Sterling : the rise and fall of a currency / Nicholas Mayhew
by Mayhew, N. J
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Sterling : the rise and fall of a currency / Nicholas Mayhew
- Author
- Mayhew, N. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0713992581
- ISBN 13
- 9780713992588
- Publisher
- London, England New York, N.Y. : A. Lane ; Penguin Putnam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
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