Men of Wealth by Flynn, John T - 1941

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. True stories of "twelve significant fortunes from the Renaissance to the present day,'' in 531 pages, with portraits of each man...and one woman, Hetty Green! A First Edition, first printing from 1941, this hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering & design to spine. Condition is VG-: completely clean inside, binding straight & strong, pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age, heavier on endpapers from old newspaper clippings laid in. white; no tanning or foxing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Flaws: rubbing to extremities, some spots on spine, discoloration to outside page edges, foxed spots to top outside edges only. Clipped DJ is downgraded to Good due to some wrinkling & chipping at both ends of spine, short tear through author's last name on bottom front, minor edgewear all around. Looks nice in new mylar cover. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.