Books

Graham, Benjamin; and Dodd, David L. Security Analysis: Principles and Technique. New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1934. First Edition, Third Impression (as printed on the title page) Aprox 9" x 6". Maroon cloth titled in gilt within a gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled with slight wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. xi, [i] & 725 pages.. From the library of J H. Kass, Jr., with his signature penned on the front endpaper and also penciled once again above the name of his firm Wood, Struthers & Co., 20 Pine Street, [New York] who were dealers in investment securities. He has made a few small light pencil marks inside. Warren Buffett concluded in an 1984 article that "..I can only tell you that the secret has been out for 50 years, ever since Ben Graham and Dave Dodd wrote Security Analysis, yet I have seen no trend toward value investing in the 35 years I've practiced it. There seems to be some perverse human characteristic…