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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.
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.
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.