By W. Marston Acres
London   Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
9.5" by 6.5" xvi, 348; vi, 666pp.
A smart first edition set of Wilfred Marston Acres' illustrated work on the history of the Bank of England.
By W. Marston Acres

1931 The Bank of England From Within 1694-1900

London   Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
9.5" by 6.5" xvi, 348; vi, 666pp.
A smart first edition set of Wilfred Marston Acres' illustrated work on the history of the Bank of England.
£150.00
: 1kgs / : 949Z11

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First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition, first impression. 

A two volume, complete set. 

Illustrated with monochrome frontispieces and forty monochrome plates to vol I, and twenty nine to vol II. Collated, complete.

A historical account of the Bank of England, written by Wilfred Marston Acres. The work covers the founding of the bank and the state of British banking before 1694, the restriction period, and more, up to the start of the twentieth century. 

In the publisher's original cloths, lacking the original dust wrappers.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloths. Lacking original dust wrappers. Externally excellent with minimal wear to the extremities. Very minimal offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with generally clean and bright pages with only the odd spot.

Near Fine

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