Profits Trading Commodities Study Commodity by Gann John (3 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A solid, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1941 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its purple cloth, with still somewhat-bright gilt-titling along the spine. Very mild spotting to the panels, very light soiling at the endsheets and pastedowns. Clean as could be to the text and otherwise internally, with no writng or markings of any kind. Octavo, black-and-white photos of the author and his son (the dedicatee) at the front, copious charts at the rear. An important early title in investment and trading literature, scarce in its original 1941 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover, 391 pp. Ex lib w/usual markings, spine and corner wear, corner bump, cover spotting, binding loose at front hinge, price and torn nameplate inside cover, 2 inch tear near binding on 2nd pg., two small stains, else text is clean. This is the original W. D. Gann book with limited printing. Signed by W. D. Gann in blue ink! This book is very collectible and rarely comes on the market. Photos available upon request. Book.

First edition of this guide by the renegade financial trader, remembered for his dubious investment advice based on geometry, astronomy, astrology, and ancient mathematics. Co-authored with his son, who later pursued a more conventional trading career, the book argues traders can earn greater profit in commodities than in stocks. Although derided by professional traders, Gann's pronouncements were eagerly followed by amateur investors during the 1920s boom, who sought meaning and strategy amid rising prices and market fever. "Gann's works are the subject of much controversy. True believers abound and still follow many of his arcane methods of forecasting, which emphasise timing, rather than price or volume, cycles, vibrations. what is evident is that, in certain circles, his work and life are as much revered today as they were fifty or more years ago" (Dennistoun, p. 128). Christopher Dennistoun, Bubbles, Booms and Bursts, 2007 (catalogue entry 372 for this title). Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine a little sunned, minor rubbing, slight residue to rear free endpaper: a very good copy.