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GRAHAM, Benjamin & David L. Dodd.

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

"The Best in the World"; First Edition of Graham and Dodd’s Security Analysis; Benjamin Graham's Personal Copy and Inscribed by to Him to His Nephew

New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill Book Company, 1934.

$975,000.00
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First edition, Benjamin Graham's personal copy and inscribed by him to his nephew, of this seminal work, which is considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Association copy, his personal copy and signed twice by Graham on the front free endpaper, "Instructors text Benj. Graham" and additionally inscribed below in the year of publication to his closest family member, "Presented to 'Cousin Lou' as a reminder of our good old days together Ben Dec. 1934." Louis Grossbaum was Graham's cousin and closest relative. Graham's original surname was Grossbaum, but he changed it to better fit into Wall Street. Both he and his cousin Lou were brilliant students and competed for a scholarship at Columbia University. Graham was awarded the scholarship instead of Grossbaum due to an error at the registrar’s office. Graham revered his cousin Lou and gave him a major role in his memoirs. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box. Easily the best example ever to exist.
Continuously in print through five editions, for more than 90 years, and with nearly a million copies sold, Security Analysis is indisputably the most influential book on investing ever written. Known as the investors' bible, it is as frequently consulted today as it was when it first appeared in 1934. The original words of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd--put to paper not long after the disastrous Stock Market Crash of 1929--still have the mesmerizing qualities of rigorous honesty and diligent scrutiny, the same riveting power of disciplined thought and determined logic that gave the work its first distinction and began its illustrious career.
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