THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS 1847-1848.
London: Letts, Son, and Steer, 1848. First edition. The author's first book. A scarce contempory historical account containing "Facts and figures illustrative of the events of that important period, considered in relation to the three epochs of The Railway Mania, The Food and Money Panic and The French Revolution." Evans was a Welsh journalist who worked for the Times, Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, as well as commercial and financial periodicals such as the Bankers' Magazine, the Bullionist, and Stock Exchange Gazette. He also contributed to the statistical departments of the Bankers' Almanac and Diary. 151 pages plus 80-page appendix listing "English and Foreign Mercantile Failures, with the Balance Sheets and Statements, of the Most Important Houses" and 16 pages of publisher ads. Good to very good in somewhat soiled and faded original cloth, which has been rebacked with original spine laid down, and with new endpapers, linen hinges and sewn headbands added.
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Price: $275.00