walpole esq (3 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book concerns the financial crisis that resulted from the South Sea Scheme of 1720. It begins by addressing the widespread speculation and subsequent fall of the scheme, and moves on to discuss the difficulties the author saw in finding a remedy. The author offers a number of proposals for addressing the crisis, including a general restitution, as well as examining and reforming the scheme. This book offers a unique perspective on financial bubbles and manias, and seeks to find a solution that would not only address the symptoms of the crisis but the root causes as well. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. E. Sargeant, 1807. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover is worn in many places, with tears to the spine which expose the binding. Pages are fairly delicate and very heavily foxed, with occasional underlinings and marginalia. Very slight water damage to a few pages. Binding is slightly shaken, and the hinges are cracked. This well-aged book would be a good reading copy, or even a candidate for repair and rebinding.

[1] + 111pp., 16mo. Unbound or lacking wrap or wraps (?). Aged and worn, with slight ink staining to title-page. The text is preceded by a full-page 'Prologo' from the publishers. No other copy traced on either Worldcat, COPAC, or PORBASE, and does not feature in the list of 'Later Editions' of the novel on pp.66-67 of A. T. Hazen's 1948 Walpole bibliography.