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London: Hamish Hamilton. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Illustrated laminated softback card cover. 400mm x 190mm (16" x 7"). 92pp. 92 full colour reproductions. .
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Philadelphia: Draper, Welsh & Co., 1854. Folio broadside, 8.75" x 14.75". A beautifully printed bond, with an ornamental border and ten engraved vignettes, including a large one of Independence Hall; and a locomotive, a waterfront scene, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, and other portraits. Signed by the City Treasurer and the City Controller [each signature has a circular punch through it]. Blindstamp seal of the City of Philadelphia. Minor wear, Very Good. The Loan Certificate evidences the indebtedness of the City to Nathan Nathans, as guardian of George and John Lockhart. Nathans [1798-1877], a Jewish Philadelphia attorney, was admitted to the Bar in 1819; in addition to his legal work, he was a controller of the Philadelphia public schools for many years. Center for Jewish History, Philadelphia City Bonds Collection, PID #364970.
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Paperback. Good.
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Northern Rock. VG: in very good condition with dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Yellow hardback cloth cover. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). 144pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. .
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Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1922, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket. 595 pages, 7" x 10", illustrated.
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New York: New York and Suburban Co-Operative Building and Loan Association, 1915. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A fine copy.. Unpaged [16 pp.]. 16mo.
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Hartford, Connecticut: Courant Office Press, 1849. Pamphlet. Bound with string. Center crease on front cover, age spots.. 52pp. Printed by order of the Senate. Report of three bank examiners, Nelson Brewster, Henry Taintor and Starr Ferry, who were required "to visit the several Banks in the state once in each year… and inquire whether they have been, and are managed and conducted according to law…. They have required the cashier of each Bank to answer certain interrogatories showing the condition of the Bank of which they have charge at three different times, viz. the first of October, January and April." The men go through each state law and make general comments about compliance and then list the liabilities, resources and loans and discounts of Hartford Bank, Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Connecticut River Banking Company, New Haven County Bank, City Bank, Mechanics Bank, Exchange Bank, New Haven Bank and many other city and county banks in the state. The final pages include an abstract and a summary of reports dating back to 1837. 5 1/2 x 9"
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Worcester, MA: Worcester County National Bank, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Fine in a near fine dj.. 183 pp. Illus. Sm. 4to. Bank and local history.
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New York: M. B. Long, 1838. Otherwise very good condition. A rebuttal to the accusations made against the New York Phenix Bank. Phenix Bank was accused of overcharging on exchange rates, making unlawful discounts, and accepting a bonus for 'carrying a house through its difficulties,' the bonus partially received without fulfilling its responsibilities. Newspapers fought a bitter allegation war, with the turmoil ending when the Whigs and Board of Trade were successful at forcing the resignation of Phenix Bank President John Delafield. Delafield later became President of the New York Agricultural Society. Daniel Lord was a prominent lawyer defending Delafield. 8vo, 30pp, lacking wrappers, slt. fox spotting, some on most pages, red underlining. OCLC: 745537.
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Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821. Disbound. 41, [1blank] pp. Scattered spotting. Good+. Signed at top margin, 'Hon. Rheuben H. Walworth M.C. Washington.' Walworth was a New York Congressman at this time. A Massachusetts Whig closely allied with John Quincy Adams, Davis urges Congress to exercise its express constitutional power to enact a uniform bankruptcy law. Emphasizing the risks of commerce that well-meaning individuals must incur, Davis urges that those who fail be given the opportunity for a fresh start. FIRST EDITION. BEAL 2484.
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Chicago: National Community Investment Fund, 2005. Spiral Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Unpaginated. Spiral binding is intact. Cover shows light rubbing. Text is clean and unmarked
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[London: Printed by W. Molineux, Published by W. Cobbett, 1817. viii, [2]-470, [1 blank] pp. Printed in two columns per page, with each column counted as a page [as issued]. Bound in original paper-covered boards. Rather crudely rebacked with waste paper, else Very Good with light foxing. Cobbett's thesis is that "The Paper-Money System has mainly contributed towards our present miseries...In all countries, where a Paper-Money, that is to say, a paper which could not, at any moment, be converted into Gold and Silver, the consequence, first or last, always been great and general misery." To prove his point, Cobbett inquires "into the origin of money, how it acts upon the affairs of men, how prices depend upon its quantity, and how money itself is changed in its quantity and value." He then discusses the origin of the Bank and its Paper, "from their fatal birth." Much the same argument raged in the United States between Hamiltonians, who wished to expand credit extensions, and Jeffersonians, who were deeply suspicious of paper currency. This book comprises 32 letters originally written between 1810 and 1815, and originally published in Cobbett's Political Register. This is their first collection and separate publication. FIRST EDITION. Kress B6891. Pearl 81.
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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Teg. 1910. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 312pp. .
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Philadelphia: Published by Samuel P. Town, 1874. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. 8pp. Stitched. Light wear, Very Good. Brindle was a Democrat who had served with Franklin Pierce in the Mexican War. President Pierce appointed him Indian Land Agent in the Kansas Territory, at Lecompton. He resigned when Abraham Lincoln was elected President. A critic of Lincoln's war policies, Brindle was arrested at Lecompton in July 1862 and briefly detained. After his release, he returned home to Muncy, from which several years later he penned this critique of Witte's monetary proposals. Witte had been a Pennsylvania Congressman. Brindle supports placing U.S. Treasury Notes on a par with specie payments, and denies that payment of bondholders with such notes would constitute a repudiation of the federal debt. He emphasizes, in opposition to Witte, "JEFFERSON, MADISON AND CALHOUN IN FAVOR OF UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTES AND IN OPPOSITION TO BANKS OF ISSUE." This position of the Democratic Party, opposing a "Monied Tyranny" of Banks, has been Democratic dogma since its inception. OCLC 191278885 [1- AAS] as of November 2017.
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London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1934. Second Impression. Green hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). x, 142pp + ads. .
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New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 53, [1 blank] pp. Very Good. Lord argues that "a uniform National currency is indispensable to the interests and welfare of the people." Congress ought to make Treasury notes legal tender. Lord had a roller-coaster career. Initially quite successful in business, he founded the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company, the New York Sunday School Society, the University of the City of New York and Auburn Theological Seminary, and was the first president of the New York & Erie Railroad. But he lost everything during the Panic of 1857. During the Civil War years, when he wrote this pamphlet, he was forced to depend on the kindness of relatives for his support. DAB's sketch of Lord's life notes that this pamphlet attracted the attention of the Lincoln Administration; William Seward consulted with him on national fiscal policy. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 42024.
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Boston: True & Green, 1831. Good + overall. Written by Henshaw [1791 - 1852], who was the 14th United States Secretary of the Navy. Small 8vo, 47pp, disbound, clean.
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[Washington, D.C.: Printed by Rufus H. Darby, Publisher of Greenback-Labor Documents., 1882. 3, [1 blank] pp. Folded to 6" x 9-1/4". Near Fine. This Party sought to unite farmers and other advocates of cheap money with the industrial laboring class, in opposition to the "national bank monopoly," "railroad monopolies," "telegraph monopolies," "land monopolies," and "the concentration of vast fortunes in the hands of a few men, who now exercise dangerous influence over our free institutions and threaten the liberties of the people." Seeking to unite blacks and whites on the basis of their similar economic condition, the Party blamed Republicans and Democrats for deliberately stoking the fires of racial hatred by "appeals to sectional and race prejudice, which should not be tolerated any longer among our people." Not located on OCLC as of July 2014.
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st edition, large 8vo, 336pp, top edge of pages a little tanned o/w VG Copy in lightly rubbed VG DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Reading copy-Notes, markings and soiling to text block-" This is the classic exposé of the Fed that has become one of the best-selling books in its category of all time. Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. .The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve (Paperback) by G. Edward Griffin."-Topics-Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), Federal Reserve banks, Banks and banking, Central, Debts, Public, Money, Economic policy, Banks and banking, Central, Debts, Public, Economic policy, Federal Reserve banks, Money
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NY: Dell. VG+. 1968. 1st Printing. Paperback. Dell #6757, 1968. Stated first Dell printing. VG+ condition. Faint cre ase along the spine. Rubs to the book's corners. Faint, 1" diagonal cr ease at the rear wrapper's lower left corner. Mild tanning to the page margins. .
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1840. Ephemera. Very good condition. Attractive view of the street scene, carefully drawn to show brokers on the street, the buildings, a horse & carriage, street merchants. Uncommon view. 7 3/4 x 5" plus margins, b&w steel engraving.
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Monticello, NY, 1834. A manuscript letter dated June 23rd, 1834 from J. Mones of Monticello to G.O. Fowler and George Cornwall of Newburgh, NY regarding the distribution of notes from the Highland Bank in Newburgh which had 'become limited east of the River' since the establishment of the Westchester Bank. He suggests that they should focus on Sullivan County and parts of Pennsylvania, also that the 'friends' of the bank (stockholders) will be those 'who will keep it [shares] ... so as to counteract the political management of the Orange County Bank.' Marked "confidential" at head of letter. Highland Bank was chartered April 26, 1834, with a capital of $200,000. Highland Bank's first president was Gilbert O. Fowler. 9 3/8 x 7 1/2" folded, 2 pages, original fold marks, with "Free" written in postage area, remnants of a red wax seal, tear at seal.
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Dell, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
