Economics
Collection of works on banking and monetary theory
£1,134
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
[Turner, Thomas]. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors. 2 copies, [London]: [no publisher], 1674. Both first editions, 4to, in 19th-century tan half calf, with bookplates of the Institute of Bankers of Scotland to front pastedowns, associated ink-stamps to title-pages, one copy trimmed to side-notes of a few leaves, A4 with sliver of fore margin consequently reattached, B4 v. top line shaved, spine worn, the other copy closely trimmed throughout, with side-notes, catch-words and signature-marks frequently shaved, backstrip perished [ESTC R23756];
Idem. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors ... The third impression, with additions amounting to a third part more than hath been at any time before printed. London: [no publisher], 1675. Presentation copy, inscribed 'This for my honoured friend Sr Humphrey Brigges Baronet, from the author his love and service' on initial blank, 8vo, contemporary sheep, bookplates (Corbet Corbet; Richard Corbet of Adderley; Institute of Bankers in Scotland] spine worn, front cover detached [ESTC R217081;
Maitland, James, 8th Earl of Lauderdale. An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth and into the means and causes of its increase. Edinburgh: for A. Constable, London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. First edition, 8vo, [viii], 482, folding table, contemporary tree calf, bookplate and ink-stamp of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland, rubbed, front cover detached;
Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Viscount. A Letter to Sir William Windham. II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation. III. A Letter to Mr. Pope. London: printed for the editor, 1753. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century half calf, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, rubbed, joints cracked, spotting [ESTC N2688];
Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, bookplate of the Library of Mistakes;
and 4 others