Financial and Business Forecasting - 2 volume Set

Warren F. Hickernell

Published by Bureau of Business Conditions

About this Item

Title: Financial and Business Forecasting (2 Volume Set)
Author: Warren Hickernell
Edition: First Edition
Publisher / Year: 1928

Condition: Good

Description:
First edition, complete in two volumes, of this scarce and ambitious early work on economic forecasting, published on the eve of the Great Depression. Issued in 1928, the study captures pre-crash economic thought during the final years of the gold standard era, offering a contemporaneous framework for understanding global markets before one of the most significant economic upheavals in modern history.

Based on the author?s doctoral research at Yale, the work reflects a rigorous academic approach and is characteristic of early 20th-century efforts to formalize business cycle analysis and predictive economic modeling. As such, it holds particular interest for historians of economic thought, financial scholars, and institutional collections.

Volume I (426 pp.) provides a comprehensive examination of world economic history, tracing the development of international trade systems, long-term market cycles, and the structural forces underlying economic change. It establishes the theoretical and historical groundwork for forecasting practices.

Volume II (488 pp.) turns to the United States, analyzing industrial growth, financial institutions, and contemporary forecasting methods in the early twentieth century. It offers valuable insight into how economists and analysts approached prediction in a period of apparent stability just before the disruptions of the 1930s.

Bound in matching dark maroon cloth with gilt lettering on covers and spines. The bindings remain clean, tight, and presentable, with only moderate spine fading consistent with age. Volume I slightly cocked. Previous owner?s name on the interior. A well-preserved and attractive set overall. Volume has more writing inside cover (see picture). Slight toning in both volumes.

Format: Hardcover (2 volumes)
Size: Approx. 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches each.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial and Business Forecasting - 2 volume Set
• Publisher: Bureau of Business Conditions
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 6W x 9H x 1.5D inches 6 inches width by 9 inches height by 1.5 inches depth
• Weight: 2 pounds