“THERE SEEMS NO REASON WHY THE AVERAGE STUDENT SHOULD NOT REAP THE REWARDS OF SUCCESSFUL STOCK MARKET OPERATION”

SCHABACKER, Richard W. Stock Market Theory and Practice. New York: B.C. Forbes, 1930. Large octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $7200.

First edition of Schabacker’s comprehensive guide to the stock market, with 105 illustrations, charts, and diagrams, three folding.

Written by R.W. Schabacker, the youngest financial editor of Forbes Magazine, this volume offers information on understanding the stock market, a guide to various documents used within it, and advice on how to be successful using that knowledge. "Schabacker was the first to make technical analysis and charting an organized discipline" (Linda Raschke).

Book with only faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves and head of spine. Scarce dust jacket with a bit of toning and soiling, chip to spine head, wear to extremities. An extremely good copy.