Author: Wells, David A. [1828 - 1898]. Nast, Thomas [1840 - 1902] - Illustrator
Title: ROBINSON CRUSOE'S MONEY; or, The Remarkable Financial Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Remote Island Community
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. 1st edition. Not in Bolton. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. 118, 8 pp. Frontis, t.p. vignette & illustrated text, by Nast. 8vo. 9-3/16" x 5-3/4". Wear & soiling to wrappers. 1 cm paper loss at spine ends. Very Good. Wells a prominent man in the US' latter 19th C. financial affairs, and was a staunch advocate of free trade & abolishing the tariff. "He wrote a large number of books .. His chief interests were the tariff, the theory of money, and the currency question, and taxation.. He, more than others, was the expositor of the nature and consequences of the 'machine age'.. Some of his most effective writing was in opposition to fiat money or depreciated monetary standards. An excellent example of his work in this field is his 'Robinson Crusoe's Money'.." [DAB] A bit uncommon in original wrappers.

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