The book is badly sunned on the spine where there are also three abrasions where the underlying paper shows through the cloth. Otherwise clean and tight. Price-clipped jacket shows spine sunning and light rubbing. Houghton Boston 1955 1st Edition Hardback Cloth 8vo. (xi), 212 pp. Red cloth, gilt spine in publisher's dustjacket. First printing, so indicated by publication year on title page. Warmly inscribed to Walt and Elspeth Rostow, and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Galbraith and Rostow served in the Kennedy administration together. Walt Rostow later served as Lyndon Johnson's national security advisor, his wife Elspeth as dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. The book was likely a gift from the time before their opposing positions on the Vietnam War divided them. From the library of Walt and Elspeth Rostow.

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The classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, with an introduction by economist James K. Galbraith Of John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash 1929 , the Atlantic Monthly said: "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." Originally published in 1955, Galbraith's book became an instant bestseller, and in the years since its release it has become the unparalleled point of reference for readers looking to understand American financial history.

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Bookseller: 12th Street Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BOOKS 53456 I
Title: The Great Crash 1929
Author: Galbraith, John Kenneth
Book Condition: Used - The book is badly sunned on the spine where there are also three abrasions where the underlying paper shows through the cloth.
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton
Date Published: 1955

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