Formative Period of the Federal Reserve System, (During the World Crisis) by Harding, W. P. G - 1925

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, first printing. 8vo., xvi+262pp. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992, first printing. 8vo., xxi+602pp., illustrated. "'In Reserve' presents the history of banking in Australia. The post-war period in particular has seen dramatic changes in the control and subsequent deregulation of Australia's financial industry and this book gives a detailed account of monetary and economic policy since that time. "In Reserve" chronicles Australia's changing involvement with the international monetary system and the evolution of central banking in a small, open economy; the rise and decline of a system of monetary regulation; the formation of economic and monetary policy since World War II; interaction between Bank and Government and the powerful personalities such as Dr H.C. Coombs and Sir Roland Wilson who shaped post-war policy and institutions." Fine in fine dust jacket. Out of print. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Signed first edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933, first printing. Presentation to American journalist and historian Mark Sullivan (1874 - 1952), author of the six volume "Our Times". "For Mark Sullivan from Thomas W. Lamont, June 1933." Mark Sullivan was a titan of twentieth century journalism. Born on a farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1874, he was only in his late teens when he bought an interest in a local newspaper, the Phoenixville Republican, for $300. The profits from this investment funded his education at Harvard, where he earned bachelor's and law degrees. In the first decade of the century he was a muckraker in the mold of Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens. His 1904 exposé on patent medicine quacks for Ladies' Home Journal helped stoke the public outrage that resulted in the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act two years later. He was a close friend of Herbert Hoover and… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. Ninth Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. 8vo., viii+298pp., illustrated. Pale green cloth with black titles. Light soil to the cloth, previous owner name on fly leaf, else very good, binding straight and tight, unworn. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Washington, D. C.: International Monetary Fund, 1976. Complete in 2 Volumes. First editions. Hard covers in dust jackets. Published Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1976, first printing. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10 3/4", xxii+699pp., illus; viii+339pp. Terra cotta cloth with gilt titles, cream endpapers. Both volumes fine in fine dust jackets, free of markings. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, first printing. 8vo., xvi+262pp. Fine, as new in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992, first printing. 8vo., xxi+602pp., illustrated. "'In Reserve' presents the history of banking in Australia. The post-war period in particular has seen dramatic changes in the control and subsequent deregulation of Australia's financial industry and this book gives a detailed account of monetary and economic policy since that time. "In Reserve" chronicles Australia's changing involvement with the international monetary system and the evolution of central banking in a small, open economy; the rise and decline of a system of monetary regulation; the formation of economic and monetary policy since World War II; interaction between Bank and Government and the powerful personalities such as Dr H.C. Coombs and Sir Roland Wilson who shaped post-war policy and institutions." Fine in fine dust jacket. Out of print. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Signed first edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933, first printing. Presentation to American journalist and historian Mark Sullivan (1874 - 1952), author of the six volume "Our Times". "For Mark Sullivan from Thomas W. Lamont, June 1933." Mark Sullivan was a titan of twentieth century journalism. Born on a farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1874, he was only in his late teens when he bought an interest in a local newspaper, the Phoenixville Republican, for $300. The profits from this investment funded his education at Harvard, where he earned bachelor's and law degrees. In the first decade of the century he was a muckraker in the mold of Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens. His 1904 exposé on patent medicine quacks for Ladies' Home Journal helped stoke the public outrage that resulted in the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act two years later. He was a close friend of Herbert Hoover and… Read More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. Ninth Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932. 8vo., viii+298pp., illustrated. Pale green cloth with black titles. Light soil to the cloth, previous owner name on fly leaf, else very good, binding straight and tight, unworn. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Washington, D. C.: International Monetary Fund, 1976. Complete in 2 Volumes. First editions. Hard covers in dust jackets. Published Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund, 1976, first printing. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10 3/4", xxii+699pp., illus; viii+339pp. Terra cotta cloth with gilt titles, cream endpapers. Both volumes fine in fine dust jackets, free of markings. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.