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An Essay on Gold, Showing its Defects as a Standard of Value and Suggesting a Substitute Therefor Also A Translation of The Death of Gold. 1923 first edition Please see photos for the chapter headings. This book is a full discussion of gold as a monetary standard, the history of the use of metallic standards, the growth of the national banking system, the basis of credit, defects of the gold standard and more. The leading article "The Death of Gold" from "L'Illustration", April 15, 1922, has been translated into English and forms the first section of the book, followed by the author's historical analysis and his assessment of the value and/or downside of gold as a standard. NOT A LIBRARY BOOK! Hardcover as shown, in very good condition. Only writing found is on the Title Page which has the original owner's signature on the top.
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Asia: Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Northern and Eastern Asia (Vol. I) and Southern and Western Asia (Vol. II). A. H. Keane. London: Edward Stanford; 1896. In two volumes: 15 fold-out color maps (lithographs) and 189 illustrationsVolume I: Northern Asia (Caucasia, Russian Turkestan, Siberia) AND Eastern Asia (Chinese Empire, Japan) Volume II: Southern Asia (Afghanistan, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula AND Western Asia (Muhammadan States of Turkey in Asia, Arabia and Persia)Condition: This two-volume set is an original with 15 fold out maps in excellent condition as well as 179 illustrations in the combined volumes. Bindings are secure and cover and spine gold stamping is bright as shown. Note that the foldouts required the insertion of guards within the signatures which appear throughout the books as published. This was done to accommodate the large number of fold outs. All pages, maps and illustrations are present and accounted for! We carefully photograph our items so that you… Read More

I'd Rather be a Newsboy in the USA than a Ruler in a Foreign Land, 1919, First Edition. by Chas Kuhn, Jeff Branen, and Robert Kuhn, The Propeller Trio. Joe Morris Music Co., New York. Complete. Suitable for framing. Review photos for details of condition.
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