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8vo.Pp 1062, 6 publisher's ads; with frontis, and 67 half-tone plates. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt crest with bull and bear on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt with slight rubbing head and tail, inner hinges repaired, slight inversion of spine due to excess weight. A good copy.
First edition.
This is the autobiography of the celebrated investment banker, Henry Clews, enlarging his earlier work Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
"The value of this work is beyond question. It is one of the few chronicles of Wall Street written at first hand about the last half of the nineteenth century. The author was well known throughout the street, and his personal acquaintance with the characters he writes about lends an unequalled amount of authenticity to his work. The thoughtful and eager student of stock market history will find a wealth of information in this comprehensive volume."
- Zerden, (Best books on The Stock Market, page 62)
"Of the very few autobiographies or memoirs which have come from the pens of the great of Wall Street, only one requires comment…(he) has given us an interesting if not well organized account of his activities and associations. Most of the volume is taken up with his own work, but that part which is not is well worth reading is as a first-hand story of some of Wall Street's highlights."
- Warshow, Story of Wall Street
One of the most important works in the history of Wall Street.
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