Frasca charles b (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No DJ. First. First edition, first printing. Very slight edgewear to maroon cloth covered boards. Minor age darkening to spine titles and three tiny stains on rear board. Book remains tightly bound with unmarked contents.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed slight staining.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Book Store in the Pacific Northwest* FAST SHIPPING!! Clean text, no markings, tight binding. 209 pp.

Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Deep purple textured cloth with stamped gilt titles; The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear, minor spine fade with one tiny open spot on the lower front spine edge. The front endpages darkened from a removed laid-in paper. 7.75 inches tall; 209 pages. Charles Frasca delves into the unethical and fraudulent practices used by stock swindlers to deceive investors and manipulate financial markets. While it is not as widely known as some other books on financial fraud, its significance lies in its detailed analysis of the psychological and technical strategies used by swindlers to exploit investors' trust and greed. Here are some key points about the book's significance. For those interested in financial markets and the history of stock market fraud, the book serves as a useful guide in understanding how these deceptive practices have evolved and the warning signs to watch out for. [Adapted from Reviews].…

Zustand: collectible very good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Name and date in ink on front pastedown, else very good in torn badly chipped dust jacket. Scarce in dust jacket. *.

First edition, first printing, of the investment broker's passionate exposé of the financial scams practised by "society's worst enemies". Written to advise friends and clients, Frasca's book includes discussions on famous stock fraud cases, the Great Depression, real estate schemes, Prohibition, and judicial appointments, among much else. An early consumer advocate, Frasca notes in his dedication that he had "twelve years' experience in exposing many stock frauds and recovering thousands of dollars. that otherwise would have been lost" (p. iii). Octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover panelled in blind. With dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, occasional neat printed underlining to the text. Cloth bright, light rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to edges, faint toning to contents; light toning, finger soiling, and damp staining to jacket, minor creasing and chipping to extremities, several neat tape repairs on verso, flaps without price as issued: a near-fine copy in good jacket. …