Security Analysis: Principles and Technique by Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd is the foundational textbook of value investing, offered here as the classic 1962 fourth edition hardcover in its original dust jacket, published by McGraw-Hill Book Company. First published in 1934 during the depths of the Great Depression, this landmark work laid the intellectual groundwork for modern investment analysis and has sold more than a million copies across its editions. This fourth edition was revised and expanded by Graham and Dodd together with Sidney Cottle, and includes a new preface by the authors alongside the original 1934 preface.

Benjamin Graham and David Dodd were Columbia Business School professors widely regarded as the fathers of value investing, and this is the rigorous, professional counterpart to Graham's more accessible The Intelligent Investor. Across its comprehensive chapters, the book sets out the disciplined analysis of stocks and bonds, the valuation of securities, and the enduring principle Graham made famous, the margin of safety. Warren Buffett, Graham's most celebrated student, has long called the work his investing bible, and its methods remain a touchstone for serious analysts and money managers to this day.

This copy is bound in the original two-tone cloth with printed boards and spine, and it displays beautifully, with bright boards, sharp lettering, and a firm binding. As a lovely bonus, a vintage Benjamin Graham newspaper clipping was found tucked inside the volume and is included, a charming period keepsake for a collector.

As a substantial vintage hardcover of one of the most influential finance books ever written, this edition appeals to serious investors, finance professionals and students, and collectors of Wall Street and economics literature.

An essential centerpiece for any collection of value investing, security analysis, or twentieth-century financial classics.

CONDITION

Book: Very Good. If not for the underlining the book would be near fine, with bright boards, sharp lettering, and a firm, tight binding. The volume has light pencil underlining throughout. Dust jacket: Very Good, with light wear and a bit of chipping to the head of the spine, not price-clipped. Includes a vintage Benjamin Graham newspaper clipping found tucked inside.

This item will be well packaged and shipped via USPS Media Mail.

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