Aptos: Bruce Campbell Adamson, 1993. Illustrated. iv + 166 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers; pencil marks in margins of index, otherwise very good. Aptos, CA: Bruce Campbell Adamson, 1993. Presentation copy on last blank page. George William Ely was Secretary of the New York Stock Exchange from 1874 to 1900 and from 1905 to 1919. More
New York: Harper, 1935. Photo Illus. xii, 483pp. 8vo, red cloth, light wear to spine ends and corners; ghost of signature on flyleaf. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First Edition. Very good. Seminal history of American Finance from 1900 through the Depression. More
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010. With b/w charts and tables throughout. 446 pages. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. (Hoboken): John Wiley & Sons, (2010). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1979. 189 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; a few pages with some underlining, spine ends of dust wrapper a little worn. New York: Stein and Day, (1979). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
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Hartford: Worthington, Dustin, 1870. Including the Histories, Mysteries, and Men of the "Street", The Stock Exchange, The Gold Room...Sketches from Life of the Noted Speculators and Money Kings, with Anecdotes and Incidents of Their Careers... Illus. by Arthur Lumley. 536pp. + 1 page publisher's ad. 8vo, original green cloth with gilt spine, spine ends worn and repaired, edges of corners lightly worn, last page repaired with tape with no loss of text, endpapers, front flyleaf and last blank page, all..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1974. 483pp. 8vo, gold boards, some pages with pencil marks in margins and/or a small amount of pencil underlining, otherwise very good. New York: Arno Press, 1974. This volume is a reprint of the March 1, 1870 House of Representatives Report on the gold panic in New York from 21st to 27th of September, 1869. In 1869, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk tried to corner the gold market which led to a rise and fall in..... More
New York: Workman Publishing, 1996. Foreword by Warren Buffet. 156 pages. Slim 8vo, burgundy cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Workman Publishing, (1996). First edition, later printing. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, signed by Greenberg on the title page. A collection of humorous (and real) internal memos from the Bear Stearns chairmain, issued 1978 - 1995. More
New York: Harper, 1908. Plates. xiv, 171pp. 8vo, green cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed, otherwise very good. New York: Harper, 1908. First Edition Pages 1-111 are on the history of Wall Street in Manhattan through George Washington's inauguration. The author's emphasis in this work was on the historical events in the Wall Street area. He left out the New York Stock Exchange, banks, and stock brokerages. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Illustrated in black and white. xix, 396 pages. 8vo, blue and white boards, d.w. (spine sunned, soiled). New York: Simon & Schuster, (2003). Slightly cocked, and with minor staining on outer edges of text block -- deckled edges, internally clean and tight. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1961. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 376pp. 4to, black cloth backed gold boards. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, (1961). A very good copy. More
New York: Norton, 1973. 285 pages. 8vo, green cloth, yellow dust wrapper is a touch edgeworn and sunned on spine; laminate on wrapper somewhat wrinkled, as usual. New York: Norton, (1973). First edition. Ownership signature on front endpaper, else a near fine copy in a a very good dust wrapper. A classic of investment literature. More
New York: Jones Printing, 1879. With Accompanying Tables. 552pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, front cover lightly soiled, otherwise very good. New York: Jones Printing, 1879. First Edition. More
New York: 1866. located in the Nevada District of the Colorado Territory, with beautifully engraved vignettes of a miner working by torchlight and a group of miners sending ore from the mine shaft to the surface by way of an bucket-brigade. Signed by the Secretary and President of the Corporation, whose main office was located in New York City. This certificate bears two uncancelled 25 cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamps applied to the certificate in their designated spaces. The stock..... More
New York: Random House, 2003. Illus. 427pp. 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Random House, (2003). Very good. More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1935. Black & white photographs. 338 pages. 8vo, green cloth, somewhat stained, faded and spotty, d.w. tattered. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1935. A very good(-) copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
H. Hentz & Co., 1956. Illustrated primarily in b/w throughout. 63 pages. Slim 4to, blue pictorial cloth. Np: H. Hentz & Co., (1956). A very good(-) copy, cloth lightly soiled, sunning to both panels and spine. More
New York: Random House, 1999. Illustrated. 796 pages. Thick 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. (price-clipped and sunned on spine panel; ghost of security label on front panel, still affixed to rear). New York: Random House, 1999. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper Presentation copy, signed by the author on title page "to Jerry and Judy, with best regards." More
New York: St. Martin's, 2015. 224 pages, 8vo, blue paper, blue pictorial d.w. New York: St. Martin's, 2015. Owner inscription on title page, else a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Bridgehampton: Bridge Works Publishing, 1995. Illustrated in black and white. 347 pages (some underlining in pen), 8vo, two tone boards, dust wrapper. Bridgehampton: Bridge Works Publishing, (1995). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. Illustrated in black and white. x + 289 pages, 8vo, red leather, white d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Blue Ribbon, 1931. Illus. 362pp. 8vo, green cloth, light shelf-wear. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1931). Third printing. Very good. 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. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Illustrated in black and white. xi + 306 pages, 8vo, grey cloth, grey and white d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Mild stains on fore edge, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Broadway Books, 2009. 295 pages, 8vo, black paper, black d.w. New York: Broadway Books, 2009. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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