The History, Law, and Practice of the Stock Exchange by A. P. Poley
1926. Fourth Edition. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and speckled text block edges. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's name and pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with water drops and a few rub marks to text block edges. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Water staining to lower corner of pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Water staining to front board.