By James E. Thorold Rogers
Oxford   Clarendon Press
9" by 5.5" xxxi, 183pp
An uncommon first edition offering an early history of the Bank of England, written by English economist James E. Thorold Rogers.
By James E. Thorold Rogers

1887 The First Nine Years of the Bank of England: An Inquiry into a Weekly Record of the Price of Bank Stock from August 17, 1694 to September 17, 1703

Oxford   Clarendon Press
9" by 5.5" xxxi, 183pp
An uncommon first edition offering an early history of the Bank of England, written by English economist James E. Thorold Rogers.
£90.00
: 0.5kgs / : 949Y27

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First Edition

The first edition. 

Rebound in a full contemporary cloth, with spine title label.

This thorough record offers a history of the foundations and the following nine years of the Bank of England, from 1694-1703, with emphasis on the weekly prices of bank stock and the notable events of the time. 

Accompanied by detailed statistical tables. 

Written by English economist, historian and Liberal politician, James E. Thorold Rogers, noted for his analysis of key economic and social changes in Victorian England.

Condition

Rebound in full contemporary cloth, with spine title label. Externally, smart, with light bumping to the extremities. Chipping and sunning the spine label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only minor offsetting to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper.

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