The Story of Wall Street by Robert Irving Warshow - 1929

Hardcover. Very Good.

WARSHOW, Robert Irving. The Story of Wall Street. N.Y., [1930]. Illus. 362pp. Orig. cloth. Good.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in green cloth lettered in black. Third printing (January, 1931) stated. 362 pp. with index. Froontipiece photogaph of Wall Street looking west toward Trinity Church and with state of Washington on the steps of the Sub-Tresaury building in the foreground. 13 additional full page plates in the text. Very good, foxing to the prelims and lesser to the frontis and title page. Originally published the year of the great market crash (1929), a history of Wall Street in lower Manhattan as it became the financial center of the world. The 18th century years are briefly covered as is the Tontine Coffee House which was the informaal "stock and bond" exchange. The tale ramps up in the mid-19th century when manipulators like Jacob Little and Daniel Drew and the earliest magnates like Cornelius Vanderbilt held sway. Jay Gould and his attempt ot corner the gold market in 1869 is written about as is the coming of the industrial era… Read More

Blue Ribbon Books, Inc, 1931. Spine has been repaired.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Greenberg, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's black cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Generally clean. Spine fraying at ends. Light wear. 362 p., 24 cm.

Greenberg. Collectible - Good. New York: Greenberg, 1930. 2nd printing. 362pp. Illus. Good book. Owner's name written on front free endpage, and stamped throughout. Spine ends frayed, crown torn. Front hinge started. (speculation, capitalists, financiers, stock exchanges) Inquire if you need further information.

New York: Blue Ribbon, 1931. hardcover. very good. Illus. 362pp. 8vo, green cloth, light shelf-wear. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1931). Third printing. Very good.<br/> <br/> History of the securities industry in New York from 1789 to 1929, ending prior to the 1929 stock market crash. Includes the role of Wall Street firms in the financing of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan.<br/> <br/>

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

New York, NY, USA: HarperCollins, 1995. Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1995, 1st edition, 1st printing. Wear of wraps. Highlighting.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Kockums Jernverks Aktiebolag, Ronneby, 1951, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 64 pages, 8"x 11", illustrated with photographs. Text in English

Hardcover. Very Good +. Unpaginated. Advertising Rhinelander Paper Company's new sulphite greaseproof parchment paper for packers of foodstuffs. HC is VG+ with minor wear to corners and gilt 100% intact.

Boston: Robinson Press Printers, 1898. Pages and covers creased, wrinkles slightly, at lower spine corner; Red ink arrow at top of pages listing board members and officers and red check-marks next to office locations; Red 'x' at top of forth page with two line underlined in red.. Stapled Booklet; 9" x 5.75"; pp. [5]. [3] blank.

STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. 298 pages. Reprint of the original 1937 edition. First Thus with full numberline. Forewords by Irving Kahn, 1997 and Alvin Johnson, 1937. From jacket: "When Benjamin Graham wrote Storage and Stability in 1937, the world was in the midst of the Great Depression. Written as a blueprint for economic recovery, the book was designed to spur both governments and the public to greater financial awareness. Based upon years of research and economic modeling, Graham's new theories focus on the inherent importance of supply and demand, products and consumption, and their inherent influences on value investing... (This volume) outlines Graham's revolutionary plan for regulating supply and demand, stabilizing prices, and stimulating financial recovery." Bumped top corner of front cover, name and date written on fep and a small area of soil inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and… Read More

The Hague: Mouton, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Former owners' impression seal to first two pages. From the collection of anthropologist Penn Handwerker. Text block unmarked. Spine creased and faded. Shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 385 pages.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926, Cartoons by Camillus Kessler. Quarto, cloth pictorial boards, 274 pages, no dust jacket. Platinum Age comics depicting celebrities, political humor, captains of industry (and their first jobs), economics and social strata. Cracked hinges, toning, wear to covers, clean pages.
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BABBITT. BY SINCLAIR LEWIS. Used. No Dust Jacket is included if issued. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ No DJ Included. Harcourt, Brace & Company First Edition, Stated Fourth Printing Thus, November, 1922. Please see our photos. .5 1/8 X7 1/2. 401 pages plus adverts.