Scottish Banking - A History 1695-1973 (First Edition)
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Jenhams Books [4204590], Dundee, United Kingdom.
First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition, interior very clean and bright, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of most of our books are available - please ask, as dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the accompanying image is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own. Overseas buyers also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 1Kg and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or cancel, or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hanselled Books.
UK: Collins, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chipped and stained jacket. Tight and clean book. This book tells the story of one of the oldest and most influential banking systems in the world, from its beginnings in the late 17th century, fostered by a London man of business, through the feuds and crises of the 18th century and the full maturity of the 19th century, down to the present day, facing a future of increasing demands for varied services and strenuous competition. But this is not only a history of economic development. The Scottish banking system reflects many characteristics of the people who made it - visionaries, misers, sober citizens, gamblers, noblemen, philosophers and schemers, they all play their parts throughout the story, which reads at times as grippingly as any modern drama of high finance. The illustrations give an added impact to the narrative, portraits, scenes of social life, cartoons, manuscripts, impressive architectural studies. The whole work is an outstanding contribution to Scotland's history. The Bank of Scotland was first off the mark in 1695, only a year after the bank of England. From 1746 Scotland had three chartered corporations engaged in banking with limited liability, while England had one. The relations between the three public banks and the vigorous initiatives of private bankers are of great interest: they involved bank wars, around the highly profitable practice of note issue, together with the question whether the public banks could and should enforce any sort of discipline on the private bankers and the provincial banking companies. Perhaps the greatest achievements of Scottish banking lay in the hectic years of the industrial revolution. It was part of that flowering of Scottish culture that produced Adam Smith and the Scottish moral philosophers, with literature at its peak and a new race of technical innovators, including James Watt, who so accelerated man's manipulation of his environment. Banking in Scotland was highly inventive in this phase, more so than in any other country: indeed, in the generations between 1745 and 1845, Scotland held a unique place in world banking development. £8.25 net.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Infinitebooks.
Collins. Hardcover. 0004601084 DJ is clean, complete, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents. Prev owners details to endpaper. . Good. 1975 . First Edition.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ancient Numismatic Enterprise [61888211], Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hardcover, 785 pages. Book Condition: Good+. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Light dent in top corner; light wear on corners and edges. Binding good and tight. Beautiful and interesting illustrations throughout. A very comprehensive history of.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books Ltd [53572034], Dunfermline, United Kingdom.
Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.