The book, The Art Of The Market: Two Centuries Of American Business As Seen Through Its Stock Certificates visually charts the evolution of American industry for over two centuries.  In the days before advertising and annual financial reports, stock certificates projected the corporate image to the world through artwork and elaborately designed stock certificates.  From the bold engravings of steam locomotives that once crisscrossed the United States to "allegorical figures" that depict America in its mythical proportions, these symbolic renderings that decorated the face of stock certificates represented the highest level of the engraver's art.  "The Art Of The Market" presents artwork from more than 150 certificates that when viewed together render America's economic and social history as it moved through panics and prosperity, as well as, wars and peace.  The major sections of "The Art Of The Market" are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) Chapter 1 - The Birth Of The Share; 3) Chapter 2 - An Industrial Nation; 4) Chapter 3 - Westward Ho; 5) Chapter 4 - Broken Trust; 6) Chapter 5 - Postwar Prosperity; 7) Chapter 6 - A Settling Economy In Unsettling Times; 8) Chapter 7 - The New Conglomerates; 9) Afterword; 10) Sources, Bibliography and 11) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, "The Art Of The Market" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 21 black and white photographs; 2) About 148 color photographs; 3) 2 black and white illustrations and 4) 6 color illustrations.  Note: this copy of "The Art Of The Market" was previously owned by a public library but was formerly discarded via a "Friends Of The Library" book sale.  This book is 176 pages and is in very good condition.  The authors are Bob Tamarkin and Les Krantz with George LaBarre (commentary).  Edition published in 1999.