The Great Crash 1929 -
John Kenneth Galbraith
1955 - Hamish Hamilton, London - First English Editoin
The most famous and celebrated account of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, by the economist and polymath who worked under five presidents, taught at Harvard and Princeton, wrote thirty books and was one of the chief proponents of American liberalism after the war. [Dennistoun]
Galbraith ‘claims that only the misfortune awaits those who believe they can see the future, as 1929 plainly showed’ [Zerden]
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1955 - Hamish Hamilton, London - First English Editoin
The most famous and celebrated account of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, by the economist and polymath who worked under five presidents, taught at Harvard and Princeton, wrote thirty books and was one of the chief proponents of American liberalism after the war. [Dennistoun]Galbraith ‘claims that only the misfortune awaits those who believe they can see the future, as 1929 plainly showed’ [Zerden]
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The History and Principles of Banking -
James William Gilbart
1834 - Longman, London - First Edition
A nice clean copy of one of Gilbart’s influential and highly regarded works.
The writings of James William Gilbart, a succesful banker himself, have become classics of the profession’s literature and his name was permanently linked to banking education through the Gilbart Lectures at King’s College, London.
Divided into three sections: The History of Banking; The Constitution of Banks; and The Principles of Banking.
This copy was once owned by Alexander Bankier Rodger [1895-1961] one of a group of well know History Professors at Balliol, Oxford [Fellow 1924-61]
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1834 - Longman, London - First Edition
A nice clean copy of one of Gilbart’s influential and highly regarded works.The writings of James William Gilbart, a succesful banker himself, have become classics of the profession’s literature and his name was permanently linked to banking education through the Gilbart Lectures at King’s College, London.
Divided into three sections: The History of Banking; The Constitution of Banks; and The Principles of Banking.
This copy was once owned by Alexander Bankier Rodger [1895-1961] one of a group of well know History Professors at Balliol, Oxford [Fellow 1924-61]
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An Essay Upon Money and Coins -
Joseph Harris
1757-58 - Sold by G. Hawkins at the Middle Temple Gate, London - First Edition
A finely bound first edition of ‘this influential 1757 work, considered by the Victorian economist J. R. McCulloch as 'one of the best and most valuable treatises on the subject of money that has ever seen the light', argues that it is vital to a country's economy that the value of precious metal in its coinage remains constant’ – Cambridge University Press.
‘One of the best eighteenth-century performances in the field of monetary analysis’. – Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis.
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1757-58 - Sold by G. Hawkins at the Middle Temple Gate, London - First Edition
A finely bound first edition of ‘this influential 1757 work, considered by the Victorian economist J. R. McCulloch as 'one of the best and most valuable treatises on the subject of money that has ever seen the light', argues that it is vital to a country's economy that the value of precious metal in its coinage remains constant’ – Cambridge University Press.‘One of the best eighteenth-century performances in the field of monetary analysis’. – Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis.
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The Currencies of China -
Eduard Kann
1927 - Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai - Second Edition. Revised.
A very good copy in the rare dust jacket of this exhaustive work on China’s monetary system after the establishment of the Republic, and still the major reference on the subject. There is also one chapter devoted to ‘Hong Kong’s Currency’.
As described in the author’s preface, the second edition enlarged the sections ‘that deal with the practical side of China’s currency system. Numerous additions have been made in this direction, as for instance, with regard to outturns of bullion shipments, parity tables, etc.’.
Illustrated with a Silver tael to title page, a coloured plate of two gold bars, one map and nine black and white full page photographic plates, eight of which are of coins and one is of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, there is also a fold-out table showing the comparative rates for gold silver etc. across a number of exchanges including New York, London and Shanghai.
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1927 - Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai - Second Edition. Revised.
A very good copy in the rare dust jacket of this exhaustive work on China’s monetary system after the establishment of the Republic, and still the major reference on the subject. There is also one chapter devoted to ‘Hong Kong’s Currency’.As described in the author’s preface, the second edition enlarged the sections ‘that deal with the practical side of China’s currency system. Numerous additions have been made in this direction, as for instance, with regard to outturns of bullion shipments, parity tables, etc.’.
Illustrated with a Silver tael to title page, a coloured plate of two gold bars, one map and nine black and white full page photographic plates, eight of which are of coins and one is of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, there is also a fold-out table showing the comparative rates for gold silver etc. across a number of exchanges including New York, London and Shanghai.
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An Inquiry into the Natures and Causes of the Wealth of Nations -
Adam Smith
1796 - Printed for A. Strahan, London - Eighth Edition
‘Published in the same year as the American Declaration of Independence it has been argued that the global effect of Smith’s work has exceeded that of American constitutionalists. And if the wealth of a nation or a people is the foundation of all else, then from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Peru, from the oil and gas fields of Russia to the United States itself, from Estonia to Australia, it can be claimed that the principles and economic dynamics at work in all these places come from a book by a scholar of Scotland published before the French Revolution, before the Industrial Revolution and eighty four years before Das Kapital by Karl Marx.’ - Melvyn Bragg – 12 Books That Changed the World.
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1796 - Printed for A. Strahan, London - Eighth Edition
‘Published in the same year as the American Declaration of Independence it has been argued that the global effect of Smith’s work has exceeded that of American constitutionalists. And if the wealth of a nation or a people is the foundation of all else, then from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Peru, from the oil and gas fields of Russia to the United States itself, from Estonia to Australia, it can be claimed that the principles and economic dynamics at work in all these places come from a book by a scholar of Scotland published before the French Revolution, before the Industrial Revolution and eighty four years before Das Kapital by Karl Marx.’ - Melvyn Bragg – 12 Books That Changed the World.
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Glibson -
George Tichenor
1933 - Farrar & Rinehart, New York - First Edition
‘Meet Mr. Glibson, a boomtime banker, who’s glided through depression and still lives high, wide and handsome......
This is the story of how he became the great Blabit of banking. The most withering portrayal of financial boobery in high places, savage, ruthless, funny, wise and courageous.’
A kaleidoscopic view of many lives in the business turmoil leading up to and away from the crash of 1929. As Public Relations Counsel, later, banker, Glibson is successful because he stands for nothing and though he is unscrupulous and ambitious he is understandable and even likeable. The story is good reporting, good dialogue, sometimes honest and sometimes theatrical. Occasionally reminiscent of Dos Passos. A book for men, and may get a challenging sort of press. - An early review.
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1933 - Farrar & Rinehart, New York - First Edition
‘Meet Mr. Glibson, a boomtime banker, who’s glided through depression and still lives high, wide and handsome......This is the story of how he became the great Blabit of banking. The most withering portrayal of financial boobery in high places, savage, ruthless, funny, wise and courageous.’
A kaleidoscopic view of many lives in the business turmoil leading up to and away from the crash of 1929. As Public Relations Counsel, later, banker, Glibson is successful because he stands for nothing and though he is unscrupulous and ambitious he is understandable and even likeable. The story is good reporting, good dialogue, sometimes honest and sometimes theatrical. Occasionally reminiscent of Dos Passos. A book for men, and may get a challenging sort of press. - An early review.
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