Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

1st UK edition. xiv, 386pp. Black cloth-covered boards with red metallic titles on the spine. 8vo. A little bruised at spine ends, hint of shadowing on text block edges; internally neat, clean and bright. In its original glossy, illustrated dust jacket, very slightly bumped along upper edge. A history of stock market speculation from the 19th century to the end of the 20th century, looking at the activities of private speculators, from Daniel Defoe to Hilary Rodham Clinton, as well.