London: William Macintosh, 24, Paternoster-Row, 1868.. 1868.. Very good. - Octavo, printed self-wraps, disbound, removed. 20 pages. Illustrated with tables. The page edges are slightly darkened. There is some staining to the title page with a tiny stain to the bottom edge of the last page. There is a small, light stain to page 2 & another to page 3. Very good. The author contends that during the period 1852-1868, the expenditures of the Liberal administrations [under Lord Palmerston with Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer], exceeded those of Conservative administrations, even allowing fo... View More...
- Octavo, softcover. The wrappers are lacking. 40 pages, unopened. A few page corners are lightly chipped or creased. The contents are very good. Good. View More...
Published by the author, 1921.. 1921.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some dampstaining to the front edge of the rear cover. The gilt titling on the spine is a bit faded & the tail of the spine is slightly chipped. 42 pages with 4 addendum slips dated 1925 laid in. Illustrated with 11 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. There is light staining & foxing to the pastedowns, endpapers & flyleaf. 1 of the addendum slips is foxed. The front edges of the leaves are slightly rippled from dampstaining... View More...
Berlin: Verlag der Koenigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1886.. 1886.. Good. - Small quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are darkened, chipped & a bit brittle with small pieces out of the top corners. 68 pages. The page corners are lightly creased & there is occasional foxing, else the contents are clean & bright. Good. First edition.Wilcken was an expert in the study of papyri. In this work, he deciphers and comments on an account of the activities of an ancient Theban bank. The commentary is in German with extensive extracts from the ... View More...
(New York}: (1874).. (1874).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is darkened and lightly soiled & bumped with stains to the front wrap. Title, 8 pages & [1] blank leaf. The page corners are bumped. There are light vertical creases where the pamphlet has been folded. Good. This pamphlet prints a letter dated May 11th, 1874 from John E. Williams of the Metropolitan National Bank to the Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Williams was a passionate advocate of specie currency or national legal tender notes. Arguing that the Congres... View More...
Berlin: Liebheit & Thiesen, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Small quarto, blue cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. 233 pp. The page edges are slightly darkened. Ex-library with numerals on the title page & a label on the spine. Good.
There is a small thumb-hole in the center section of the fore-edge which appears to have been created by the publishers. View More...
