Hardcover, Blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine, 1938 Edition. Book Condition: Very Good, slightest wear to corners, edges and spine extreme, endpapers and text unmarked, slightest hint of tanning to endpapers and text, spine straight, binding tight. (detailed photos available upon request) Dust Jacket Condition: Good, in mylar, (See photo), price clipped, light rubbing to cover, small tears and chipping and some tanning. Contents: Chapter 1: Legitimacy of Speculation, Chapter II: "Sell on the First Margin Call," Chapter III: Risk is All Business, Chapter IV: The Main Trend, Chapter V: Buy "Earnings," not "Dividends," Chapter VI: Charts as Weather Vanes, Chapter VII: Bull Markets-The Best Buys, Chapter VIII: The Element of "Romance," Chapter IX: When to Sell Your Stocks, Chapter X: Bear Markets- "Play no Favorites," Chapter XI: Three Stages of a Bear Market, Chapter XII: The Pattern in Bear Markets, Chapter XIII: Some Guiding Rules, Chapter XIV: More Rules and Some Pitfalls. Collectible, Scarce in this condition with DJ. 120 pages. Seller Inventory # 000220

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Title: Commonsense Speculation

Publisher: Barron's Publishing Company, Inc., Boston

Publication Date: 1938

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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