Wheat Pit, First Edition (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 421 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4) bound in original publisher's red cloth wih gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. The Pit: A Story of Chicago (1903) by Frank Norris is a novel about capitalism, greed, and marriage, set in the Chicago Board of Trade's wheat pits, following speculator Curtis Jadwin and his wife Laura as his obsession with cornering the wheat market strains their relationship, ultimately leading to his financial ruin and a search for a new beginning. It's the second book in Norris's unfinished Epic of the Wheat trilogy, exploring the human cost of economic ambition and the power of nature. The story that was released serially in the Saturday Evening Post was titled The Pit: A Romance of Chicago and was significantly shorter than that of the published book. Many descriptive passages and much of the "Conclusion" were cut out by Norris and the magazine's editors to better appeal to the Post's readership. The version produced by Doubleday, Page is the full novel as Norris intended it to be read. Condition: Over opened at half title, corners bumped and rubbed, spine sunned, some toning to page and light rippling to head pages, some soiling to covers else good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Almost all pages have bumping to the upper outer corners. One leaf has a heavy crease and paper loss to that corner. Rear cover has a bump to the upper outer corner and a spatter of light staining. Front cover has a short, slight dark streak and a couple very slight wrinkles. ; First edition, second printing. BAL 15038.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. THIS IS A FIRST EDITION, LATER 1920 PRINTING OF FRANK NORRIS' SECOND VOLUME OF A TRILOGY ON THE EPIC OF WHEAT. THERE IS A SMALL DENT 0N THE UPPER EDGE OF THE FRONT COVER, THE RED COLOR OF THE CLOTH OVER THE SPINE IS FADED, THE GILT TITLES ON THE SPINE IS INTACT. THERE IS NO TITLE ON THE FRONT COVER AS IS PRESENT ON THE EARLIER PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. THIS BOOK IS TIGHT AND CLLEAN .THE BOOK WAS PRINTED BY "THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS OF GARDEN CITY, NY. THEIR LOGO IS ON THE LAST FREE END PAGE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Argyle Press, Chicago, 1925. Hardcover. Condition: Fair Withdrawn library copy with stickers and tape on covers. Stamps on end pages. Black binding tape on spine. Clear tape covering the word "The" on cover. Interior sheets clean. First Edition. 63 p. 5 X 7.5 inches. Illustrated with a b&w frontispiece photograph of The Pit in action. Green paper-covered boards, bordered and printed in black on the cover. Edward Jerome Dies, b. 1891, was a financial journalist who later formed a public relations bureau, then became president of the National Soybean Processors Association from the late 1930s to 1945. This, his first book, is an exposition of the workings of the Grain Exchange at the Chicago Board of Trade. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Good Cracked hinges, former owners name on front end paper, spine ends worn with some light tearing of cloth, panel corners bumped and worn, panels and spine rubbed with light soiling, spine faded, page edges browned.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. 1st Edition"stated. Good condition, Solid, nice spine strip, but RED BLEACHED TOP HALF OF FRONT COVER.Gold cover titles still bright, and remainder of back, spine & bottom of front cover are quite nice.FFEP has Name M.G.Brandt 3945 Connecticut Ave, Washington, D.C." else clean copy. ; Gold decorated spine notes DOUBLEDAY PAGE & CO. base spine with attractive, but dulled god WHEAT DECORATIONS. Front cover shows 3 golden wheat seed heads inside golden circle. ; 421ps pages; DECORATIVE Gold Title Stamping On Cover & Spine. .PUB "1903, February. ".

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Owner's name on front endpage. (Wheat Trade, Chicago, Domestic Fiction).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very good copy with some dulling to the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pp.

Hardcover. First Thus Edition. 10mo, 421 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the gilt decorated spine. Boards have modest wear including few, sparse marks, slight age toning to the spine and rubbing/fraying to the head/tail edges. Cocking to the spine. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges and mild offsetting to the end papers. Previous owner's name to the front end paper. Sparse foxing to the interior. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T, ND-T. 1398445. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third printing. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. 421 pages. BAL 15038, third printing. On copyright page: 'Published February, 1903' The statement 'First Edition' is not present; printer's imprint is not present. P. 34, line 3: envelope, P. 82, line 16: Burning, P. 250, line 23 Beyound. Condition is Good; Wear to spine ends, spine cloth is toned with lettering faded, light wear to cloth at edges and corners, hinges are cracked but holding well, a few small stains in the margins of pages. Fic. RGR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1903.First Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD in gilt-stamped, red cloth covered boards with NO DJ. Previous owner name on pastedown and FFEP. Not remainder marked. Not book club edition. Not ex-library.

BAL 15038. Octavo. [8], 421 pp. Red cloth with gilt front cover and spine. Ink signature. Bookplate and bookseller's label on back pastedown. A very good, bright copy. First edition.

Condition: GOOD. First edition. The fourth and final book of this series which depicts "the excitements, the glories of life on the great ranches in the West." Illustrated with a frontispiece and three internal plates on plain paper. Format 1. 242 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads. Fair condition overall - both hinges starting, fading to the spine, but front cover is bright and book is overall clean. Previous owner's name on front endpaper dated Christmas 1913. The most difficult to find title in this series.

Condition: Very Good. NY Doubleday, Page & Co 1903. 1/0/00 Binding: Hardcover VG. in no dj red c wslightest wear at tips; in mylar protective wraps 421 pages. 1st edition. 8vo.

Tan cloth, green spine title. 1st Edition. A scarce novel of the American wheat markets. weight: weight: 1.3 lb. Good, covers soiled, spine darkened, spine ends and corners worn, hinges weak, contents very good, no dust jacket. Frontispiece plus four additional plates. 21.3x14.3 cm. 249 pp.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 421 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards protected with a mylar covering. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning to the spine, sparse tiny white marks to the front and slight wear to the edges. Gilt decorative design to the spine with gilt border and circular gilt design to the front. Mildly shaken binding. Text block has modest wear including age toned edges with slight age toning to the interior. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column T, ND-T. 1400039. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped and lettered in gold. Two early signatures, both women, one dated 1904. Rear hinge cracked, modest wear to cloth edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THIS IS A SECOND PRINTING OF THE BOOK AS THE FIRST PRINTING IN NOVEMBER, 1925. THERE IS CHIPPING OF THE ENDS OF THE SPINE PAPER, GREATER AT THE TOP. THE COVERS ARE IN A GREEN PAPER WITH BLACK INK TITLES. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS ONE PHOTOGRAH OF THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHAGE IN ACTION. THE TOPIC CHAPTERS INCLUDE (1) A VVEW OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE PIT IN ACTION, (2) THE BIRTH OF THE PIT, (3) FUTURES, (4) SPECULATION, (5) HEDGING, (6) THE WICKED SHORT-SELLING, (7) ON CORNERING GRAINS, AND (8) "LETS INVESTIGATE." A TALE OF SPECULATION LEADING TO THE LOSS OR GAIN OF FORTUNES. THIS BOOK OFFERS A SHORT COURSE ON BEING INVOLVED IN TYE WHEST STOCK MARKET.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A historical tale of Chicago by one of the authors of its first literary renaissance - the second volume in Norris's planned trilogy on the oppression of the lower classes by the industrialists of the Gilded Age. Octavo, red cloth, gilt titles and garland design on cover, 421pp. A very well preserved copy, clean and unmarked in bright cover gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 421 pp, Princiipal characters in the novel, Binding tight with slight forward lean, pages age-toned, unmarke and clean, cover cloth with light wear at 5the corners, gilt letters & fr cover design VG. In glassine wrapper. Size: Small Octavo. Book.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A fictionalized and sympathetic biography of Benjamin P. Hutchinson, "Old Hutch," one of the first of the great speculators in commodity futures - in this case, wheat - between the 1870s to the early 1890s. Interesting look at how these markets work, the bulls who buy and the bears who short the commodities - at the time, plungers - those who went all out to control the markets - were considered heroes. Among other famous plungers who appear in this book are J. D. Armour and Joe Leiter. Illustrated with photographs. 249 pp. Very good in gold cloth - usual toning to the pages, some soiling to the covers, but a tight and straight copy. Comment "a very interesting record" on the front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Argyle Press, Chicago, IL. 1925. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing November 1925. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a stamp on the FFFP that reads: Compliments of J.P. Hermes and U.R. Denniston Associated with James E. Bennett and Co. Members of the Chicago Board of Trade. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped tail; missing a piece of paper that forms the head; light dust soiling to textblock top edge. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($1.00); sunfading to spine; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Green paper over boards and spine with bright black lettering on the front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. Laid-in is a small bifold paper from the publisher of reviews about the book from other publications. Frontispiece photo of the Trading Pit. 63 pp 12mo. This book is a concise statement of fact. It touches upon the romance of wheat and explains futures, speculation, and rules that govern trading in wheat. It tells much in a few words that is illuminating to the average layman. A valuable addition to the library of modern business. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine, red cloth over boards w gilt font on spine and cover, 421 pps. FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING of this great American classix. Gilt on cover and spine is bright, minimal bumping to spine and corners. Interior is unmarked, without notes/writing, clean, age toned. Book now mylar protected. A lovely gift quality collectible book.

Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5.5"), gilt red cloth. [6], 421 pp. Early owner's ink inscription on flyleaf. First edition, later printing (lacking edition statement and J.J. Little printing device), published February, 1903. The second work in Norris's unfinished trilogy on the wheat industry. Preceded by The Octopus (1901). CONDITION: Good +, spine slightly cocked, some toning, sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red/gilt cover VG. Very minor rumple at top/bottom of spine. Binding tight. Text very clean. 421 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Decorative red cloth stamped in gilt. Contemporary gift inscription dated in 1903, else a nice, near fine copy lacking the dustwrapper.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Rubbing spot to front panel, some wear to spine ends and corners. Hinge is starting.

Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Norris, Frank. THE PIT. A STORY OF CHICAGO. THE EPIC OF THE WHEAT. New York: Doubleday, 1903. First American Edition. 8vo., 421pp. Gilt-lettered & decorated red cloth, with upper cover central circular ornament of wheat as a laurel wreath. A very good copy of this Merle Johnson High Spot of American Literature. The Second volume of "The Epic of Wheat" trilogy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original grey paper boards, spine label. The special presentation edition, in publisher's binding, this copy inscribed "To Mr. Abraham C. Bird." His bookplate and the later bookplate of Natalie Knowlton Blair, "Blairhame" each fixed to front pastedown. Nice copy, housed in clamshell box (spine on box worn and frayed).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. 63 p. 20 cm. Illustrated with a b&w frontispiece photograph of The Pit in action. Green paper-covered boards, bordered and printed in black on the cover. Slight bow to the covers. Tail end chipped. In mylar-covered brown dustjacket with chipped spine ends and dampstained rear. Ink stamp of a Brantford, Ontario stock broker, Stobie, Furlong & Co., is on the front free endpaper, as well as on the front of the dustjacket. Jacket not price clipped. Edward Jerome Dies, b. 1891, was a financial journalist who later formed a public relations bureau, then became president of the National Soybean Processors Association from the late 1930s to 1945. This, his first book, is a lucid exposition of the workings of the Grain Exchange at the Chicago Board of Trade. In particular, the author explains the value of short-selling and futures trading as part of the marketing system so valuable to producers and dealers. He went on to write many more books about "big business," the relevancy of which has not changed over the years.