Gann 12 Seminar (Entire Seminar numbers 1 to 8)

Gann 12 Seminar (Entire Seminar numbers 1 to 8)
by Kent H. Steffgen

Book Description: Kent H. Steffgan Intermarket Data, Universal City, CA, U.S.A., 1980. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover, Brown Card Wrappers with Metal Prong Fastener Binding, Gann 12 Title Page / Secondary Cover is white card stock with blue printed title, colored card stock tab pages separate the Seminar's 8 sections, 175 pp. No publication date, but we know this particular seminar took place in either late 1980 or early 1981 and was co-produced / promoted by The Investment Centre Bookstore in Los Angeles (Don Mack, Dr. Jerome Baumring),

Book Condition: Very Good, general shelfwear and light soil to covers, pages lightly tanned otherwise clean and unmarked,

Contents: This is the Gann 12 Seminar Manual provided to students of the Gann 12 Seminar (Kent H. Steffgen) in the early 1980s. Presenters listed as speakers included: Kent Steffgen, Dennis Sanders, Robert Prechter, Nick Flambouris, David Williams, Stepan Sperling and Norman Winski.

Table of Contents: Introduction, 1. Linear Constants, 2. Financial Astrology, 3. Theological Mathematics, 4. Cycles, 5. Elliot Wave and Fibonacci, 6. Data Base, 7. Gann 12 Procedure -- end. 175 pp.

(Note: After the seminar in 1980 there were some misunderstandings on the post-seminar sales of additional tapes and materials between Kent Steffgen and Donald Mack of The Investment Centre Book Store. Included are some of the original typewritten correspondence (heated) from Kent Steffgen to Don Mack - interesting reading!) 

EXTREMELY SCARCE and Collectible Gann Course from the 1980s.

[Steffgen had earlier authored some controversial political books (2 specifically about Ronald Reagan) - The Bondage of the Free (1966), Here's the Rest of Him (1968), The Counterfeit Candidate (1976)].

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The Richard D. Wyckoff Method of Trading and Investing in Stocks: A Course of Instruction in Stock Market Science and Technique, The Richard D. Wyckoff Course of Instruction in Tape Reading and Active Trading (2 Volume Set)

The Richard D. Wyckoff Method of Trading and Investing in Stocks: A Course of Instruction in Stock Market Science and Technique, AND The Richard D. Wyckoff Course of Instruction in Tape Reading and Active Trading (2 Volume Set) 
by Richard D. Wyckoff

Book Description: Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2012. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, This 2 Volume Set Includes, "The Richard D. Wyckoff Method of Trading and Investing in Stocks: A Course of Instruction in Stock Market Science and Technique" (Vol 1, 400 pp.) AND "The Richard D. Wyckoff Course of Instruction in Tape Reading and Active Trading" (Vol 2, 96 pp.)

About Volume 1: pictorial (vintage-look) photo boards, Reprint, exact facsimile of the rare 1931-34 title originally published by Richard D. Wyckoff, no dust jacket, Hardcover Reprint of the Original Document published in 1944. (Copyright 1931, 1932, 1933 by Richard D. Wyckoff, Copyright 1934 by Richard D. Wyckoff, Inc., Copyright 1936-1937 and 1944 by Wyckoff Associates, Inc.) 400 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good, some charts that were originally "white lines and text over black background" are a bit difficult to read, but should suffice for the purpose the author intended, all text is clear and legible.

Contents: How to Proceed, Foreword, Basic Law, Judging the Market by its Own Action, Forms of Charts, Buying and Selling Waves, Chart Records, Determining the Trend of the Market - Composite Averages, Comparing Strength and Weakness - Group Averages, How a Campaign is Conducted - Individual Chart Studies Part 1, How the Operator's Intentions May Be Detected - Chart Studies II, Figure Charts - Individual Chart Studies Part III, Figure Charts - Individual Chart Studies Part IV, Figure Charts - NY Times Average - Chart Studies Part V, Market Technique - Volume Studies, Significance of Trend Lines, Vertical Line Charts - Chart Studies Part VI, Vertical Line Charts - Chart Studies Part VII, Selecting the Best Stocks - Position Sheet - Barometer, How to Determine the Position of an Individual Stock, Buying and Selling Test, Refinements, The Wave Chart, Stop Orders - How to Handle Them, General Instructions - Cautionary Suggestions, Market Philosophy - Cautionary Suggestions (continued), Addenda -- end. 400 pages.

About Volume 2: pictorial (vintage-look) photo boards, Reprint, exact facsimile of the rare 1934 title originally published by Richard D. Wyckoff, no dust jacket, Hardcover Reprint of the Original Document published in 1934, 96 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good, spine slightly twisted, the photocopy reproduction is good but not excellent, some of the chart details are difficult to read and some of the text is faded, but all text is legible.

Contents: Introduction, Judging the Immediate Trend (Buying and Selling Waves, Wave Chart of the Leaders), Buying and Selling Waves - Part II, How to Link the Wave Chart with the Stock in Which you are Trading (A Vertical Line Chart and Continuous Line Chart), Trading Areas and How to Profit by Them (Trading Area of Auburn Motors), The Tape Reading Chart (Tape Reading Chart of J.I. Case), How to Spot the Buying and Selling Points within a Small Fraction, Judging Strength or Weakness, How to Keep Percentage in your Favor, Trading on Initial Activity, Judging the Market by Tests and Responses, The Best Stocks for Active Trading, Stop Orders and Other Vital Points (Judging Your Efficiency, Trading in Uniform Lots, Dow-Jones Averages, Trading on Paper, Trade at the Market, Put Time Limit on Your Trades, Qualifications of a Successful Speculator, Never Ask Advice, Fallacy of Averaging, Capital Required, How Profits Accumulate, Where to Trade, Choice of Brokers, Study you Losses, Practice Persistently), Chart Studies (American Telephone at Bottom of Reaction, American Telephone at Top of Rally, Allied Chemical at Bottom of Reaction, Allied Chemical at Top of Rally, J.I. Case at Bottom of Reaction, American Can Combined with Five Leaders) -- end. 96 pages. EXTREMELY SCARCE TRADING COURSES by RICHARD D. WYCKOFF, Collectible Hardcover Reprints.

Status: Temporarily Back Ordered

The Magic Path of Intuition (ORIGINAL TYPEWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT)

The Magic Path of Intuition (ORIGINAL TYPEWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT) 
by Florence Scovel Shinn

Book Description: 1936. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, No binding, 3 hole punched typewritten pages in Brown Card "Amfil" Kankakee, ILL folder, 3 hole double-tang fasteners, To our knowledge this 19 page, 10 Lesson document was never published by Shinn. We do know that she obtained a copyright for this title on Jan. 24, 1936, (As noted in the Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 1, Group 2, Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc. Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery, Maps, 1936, New Series, Volume 33, No. 1) but we are unable to find any documentation or evidence to show that this was ever published.

Book Condition: Very Good, folder is rubbed and light soil, corners bumped and creased, internally pages are lightly tanned but otherwise no rips or tears. While typing lessons 1 through 9 it is apparent that Shinn's typewriter ribbon was running out of ink and therefore several pages have extremely light type. In the middle of Lesson 9 she changed the ink cartridge and the remainder of the manuscript is crisp and uniform. There are a few corrections made in pencil and some type errors that were "x"ed out and re-typed.

Contents: Lesson 1. The Magic Path of Intuition, True Prayer Means Preparation, Lesson 2. HOW TO WIND YOURSELF UP FINANCIALLY, Lesson 3. The MAGIC PATH OF INTUITION, Awake thou that sleepth, All that you desire or require is already on your pathway, but you must be wide awake to your good to bring it into manifestation, Lesson 4. HOW TO BREAK UP OLD THOUGHT FORMS, Lesson 5. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, Lesson 6. BRINGING YOUR FUTURE INTO THE NOW TIME AND SPACE ARE but a dream., Lesson 7. THE HOUSE THAT FAITH BUILT, Lesson 8. DO NOT LET YOUR HEART'S DESIRE BECOME A HEART'S DISEASE, Lesson 9. GOD THE GREAT MAGICIAN, Lesson 10. ALL THAT THE FOURTH DIMENSION AFFORDS IS YOURS. -- end. 19 pp.

Note:  Shinn's other "Published" works include: The Game of Life and How to Play it (1925), Your Word is Your Wand (1928), The Secret Door to Success (1940) and Power of the Spoken Word published posthumously in (1945).

About the Author: Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940), Florence Scovel Shinn's books have been reprinted continually since her death in 1940. These metaphysical works were published privately during her lifetime, but Simon & Schuster and the Church of Religious Science have made them a staple of New Age bookstores everywhere today. Shinn developed her beliefs from such mystical sources as Freemasonry and ancient Egyptian philosophy. The Game of Life and How to Play It and The Secret Door to Success are often seen as blueprints to today's most popular self-improvement books. Shinn's influence has proven so great that two researchers have compared her writings with the work of the father of positive thinking, Norman Vincent Peale, and have concluded that some of Peale's theories originated with Shinn. We consider "The Magic Path of Intuition" a lost treasure from Shinn and look forward to finding a new home for this collectible gem. Please feel free to contact us with any specific questions about this title.


Status: SOLD,  8 November, 2012 to Private Collector in California, USA.

The Richard D. Wyckoff Course of Instruction in Tape Reading and Active Trading

The Richard D. Wyckoff Course of Instruction in Tape Reading and Active Trading
by Richard D. Wyckoff

Book Description: Alanpuri Trading, Los Angeles, 2012. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, pictorial (vintage-look) photo boards, Reprint, exact facsimile of the rare 1934 title originally published by Richard D. Wyckoff, no dust jacket, Hardcover Reprint of the Original Document published in 1934, 96 pp.

Book Condition: Very Good, spine slightly twisted, the photocopy reproduction is good but not excellent, some of the chart details are difficult to read and some of the text is faded, but all text is legible.

Contents: Introduction, Judging the Immediate Trend (Buying and Selling Waves, Wave Chart of the Leaders), Buying and Selling Waves - Part II, How to Link the Wave Chart with the Stock in Which you are Trading (A Vertical Line Chart and Continuous Line Chart), Trading Areas and How to Profit by Them (Trading Area of Auburn Motors), The Tape Reading Chart (Tape Reading Chart of J.I. Case), How to Spot the Buying and Selling Points within a Small Fraction, Judging Strength or Weakness, How to Keep Percentage in your Favor, Trading on Initial Activity, Judging the Market by Tests and Responses, The Best Stocks for Active Trading, Stop Orders and Other Vital Points (Judging Your Efficiency, Trading in Uniform Lots, Dow-Jones Averages, Trading on Paper, Trade at the Market, Put Time Limit on Your Trades, Qualifications of a Successful Speculator, Never Ask Advice, Fallacy of Averaging, Capital Required, How Profits Accumulate, Where to Trade, Choice of Brokers, Study you Losses, Practice Persistently), Chart Studies (American Telephone at Bottom of Reaction, American Telephone at Top of Rally, Allied Chemical at Bottom of Reaction, Allied Chemical at Top of Rally, J.I. Case at Bottom of Reaction, American Can Combined with Five Leaders) -- end. 96 pages, EXTREMELY SCARCE TRADING COURSE by WYCKOFF - Highly Collectible Hardcover Reprint.

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How To Invest, A Handbook of Buying and Selling Stocks and Bonds

How To Invest, A Handbook of Buying and Selling Stocks and Bonds 
by Standard & Poors Corporation

Book Description: Standard & Poor's Corporation for Thompson & McKinnon, New York, 1957. Soft cover. Softcover, Saddle Stitch, Gray card wrappers with printed blue title to cover, published by Standard & Poor's for the Thomson & McKinnon in 1957, 19 pp. 5.25 X 8 in.,

Booklet Condition: Good, covers rubbed, tanned and light soil, spine tanned, general shelfwear, pages lightly tanned otherwise clean and unmarked.

Contents: This was an off-the-shelf Handbook that S&P produced for several brokerage firms in the 1950s and 60s, this one produced for Thomson & McKinnon in 1957. (Founded in 1885, Thomson and McKinnon ran into financial trouble in the late 1980s and was purchased in 1989 by Prudential Bache. Prudential-Bache only purchased the firm's retail brokerage offices and customer accounts). Table of Contents: Introduction, Getting Started, Buying and Selling Bonds, Profits in Common and Preferred Stocks, How to Develop Your Investment Plan, Fundamental Rules for Successful Investing, Your Broker and the Securities Markets, Language of the Financial Community -- end. 19 pp. Scarce Emphemera of Thomson & McKinnon from the 1950s. Collectible.

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Inflation and Inflation Hedges

Inflation and Inflation Hedges
by Harry D. Schultz

Book Description: Harry D. Schultz, Basel, Switzerland. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 3.75 X 8.25 in., Saddle Stitch, Yellow wrappers with black title and graphics to cover, Booklet, No publication date - assumed 1970s, printed in Switzerland, 26 pp.  

Booklet Condition: Very Good, cover lightly rubbed, corners lightly bumped, internally clean and unmarked.,

Contents: Inflationary advise circa the 1970s from Swiss Bank advocate Harry D. Schultz. 26 pp. Collectible.

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Put Option and Call Option Contracts

Put Option and Call Option Contracts
By Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc.  

Book Description: Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc., New York. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, Perfect Bound, Blue Card Wrappers with black title to cover, 6" x 8", no publication date but likely 1930s or 40s. Second Edition, 60pp.,

Book Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed and soiled, general shelfwear, corners bumped, spine faded and tanned, pages tanned otherwise no marks.

Contents: Topics covered, History, Cost of Options, Definition of a "Call" Option, Definition of a "Put" Option, Definitions, The Economic Importance of Options, How to Exercise Options, Endorsements, Premiums, The Seller of Options, Options vs. Stop-Loss Orders, Cost of Options, Duration of Options, Differential Options vs. Market Options, Dividends, Income Taxes, Appendix (appendix takes up pages 21-60) -- end. 60 pp., Extremely Scarce Title, Highly Collectible.

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List of Members of the Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc.

List of Members of the Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc.
By Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc.

Book Description: Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association, Inc., New York. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 4 x 8.25 in., Saddle Stitch, Blue card wrappers with black title to cover, no publication date - assumed 1940s, 5 pp.

Brochure Condition: Very Good, covers lightly rubbed and light soil, edges chipped and tanned, one small mark in pen to interior otherwise clean and unmarked,

Contents: Listing of the 25 members of the Put and Call Brokers and Dealers Association at the time of this publication. - end. 5 pp. Collectible Wall Street Ephemera.

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ADDENDA for Lesson One to Lesson Eleven for Tubbs' Stock Market Correspondence Lessons

ADDENDA for Lesson One to Lesson Eleven for Tubbs' Stock Market Correspondence Lessons by C. Ralph Dystant

Book Description: C. Ralph Dystant, Dysco., Chicago, IL, USA, 1970.  NO BINDING, Loose pages (3 hole punched), 8.5 x 11 in. white paper for text and green grid graph paper for charts, This 54 pp. ADDENDA (Original) is for the NEW 1970 edition of Tubbs' Stock Market Correspondence Lessons One to Fourteen that Ralph Dystant published in 1970. Upon uncovering this rare document we now better understand how it came to be that there are two versions of the Tubbs course reprint floating around.

The first TEN Lesson course written and published by Frank Tubbs in the 30s or 40s, and the FOURTEEN Lesson course published by Dystant in 1970. Lessons Eleven by Fourteen were written and added by Dystant in 1970. Dystant re-typeset the entire Lesson One thru Fourteen Course for the 1970 publication, but for those re-sellilng the reprint for the last couple of decades, there has never been any mention that Ralph Dystant actually wrote the last four chapters and to our knowledge the existence of an ADDENDA for Lessons One to Eleven by Ralph Dystant may have been known by very few. It is clear to us now that Dr. Jerome Baumring, who originally owned this ADDEND knew, but decided to sell the Reprints of Lesson One through Fourteen Course with no reference to Ralph Dystant. We can only speculate as to Dr. Baumring's reasons, but it may have been related to copyright infringement issues.

In this 54 pp. ADDENDA, Dystant attempts to update Tubb's observations and in many cases uses current charts to illustrate his additonal observations. For those of you who own the Tubbs' course you will see in Lesson Eleven that a 1970 chart of Savin verifies that Dystant wrote Lessons Eleven through Fourteen. We were also able to verify Dystant's November 1970 copyright and description through the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: 1970: July-December (See photo).

Addenda Condition: Very Good, pages are lightly tanned and light shelfwear otherwise clean and unmarked. (no binding, loose pages only), Contents: Lesson One Addenda 8 pp. (4 pages of text and pages of charts), Lesson Two Addenda 4 pp. (2 pages of text and 2 pages of charts, Lesson Three Addenda 14 pp. (2 pages of text, 3 pages of charts and 9 pages of tables), Lesson Four Addenda 7 pp. (1 page of text and 6 pages of charts), Lesson Five Addenda 1 pp. (1 page of text), Lesson Six Addenda 3 pp. (1 page of text and 2 pages of charts), Lesson Seven Addenda 3 pp. (2 pages of text and 1 page of charts), Lesson Eight Addenda 2 pp. (1 page of text and 1 page of charts), Lesson Nine Addenda 5 pp. (3 pages of text, 1 page of charts and 1 page of tables), Lesson Ten Addenda 1 pp. (1 page of text), Lesson Eleven Addenda (A Ralph Dystant Addenda to his own chapter) 4 pp. (1 page of text and 3 pages of charts), also included is a chart of the Transportation Averages from 1958 to 1970 with volume and a chart of Market Barometers for 1969 to 1970 that includes Utilities, Industrials and Transportation -- end. 54 pp. EXTREMLY SCARCE ORIGINAL BY C. RALPH DYSTANT. HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.

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