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Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1955.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No edition / printing stated. A VG 8vo hardcover in NO dj (if issued). Red cloth with stamped silver lettering on the spine and upper board. The spine is slightly cocked and sunned; the lower board has a scratch and a small, light soiling spot. Prior owner's signature and the date 1956 on the ffep. Remaining contents, ix + 212 pp., appear clean and securely bound. NOT an ex-library copy!
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$17.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$17.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash, 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$27.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. No Edition Remarks. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Rough-cut pages. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Minor staining to rear hinge. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1955. Hardcover, 212 pp. A later printing (not a first). The causes of the Great Depression, with attention paid to the moods and manners of Americans throughout the entire year of 1929. Very good. Dust jacket has a sunned spine, edge wear, rubbing, creases, small chips and closed tears. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.
Seller: Randall's Books, Cathedral City, CA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wear and tear to edges of dust jacket. Front hinge showing on first inside page.
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin- Riverside, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, ix, 212 pp, Red cloth covers with stamped silver lettering on spine and front cover. The spine is faded and the lettering is barely discernable. The front and back covers have faint discoloration (blue or purple-ish) along the sides. The edges are slightly soiled and foxed. The end pages have foxing and browning but the contents are bright and clean. The dates on the title page and verso are the same, 1955, indicating a first printing. Galbraith' s seminal work on the stock market crash of 1929. GOOD/--, edges soiled, spine faded, covers a bit discolored, no dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; ix, 212 pp pages
Seller: Catnap Books, Cobleskill, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.85
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$73.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$73.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$73.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$73.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: LATER PRINTING: "Copyright, 1954. 1955" stated. No year of publication on title page. Near fine hardback in very good plus, if not near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Book has light, if not very light 3/8 inch by 3/8 inch bumps to upper fore-edge corners. Dust jacket has a 7/8 inch by 5/8 inch chip to lower edge of front panel at spine affecting 'J' of John; a round 1/8 inch chip to spine affecting 'Gailbrath'; a 1/2 inch hairline diagonal crease and a 1/2 inch by 1/8 inch chip to heel of spine; and only minor, if not trivial additional wear to corners, edges and extremities. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$95.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Galbraith's classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse. Early reprint, lacking the date on the title page. Dust-jacket is not price-clipped ($3.00), closed tears and chips, fading to the spine. Bookplate of Ann Shanedling on ffep. 5¾" - 8½".
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$103.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good copy in hardcover with fair jacket. Light shelf-wear. Jacket has chipping and small tears along edges, scuff on spine, rubbing, price-clipped. We will send photos upon request.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$169.45 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fontispice Drawing from the New Yorker. DW is used (see photographs) but unclipped.
Seller: ShepherdsBook, Yvonand, Switzerland
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton, Mifflin Co, 1955.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in a well-worn dust jacket of the true first edition of this classic. 1955 on both the title page and the copyright page. Jacket is not price clipped. Previous owner's bookplate on front end sheet. Jacket is chipped and folded at edges. Ffep and 1st leaf show evidence that, at one time, they were folded from bottom corner. Top edges of pages are soiled and end papers are toned. Otherwise this is a very clean and tight copy. This is not an ex-library copy. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.
Seller: Novelty Shop Used & Rare Books, Novelty, OH, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$214.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
Galbraith, John Kennth. The Great Crash. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 Houghton Mifflin first edition second printing in price intact jacket with 2.5" x 2" chip out of the lower front corner of the jacket and sunfade to spine of jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown light fox/soil to edges. Tight binding no marks. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Date of 1955 on title page and copyright page; frontispiece New Yorker cartoon; uncommon in first edition. The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends bumped with light wear; a spill of some kind has bleached the color from a one-inch splotch on the front board. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $3.00); heavily chipped, edgeworn, creased, and rubbed; a spill has left a large brown stain; Brodart protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$307.86 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, paste-downs lightly browned; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, small fade mark at head of backstrip else a very good, bright, fresh copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting upper outer quarter of front panel, first half-inch of backstrip and with small marginal loss at upper edge of rear panel. The first edition of Galbraith's classic account is scarce.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash, 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. (1st printing with dated title page.) Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Fine in a Good dust jacket with chips at edges, sunned spine, price intact ($3.00). A classic of economics.
Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE GREAT CRASH 1929. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$424.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. Rubbing, open tearing along panel edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing? "This is a full-length history of the wonderful and devastating events that made 1929 immortal." -- from the front flap. There are some small chips, tiny tears, and minor wrinkles at the edges of the red paper dustjacket. Otherwise, overall, the dj is in good condition and the book is in very good condition. 212 pages including index. With very scarce dustjacket.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, 1955.
Price: US$540.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 on title page and copyright page. Previous owner name. Slight browning to page edges. A couple small chips and one-inch tear to spine ends of jacket. Small chips to ends of flap folds. $3.00 price on jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955. 212 pages. First edition, first printing, date on the title page. Original red cloth boards. Very good plus condition in good + dust jacket with some chipping and rubbing and a faded spine (with mylar). No ownership marks present. Boards have light shelf-wear at extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
Seller: The Lantern, Bryn Mawr Bookshop Inc., Washington, DC, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE GREAT CRASH 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. First edition Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A clean copy rare thus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1955. 212 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelfwear present with some light rubbing present to the panels and light sunning present to the DJ spine. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rampant speculation. Record trading volumes. Assets bought not because of their value but because the buyer believes he can sell them for more in a day or two, or an hour or two. Welcome to the late 1920s. Of course, Galbraith notes, every financial bubble since 1929 has been compared to the Great Crash, which is why this book has never been out of print since it became a bestseller in 1955. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE GREAT CRASH 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1955.
Price: US$1094.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. 3 inch open tear at bottom of rear flap fold. Rubbing along panel edges.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Early reprint, lacking the date on the title page. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original red cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with light shelf wear, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, edge wear, a few short edge-tears and light fading to the spine. An oft-cited history of the American financial crash that birthed the Great Depression.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ownership notation on front pastedown & front flyleaf; top edge lightly soiled.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1955. 212 pages. First edition, first printing with 1955 printed on the title page below Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. Hand-signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on a loosely laid-in, adhesive-backed bookplate. This title has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1955. Binding and hinges are strong. Pages lay tight. Cloth shows light handling with a couple of small blemishes on rear panel. Endpapers show a trace of toning. This volume comes from the library of Harold Epstein; executive director of the Winston Churchill Foundation for three decades; and former top aide to the legendary Bernard M. Baruch. Epstein's bookplate is affixed to front pastedown. $3.00 price is clipped from DJ flap. DJ shows closed edge tears, shallow chipping at foot and crown, as well as general rubbing. A true first edition; first printing of the classic title; signed.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First printing with necessary date on title page, incribed by the author at top of front endpaper "to Arnold Bolle with my kindest + best J. K. Galbraith", near fine red cloth hardcover shows ownerhsip notes "Arnold W. Bolle Littauer Center Harvard Univ. and and possibly an address below, along with some other very light trace wear, in good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows heavy exposure toning along spine though it still reads well, rubbing and soil, wrinkling, and with edgewear that includes closed tears and shallow open chipping with a tiny scotch tape mend visible at top edge of jacket reverse. 212 pages with index. Still a solid inscribed copy of this classic of business history from the noted economist and Harvard professor to former student Arnold Bolle who was working on his master's in forestry at Harvard in 1955 and would go on to become a ".leading figure in the Montana conservation movement." "Wikipedia" Inscribed.
Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2795.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1955. 212 pages. First edition, first printing with 1955 printed on both the title page and the copyright page with no later printings noted. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on a loosely laid-in, adhesive backed bookplate. Binding and hinges are strong. Pages lay tight. Orange cloth is bright and clean. Titles stamped in bright silver on front panel and backstrip. Endpapers are bright. Pages lay undisturbed in seemingly unread condition. Original DJ is bright and attractive. Slight dulling to orange hue on spine. One small chip on the bottom rear edge of DJ. $3.00 price is clipped from flap. An exceptional copy of the classic that that has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1955. Galbraith traces the economic history of the lead-up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929; in part hoping today's speculators take note of history in order to not repeat it. Near Fine/VG+ signed.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing with the date of 1955 on the title page. Octavo, original red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "With love and all good wishes to my very good friend Mary Lord from J.K. Galbraith June 1955." The recipient, Mary Pillsbury Lord was heir to the Pillsbury fortune and from 1948-1952 chaired and organized the U.S. Committee of UNICEF. In 1953 President Eisenhower appointed her to succeed Eleanor Roosevelt as the United States representative to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. An excellent example in a bright near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy E. Clark. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An instant bestseller and classic since its release it has become the unparalleled point of reference for readers looking to understand American financial history. "Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has grace and wit, and he distills a good deal of sardonic fun from the whopping errors of the nation's oracles and the wondrous antics of the financial community" (The Atlantic Monthly).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Great Crash 1929. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing with date on title page. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the title page. Bound in publisher's original red cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with light shelf wear and several tiny spots to textblock edge, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, edge wear and a tiny chip to the center of the front panel near the spine. An oft-cited history of the American financial crash that birthed the Great Depression.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.