The Securities Market and How it Works.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. Read More about The Securities Market and How it Works
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The Stock Exchange. A Short Study of Investment and Speculation.
London: Williams and Norgate, [1911]. First edition, English issue. "Part of the 'Home Library of Modern Knowledge' series published in London by Williams ad Norgate and in New York by Henry Holt. Francis Hirst, editor of The Economist, provides a clear overview of the securities market in the UK, with..... Read More about The Stock Exchange. A Short Study of Investment and Speculation
Price: $100
Haight & Freese Co.'s Guide to Investors.
New York: Haight & Freese Co, 1901. Prominent bucket shop yearly. Read More about Haight & Freese Co.'s Guide to Investors
Price: $150
Haight & Freese's Guide to Investors.
New York: Haight & Freese, 1899. Prominent bucket shop yearly. Read More about Haight & Freese's Guide to Investors
Price: $175
Gold Production and Future Prices.
New York: The Bankers Publishing Co, 1910. First edition. Read More about Gold Production and Future Prices
Price: $200
The Increasing Gold Supply, and its Effect on Security Values; Interest Rates; Commodity Prices, etc.
New York: The Gibson Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Read More about The Increasing Gold Supply, and its Effect on Security Values; Interest Rates; Commodity Prices, etc
Price: $250
Cotton Movement and Fluctuations, 1898 to 1903.
New York: Latham, Alexander & Co, 1903. First edition. "A lavish catalogue produced by Latham Alexander & Co., with outlook for the future cotton crop and records of prices over the past five years" (Dennistoun). Read More about Cotton Movement and Fluctuations, 1898 to 1903
Price: $50
Rocks, Minerals and Stocks.
Chicago: The Railway Review, 1882. First edition. On investing in stocks, precious stones, gold and silver, industrial metals and minerals, and coal and oil. Read More about Rocks, Minerals and Stocks
Price: $250
History and Reminiscences of Lower Wall Street and Vicinity.
New York: The Spice Mill Publishing Co, 1914. First edition. Read More about History and Reminiscences of Lower Wall Street and Vicinity
Price: $75
The Life and Death of Jay Gould and How He Made His Millions.
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, [1892]. Read More about The Life and Death of Jay Gould and How He Made His Millions
Price: $75
Stock Market Operators.
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1924. First edition. Biographical sketches of Livermore, Gould, Sage, Keene and other major pre-crash Wall St speculators. Read More about Stock Market Operators
Price: $400
The Rationale of Market Fluctuations.
London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1879. Third edition. "An interesting treatise on markets generally, particularily in regard to money; their functions, their operations anthe nature of fluctuations" (Dennistoun). First published in 1876. Read More about The Rationale of Market Fluctuations
Price: $200
The Early Chartered Companies (A.D. 1296-1858).
London and New York: Edward Arbold, 1896. First edition. Short histories of early joint-stock companies, including Merchant Adventurers, the Russia Company, the East India Company, the Turkey (Levant) Company, the Hudson Bay Company, the Virginia and New England Companies, and the Royal African Company, etc. Read More about The Early Chartered Companies (A.D. 1296-1858
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A General History of the Most Prominent Banks in Europe: Particularly the Banks of England and France; the Rise and...
New York: Sleight, 1831. First edition. Contains Hamilton's report to Congress on currency while Secretary and McDuffie's report on currency presented to the last Congress. Read More about A General History of the Most Prominent Banks in Europe: Particularly the Banks of England and...
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Young America in Wall-Street.
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. First edition. First edition of this history of American finance by George Francis Train. Train (1829-1904) was born in Boston, received an education in Massachusetts, and found work in a relative's shipping office in Boston. He went on to manage the company's offices in..... Read More about Young America in Wall-Street
Price: $600
The Mississippi Bubble: A Memoir of John Law.
New York: W.A. Townsend & Company, 1859. First American edition. A history of the Mississippi land bubble, translated from the French by Frank S. Fiske from a work that "first appeared in an encyclopedic review about thirty years ago" (Preface to the French edition, p. vii). Read More about The Mississippi Bubble: A Memoir of John Law
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‘Drugged and Led to Her Ruin’
Fighting the Debauchery of Our Girls and Boys.
[N.p., Chicago? 1923]. ‘Drugged and Led to Her Ruin’. Warning call against the dangers of prostitution and sex trafficking, from the superintendent of the Illinois Vigilance Association. Read More about Fighting the Debauchery of Our Girls and Boys
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Good-Bye My Fancy: 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass.
Phiadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1891. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Only Printing. Read More about Good-Bye My Fancy: 2d Annex to Leaves of Grass
Price: $800
WITH 6 PHOTOGRAPHS
Landing of the French Atlantic Cable at Duxbury, Mass., July 1869.
Boston: Alfred Mudge and Sons, 34 School Street, 1869. First Edition. WITH 6 PHOTOGRAPHS. Celebration of the arrival of first transatlantic telegraphic cable on American shores, with speeches of the dignitaries of Duxbury and Boston, and a patriotic summary of the history of telegraphy; n appendix gives material on the..... Read More about Landing of the French Atlantic Cable at Duxbury, Mass., July 1869
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Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers Ricky Jay.
New York: Villard Books, 1987. Second edition. Read More about Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers Ricky Jay
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“Curry & Rice,” on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station” in India.
London: Day & Son, 1911. Fifth edition. Read More about “Curry & Rice,” on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station”...
Price: $450
Hunting and Fishing in Westchester, 1900
Two photograph albums, containing 165 photos (including a few duplicates), some captioned, mainly of scenic, fishing or hunting subjects, taken...
n.p: Ca. 1900-1910. Hunting and Fishing in Westchester, 1900. Refuting the rule that the family photo album is invariably an icon of transcendent uninterest, this collection of amateur photographs is a thoroughly beguiling one. The prints, mostly in sepia, record the happy idle moments of a prosperous family who lived..... Read More about Two photograph albums, containing 165 photos (including a few duplicates), some captioned, mainly...
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The Anglers’ Club of Philadelphia. Founding Dinner. The Racquet Club. February 1, 1951 [… Annual Dinner] [With:] Salmon Anglers of...
Philadelphia: 1947-1962. Uncommon ephemera from this group of Philadelphia anglers, organized by Frank C. Roberts, Jr., and with many members of the Anglers’ Club of New York in attendance. Lee Wulff showed color movies at the Salmon Anglers dinners in 1947-8 (the first program is signed by Lee Wulff); a...... Read More about The Anglers’ Club of Philadelphia. Founding Dinner. The Racquet Club. February 1, 1951 […...
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The Adirondack Tales.
[Springfield, Mass: Press of the Springfield Printing & Binding Company, 1897-1898]. First Editions thus. Volume I: The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much; Volume II: The Story of the Man Who Missed It, The Story that the Keg Told Me, and Who Were They?; Volume III: Mamelons and..... Read More about The Adirondack Tales
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Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the Reichenberg Katholisch-Politischen Casino.
[Reichenberg, Bohemia: July 1875]. A large and elaborate testimonial from the notables of the Bohemian town of Reichenberg (today Liberec in the Czech Republic) extending formal condolences to Maria Anna of Savoy, consort of Ferdinand I (1793-1875), who was ruler of Austria Hungary from 1835 to 1848. Following his abdication..... Read More about Calligraphic Testimonial to the Dowager Empress of Austria, on the death of Ferdinand, from the...
Price: $1,000