The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists 1861-1901 by Josephson, Matthew - 1934

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Stated First Edition with no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards & silver gilt spine lettering which has mostly all flaked off. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted; age toning to the papers; top text block red stained, bottom text block uncut. 474 numbered pages. Concludes with a Bibliography and Index. Dust jacket in poor condition: front flap detached, large chips and loss to edges. No price on front flap. Back flap and back of jacket list ""Outstanding New Books"" by the publisher with prices from $2.00 to $3.75. Accompanying photos taken before protective archival cover applied to show details. Among those included as ""Robber Barons"" are Jay cooke, J.P. Morgan, J.D. Rockfeller, Andrew Carnegie, Commodore Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Collis Huntington, Jim Hill, Edward Harriman, Henry Frick, & Leland Stanford.