Portrait of an Old Lady turmoil at the Bank of England
by Fay, Stephen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670819344
- ISBN 13
- 9780670819348
- Seller
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/very good. A fascinating look 'behind the doors' of the Bank of England. Horribly shaken by the secondary banking crisis in the 1980s, the disastrous purchase of the Johnson Matthey Bank and ensuing scandal, and shocked by the 'Big Bang', the Bank is no longer in complete control of the City. Once able to regulate national (and international) finances by a whisper or a nod, things are now controlled by bevies of lawyers, brash young men in rolled shirt sleeves - and even one with an earring! Fry's book is a brilliant and stylish portrait of an institution which has always preferred to stay out of the limelight. With this book that cherished secrecy is gone forever. Size, 24 x 16cm, 208 pages. Blue cloth boards in price-clipped but very good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Robertson (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01561
- Title
- Portrait of an Old Lady turmoil at the Bank of England
- Author
- Fay, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670819344
- ISBN 13
- 9780670819348
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BRITAIN BANK OF ENGLAND BANKING FINANCE ECONOMICS TREASURY COMMERCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History;
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Lancaster, Lancashire
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