Description:
HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.
Search Results: memoirs of a banking house
You searched for:
- Title: memoirs of a banking house
- Author: sir william forbes
Results 1 - 4 of 4
Memoirs of a Banking-House
by Forbes William Sir 1739-1806
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781313782951 / 1313782955
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
CA$38.51FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
CA$38.51
FREE shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Memoirs of a Banking House; 1860
by Sir William Forbes
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781014942616 / 1014942616
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
CA$26.49CA$17.33 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paperback / softback. New.
Item Price
CA$26.49
CA$17.33
shipping to USA
Memoirs of a Banking-House.
by Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Alfriston, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
CA$87.08CA$44.41 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
William and Robert Chambers, London and Edinburgh. 1860. Second edition.. Hardback.. Black and White illustrations. Leather spine; marbled boards. Very Good (inner hinges cracking).
Item Price
CA$87.08
CA$44.41
shipping to USA
More Photos
Memoirs of a Banking-House.
by FORBES, Sir William.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
London, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
CA$653.06CA$20.90 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Edinburgh: Printed for private circulation,, 1859. Presentation copy First edition, privately printed, of Sir William Forbes's Memoir of Coutts Bank, which he had joined, aged 15, in 1754. "Forbes was a prudent and influential banker who soon became a leading member of the Merchants' Company of Edinburgh, and advised the lord advocate in 1772 on the wording of a new bankruptcy act. His career produced two secondary virtues: it gave him significant wealth, as a platform for his benefactions, and resulted in his autobiographical Memoirs of a Banking-House, originally written for his eldest son, William, in 1803 and eventually published in 1860 [sic]. This book gives useful insight into the early mercantile and banking concerns of the Coutts family, and describes the origins of the London Exchange Banking Company of Robert Herries, in which both Forbes and Blair were to have a short-term interest" (ODNB). Octavo. Original green embossed cloth, blindstamp rule border and floral cornerpieces to boards,…
Read More Item Price
CA$653.06
CA$20.90
shipping to USA