Frasca Charles (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used Good. No Jacket. Text is in English. Size - H: 8', W: 5.5', D: 1' This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Cover has some light edge wear and bumped corners. Spine is intact and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. A previous owner name is written inside the front. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good hardcover copy with no dustjacket. Some markings and signs of wear on top of spine. A small spot that leaked through on the top right corner of a few pages near the front. Some miniscule spotting to a very small number of interior pages, and a couple portions of the binding are seemingly a bit unstable. Otherwise in fine, fresh condition. 8"x5.25", viii+209 pages. Written by an investment broker "who since 1920 has successfully exposed many stock frauds". An overview of the history of stock swindlers, their methods, and general commentary by the author. To access more books on stockmarket fraud, go to Abebooks.com and search using our unique codeword MONEYBX, or visit our shop in Fort Worth. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear and creasing pages yellowed slight staining.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. viii, 209 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Stamp on front end page, previous owner's name inside front cover. Ships daily.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First. First edition, first printing. Very slight edgewear to maroon cloth covered boards. Minor age darkening to spine titles and three tiny stains on rear board. Book remains tightly bound with unmarked contents.

HARD BACK maroon. Condition: FAIR. First printing. frontispiece; bookplate on front free end page; small cracked on top spine cover board; shelfworn, soiling DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: First printing 209.

NF/NONE. BOOK IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE SPINE-ENDS WITH A FEW OWNERSHIP NAME STAMPS ON THE ENDPAPERS. AN EXCELLENT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Deep purple textured cloth with stamped gilt titles; The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear, minor spine fade with one tiny open spot on the lower front spine edge. The front endpages darkened from a removed laid-in paper. 7.75 inches tall; 209 pages. Charles Frasca delves into the unethical and fraudulent practices used by stock swindlers to deceive investors and manipulate financial markets. While it is not as widely known as some other books on financial fraud, its significance lies in its detailed analysis of the psychological and technical strategies used by swindlers to exploit investors' trust and greed. Here are some key points about the book's significance. For those interested in financial markets and the history of stock market fraud, the book serves as a useful guide in understanding how these deceptive practices have evolved and the warning signs to watch out for. [Adapted from Reviews].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. Edition printed 1931, 8 vo, Deep Burgundy Tweed Boards, Gold to Cover and Spine, all beautiful, Binding is Solid, Textblock is Square, Pages Lightly Toned, Unmarked throughout, Jacket is Good with Ripples across the top, and wear esp. to spine of DJ, red dot label on DJ spine foot, Published by Author, 1931, New York, 207 pg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New York: Charles B. Frasca, 1931. first edition 8vo. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. Full maroon cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Jacket has minor chips at the extremities. No previous owner's name, not exlibrary. an excellent copy in brodart protected dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. viii, 209 p. Text pages water-stained.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fascinating book with the rare original dust jacket! The book has tight binding and clean pages. The Jacket has some discoloration and some wear/small holes along the edges of the front cover. The back has a fold and some discoloration. Now in a protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 209pp. Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Square, clean copy with even toning to pages. Dust jacket shows mild edgewear but presents well in mylar sleeve. Investment broker Frasca offered this overview of common stock scams in the near-aftermath of the great crash of 1929. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. 1st edition. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). Gilt lettered maroon cloth. DJ with one 1/2" closed tear, few shorter. Flawless book but for very lightly scuffed spine ends. Text block edges clean as new. No internal flaws. Alao, book stays closed when stood on its spine. Nice DJ with minor edgewear. FINE book, VG+ DJ(in Brodart). 1st ed. DJ with minor wear.

HARD BACK MARROON. Condition: GOOD. FIRST PRINTING. Investment Broker, who Courageously has Successfully Exposed Many Stock Frauds, Recovering thusands of Dollars for the Victims, How $10,000,000,000.00 was Stolen from Inoncent Investors by the White Collar Bandits, during past 12 years, a few tears to back of chipped & stained dustjacket covered in mylar, first few pages have water marks at bottom & pgs 185-209 have water marks at top corner, Chapter I - The Stock Swindlers, Chapter - II How Scrupulous Lawyers aid the Stock Swindlers, Chapter III - Swindlers Aided by Dishonest Certified Public Accountants, Chapter IV - How to Combat the Three Evils, First the Stock Swindler, Second the Unscrupulous Attorneys, Third the Dishonest Accountants, Chapter V - Fraud Laws to Be Repealed, Chapter VI - Famous Stock Fraud Caes, Chapter VII - the Fun Lot Real Estate Scheme, Chapter VIII - Personal Observations, Chapter - IX Laxity of Our Bar Associations, Chapter X - Our Courts and Judges, Chapter XI - the Legal Profession and Judiciary of England DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 209.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

First edition, first printing, of the investment broker's passionate exposé of the financial scams practised by "society's worst enemies". Written to advise friends and clients, Frasca's book includes discussions on famous stock fraud cases, the Great Depression, real estate schemes, Prohibition, and judicial appointments, among much else. Frasca notes in his dedication that he had "twelve years' experience in exposing many stock frauds and recovering thousands of dollars. that otherwise would have been lost" (p. iii). Octavo. Photographic frontispiece, occasional neat printed underlining to the text. Original maroon cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover panelled in blind. With dust jacket. Minor bumping and rubbing, ink flower stamp to front free endpaper, frontispiece neatly reattached, infrequent light browning to contents, ghosting to pp. 20-21; slight rubbing, chipping, and finger soiling to jacket, flaps without price as issued, short closed tear to head of front flap and rear panel, faint toning and a couple of slight damp spots to spine: a very good copy in like jacket.

First edition, first printing, of the investment broker's passionate exposé of the financial scams practised by "society's worst enemies". Written to advise friends and clients, Frasca's book includes discussions on famous stock fraud cases, the Great Depression, real estate schemes, Prohibition, and judicial appointments, among much else. An early consumer advocate, Frasca notes in his dedication that he had "twelve years' experience in exposing many stock frauds and recovering thousands of dollars. that otherwise would have been lost" (p. iii). Octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover panelled in blind. With dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, occasional neat printed underlining to the text. Cloth bright, light rubbing to extremities, slight foxing to edges, faint toning to contents; light toning, finger soiling, and damp staining to jacket, minor creasing and chipping to extremities, several neat tape repairs on verso, flaps without price as issued: a near-fine copy in good jacket.