The Maelstrom.

£375 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A curious post-crash guide urging novice investors to undertake a 'course of practical instruction' before entering the 'man-made machine known in trade parlance as THE STREET, but which, throughout this treatise, will be denominated THE MAELSTROM' (p.12). OCLC records 8 copies in institutional collections, all located in the USA. First edition; 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm); frontispiece illustration after James Montgomery Flagg; publisher's tan cloth, lettered in black to upper cover; [2], 107, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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