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A curious, privately published post-crash guide urging novice investors to take a cautious approach to entering the maelstrom of Wall Street.
A curious, privately published post-crash guide urging novice investors to take a cautious approach to entering the maelstrom of Wall Street.
A curious, privately published post-crash guide urging novice investors to take a cautious approach to entering the maelstrom of Wall Street.

BASS, William Louis.

The Maelstrom. A Wall Street Primer.

Branchville, Published and distributed by William Louis Bass, 1931.

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The Maelstrom.

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A curious post-crash guide urging novice investors to undertake a 'course of practical instruction' before entering the 'man-made machine known in trade parlance as THE STREET, but which, throughout this treatise, will be denominated THE MAELSTROM' (p.12).

OCLC records 8 copies in institutional collections, all located in the USA.

First edition; 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm); frontispiece illustration after James Montgomery Flagg; publisher's tan cloth, lettered in black to upper cover; [2], 107, [1]pp.

Stock code 109832

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A curious, privately published post-crash guide urging novice investors to take a cautious approach to entering the maelstrom of Wall Street.

The Maelstrom.

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