About this title: Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks--who was one of the most elegant of all business writers--perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best--known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader." --From the Foreword by Richard Lambert Editor--in--Chief, The Financial Times Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall Street in the years between the wars. Focusing on the lives and fortunes of some of the era's most memorable traders, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780393013757ISBN:0393013758
Description: Very Good. 1980 hardback with d/j very good conditionThanks for looking at our books we ship fast and guarantee books we sell. Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks?who was one of the most elegant of all business writers?perfectly catches the flavor of one of. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good in Good++ jacket. Trade Edition. 6" x 8.50" "Marvelous fun to read, often incredible, always authoritative, this is John Brooks at his best...a narrative of extravagent events and extraordinary men. It begins with the famous 1920 bomb explosion outside the Morgan bank. And it ends with an explosion that had far more lasting impact--the conviction for imbezzlement of Richard Whitney, last champion of the Old Guard of American finance...." 307 pages. Mylar wrapped dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: harper & row
Date Published: 1969
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. HARDCOVER, VG/VG, Harper & Row, 1970, 3rd printing, 19.2 oz. This copy has visible but minimal wear, has the price clipped from the dust jacket, has a minor tear(s) on the dust jacket, is in otherwise Very Good condition. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780393013757ISBN:0393013758
Description: Good Plus Plus in Better Than Good Price Clippe jacket. 8 3/4 X 6. Library of Embossed Flyleaf Etc. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector. Pages are tight & clean. Binding firm and straight. Edges and corners very good. Blue stain top hings joint, no effect pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Light edge and corner wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First edition. As stated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Fine in VG dust jacket. Great overall copy. Stated first edition. Will mylar-wrap at buyer's specific request. 307 p. : ports.; 22 cm. Includes index and photographs Bibliography: p. 289-297. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 1999-09-21
ISBN-13:9780471357520ISBN:0471357529
Description: Like New. Softcover. Cover in very good condition with normal shelf and use wear. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We ship daily. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York
Description: [1980], reissue. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 307pp. Bibliography, index. Locale: New York; Wall Street. (Business, Politics, Stock Market) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1969
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. HARDCOVER, VG/VG, Harper & Row, 1969, 18.8 oz. This copy has visible but minimal wear, has the price clipped from the dust jacket, the dustjacket shows some minor rubbing, edgewear, or fraying is in otherwise Very Good condition. Special Notes on this book: minor shelf wear and tear to DJ. read more
"A chilling read because the The Twenties and early Thirties are so similar to today's economic troubles. All the more chilling because the book was written in 1969. Fluid writing, captivating."
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