Search Results: jim fisk by swanberg wa

London:: Lomgman's.. Cvrs a bit dull, text Good but lacks two pics (water damaged).. (1960).. First thus..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959 Book. Good Only. Hardcover. Significant wear including stains and musty smell. A reference copy only..

Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition 1959 HB. Very good, with polyester dust jacket protector, over good jacket, creating wonderful shelf-presence.

Charles Scribner, 1959. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Jim Fisk by Swanberg W.A. The career of an improbable rascal Scribner's, 1959, lst. Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket in mylar. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean in mylar, owner's bookplate inside cover, booksellers stamp inside cover. This is the story of Jim Fisk well known financier of the late 1800's. People either loved or hated him more of the later. He gained his ill fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. In 1872 Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate. A good fast moving read on business tactics of the time

Scribner. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1959. Hard Cover. (C474) .

LONDON, ENGLAND: LONGMANS. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR: "NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1963, MY THANKS TO MY PAID & DISTINGUISHED NEIGHBOR, LOUIS UNTERMEYER." FRANKED LETTER AFFIXED TO THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN ADDRESSED TO MR. / MRS. LOUIS UNTERMEYER. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1960.