Author: TRENHOLM, W.L.
Title: The People's Money
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board gilt medallion. xv, 280pp. Very good. Binding tight and nice, though spine lightly shellacked (a common turn-of-the-century practice), thus slightly glossy, with hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot; internally fine and bright. Attractive first edition of these essays on money and its issues meant for the lay reader, penned by this banker and business executive (1836-1901), who served as 6th Comptroller of the Currency (1886-89). Addresses everything money related from the most abstract concepts to burning issues of the day such as the gold standard. From the collection of someone you would expect to own a copy: William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff.. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation...
Keywords: Business & Economics
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Title: The People's Money
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board gilt medallion. xv, 280pp. Very good. Binding tight and nice, though spine lightly shellacked (a common turn-of-the-century practice), thus slightly glossy, with hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot; internally fine and bright. Attractive first edition of these essays on money and its issues meant for the lay reader, penned by this banker and business executive (1836-1901), who served as 6th Comptroller of the Currency (1886-89). Addresses everything money related from the most abstract concepts to burning issues of the day such as the gold standard. From the collection of someone you would expect to own a copy: William B. Allison (1829-1908), the powerful Iowa Republican who, as U.S. senator from that state (1873-1908), was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years, he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. Notes Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics," Allison owned "hundreds of books on government, economics, history, banking, finance, and the tariff.. An omnivorous reader, Allison doubtless read most of these volumes, if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation...
Keywords: Business & Economics
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 49872
- Book number: 49872
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