On this page are the 24 banking history books that were on our shelves in Walpole, New Hampshire on March 6, 2008. Enjoy browsing through, and feel free to place your order at any time with Ray Boas, Bookseller.
1. Barrett, Glen, J. LYNN DRISCOLL: WESTERN BANKER, A BIOGRAPHY - A BLACK DIAMOND HISTORY, published by the author, n.p., (1974), B&W illustrations, 297pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The story of Lynn and Rachael Driscoll and what they were able to achieve in a half century of business activity and public service. Driscoll ran one of only three banks open for business in Boise in the depth of the Depression., (Order No: 26599 ), $12.50
2. Clarke, Dwight L., WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN: GOLD RUSH BANKER, California Historical Soc., San Francisco, 1969, B&W illustrations, 446pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), 'The Civil War General's Pre-War Career as a Banker in San Francisco.' Sherman was a senior resident partner of a banking house in San Francisco from 1853- 1857. Based upon his detailed, unpublished business letters which included pertinent information about the political and financial developments in the city, the gold-mining areas, and the state capital., (Order No: 1902 ), $10.00
3. Colbert, J. P., COMMENTARY ON MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING MONEY AND BANK CREDIT, Cahill and Company Limited, Dublin, (1943) 2nd ed, 144pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) (dustjacket panels laid in), "This book may be described as a concise guide to clear thinking on monetary problems and the connection between monetary and social problems. The matter is presented partly through direct explanation and partly through discussion of certain heterodox ideas on money and bank credit.", (Order No: 35085 ), $25.00
4. Dorr, Bradford, NEW YORK AND BOSTON BANK STOCKS, Investment Trust Analyst Inc, Cambridge, MA, 1928, 223pp, very good, olive green cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Contents include: The Problem - The Best Investment for $1000; The Solution - New York Bank Stocks Pre-eminent; The Shrinking Dollar - How to Keep Pace with the Cost of Living; Reasons Way; and, Recommendations., (Order No: 49782 ), $15.00
5. Fay, Stephen, PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY: TURMOIL AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Viking, Middlesex, England, (1987), 208pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670819344 A portrait of an institution which has always preferred to stay out of the limelight., (Order No: 30064 ), $9.50
6. Floherty, John J., MONEY-GO-ROUND: THE STRANGE STORY OF MONEY, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1944) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 189pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), John J. Floherty tells the fascinating tale of money down through the ages from the days when man was slowly evolving methods for exchanging the products of his labor to the present., (Order No: 30663 ), $14.50
7. Ford, Paul Leicester (compiled by), A LIST OF TREASURY REPORTS AND CIRCULARS ISSUED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON 1789-1795, Burt Franklin, New York, (1970), 47pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0833712004 Originally published in 1886., (Order No: 41087 ), $15.00
8. Harris, Norman W. (inscribed by) (McGregor, W. E. (presented to), DEDICATION ADDRESSES: HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, SEPTEMBER 16, 1911, The Caslon Press, Chicago, IL, [1911], B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, dark blue leather, teg (hardcover) raised bands, ADDRESSES MADE AT BANQUET GIVEN BY HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, CHICAGO., (Order No: 53718 ), $45.00
9. Helm, Florence, BANKING DEVELOPMENTS IN MISSOURI, 1920-1936, Missouri Bankers Association, MO, 1939, tables and charts, 112pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Contents include: Banking in Missouri Before 1921; Banking Consolidation; Bank Failures; Liquidation of Closed Banks; Changes in Agriculture; Improvements in Transportation; Variations in Methods of Distribution; Shifts in Industry; Changes in Bank Services., (Order No: 40374 ), $65.00
10. Johnson, Wm. N.; Finckel, Martin L.; Wister, Alex. W. (Centennial Committee), A CENTURY OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF GERMANTOWN: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - 1814-1914, published by the bank, Philadelphia, 1914, B&W illustrations, 66pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), A nicely done bank history with Bank-Notes illustrated., (Order No: 17944 ), $17.50
11. Leach, Josiah Granville, THE HISTORY OF THE GIRARD NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADELPHIA, 1832-1902, Greenwood Press Publishers, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 120pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, First published in 1902. Brief history, emphasizing organization of bank, with copy of bill of incorporation and some minutes of 1832 and statements of 1832-33. Very little on policy. Appendix contains biographies of officers and directors, 1932- 1902. Larson 657., (Order No: 11634 ), $15.00
12. McCollom, James P., THE CONTINENTAL AFFAIR: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS BANK, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 393pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396088090 This volume recounts the events of the summer of 1984 when Chicago's biggest bank, the biggest bank between the American coasts, collapsed., (Order No: 30059 ), $6.50
13. Official Statement to the Commissioner of Banking (published and compiled from), PHILADELPHIA TRUST AND SAVINGS FUND COMPANIES RETURNS, Commercial List and Price, Philadelphia, very good, green cloth w/gilt stampings (hardcover), Two reports bound together: May 3, 1912 - 66pp; and, November 2, 1912 - 66pp., (Order No: 18499 ), $25.00
14. Orcutt, William Dana, THE MIRACLE OF MUTUAL SAVINGS: AS ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK, The Bowery Savings Bank, New York, 1934 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 129pp, fine, decorated black cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 4955 ), $10.00
15. Perine, Edward Ten Broeck, THE STORY OF THE TRUST COMPANIES, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1916, 327pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 46263 ), $7.00
16. Pilzer, Paul Zane & Deitz, Robert, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE S&L MESS, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, 269pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067168101X How Bad Luck, Worse Judgement, and Flagrant Corruption Made a Shambles of a $900 Billion Industry., (Order No: 11271 ), $5.00
17. Purdy, William, LONDON BANKING LIFE - PAPERS ON TRADE AND FINANCE, Lovell, Adam, Wesson & Co., New York, [1876], 243pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover tear) p130 lacks rear free endpaper, (Order No: 23503 ), $85.00
18. Schweikart, Larry, A HISTORY OF BANKING IN ARIZONA, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, (1982), B&W illustrations, 253pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0816507775 The author traces the history of banking in Arizona from those early days up to the present era of computerized tellers. Banking is shown to have played an integral part in financing commercial endeavors on the frontier, and the author's access to many bank records not previously made public has produced a wealth of historical anecdotes., (Order No: 22432 ), $8.00
19. Thompson, Thomas William, CHECKS & BALANCES: A STUDY OF THE DUAL BANKING SYSTEM IN AMERICA, Supervisors of State Banks, Washington, D.C., 1962, B&W illustrations, 72pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author relates the function of banking to our pluralistic society and argues for the preservation of both state supervised banks and banks that are agents of the national government., (Order No: 27037 ), $15.00
20. Tymeson, Mildred McClary, WORCESTER BANKBOOK: FROM COUNTRY BARTER TO COUNTY BANK - 1804-1966, Worcester County National, Worcester, MA, (1966), B&W illustrations, 183pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), An interesting banking history with many banknote illustrations including on the endpapers., (Order No: 15761 ), $10.00
21. United States Trust Company of New York, PROMISE FULFILLED: A STORY OF THE GROWTH OF A GOOD IDEA FROM 1853-1953, US Trust Company of New York, New York, (1953), B&W illustrations, 54pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), Prepared as a souvenir of the centennial for the clients of the United States Trust Company of New York, reflecting on life in the mid-nineteenth-century., (Order No: 15038 ), $10.00
22. Welfling, Weldon, SAVINGS BANKING IN NEW YORK STATE, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1939, B&W charts, graphs, tables, 205pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), A Study of Changes in Savings Bank Practice and Policy Occasioned by Important Economic Changes., (Order No: 27946 ), $45.00
23. Wilson, Neill C., 400 CALIFORNIA STREET, Bank of California, San Francisco, CA, 1964, B&W and Sepia-tone ills., 87pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), The story of The Bank of California, National Association and its first 100 years in the financial development of the Pacific Coast., (Order No: 29552 ), $4.00
24. Withers, Hartley, MONEY-CHANGING: AN INTRODUCTION TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE, E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1913, 183pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), Chapters include: Money at Home and Abroad; Rates of Exchange; Trade and Services; International Payments; Commercial Bills; Finance Bills; Discount and Exchange; and, Bullion and Exchange., (Order No: 30520 ), $35.00