Benner's Prophecies of Future Ups and Downs in Prices by Samuel Benner

Benner's Prophecies of Future Ups and Downs in Prices
by Samuel Benner

Book Description: Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, 1888. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover, Deep Purple/Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and giltstamped decorative pictorial cover.Decorative print end papers to front and back (no marks).

Book Condition: Good, Dedication page is missing top corner portion (about 2 1/2"), but all text for that page is intact. Some light foxing on certain pages throughout the text, but most pages clean, type appears to be fading on some pages. Slightly cocked spine, some foxing to textblocks. Corners bumped and starting to fray. No Dust Jacket.

Contents: Preface, Introduction, Predictions, Pig-Iron, Hogs, Corn, Cotton, Provisions, Panic, Theory, Conclusions - ADDENDA 1884. Revision of this Work, Prophecies Verified, Signs of the Times, Average Yearly Prices in Pig-Iron, Failures, Railroad Stocks, Miles of Railroad in U.S., Winter Packing of Hogs--Net and Gross Cost, Corn, The Weather, Stages of the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio - Corn and Hogs, Cotton and Crops, Wheat, Forecast for 1887, Forecast for 1888 - Description: This is the 181 page, 1888 4th Edition (originally written in 1875) that includes the ADDENDA 1884 chapters. Widely regarded as one of the best and earliest books on cycles and price prediction. Extremely scarce edition and title, Collectible.

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