Frederick Drew Bond (3 results)

Title: Success in Security Operations Author: Frederic Drew Bond Edition: First Edition, Second Printing Description: First edition, second printing of this practical guide to industrial and corporate security by Frederic Drew Bond. Bound in burgundy cloth with bright gold lettering to the spine. A solid and attractive copy. The dust jacket is present and protected in a Mylar sleeve; it shows a small tear at the base of the spine and a 2-inch square piece missing from the flap. The book itself remains clean and well-preserved, with only light signs of handling. Neat previous owner's name written inside the front cover. Binding firm, pages clean, and free of markings. Octavo (approx. 9 x 6 inches), 273 pages. A desirable early printing of a scarce title in the field of security management, increasingly sought after in collectible condition.

Bond, Frederick Drew. Stock Movements and Speculation. First Edition. New York: D. Appleton, Octavo, approximately 9 x 6 inches. xi + 325 pages. Original publisher's cloth binding. No dust jacket. A desirable 1928 first edition of this important early 20th-century study of stock market behavior, issued just one year before the 1929 crash. In this influential work, Frederick Drew Bond analyzes price movements, speculative cycles, market psychology, technical patterns, and the broader economic forces influencing securities markets. Combining statistical research with practical Wall Street insight, Bond's work bridges early academic market theory and hands-on trading practice, making it an important contribution to pre-Depression financial literature. Books on speculation published immediately before the Crash of 1929 are especially sought after, as they capture the prevailing analytical thought and trading philosophy of the late bull market era. Condition: Good condition. Binding solid and tight. Minor soiling to the covers (see pictures). Pages evenly toned, typical for the period. Interior clean with no underlining or marginal notes. Previous owner's name written inside the front cover, with an additional scratched-out name on the same page. No dust jacket. Small water stain the first ten pages (see picture) A solid and collectible copy of a classic interwar work on stock market speculation.

First Edition. New York: The Moody Corporation, 1911. Hardcover. 206 pp. Octavo (approx. 8 x 5½ inches). A classic early study of stock market behavior examining the economic and psychological forces influencing security prices. Bond analyzes the factors that drive market advances and declines, including speculation, credit conditions, earnings expectations, and investor sentiment. A solid copy with typical age toning to the paper. Binding firm and intact; interior clean. Name of previous owner inside cover. An increasingly collectible early work on financial markets was published during the formative era of modern securities analysis.