[Rarebooks] FS - Dies, The Wheat Pit

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

*DIES, Edward Jerome. /THE WHEAT PIT./* Argyle Press, Chicago, IL. 1925. 
Slim 8vo, pp. 63. With a black-and-white photo frontispiece showing "the 
pit" in action.

Dies was born in Springfield, Oregon, in 1891. His first book was "The 
Wheat Pit", published in November, 1925, and reprinted later the same 
month (our copy is one of the latter). Dies specialized in the writing 
of non-fiction and fiction books dealing mainly with "big business", and 
the buying and selling of commodities. His 1935 title, "Street of 
Adventure" is one of the scarcest, and most sought-after, business books 
of the 20th century: when a copy surfaces, it can be offered for as much 
as $7,500! "The Wheat Pit" "is a concise statement of fact. It touches 
upon the romance of wheat, and explains futures, speculation, and the 
rules that govern the trading in wheat." Dies followed it up in 1929 
with a novel entitled "The Plunger - A Tale of the Wheat Pit".

Our copy of "The Wheat Pit" is bound in the original green paper over 
boards, lettered and ruled in black. The binding is slightly cracked at 
the title page, otherwise the book is in very good condition, with 
virtually no wear to the boards. The original dust jacket is present, 
showing the original printed price. It is slightly creased along the top 
edge, and very slightly chipped at the top and bottom. There is a bit of 
rubbing, but otherwise it is in good plus, to very good, condition.

Price:  $400.00.

Terms of sale - the price is net and is a special price to this list. 
Packing, postage, and insurance are included. Payment by check or credit 
card. Returnable within seven days of  receipt if not as described.

 
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