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483 pages. "In this volume the author endeavors to give an accurate history of the present National Bank System of currency, including an account of the first United States Bank, - both of which were borrowed from Great Britain by those statesmen who, like the father of Sir Robert Peel, believed that a national debt was the source of prosperity. It is believed that the facts adduced in the following pages will be productive of some good, in pointing out the immense evils lurking in that system of banking, - a system which has produced panics at will, and which is the active abettor of the stock gamblers, railroad wreckers, and those industrial tyrants of modern times, the enormously overcapitalized and oppressive trusts. It is sought to point out the great dangers of delegating purely government powers to these greedy monopolists, by which they are enabled to organize a money trust, far more tyrranical than all the other combinations now in existence; and by which they absolutely defy the authority that endowed them with corporate life." - from Introduction. Binding sound. Unmarked. Moderately worn and soiled externally. Only defects are insect damage along exterior of each hinge. Detailed photos available upon request. An ultra-rare first edition copy of this classic and vitally important work. Book
1 lingua: inglese Legat. edit. in tela con sovrac. illustrata, cm 31x23, pag. 334, con 147 tavole di illustraz. di cui 12 a colori - Collana: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor
xvii, 301, 32 [ads] pp. 7.5 x 5.3 inches. "The circumstances under which the wealth, the power, and the numbers of the Jewish race domiciled in this country are likely to be indefinitely increased seem to call for more prescience and thought at the hands of our rulers than have yet been bestowed upon them. To make people think is the object of this book. Should they refuse, they will wake up one morning only to discover that they have parted with the realities of national life, and are dominated by cosmopolitan and materialist influences fatal to the existence of the English nation." - Introduction. Chapters include: What is a Jew?; The Problem in Russia; The Jew in Austria/America/France/England/The Argentine Colonies; The Aloofness of Israel; Money Lenders; The Destitute Alien in Great Britain; Zionism; "Darkest Russia"; The Conversion of the Jews; Jewish Humour. Quarter-bound in black leather and olive cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Modest lean to spine. Binding intact. Prior owner's name, dated 1899, inked atop front free endpaper. Large rectangular tanned area upon front free endpaper, presumably caused by an item formerly laid-in. Average wear. Faints spots upon front board, perhaps from water droplets. SINGERMAN 46. Book
246 pages. Index. "It is my object in this book to display... the battle between the President of the United States and the Masters of Money, so that my reader may be able to watch the struggle for himself, and, as I hope, take part in the struggle as a good citizen." - from Preface. Bright gilt lettering on backstrip. Blue boards. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper. Bit of writing inside front board else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book