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1950. Good. BLUNT, WILFRID. Tulipomania. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1950, First Edition. King Penguin Book. 12mo., pp.29 + (3) + 16 color plates from seventeenth-century watercolours by Alexander Marshal. Bibliography. Dj. Top edge of spine and also spine of dustjacket. has about an 1/8" tear on edges.

Salisbury, Connecticut: Ink, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Limited Edition; Privately Printed. Softcover. Corners lightly bumped.; Tulipomania was the speculative, economic bubble that evolved in 17th century Dutch Republic, now Netherlands. The price of tulip bulbs rose to unimaginable extremes as people assigned value to the bulbs far in excess of their intrinsic value. Bulbs were sold and traded as investments and buyers could purchase futures contracts on speculated future values. The average person could buy, hold, and resell a single bulb, and the wealthy could have vast holdings. In February 1637, this speculative bubble collapsed as people stopped buying tulip bulb futures contracts and the rest of the market plummeted, erasing the fortunes of both the meek and the mighty. Like some highly-speculative investments today, people ignored the fundamentals, invested in an idea, and lost their money when the market collectively realized that the idea was not backed by… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950 F-/VG+. 12mo. original pictorial boards (some scattered spotting to endpapers and leaf edges) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed & nicked, spotting to reverse and flaps); pp. 32, with 16 colour plates. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+. Illus. by Alexander Marshal.