Description: High Cost Living Thomas W. Lawson 1913 First Limited Edition - No. 128/1000 Oversize book measuring 9.5" x 13.5" and printed on thick stock, heavy, acid free rag paper. Full page color plates tipped inside. A quality production, self-published by the author. A very good copy with some wear and fading around the edges. The contents are clean and the binding is tight. In an era when corporate stocks were first being offered as investment instruments, financial advice consisted of advertisements and promotional articles in the press. Lawson’s skill in using these devices to publicize the stocks he backed enabled him to attain a following among investors in New England. He became a millionaire by age thirty. Lawson’s proposal for government regulation of securities, High Cost Living, is an insider’s account of the pecuniary guile of an era filled with stock market machinations. The flamboyant and highly successful Lawson writes: “It’s a sweet, pretty game, isn’t it? I ask you— you American people. If I, the outsider, from ‘reading’ the tape, can make $1,600,000, what do you think of the chance of the insiders, the ones who ‘make’ the tape, to make easy money out of your hard-earned wages and incomes?” Please view my other items. Thank you!
Price: 395 USD
Location: Missouri City, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-23T00:48:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Suede / Velvet
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
