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The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal
by Balen, Malcolm
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007161778
- ISBN 13
- 9780007161775
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: Fourth Estate, 2003 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, red endpapers, x, 246 pp, contemporary cartoons reproduced as chapter headpieces, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Balen paints of vivid picture of the London of 1710-1720 as a backdrop to the "story of how the fraud was carried out and covered up. ... Every time a company falsifies its accounts, misstates its business strategy, attempts to corrupt public officials, and, above all else, lies about its level of indebtedness, it is following the story of the South Sea Company." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BUIN00123
- Title
- The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal
- Author
- Balen, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007161778
- ISBN 13
- 9780007161775
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Business Investing Stock Market History Finance Banking
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business History;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 23½ X 16 cm
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Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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