Hemming, Henry G.

Thick 4to. Engraved frontispiece, 4 views and 353 steel-engraved portraits of Exchange members. Expertly bound to style in full brown morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt edges.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE, containing a 45-page history of the New York Stock Exchange, which chronicles the Exchanges founding, its relationship to the banks, its prominent members, and its place in the global economy. Portraits include Henry Clews, George Jay Gould, J.P. Morgan, Jr., W.C. Kellogg and Arthur Whitney.