Description

Small quarto volume bound in green pebbled cloth embossed on front cover and lettered in gold on spine. 472 pages with 8 page publisher’s catalog appended. Index. Second printing of the first in what would eventually become to a five volume set. Originally published as columns in the New York Leader. A contemporary history of business enterprises and brief biographies of the merchants who ran them. No previous ownership marks. A tight, clean, unmarked copy. Mild shelf-wear but overall a superior copy. Near fine.