Washington, Government Printing Office, 1926 (First edition). 1 thick volume in-8, 818 pp., rebound in modern brown leather, with 2 folding maps. Small stamps of the Library of University of Texas, at San Antonio.
Publication by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Trade, Prepared by Julean Arnold, Commercial Attaché, American Consular Officers and other Contributors
Washington, Government Printing Office (1926), reprinted by Ch'eng-wen Publishing Co.,Taipei, 1973. 1 volume in-8, 818 pp., red cloth hardcover with 2 folding maps.
Shanghai 1926 Kelly & Walsh, Limited Full-Leather (Hardcover) 1st Edition Signed by Author
Full-Leather (Hardcover), 25 x 17 cm, 540 + 48 pp., English, Signed by Author, 1st Edition, Illustrations. This is a seminal technical study of the Chinese monetary system. Written by Eduard Kann, an Austrian banker with decades of experience in Shanghai, the book was designed as a professional manual for bankers and bullion brokers rather than a casual history. . Section I: Silver (The Monetary Backbone)rnSycees & Taels: Provides minute detail on silver ingots (sycees) and the tael, which served as both a weight and a unit of account. It analyzes various regional taels (like the Haikwan and Shanghai taels) and their specific exchange complexities.rnForeign & Domestic Dollars: Technical specifications of silver coins, including the Mexican Peso and early Chinese Republican dollars, detailing their exact weight, silver fineness, and "assay" (purity tests).rnSection II: Gold (The Trading Commodity)rnGold Bar Market: A detailed account of the Shanghai Gold Bar Market, where gold was treated primarily as a commodity for international settlement rather than a circulating currency.rnGold Standard Efforts: Documents the technical and political hurdles that prevented China from successfully transitioning to a true gold standard during the early 20th century.rnSection III: Copper (The People's Currency)rnMinting & Seigniorage: Examines the overproduction of copper "cash" and cents, the technical output of provincial mints, and how the resulting inflation affected the general population. rn
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Shanghai 1926 Kelly & Walsh, Limited Hardcover 1st Edition
Hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 18 + 2 + 540 +19 + 48 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations, book condition: Good. [publisher: Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai] Hardcover First Edition First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, [2], 540, [xix]-xlviii; color frontispiece and 5 illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates and a folding table; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine : faded and bumped, inside a very clean copy, overall a good copy
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