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Fifty Years in Wall Street (With January 1929 Full-Page Letter from Barron's Book Department)
by Henry Clews
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
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About This Item
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A crisp, very well-preserved copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and spine. Light bumping to the lower tips, otherwise very clean externally. And internally very impressive as well,, with strong hinges and no writing whatsoever. Light offsetting along the front inner hinge, offsetting at 2 pgs. within the text (pgs. 836-837), where several old newspaper clippings had been laid-in. Very thick octavo, also includes a wonderful January 1929 full-page letter from Barron's Book Department in Boston ("Specialized Financial Reading"), discussing some of their current titles and some of the books unavailable at the moment (such as Edwin Lefevre's "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" and "Making of a Stock Broker", and Professor Dewing's "Corporate Promotion and Reorganization"). The letter is clear and bright and in very nice condition, with 2 even folds across.
Synopsis
The definitive look at Wall Street in the 19th Century Perhaps the 19th century's best book on Wall Street, Fifty Years in Wall Street provides a fascinating look at the financial markets during a period of rapid economic expansion. Henry Clews was a giant figure in finance at that time, and his firsthand account brings this colorful era to life like never before. He reveals shocking stories of political and economic manipulation and how he helped bring down the mighty Boss Tweed. He writes eloquently about the madness of the markets and how the era's greatest speculators amassed their fortunes. This book provides an expansive view of Wall Street in an era of little regulation, rampant political corruption, and rapid financial change. Henry Clews was born in England in 1836 and emigrated to the United States in 1850. In 1859, he cofounded what became the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the Civil War. Later, he organized the "Committee of 70," which deposed the corrupt Tweed Ring in New York City, and served as an economic consultant to President Ulysses Grant.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19106
- Title
- Fifty Years in Wall Street (With January 1929 Full-Page Letter from Barron's Book Department)
- Author
- Henry Clews
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Irving Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- rare Wall Street history, rare financial history, rare economics, rare economic history, Henry Clews, rare Wall Street ephemera
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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