NORRIS, Frank

The Pit: A Story of Chicago

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Third Printing (per Blanck; lacking the printer's imprint on verso of title page). Octavo (20.25cm); maroon cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [viii],421,[3]pp. Spine gilt slightly oxidized, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy, lacking the rare dustjacket.

Sequel to The Octopus (1901), this is a fictitious account of wheat speculation in the stock market of Chicago. BAL 15038; COAN, p. 97; HANNA 2649. See also McELRATH A7.I.a.

Price: $40.00

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