Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.

BURROUGH, Bryan and John Helyar.

Item Number: 112317

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990.

First edition of this business classic. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by co-author John Helyar on the half-title page, “Best wishes to a friend of Southpoint, John Helyar Senior Editor.” Also laid in is a bookmark from Southpoint advertising this book. Helyar become the editor of Southpoint upon the publication of this title. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.

The ultimate story of greed and glory, Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s. "It’s hard to imagine a better story and it’s hard to imagine a better account" (Chicago Tribune). Made into the film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart. It stars James Garner as F. Ross Johnson, the CEO of RJR Nabisco, Jonathan Pryce as Henry Kravis, his chief rival for the company and Fred Thompson as James Robinson III, the CEO of American Express.