charles Gordon studied English and Law at Cambridge. He then worked as a financial journalist on the Investors' Chronicle and was its first property editor. He left to become the financial consultant to Jack Cotton and Charles Clore at City Centre Properties, later joining Hambros Bank where he started several new investment vehicles. He was the founder of Spey Investments, the City investment bankers. He is presently an entrepreneur concentrating on property and venture capital. Charles Gordon lives in London and is married to Nadia Nerina, the distinguished prima ballerina."
Edition: First editionBinding: Boards
Condition: Fine in Near Fine DJ
ISBN: 0241112567
Book Id: 17482
Price: $65.00
