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Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Fourth edition. Faded spot on bottom front board. Moderate shelf wear to boards nd corners. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Octovo hardcover in red cloth, tight and square spine/binding, pages clean and unfoxed, no marks or tears, the coverrs have light wear, a bit of fading, else VG, no DJ. About the great economic/corporate expansion between 1890s and 1930s and the collapse. Involved: the Morgans, Harriman, the 'overlords', Seven Fat Years, Building Pyramids, Bankers, Downfall, Hoover. Uncommon book; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 483pp pages.
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Very Good. First edition. xii, 483pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Red cloth with gilt-stamped title on front board and spine, blind embossed publisher device on bottom corner on front board. Light bumping on the spine ends, cracking in the gutter of the title page, a faint paperclip impression on the front fly, thus very good, lacking the scarce dust jacket. "The story of the immense financial and corporate expansion which took place in the United States between the depression of the eighteen-nineties and the crisis of the nineteen-thirties". A handsome copy.
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First edition of Allen's classic account of the financial history leading up to the Great Crash. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Illustrated from 16 photographs on 8 plates. Scarce in the original jacket. In Lords of Creation, he expansively "carries the narrative of Only Yesterday [1931] back to the pre-WWI financial and social episodes" and forward into the New Deal. Allen vividly profiles leading Wall Street titans and details "the rapid growth of Standard Oil, the panic of 1907, the 'Money Trust investigation' of 1912 and Federal Reserve legislation… the general theme is the immense financial power which became concentrated in the hands of a few commanding financiers" (New York Times). In the decades following the Civil War, America entered an era of unprecedented corporate expansion, with ultimate financial power in the hands of a few wealthy industrialists who exploited the system for everything it was worth. The Rockefellers, Fords, Morgans, and Vanderbilts were the "lords of creation" who, along with like-minded magnates, controlled the economic destiny of the country, unrestrained by regulations or moral imperatives. Through a combination of foresight, ingenuity, ruthlessness, and greed, America's giants of industry remolded the US economy in their own image. They established their power and authority, ensuring that they-and they alone-would control the means of production, transportation, energy, and commerce-creating the conditions for the stock market collapse of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. xii, 483 pp. Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good unclipped ($3.00) metallic gold dust jacket, chipped along edges with a bit of wrinkling and dulling to spine panel, some scuffs. Faint stamp to front free endpaper, book may have been a review or publisher's file copy. Rare in jacket. A secret history of American finance from 1900 to the Great Depression, covering Wall Street's misdeeds and connivings. In 2014 it was reissued by media critic and scholar Mark Crispin Miller's Forbidden Bookshelf imprint.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing (States First Edition on the copyright page with I-K code). The spine ends are a bit worn and the spine very slightly sunned. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy in a square, tight binding with hinges intact. A very handsome copy.
Edition:
First edition (stated) with I-K below statement
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Published:
1935
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967470918
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VG A solid clean copy, previous owner's name inked on inside of front cover, no other marks, top and bottom of spine solid with no wear or tears. No surprises. Red cloth with embossed seal in lower right ront cover, embossed title upon spine. xii, 483 pp., (3) Illustrated by 16 b&w photographs on 8 plates. The previous owner of this book was Harry L. Wells, of Evanston, IL. Wells was an Alumnus of Northwestern University and served it in varying capacities, including being appointed Business Manager in 1934. He has signed the book with the address of 1936 Sheridan Road. A pleasant surprise to find this as such a sturdy, clean and desirable example of this scarce title. Quite suitable for gift giving though the spine lettering is somewhat faded. Preface, 14 chapters, appendix and index. A scarce and classic financial history of US (1890-1929) written at the height of the Great Depression. Allen was an historian educated at Groton and Harvard, as well as Associate Editor of Harpers. As stated elsewhere: Frederick Lewis Allen's insightful financial history of the United States-from the late 1800s through the stock market collapse of 1929-remains a seminal work on what brought on America's worst economic disaster: the Great Depression. In the decades following the Civil War, America entered an era of unprecedented corporate expansion, with ultimate financial power in the hands of a few wealthy industrialists who exploited the capitalist system for everything it was worth. The Rockefellers, Fords, Morgans, and Vanderbilts were the "lords of creation" who, along with like-minded magnates, controlled the economic destiny of the country, unrestrained by regulations or moral imperatives. Through a combination of foresight, ingenuity, ruthlessness, and greed, America's giants of industry remolded the US economy in their own preferred image. In so doing, they established their absolute power and authority, ensuring that they-and they alone-would control the means of production, transportation, energy, and commerce-thereby setting the stage for the most devastating global financial collapse in history. As Gretchen Morgenson thoughtfully states in her introduction, "It is not immediately clear why the frequency and severity of financial scandals is increasing in the United States. What is clear is that we need to understand the origins of these disasters, as well as the policies and people that bring them on....While distant actions may seem unrelated to current events, rereading about the past almost always provides surprising insights into the present." The Lords of Creation, first published in the midst of the Great Depression, when the financial catastrophe was still painfully fresh, is a fascinating story of bankers, railroad tycoons, steel magnates, speculators, scoundrels, and robber barons. It is a tale of innovation and shocking exploitation-and a sobering reminder that history can indeed repeat itself.
