1850 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange
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Author: Francis, John and Daniel Defoe
Title: Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange (with Defoe's Anatomy of Exchange Alley as an Appendix)
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols
Date Published: 1850
Description:
Author: Francis, John and Daniel Defoe
Title: Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange (with Defoe's Anatomy of Exchange Alley as an Appendix)
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Wm. Crosby & H.P. Nichols
Date Published: 1850
Description:
8vo, half leather. First American Edition.
Previously published in the Banker's magazine for 1850. A classic and important history of the London Stock Exchange loaded with fascinating anecdotes including information on Tulip Mania, the Tontines, East India Company Stock, early dealers, corruption in Parliament, the South Sea Bubble, the Boston Tea Party, lotteries, frauds, and much more.
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Minor wear to the cover; hinges cracked; endpapers and fore-matter have marginal wear, toning, and soiling. Ex-library with bookplate inside front cover and two handstamps on title page; withdrawn handstamp on the bookplate.
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