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| A Catalogue of Rare English Books on Banking, Economics & Trade in the Library of Amex Bank London, Amex Bank Limited. 1982. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. "This catalogue is of the section of rare books in English of the library of Amex Bank" - from verso of title page. 502 Detailed listings arranged by author. Includes summaries, physical descriptions, publishing details and, in some instances, black and white reproductions of title pages. Noteworthy listings are specially identified with headings such as; "The Earliest English Work on Mining"; "The First Great Survey of Poverty"; "A Virulent Attack on Usury"; "The South Sea Bubble"; etc. Very light signs of handling to chocolate brown boards with brilliant gilt lettering upon spine and front board. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Tight and square. Excellent copy. Fine. CAD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.25 US$ 373.67 | £UK 224.75 | JP¥ 32980] Book number: 42902559 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
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| ALEXANDER, JESSE P. Money for All: Or the Economic Science of Money Kansas City, MO, Ramsey, Millett & Hudson. 1875, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, "National bank notes retired - legal tenders the only paper money - prosperity for every industry." - subtitle. "This little work makes no pretensions to literary merit. It was written, by the author, at intervals snatched from his other occupations as a farmer.. The leading facts stated, and the great and fundamental truths of the science of money enunciated, are in accordance with the true principles of Political Economy when applied to the present conditions of America, and are believed to be sound and incontrovertible." - from Preface. Contains the following five essays: As long as America is so heavily indebted to European Nations it will be impossible to have a good and uniform currency upon a gold basis; Specie-based currency with the shackles of gold redemption and the national bank system are anti-republican and dangerous to human liberty; A second system of paper money freed from the shackles of specie redemption and based upon the faith of the nation; How contraction and gold redemption will affect the debtors and tax-payers; Industry and productions stimulated by a greater volume of currency. Usual library markings. Spine Slant. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Gilt lettering mostly worn from backstrip but clearly legible upon blue front board. Upper portions of almost all pages lightly stained yellow - all text remains clearly legible. Reading Copy. CAD 795.00 [Appr.: EURO 501.75 US$ 752.07 | £UK 452 | JP¥ 66378] Book number: 313c5065 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| ANGELL, NORMAN The Money Game - How To Play It: A New Instrument of Economic Education London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1931, Revised Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 176 pages. "The author of this book believes that you can teach the fundamental mechanism of money and banking as you teach bridge, "by playing it," and thinks this game will do it. As an innovation in teaching method the possibilities are so revolutionary that no educator can afford to ignore it. Moreover, the game is an exceedingly entertaining one; as good a card game as any; can be played by any number from five to ten, and so is well adapted to the family circle, to the business man's club, or as a novelty for the next little dinner party." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear and soiling to exterior of book which features bright gilt lettering and design upon backstrip and front board respectively. Binding sound. Game pieces uniquely stored in boxes within a box inside back board. Minor repair to one interior box. Dust jacket bears several closed tears and is missing a few chips, most notably at top fore-edge of back board and lower corner of back flap. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, bears average wear and is preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Please note: we are unable to state whether or not all game pieces are present. Overall, a quality copy of this unique work. Very Good/Fair+. CAD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.25 US$ 373.67 | £UK 224.75 | JP¥ 32980] Book number: 313a7837 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BARTY-KING, HUGH The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors U.K. Budding Books. 1997. (ISBN: 1840150092) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white illustrations. "This topical and absorbing work charts the evolution of debt and debtors in Britain from the Middle Ages to the present day." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket preserved in Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Fine/Near Fine. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 429a5025 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BERGENGREN, ROY F. CUNA Emerges - A Third Credit Union Book USA, Credit Union National Association. 1936, Second Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 289 pages. Index. Written during the depths of the great depression, this work was 'Designed primarily as a text book for the assistance of those who are interested to organize, to operate, or just to learn more about the type of cooperative credit society known in the United States as the 'credit union'.. Recounts the beginnings of CUNA, the Credit Union National Association." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Few closed tears to dust jacket which bears average wear and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Fine/Good. CAD 171.18 [Appr.: EURO 108.25 US$ 161.94 | £UK 97.5 | JP¥ 14292] Book number: 429a5272 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BIDDELL, J. L. A Self-Reliant Future for Canada Canada, LNC. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0921842333) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 315 pages. "..Outlines nothing less than a revolutionary strategy to resolve our national debt problem and put the unemployed back to work." - Peter C. Newman. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy of this important and, unfortunately, unheeded work. Near Fine. CAD 171.18 [Appr.: EURO 108.25 US$ 161.94 | £UK 97.5 | JP¥ 14292] Book number: 429a5572 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BRESCIANI-TURRONI, COSTANTINO (SAVERS, MILLICENT: TRANSLATOR) ROBBINS, LIONEL: FOREWARD The Economics of Inflation: A Study of Currency Depreciation in Post-War Germany 1914-1923: Sir Halley Stewart Publications IV London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1953, Second English Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 464 pages. Index. "In the analysis of the causes and effects of the depreciation of the German mark I have used, besides German official publications and economic articles in some of the leading newspapers.. personal observations made during a long stay in Germany from 1920 to 1929, first as a member of Berlin staff of the Reparations Commission; than as head of the German Exports Control, which was instituted in 1921 by the Committee of Guarantees; and lastly as economic advisor to the Agent-General of Reparations." - from Preface to the English Edition. Usual library markings, some stroked out in black. Front hinge starting. Back hinge almost open. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy of this important work, particularly in light of current inflation prospects in the United States. Fair. CAD 299.95 [Appr.: EURO 189.5 US$ 283.75 | £UK 170.75 | JP¥ 25044] Book number: 313a4266 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BRONK, RICHARD Progress and the Invisible Hand : The Philosophy and Economics of Human Advance UK, Warner. 1999. (ISBN: 0751526606) Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 265 pages. Index. "Argues that if the environment is to be safeguarded and poverty minimised, there remains an overriding need for the free market to be supported by a strong framework of morality, social cohesion and rational government intervention." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Very Good. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 429a6093 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BRONSON, HAROLD E. The Profit Parasites Canada, Beat Raven Publishers. 1986. (ISBN: 0921231008) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 333 pages. Index. "How the robot revolution must end the profit system, enabling us to choose global prosperity rathern than global destruction." - from title page. Prior owner's name atop title page else clean and unmarked with average wear externally. Binding intact. Good. CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 313a7821 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| BROWN, VIVIENNE Adam Smith's Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience U.K. Routledge. 1994. (ISBN: 041509593x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 243 pages. Index. References. "An utterly fresh treatment that is at once unsettling and a delight." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Good. CAD 39.95 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.79 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3336] Book number: 313c6815 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| CAIRNS, JAMES P. ET AL: EDITORS Canadian Banking and Monetary Policy - Second Edition Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson. 1972, Second Edition. (ISBN: 0070926670) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403 pages. Examines 7 issues: Objectives of Economic Policy; The Role and Effectiveness of Monetary Policy; Monetary Policy in an Open Economy; The Responsibility for Monetary Policy; Central Banking; Commercial Banking and Financial Intermediation; Issues in Monetary Economics. Unmarked.Average wear. Solid working copy. Good/No Jacket. CAD 54.95 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 US$ 51.98 | £UK 31.25 | JP¥ 4588] Book number: 42902405 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
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| CHATAWAY, H.D. Economics and Life SIGNED BY AUTHOR Toronto, The Ryerson Press. 1948. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 222 pages. Index. "Leads the reader from the simplest life of primitive man to the complexities of the modern monetary system.. Will man again blunder tragically into a betrayal of hapless millions as in the last Depression? The author audaciously tackles the problem and points a way out." - from dust jacket. Author's inscription and initials atop front free endpaper. Mild sunning to boards. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Clean sound copy. Very Good/Good+. Signed. CAD 99.95 [Appr.: EURO 63.25 US$ 94.55 | £UK 57 | JP¥ 8345] Book number: 429a5443 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| CLARKE, M. ST. CLAIR; HALL, D.A. (COMPILERS) Legislative and Documentary History of the Bank of the United States - Including the Original Bank of North America New York, Augustus M. Kelley. 1967, Reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 832 pages plus index. Splendid tight clean copy of this superlative reference. Negligible wear. Appears unread. Attractive gilt lettering to spine and front board. Small dab of liquid paper and prior owner's signature inside front board. Blind stamp to front free endpaper, half title page, and both title pages. Difficult to find a nicer copy. Fine+/No Jacket. CAD 235.44 [Appr.: EURO 148.75 US$ 222.73 | £UK 134 | JP¥ 19658] Book number: 429a5048 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| CROW, JOHN Making Money : An Insider's Perspective on Finance, Politics, and Canada's Central Bank New York, NY, U.S.A. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. 2002, First Printing. (ISBN: 0470831804) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages including index. "Offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of Canada's central bank: what it is, what it does, how it functions, and the policy choices and constraints it struggles with. Demystifies the arcane art of central banking, proving that the Bank of Canada matters in the life of every Canadian, and showing what it takes to have a good policy for money, whether in Canada or in any country." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to dust jacket. Splendid copy. Fine+/Fine. CAD 119.95 [Appr.: EURO 75.75 US$ 113.47 | £UK 68.25 | JP¥ 10015] Book number: 42902281 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
| DICKS, A.J. Trade and Commerce - Cambridge Industrial and Commercial Series UK, Cambridge. 1915. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 94 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "This book is of great importance in this series for it deals with the Trade and Commerce of Britain." - Editor's Note. Discusses topics including: Weights, Measures and Coinage; The Royal Mint; the Post Office; the Food Supply; Foreign and Colonial Markets; Banks, Exchange and Custom Houses; Gold Reserves. Chapters also detail the work of the Board of Trade and the Patent Office, Joint Stock Companies, and Lloyd's of London. Underlining on a handful of pages else unmarked. small openings at each hinge. Average wear overall. Good. CAD 114.66 [Appr.: EURO 72.5 US$ 108.47 | £UK 65.25 | JP¥ 9573] Book number: 42902606 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
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| DOUGLAS, C.H. The Alberta Experiment - An Interim Survey London, Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1937, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Former Library Colpy, 220 pages. Examines Alberta's experiment with Social Credit. Sturdy library binding with usual markings. A sound copy. Good. CAD 79.95 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 75.63 | £UK 45.5 | JP¥ 6675] Book number: 313c6805 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| DOUGLAS, MAJOR C.H. The Control and Distribution of Production London, Cecil Palmer. 1922, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Former Library Colpy, 175 pages. Considers the following issues: The Mechanism of Consumer Control; The Control of Policy in Industry; The Control of Production; A Mechanical View of Economics; Production and Prices; What is Capitalism?; The Question of Exports; Unemployment and Waste; Commentaries on World Politics. Binding intact. Library binding with usual markings. Above-average external wear. A sound copy. Fair. CAD 69.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.25 US$ 66.17 | £UK 40 | JP¥ 5840] Book number: 313c6804 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| DOUGLAS, C.H. Social Credit London, Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1937, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 212 pages. "The first issue of this book was issued in 1924 in order to correlate the financial theories, which have since become widely known under the same title, with the social, industrial, and philosophic ideals to which they are appropriate." - from Preface. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Good. CAD 69.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.25 US$ 66.17 | £UK 40 | JP¥ 5840] Book number: 624c6655 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
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| DULLES PH.D., ELEANOR LANSING The Dollar, The Franc and Inflation New York, MacMillan. 1933, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "This brief study of inflation in the United States and in France was written in November 1933, with the sincere conviction that there are serious dangers ahead which can still, to a considerable extent, be avoided by careful statesmanship guided by a strong expression of public desire for sound money." - from Foreward. Gilt lettering upon navy blue spine. Minimal pencil markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Good+/No Jacket. CAD 102.69 [Appr.: EURO 65 US$ 97.14 | £UK 58.5 | JP¥ 8574] Book number: 429a5010 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History USA, Oxford University Press. 1996. (ISBN: 019505377x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library, 536 pages. Index. References. "..Explores the linkages between economic trends, social tendencies, political events, and cultural processes." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Good/Good. CAD 44.95 [Appr.: EURO 28.5 US$ 42.52 | £UK 25.75 | JP¥ 3753] Book number: 313a8082 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
| GRECO, THOMAS H., JR. New Money for Healthy Communities USA, Thomas H. Greco Jr. 1995, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0962520829) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 201 pages including references and index. The how-to manual for local trading systems. Describes exchange alternatives which reward people fairly and reflect the reality of an abundant earth. Show how voluntary groups can revitalize local economies. Outlines the true nature of money and new approaches to transforming money. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Very Good. CAD 111.25 [Appr.: EURO 70.25 US$ 105.24 | £UK 63.25 | JP¥ 9289] Book number: 42903816 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | ||
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| HAWTREY, R.G. The Art of Central Banking London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1933, Second Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 464 pages. Index. Chapters include: French Monetary Policy; Speculation and Collapse in Wall Street; Consumers' Income and Outlay; The Art of Central Banking; Money and Index-Numbers; Mr. Keynes's Treatise on Money; International Short-Term Investment; Remedies for Unemployment. Prior owner's name, dated 1939, atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding sound. Minimal occasional foxing. Only moderate wear to forest green cloth-covered boards. Clearly legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. A quality copy. Good. CAD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.25 US$ 373.67 | £UK 224.75 | JP¥ 32980] Book number: 313a2318 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| HAYEK, F.A. Denationalisation of Money - The Argument Refined: Second (Extended) Edition UK, The Institute of Economic Affairs. 1978, Second Edition. (ISBN: 025536105x) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 144 pages. An analysis of the theory and practice of concurrent currencies. "The advantages that Professor Hayek claims for competitive currencies are not only that they would remove the power of government to inflate the money supply but also that they would go a long way to prevent the destabilising fluctuations that government monopoly of money has precipitated over the last century of 'trade cycles'" - from Preface. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Various stickers and sticker removal damage upon back cover. Sound working copy. Fair+. CAD 99.95 [Appr.: EURO 63.25 US$ 94.55 | £UK 57 | JP¥ 8345] Book number: 429a7506 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| HAYEK, FRIEDRICH A. Geldtheorie Und Konjunkturtheorie (Common English Title: Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle) Germany, Holder-Pichler-Tempsky A.G. 1929, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 147 pages plus advertisements. Index. "Beitrage zur Konjunkturforschung - Herausgegeben vom Osterreichischen Institut fur Konjunkturforschung nr. 1" - from front cover. All text in German. Average wear. Binding intact. Small chip from top of backstrip. Few pencil marks to contents. Quality copy. Good. CAD 2995.00 [Appr.: EURO 1890 US$ 2833.27 | £UK 1703 | JP¥ 250064] Book number: 313a9146 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. | |
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| HAYEK, FRIEDRICH A. VON Law, Legislation and Liberty: Volume I (only): Rules and Order London, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0710076444) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 183 pages. Index. Reference notes. Subtitled: "A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy." "..Deals with the basic conceptions necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy." - from dust jacket. Minimal marginal markings else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is price-clipped and sunned at spine. A sound copy. Very Good/Good. CAD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 186.25 US$ 279.07 | £UK 167.75 | JP¥ 24631] Book number: 313a1132 Click here to order or inquire at RareNonFiction.com. |
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