Author: Robert Barr
Title: The Speculations of John Steele
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon financial drama by Robert Barr. The first edition of this uncommon work.This novel follows a young man named John Steele, a station-master, telegrapher, ticket-agent, and man-of-all-work, as he is brought into a scheme to raise money, and, through financial speculation, becomes the "Napoleon of finance".By Robert Barr, a Scottish-Canadian novelist and editor.Thirty-two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is faded. A few light marks to the boards, heavier to the rear board. Small chip to the spine. Spots to the fore edge. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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