Color: Black; Brown
"The Great Los Angeles Bubble," by Guy W. Finney (Los Angeles: Milton Forbes Company, 1929), 203 pp. The brown hardcover book has a tan-colored label at the top of the front that has the title and author's name in black. The latter and the publisher's name are also on the spine in black. A handwritten dedication by the author is on the front flypage, followed by a title page and a foreword. The book covers a reporter's investigation of the Julian Petroleum stock swindle during the financial boom in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1927. A dustjacket is item .2. In overall good condition, the artifact has light abrasions; a dented corner; slight browning of the paper; a dedication in ink; and a stain on the front flypage.
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