The Great Crash 1929.
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Great Crash 1929.
"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking": Rare First Edition of The Great Crash of 1929; Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
$6,500.00
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Item Number: 151346
First edition, first printing with the date of 1955 on the title page of this classic work. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a bright near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy E. Clark. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example, desirable signed.
An instant bestseller and classic since its release it has become the unparalleled point of reference for readers looking to understand American financial history. "Economic writings are seldom notable for their entertainment value, but this book is. Galbraith's prose has grace and wit, and he distills a good deal of sardonic fun from the whopping errors of the nation's oracles and the wondrous antics of the financial community" (The Atlantic Monthly).
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