By Law of Might, or The Campaign in Sunset. A Romance of The Real Wall Street
by RIDGELY, Newton
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: H.A. Simmons, (1908). First Edition. Octavo (18cm). Publishers blue ribbed cloth, pictorially stamped in white on spine and front cover; frontispiece; [viii], 398pp. Titling partially flaked away on spine, with mild fading to pictorial elements on front cover; scattered mild foxing to text (heaviest to prelims); Good to Very Good. Presentable copy of this scarce Wall Street novel, in which the thrill of high finance provides a backdrop to extra-marital shenanigans and murder. Frontispiece and several text illustrations by M. Jaediker. Truly uncommon; OCLC gives 4 locations only; not in Hanna. SMITH R-315.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16469
- Title
- By Law of Might, or The Campaign in Sunset. A Romance of The Real Wall Street
- Author
- RIDGELY, Newton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H.A. Simmons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1908)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction; Stock Market - Wall St - Speculation;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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