Sterling The Rise and Fall of a Currency (Allen Lane History S.) Tapa dura - 1999

Hardback. Very Good.

GB: Allen Lane, 1999. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/VG+ Pc DW.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, England New York, N.Y. : A. Lane ; Penguin Putnam, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Liber E Bibliotheca Domestica. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 305 pp., 8 unnumbered pages of plates, color illustrations, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index. Contents; 1. English money from Domesday Book to Henry VIII -- 2. Inflation: 1515-1650 -- 3. Goldsmiths, Locke and the birth of the Bank -- 4. The age of Daniel Defoe and Adam Smith -- 5. From Pitt to Peel: 1797-1847 -- 6. The golden age of sterling: 1851-1914 -- 7. From Sarajevo to Bretton Woods: 1914-1944 -- 8. Sterling since the Second World War. Subjects; Money Great Britain History. Pound. Economic history.

London : Allen Lane, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 305p, [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Money -- Great Britain -- History.