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New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill Book Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill Book Company, 1934; stated First Edition; xi, 725pp. Black cloth binding, scarce. Printed for a small distribution to traders in the US. The book represents the genesis of financial analysis, corporate finance and value investing. This copy bears the purple ink stamp of the Wall Street firm Salomon Bros. & Hutzner's Statistical Department on the front end paper. 8vo, blind stamped border on front board, gilt titling on spine. Very good+ condition. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of boards; text is clean, with faint wear to the front edge of the page block. An exemplary copy. Warren Buffett reviewed the success of value investing in a speech given on May 17, 1984, at the Columbia University School of Business in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Security Analysis.