Limited ("Patron") and trade ("Classic) fine press editions of this legendary 1986 speech by the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett's long-time right-hand-man — with related publisher ephemera.
Fine.
Price: $200.00
"My second prescription for misery is to learn everything you possibly can from your own personal experience, minimizing what you learn vicariously from the good and bad experience of others, living and dead. This prescription is a sure-shot producer of misery and second-rate achievement."
From the publisher: "Charles Munger, investor, businessman, philanthropist, and long-time partner of Warren Buffet is one half of the power duo that turned Berkshire Hathaway into one of the largest diversified holding companies in the world. In 1986, he delivered this speech to the Harvard School as one of the oldest and longest serving trustees on the school's board. Turning traditional commencement speech wisdom on its head, 'How To Guarantee A Life of Misery' offers seven prescriptions for living a miserable life. Epitomizing Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi's wisdom of 'invert, always invert,' Munger's speech on what not to do remains relevant and compelling regardless of your graduation year."
First edition thus. (Newburgh, NY): Thornwillow Press, 2022. Two volumes; 7.25'' x 5'' each. Original plain self wrappers, both. In original decorative printed jackets. No price, as issued. 32 pages. Patron edition one of 200 numbered copies, this #96. Signed by the designer on colophon. Classic edition one of 1200 unnumbered copies. Both bright, clean, and sharp. Also included: original publisher correspondence, notecard (bit roughly opened), bookmark, and "Broadside Library" pamphlet.
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