Midas Compulsion by Ivan Shaffer (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- Jackie Greenstein is a victim of The Midas Compulsion. The Stock Market is his obsession, and though he is pushing gold mining stocks, not everyone Jackie touches will find gold. . . . .The Midas Compulsion is a novel that takes you beyond the confines of Toronto's Bay Street and New York's Wall Street. It takes the reader where no book about the buying and selling of stocks has ever been able to go before - into the private lives of the special breed of greed merchants who manage one of the highest risk games there is. . . . .Through Jackie "the Kid", the syndicate boys will make their pile; so will the boys from the Mafia. So will the publishers of the phony tip sheets and the stock touts who make up Jackie's roving army. It's only those really close to Jackie who will suffer. Like Catherine, whose unequivocal love for him proves her undoing. Like Shirley, who loves him at his convenience. Like Ruth, Jackie's wife, who loves him faithfully. And like the men around him would like to live honestly in a dishonest world. . .See photos for additional content. . .

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. This 4.25 x 7 softcover has 300 pages. Jackie Greenstein, golden boy of the street, was out for his biggest killing with just one place to go for the edge he needed. Jackie knew, when he want to the man called Cort, he was putting his life in hock to The Family. Too late he learned that the Mafia also had a mortgage on his soul.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition (stated) hardcover and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition: slight handling, slight exterior and DJ age-yellowing. 365 pages. [1.3 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. First edition bound in gray and black cloth. A VG+ copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Bumps to the book's upper corners. The dust jacket has r ubs to its spine tips and corners. Bumps to its upper corners.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. 2nd Dell printing. Light creases to the spine. Slight wear to the edges.

Condition: Very Good-. "Vicious infighting in the stock market. Gamy, lurid, more explicit sex than in The Love Machine." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall Paperback; 1st Printing paperback.

Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. 365.,8vo,Sl. soiling, or sunning, to edges of bds., else vg+ in vg dj, Author's first novel, about the 'private lives of the special breed of greed merchants' who manipulate the stock market.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Stated First Edition. Book is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is scuffed but not price clipped, only one small tear at bottom of back panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Very Good Used Condition. With Wear And Tear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Jackie Greenstein Is A Victim Of The Midas Compulsion. The Stock Market Is His Obsession, And Though He Is Pushing Gold Mining Stocks, Not Everyone Jackie Touches Will Find Gold. The Midas Compulsion Is A Novel That Takes You Beyond The Confines Of Toronto's Bay Street And New York's Wall Street. It Takes The Reader Where No Book About The Buying And Selling Of Stocks Has Ever Been Able To Go Before - Into The Private Lives Of The Special Breed Of Greed Merchants Who Manage One Of The Highest Risk Games There Is. Through Jackie "The Kid", The Syndicate Boys Will Make Their Pile; So Will The Boys From The Mafia. So Will The Publishers Of The Phony Tip Sheets And The Stock Touts Who Make Up Jackie's Roving Army. It's Only Those Really Close To Jackie Who Will Suffer. Like Catherine, Whose Unequivocal Love For Him Proves Her Undoing. Like Shirley, Who Loves Him At His Convenience. Like Ruth, Jackie's Wife, Who Loves Him Faithfully. And Like The Men Around Him Would Would Like To Live Honestly In A Dishonest World. - - From The Dust Jacket Inside Cover.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Price-clipped. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Good with good dust jacket. Some light staining on boards, endpapers, and inside of dust jacket. Dust jacket is also lightly rubbed along top and bottom edges and has a small price sticker scar on front flap. 365 pages.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding?fairly tight, pages age toned. Dust jacket in good condition. Pictures?available?upon request.? AP.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Unclipped dust jacket soiled, age-toned and rubbed on all extremities. Black and grey hardcover with yellow and blue titles on the spine, it is lightly soiled and sunned along the edges. The inside is unmarked. The pages are clean and clear. The binding is pulling away from the spine.