first edition
1911 · New York
by GARRETT, Garet
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (17.5cm). Pictorial cloth with gilt titles; dustjacket; 65pp. A few pages of the text have been roughly opened, resulting in raggedness to fore-edges but no loss of text; otherwise a bright, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, priced "50 cents net" on spine panel; all four corners clipped by publisher; evenly toned overall and with a shallow loss at crown - Very Good, and better than usually seen.
Garrett's first published book, a skeptical look at Wall Street in eleven brief chapters, with headings such as "The Hall of Delusions," "The Hoodoo," "The Manipulator," "The Wall Street Wolf," etc. Garrett went on to a long career as a journalist and right-wing commentator, noted especially for his vituperative attacks on FDR and the New Deal which appeared in a regular series of articles in the Saturday Evening Post throughout the Great Depression. (Inventory #: 84783)
Garrett's first published book, a skeptical look at Wall Street in eleven brief chapters, with headings such as "The Hall of Delusions," "The Hoodoo," "The Manipulator," "The Wall Street Wolf," etc. Garrett went on to a long career as a journalist and right-wing commentator, noted especially for his vituperative attacks on FDR and the New Deal which appeared in a regular series of articles in the Saturday Evening Post throughout the Great Depression. (Inventory #: 84783)
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