The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy by HAGSTROM, Robert G - 1999

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 246pp. Fine/fine. Superb, pristine first edition of this "Warren Buffett Way" sequel that "takes the next logical step, revealing how to profitably manage stocks once you select them." This extraordinary copy is inscribed and signed huge and bold in blue ballpoint by its subject on the front flyleaf: "To Bob -- / A great / friend & a / great partner -- / Warren E Buffett / 2-13-15." Recipient "Bob" is Robert Malott (1926-2018), a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist. Buffett met this flamboyant and influential Chicago businessman in Omaha in the 1960s and they remained friends and business confidantes for a half century. Buffett autograph material is exceptionally scarce, the rare instances invariably inscribed to close friends and colleagues. A tiny number of signed copies of "Warren Buffett Way" have entered the market which you can count on one hand with fingers to spare.