Philip A. Fisher. COMMON STOCKS AND UNCOMMON PROFITS. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958. First edition, later printing (letter code "E-H" or May 1958). Hardcover. Black and grey cloth boards with gilt, in illustrated jacket. 8vo; xiii, 146pp. with index. With (2) full-page plates. Inscribed "To John Collett, / Sincerely / Philip A Fisher" on front free endpaper.

8 1/2 X 5 3/4 in.

Philip Arthur Fisher (1907-2004) was a San Francisco-based investing specialist and owner of the money management company Fisher & Co. Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits was his first book and it brought him considerable attention for offering a clear manual with an "unorthodox approach" (foreword), and for his discussion of the "scuttlebutt" method that is still used today.

Boards with edgewear and slight separation from text block; pages very lightly toned with (2) small pencil marks and (2) leaves with tiny foxing spot, otherwise extremely clean and unmarked; small bookseller sticker on rear paste-down; jacket scuffed with toning and edgewear, including small chips, losses, and tears, and (2) 1/2- to 1-in. tears, in removable protective mylar jacket; easily very good in good, unclipped dust jacket.