Author: Chandler, George
Title: Four centuries of banking, as illustrated by the bankers, customers and staff associated with the constituent banks of Martins Bank Limited (v. 1)
Description: B.T.Batsford, London, 1964.Vol.1 only.Full leather, no dust jacket, in slip case.V.g./No Jacket.No inscriptions; the special edition bound in green leather with gilt title on spine, in a similarly coloured slip case.Subtitled 'the grasshopper and the Liver Bird: Liverpool and London' this history dates the bank back to the dawn of British banking when Sir Thomas Gresham raised loans to bail out our extravagant Royals (so what's new?).His emblem, the grasshopper, was incorporated into the Martin's bank coat of arms which, superimposed upon a cormorant holding a large chunk of seaweed, forms the heraldic illustration used as frontispiece.Published to mark the 400th anniversary of the bank, and followed up by a second volume published in 1968 (not present), this is accompanied by a range of well-chosen colour and monochrome illustrations.572 pp. 96 plates.Family tree of constituent banks on front and rear end papers.The author was the City Librarian. In English.1.0 kg.

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