HOOPER, William Eden (compiler).

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The Stock Exchange in the Year 1900. First edition, the "Édition De Luxe", one of 300 copies issued in an elaborate binding with clasps; an "Édition ordinaire" of 1,000 copies in vellum was also published.The book comprises a history of the exchange by Charles Duguid, the city editor of the Westminster Gazette, and also includes discussions on the sporting endeavours of the Exchange's members, its benevolent fund, and the orchestral society. It includes portraits by Joseph Pennell and Dudley Hardy, specially commissioned for the work, of the trustees, managers, and members of the Stock Exchange's general purposes committee.The deluxe binding was advertised as "in the best approved family-Bible style, including the orthodox binding, massive corners, gilt clasps, and all. If the fortunate subscriber does not feel a meritorious man as he surveys his possession, then compilers, authors, artists, and craftsmen have lived in vain" (The Pall Mall Gazette, 18 April 1900).

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