Banks of New York, Their Dealers, the Clearing House and the Panic of 1857. With a Financial Chart

Gibbons, J[Ames] S[Loan]; [Robert Morris] & Herrick (Illust. )

Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1858

About this Item

Engravings; chart, folding; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages; [SIGNED] 1858 D. Appleton & Company. HC 1st edition. Inscribed on the front flyleaf by author with his pseudonymous attribution - J S Gibbons. Original brown cloth with decorative designs in blind to boards; gilt title designs at spine faded but distinct. This copy with prior library ownership. Catalog number painted to base of spine; small ink stamp to front pastedown and card pocket at rear. Cloth fraying over joints with some evidence of spine cloth being glued down; thin strip of brown cloth tape placed over the head to reinforce. Text block sound; endpages intact. Appleton broadsheet ad tipped onto front flyleaf. Contents clean and bright with 30 engraved plates by Herrick and a large fold-out financial graph. A few signatures starting slightly; fold out chart a little ruffled at front edge where it protrudes slightly from the text block. Sound with clean contents but shabby binding and ex-lib indications. G+ thus; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 34370

Bibliographic Details

Title: Banks of New York, Their Dealers, the ...

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1858

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.