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Pierpont Morgan and Friends: The Anatomy of a Myth
by George Wheeler
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0136761488
- ISBN 13
- 9780136761488
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine, unread first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Complete number line. 338 [16] pages, illustrations. Octavo. One of the most powerful bankers of his era, J.P. (John Pierpont) Morgan (1837-1913) financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major corporations. The Connecticut native followed his wealthy father into the banking business in the late 1850s, and in 1871 formed a partnership with Philadelphia banker Anthony Drexel. In 1895, their firm was reorganized as J.P. Morgan & Company, a predecessor of the modern-day financial giant JPMorgan Chase. Morgan used his influence to help stabilize American financial markets during several economic crises, including the panic of 1907. However, he faced criticism that he had too much power and was accused of manipulating the nation’s financial system for his own gain. The Gilded Age titan spent a significant portion of his wealth amassing a vast art collection." --History Channel From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr.
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357
- Title
- Pierpont Morgan and Friends: The Anatomy of a Myth
- Author
- George Wheeler
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0136761488
- ISBN 13
- 9780136761488
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- Date Published
- 1973
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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