Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

by Charles MacKay LL.D.

Hardcover, red cloth covers with gilt title to spine, deckled edges, this is the Eighth Impression, April, 1956 of this edition published by L.C. Page & Company (First Impression October 1932) 

This edition contains a Foreword by Bernard M. Baruch who coincidently encouraged Louis Coues to publish this important work in 1932. The original versions of this book were published in 1841 and 1852, this copy contains facsimile title pages and reproductions of the original illustrations from editions of 1841 and 1852, 724 pp., 

Book Condition: Good, front and back hinges are cracked, heavily shaken, moderate wear to edges, covers rubbed and scuffed, internally clean and unmarked, 

Dust Jacket Condition: Good, (in Mylar), Price intact (NOT price clipped), faded and some light soil, some rips and tears near spine extremes, 

Summary: One of the most important books every written on the subject of human folly and the madness of crowds. I particularly like the addition of Baruch's Foreword to this L.C. Page & Company edition. Contents: Publisher's Note, Foreword, Preface, Preface to the edition of 1852, The Mississippi Scheme, The South-Sea Bubble, The Tulipomania, The Alchymists, Modern Prophecies, Fortune-Telling, The Magnetisers, Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard, The Crusades, The Witch Mania, The Slow Poisoners, Haunted Houses, Popular Follies of Great Cities, Popular Admiration of Great Thieves, Duels and Ordeals, Relics -- end. 724 pp. 

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