INDIAN FINANCE AND BANKING. With SIGNED LETTER. by SHIRRAS, G. Findlay.: - 1919

Edinburgh, William Tait; London, Simpkin, Marshall; Dublin, John Cumming, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xxiii, (i) blank, 419, (1) blank. Plus lithograph frontispiece portrait, from an engraving made by C. Fox after H. W. Pickersgill, printed by the lithographer S. Leith of Edinburgh, with facing tissue-guard. Half-title present. Index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, embossed in blind, spine gilt; first inner hinge cracking but very firm, lower joint mended, wear at head of spine, cloth bit dull. Good copy, preserved in the original state, with rather fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Republished in 1844, and recently in 1998. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English social philosopher whose influence on the development of economic thought and theory was very great. Burton was an Edinburgh lawyer and a professional writer for literary journals. He established his name as an author with the "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846), in which he threw… Read More

Historical significance by the inventor, author and publisher. Hardcover book is 48 pages, no dust jacket, ink spot on cover, worn around the edges and corners. The exterior pages are red. The sales brochure was designed to fit inside the book. No others currently being marketed at this time.

Kopenhagen-Prag-Zurich: Verlag Für Sexualpolitik, 1934. First Edition . Original Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 72pp German text, Spine partly torn ( binding is holding together) Backcover with some minor wear, Hebrew name on title page, otherwise very fresh. RARE first edition.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1862. Volume I only of this three volume set. vii, 474 pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary full polished calf, gilt rules, red and brown morocco labels, edges and end papers marbled. Near Fine, light rubbing and soiling at spine. Contains 12 essays with Index. SCARCE in the 1862 Second Edition.. Second Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Willoughby & Co, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. [2], 363, [1], 52 p., engraved title page and 24 leaves of plates; 26 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Paper label with handwritten number in first compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Caption title p. 1: The People's Journal; with which is incorporated Howitt's Journal. Final 52 pages are headed Appendix. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was acquired by the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1864. No date of publication or volume number. From 1849 to 1851 the magazine was published by Willoughby & Co. The Appendix on p. 48 references a work published in 1851. Contents include fiction by George Sand, Georgina C. Munro, Elizabeth O'Hara, Paul Creyton [John Townsend Trowbridge], and others; poetry by Charles Mackay, Henry Frank Lott, and others; Indian legends by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh [George Copway];… Read More

New York: Prentice Hall, 1941. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on front endpage -"To Will Hays with appreciation Sincerely Wm. B. Cornell, John G. Glover". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Book is Near Fine, faint stain to cloth rear boards. Profusely illustrated and with fold-out charts and maps. 1005 pages. Hays is mentioned on page 807 in the chapter on the Motion Picture Industry. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 7th Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Presentation Copy.

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992, first printing. 8vo., xxi+602pp., illustrated. "'In Reserve' presents the history of banking in Australia. The post-war period in particular has seen dramatic changes in the control and subsequent deregulation of Australia's financial industry and this book gives a detailed account of monetary and economic policy since that time. "In Reserve" chronicles Australia's changing involvement with the international monetary system and the evolution of central banking in a small, open economy; the rise and decline of a system of monetary regulation; the formation of economic and monetary policy since World War II; interaction between Bank and Government and the powerful personalities such as Dr H.C. Coombs and Sir Roland Wilson who shaped post-war policy and institutions." Fine in fine dust jacket. Out of print. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More

Leipzig: Duncker & Humbolt, 1908. First Edition . Original Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 782pp. FIRST EDITION. Insignificant marginal outside wear. Extremely clean and fresh.

Hayward, Rachel The Hippodrome , 1913 George H. Doran Company, New York. American First Edition. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilt still fairly bright. EXLIB Good condition. / No DJ Included. Early noir detective novel set in Paris in the 1860's- 70's, and the Story of Arithelli, the beautiful English equestrienne. 295 PAGES. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. 295 pages. QUITE RARE. We are pleased to consider offers.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1947. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Cordial best wishes to George. Ansley J. Coale". From the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, an international expert on demographic trends and a frequent consultant to the United Nations and U.S. government agencies, and a past president of the Population Association of America. Book plate removel hidden by front flap (likely Stolnitz's) else Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, browned at spine and folds, small chips and edge wear. Ansley J. Coale was a noted demographer who retired from Princeton as the William Church Osborne Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in 1986. SIGNED copies of his books are SCARCE in commerce. Sadly a topic that has gained renewed urgency in 2022. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.