Gold: The Real Ruler of the World (Signed and Limited Edition)

Hobbs, Franklyn

Published by The Business Foundation, Publishers, Two Ten East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1943

About this Item

Plate w/ornate gilt border at front endpaper states this is first semi-deluxe edition limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number 116. Presented to H. K. Becker and signed by Franklyn Hobbs. Rare, insightful material. Brown textured boards, metallic gold spine wrap w/black stamped titles, gilt stamped cover design, moderate wear. Pages fine. Brown marbled endpapers. Inflation was never known in any country whose gold stocks exceeded its currency issues. Gold is the cornerstone of the whole business and financial structure. Gold is the key to the destiny of nations. Gold is the strength, The Sinews of the World. Gold is to commerce what blood is to the body. All nations and all peoples must have gold. The thing with which enables satisfaction of physical needs and the thing which places a real and fixed value into currencies. With stable currencies throughout the World, each nation is the master of its own destiny and the exchange of goods and services are unhampered and free. Explains the multitude of reasons why gold is valued and is the only solid foundation to a strong society . Written by Franklyn Hobbs, whose ancester was Thomas Hobbes, "my illustrious and much maligned ancester who gave the World The Leviathan", and whom this book is dedicated to the memory of. Chapters include: the supply of gold; debate about gold; gold as a stabilizer; gold as an asset; credit function of gold; as a money guarantee; theory of gold; gold money or gold standard; in the Pharaonic and Biblical ages; as a token of value; in the arts; versus silver; who owns the gold?; buying and danger in owning gold; statesmen and economists look at gold; idle gold and gold not idle; spending gold and price of gold; inflation w/gold; hoarding and building prosperity w/gold no novelty; the keeper of gold and gold rules the world. 271 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gold: The Real Ruler of the World (Signed and Limited Edition)
• Publisher: The Business Foundation, Publishers, Two Ten East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: Book