Search Results: twenty eight years in wall street by henry clews

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-02-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

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NY:: Irving Publishing Co.,. Fair. 1888. Hardcover. Illustrated with frontispiece and 48 black and white illustrations. First edition. Large octavo, bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering and design, floral pattern endpapers. Heavily edge worn, separating at the hinges - almost detached, previous owner's name (in pencil) on front endpage, uniform age toning throughout text block, thus only fair. ; 717 pages .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-02-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

Irving Publishing Co., NY, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, green cloth. Vg condition. NOT ex-library. Light bumping/rubbing to cover and spine edges; light foxing to frontis. plate, old small moisture stain to lower corner of textblock. Contents otherwise clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 716 pp. + 20 pg. "Opinions of the Press."

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New York: Irving Publishing Co., 1888 [c.r. 1887]. xxiv, [2], 684, [1] pages, plus xx pages ("Opinions of the Press") and [1] page author's advertisement. Frontispiece and 47 full pages plates (of 48 called for), mostly portraits and a few views. This copy was bound without the portrait plate of Chauncey M. Depew. Original dark green, gilt-stamped cloth. 23.5 x 16 cm. Embossed binder's stamp of E. Walker's Son, Brooklyn and New York, on the rear flyleaf. Light rubbing to extremities, very slight rippling to the spine, a few tiny spots and some light soiling to cloth. Hinges are intact and the binding of this large, heavy volume is sound. Text leaves are tanned throughout. A few minor traces of marginal foxing. Good plus. Early printing. The title page of the scarce first printing is dated 1887. An important account of Wall Street during the Gilded Age. Henry Clews (1834-1923) emigrated from England to the United States as a teen and made a fortune on the stock exchange. He was an… Read More

New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1887. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xxiv, 724 pp. + adds. Gilt decorated blue cloth binding. Some wear to edges. Light staining to front. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Artistic half title. Frontis. Illustrated with 52 b/w drawings. Hinges starting to crack. Light tanning to edges. Else, in good condition.

New York: Irving Publishin Co. , 1888. Hardcover. Good. 1888 green-cloth hardcover edition, gilded lettering, no jacket. Binding in excellent condition. Some wear on corners of covers, top and bottom of spine. Some scratches on corners, some foxing/yellowing of pages.

J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1887. 1st edition. Sm 4to hardcover. 723pp. Illustrations. Fair book. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Stamped on front pastedown. Inquire if you need further information.

1888. New York, Irving Publishing Co., 1888. Orig. pictorial cloth. XXIV, 716, XX, (2) pp. H 1275 AInscribed by author. Henry Clews (1836-1923) was an American financier.He was born in England, and emigrated to the United States around 1850. His first job was at an import business, working as a junior clerk. In 1859 he co-founded Livermore, Clews, and Company, what was then the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the United States Civil War. He split away and started Clews and Company in 1877. He organized the "Committee of 70," which deposed the corrupt ring associated with William M. Tweed in New York City, and he served as an economic consultant to President Ulysses Grant.

NY: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing (1887). First edition with no other printing listed; small 4to.; green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and lettering, hardcover; xxiv, 723 pages; black and white illustrations; former owner's name on preliminary page and boards are rubbed with some spots colored in with like-color marker and front hinge is cracked else very good.

Irving Publishing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. First edition, rebound. Rebound from original green cloth boards and is now bound in half black leather over brown leatherette boards with gilt design and lettering. Typical wear and scuffing around the edges. Cracked front hinge. Pages are tanned but remain clean and unmarked besides previous owner's name on front endpaper. Binding is tight. Page 507 has about a 3 inch tear starting at the fore edge. Corner bumps are present with some of the leather binding wearing away around corners and edges.

New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888. A fine copy, the spine ends gently rolled and a few small spots of wear to the joints, unobtrusive pencil note on flyleaf verso by a former owner. Thick 8vo. 684, [1], xx, [1] pages. Frontispiece and nearly 50 plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered and -decorated bevelled green cloth. A fine copy, the spine ends gently rolled and a few small spots of wear to the joints, unobtrusive pencil note on flyleaf verso by a former owner.

New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1887. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth with gilt, xxiv, 723 pp, illustration plates. First edition of this classic book on Wall Street. This copy inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To the editor of the New Haven 'Register,' with the compliments of Henry Clews, Mch 30th, 1902." Toning to pages, covers with mild discoloration and wear, slight chipping to cloth at spine ends and two small holes to cloth along front joints.

New York, NY: Irving Publishing Co, 1888. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 716, [1] , i-xx, [1] pp. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. Wear to edges, corners and head/tail of spine. Upper cover repaired, original endpapers retained. Inscribed by the author on second free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

New York: Irving. Original blue beveled cloth. First Edition of this classic work. Presentation copy inscribed and SIGNED in ink on the first blank after the front free endpaper: "P. V. P. ?Staes? Esq. With the compliments of Henry Clews Nov. 30, 1898." Slight cover wear, cracking in one place, Good. Possibly the most important book on Wall Street from the 19th century. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1888.