An early history of the London Stock Exchange. John Francis (1810-1886) entered the Bank of England in 1833 and became chief accountant in 1870. I...

An early guide and exposé of the stock market written for would-be speculators warning them of its dangers and offering advice on how to succeed.'...

[economics] extraordinary attack on the 'money kings'. A signed copy of Thomas Lawson's (1857-1925) extraordinary exposé of greed and corruption in...

The first edition of this early cautionary lecture on stock market speculation 'its tricks and its tragedies' by the New York based lawyer Frankli...

The first edition of this scarce investment guide which first appeared as a series of articles in The Magazine of Wall Street, the newsletter and ...

A wry and backward look at many of the games played by the major market operators at the turn of last century, including Gould, Keene, Drew, and M...

'The Institute of Bankers in Scotland, the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, and the Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow have arr...

A scarce introductory course to grain trading offering practical advice to the novice investor. Pugh, the author of several works on outsmarting t...

The private telegraphic cipher of the banking house of financier and Wall Street memoirist Henry Clews (1834-1923). Private codes such as these we...

The first edition of Richard Edwards' review of the New York Produce Exchange, a history of the commodities market from its foundation in 1861, wi...

The third issue of this annual pocket guide to investment opportunities in the United States, with lists of railroad and industrial bonds, stock o...

Speculation's greatest story. The first edition of this investment classic, a fictionalised biography of the day trader Jessie Livermore, to whom t...

The first edition of this helpful guide to stock trading aimed at the novice investor. William Harman Black (1868-1955) went on to have a successf...

The corrected first edition of this useful glossary defining over 300 investment terms. Examples include 'Backwardation... a London Stock Exchange...

The first edition of this insightful work on the leading classes of investment bonds by William Lee Raymond (1877-1942), an investment banker and ...

Satire attacking government and stock-jobbers. A satirical riff on the English nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built, criticising the economic po...

House Democrat Courtney Hamlin's copy. The first edition of Thomas Lawson's (1857-1925) High Cost Living, an amusing 'insider's account of the pecu...

Author's personal copy. Thomas Lawson's (1857-1925) personal copy of High Cost Living, his amusing 'insider's account of the pecuniary guile of an ...

Cotton futures. A dissertation on cotton futures and their impact on the cotton industry by Hans Heizmann, submitted for the degree of Doctor juris...