First Edition. Stock market novel of a hard working Irishman who was not caught short on Black Friday of 1873 and used his money to buy real estate on Fifth Ave. The novel spans from 1850 to 1930 and includes the stock market crash of 1929. Great stylized jacket art of a woman with men's profiles to the side and the New York cityscape. Very Good to Near Fine with some spotting to cloth in Good plus dustjacket with edge wear, short closed tears, chipping to spine ends and flap corners, nickel sized chip to top spine end. Item #13411

First Edition. Robin dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English businessman. Very scarce. Very Good in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket, with centimeter sized chip at lower spine, few smaller edges chips, nicks and wear to flap edges, several inch closed tear at top front panel. Item #17938

First Edition. C. S. dustjacket art. Uncommon novel concerning a journalist and a perfume maker. Macnichol was an American author, advertiser and journalist, who served in World War I and later diagnosed with Shell Shock. He had several wives and spent time in a sanatorium. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some very shallow loss at spine ends. Item #26653

First Edition. Philip Simmonds dustjacket art. Something of a nautical adventure novel of a "thrilling talk of insurrection in a Central American Republic, against which highly-coloured background matter of fact James Wishart, the young Scotch Engineer of the old tramp steamer, Candelshoe, wrestles with the perplexities of love and life. The dramatic solution of his problems is unexpectedly found in a small hotel kept by a queer, unrespectable English widow in disreputable Puerta Balboa, where the deep undercurrents of expanding American business activities and local political aspirations converge in turmoil." Near Fine in Very Good plus bright dustjacket. Item #20121

First Edition. Morgan Dennis dustjacket art. "A post-crash analysis of the human side of stock market investing. By explaining not only the basic principles of investing but the emotional side of the enterprise as well, the author hopes to prevent his readers from losing sleep over their investments." The author says, "One can imagine that with these conditions our investor, especially if he had been accustomed to having his money in good safe bonds, was lying awake nights wondering whatever induce him to go into common stocks. If his wife knew the details she probably was losing plenty of sleep and doing plenty of nagging, asking him a thousand times why he ever got into such a mess and what was going to become of their savings." But if the investor hung on there were better days ahead for two years later came the stock boom of 1905-6 when on January 1, 1906, his stocks showed a value of $16,930, almost 100 per cent more than he could have obtained for them in 1903. He could then remind friend wife of the supreme wisdom of man". A very uncommon stock market investment book to be found in original fragile illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine but for first several pages with small dampstain at top fore-edge corner, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some closed tears and wear, some dampstaining to rear panel. Item #26686

First Theater Edition, illustrated with stills from the Broadway play starring W. J. Brady, Cecile Breton and Louise Drew. "A modern comedy on the power of advertising, and has plenty of action which hinges chiefly on a wager of thirty thousand dollars made between two rival millionaire soap manufacturers, on the business acumen of their respective sons". Very Good, light stain to front cover at lower corner, in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end, some soiling and few small stains. Item #24760

First Edition. Adventure novel of "Bob Britton, woods manager for the Lynde Lumber Company, [who must] leave his camp in the Maine woods and go adventuring in search of a different kind of timber". Very Good, with webbing showing at cracked rear hinge, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, with shallow chipping and closed tears. Item #20030

First Edition. Syd Browne dustjacket art. Novel of a Quaker boy who lives to see his family fortunes wiped out in the stock market crash of 1929. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27516

First Edition. Green illustrated cloth, with black, maroon, and gilt illustration and lettering to front cover and spine, original green floral endpapers, illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Adventure novel of a young country boy who finds success and wealth on Wall Street. Very Good plus, inner hinge bit cracked at top, light wear to cloth at spine ends and cover corners, only lightly soiled. Item #19476

First Edition. Big Business fiction. Satirical novel of a “Rabelaisian character in modern big business... A brilliant and hilarious account of a youthful scoundrel who smashes his way around the world, dragging the world after him.” Near Fine with foxing to page edges, in a Very Good dustjacket but for soiling to white panels, pink print mostly faded at spine. Very Scarce. Item #18718

11th Printing. "A vital picture of an American boy in school, college, business and marriage". This copy inscribed and signed in 1924 by Norris at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with slightest loss to top spine end. Item #13695

Early Reprint Edition. Bleiler listed collection of short stories set in California including two ghost stories and one dealing with the Wheat business. Uncommon dustjacket. Very Good in Good dustjacket, coin sized chips at top front panel, small chips at front flap edge, few small stains. Item #25100

First Edition (in second issue [1904] dustjacket with reviews at front panel including William Dean Howells and Owen Wister). A novel of Chicago, the grain business, wheat speculation, brokers and romance. Very uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good, dozen mid pages with small nick out of top page edge, in Good edge chipped dustjacket, top spine end with an inch of loss. Item #27470