Our object in writing this book is to endeavour to show to persons who may contemplate trying their hand at Stock Exchange speculation, the improbability of their hopes being realized' (introduction).

Republished in America twenty-seven years after it made its first appearance in England, Crump's Theory of Stock Exchange Speculation was one of the earliest works to systematically define the art of speculation, highlighting the snares and pitfalls that often befall stockholders, and offering sound advice to novice investors.

Fourth edition; 8vo (25 x 16 cm); ad. to half-title verso, minor spotting; publisher's brown cloth ruled in blind, spine and upper panel stamped in gilt, minor wear to extremities; [2], viii, 153, [1]pp.

Dennistoun 101 (1903 ed.)