Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852.
Second edition. viii, 303, [1]; viii, 324, [4, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, elaborately blindstamped with gilt-stamped spines, gilt topstain, yellow endpapers with publisher's ads. Complete in two volumes. Very Good+, lightly worn at head and tail, slightly bumped corners, rubbing to endpapers, stain and tiny tear to front board of second volume, a little foxing to text. Former owner's name written on title page of first vol. in ink. Bookseller's emboss to rear endpaper. A very nice, unsophisticated set. A classic study of human behavior covering hundreds of years of panics, fads, fallacies, mobs, and crazes in society and markets. The first profusely illustrated edition.
Price: $1,250.00