Cobbett's Paper Against Gold

Written while in Prison for Treasonous Libel. Cobbett's Paper Against Gold: containing the History and Mystery of the Bank of England, the Funds, the Debt, the Sinking Fund, the Bank Stoppage, the lowering and raising of the value of Paper-Money; and shewing that Taxation, Pauperism, Poverty, Misery and Crimes have all increased, and ever must increase, with a Funding system 8vo. Original… Read more about this item

[ London, 1817. viii,470 numbered columns. Contemporary boards, rebacked with plain paper spine. Untrimmed. Scattered foxing. Overall quite good. The second edition, after the first separate edition in two volumes of 1815. Cobbett rails against the paper-money system from the confines of Newgate Prison. "PAPER AGAINST GOLD is a collection of thirty-two 'letters' or articles (first published in the… Read more about this item

London: W. Cobbett, 1817. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original binding with blue paper covered boards and brown paper covered spine. The top layer of the spine paper is mostly absent, with strings revealed. Hinge and text-block loosened but in tact. Browning to pages, especially closed page… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.