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London, England: Postlib Publications, 1951. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Extremely scarce guide to football betting from 1951, allow you to triumph in the pools! Even more rare since it includes its original, hard-to-find DJ! In 80 pages & Two Parts, containing "the cleverest & most foolproof systems ever devised,'' a number of which originally appeared in the columns of "The Sporting Investor,'' a popular betting magazine in mid-20th-century Britain. Limited Edition. Slim hardcover with red cloth-covered boards is in Good condition: generally very clean, with random spots & smudges. Binding straight & firm, pages show very minor tanning, primarily around edges, commensurate with age. Bumped corners & soiling along top & bottom edges where not covered by DJ. DJ falls about 1/4" short of both top & bottom edges of book. Condition is Good: largely intact, with minor edgewear & soiling, chipping at both ends of spine. Nicely… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. First Thus . Boxed Set. Near Fine. Boxed set of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet, c. 1982. All 4 books are Near Fine & obviously never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: pages are all moderately-heavily tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality. Foxing to all spines. The box is graded only Fair because it is split along a seam on the bottom edge & heavily bumped at one lower corner, with rubbing to extremities, & light soiling all over. One 2" tear along one top edge seam, but still very sturdy & functional Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

Berkeley/Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Professor of sociology & African-American studies offers an empirical study of the "new black middle class" of late-20th-century America, comparing 21 metropolitan areas, with results that are "both encouraging & sobering." In 250 pages with Notes, Index. A First Edition, first printing from 1987, this hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. As it has been in storage since received Brand New for review, it is in Fine condition: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages creamy white & completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is also Fine, virtually flawless! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1951. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Long considered the "Bible" in the world of investing, orig. published in 1934 in the wake of the Great Depression, eventually going through 5 editions. Per Wiki, it "laid the intellectual foundation for what would later be called value investing" & coining the term "margin of safety." This is the Third Edition from 1951, in 770 pages with Index & a new Preface by the authors (along with the original Preface to the First Edition), in which they purport that this edition "is more a rewriting than a revision" of their previous work. With deep green cloth-covered boards & silver lettering to front & spine, it is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, very mild page tanning & minor rubbing to extremities. Corners nicked with a spot of cloth loss. Light soil. Some neat underlining in pen in Part I only (through pg. 83). A handsome… Read More

New York/Los Angles: McClure Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Guide for the American consumer intended as a basic education on managing money, economic principles, & "buymanship." In 305 pages with Index & extensive Bibliography. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1936, this hardcover book has brown cloth-covered boards with embossed gilt lettering to front & spine.Condition is VG: very clean, binding tight & square, pages slightly off-white but completely unmarked.Very mild rubbing to extremities, tiny random spots to boards. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship next business day.