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  • Air Monster

    by active 1880-1932 Edwin Green ...
    In "Air Monster," the story likely revolves around early aviation pioneers or adventurers who encounter a strange and dangerous phenomenon in the skies. This "air monster" could be anything from a freak of nature to an advanced piece of technology that the characters must confront or escape. The narrative probably includes suspenseful moments as the characters try to survive their encounters with ... Read more

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  • The Airship Inventor's Library: 33 Essential Reads

    Zeppelin, Flying Machines, Tom Swift and His Airship, The Dreadnought of the Air, etc.

    by Harry Vissering, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Thomas Herbert Russell, William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, E. Douglas Fawcett, George Whale, Percy F. Westerman, F. S. Brereton, Howard Roger Garis, H. L. Sayler, Edwin Green, John Henry Goldfrap, Hugh McAlister, De Lysle F. Cass, G. Harvey Ralphson, Clarence Young, Richard Bonner, Victor Appleton, Roy Rockwood, Frank V. Webster, Frank Cobb, Stanley R. Matthews ...
    The Airship Inventor's Library: 33 Essential Reads is a sweeping anthology that explores the fascinating world of early aviation through diverse literary styles and narratives. The collection spans adventure tales, technical expositions, and speculative fiction, offering readers a panoramic view of the nascent era of flight. Through a careful curation of works, the anthology showcases the ... Read more

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  • Crisis Banking in the East

    The History of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of London, India and China, 1853–93

    by Stuart Muirhead, Edwin Green ...
    Series series Studies in Banking and Financial History
    The Chartered Mercantile Bank is one of the constituent banks of the huge Hongkong and Shanghai bank. This study charts its first 40 years as one of the pioneering banks of the Far East. The Chartered Mercantile became the leading exchange bank in India and South East Asia whilst always retaining its head office in the pivotal London market. Based upon meticulous research using a particularly rich ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Paradise Bank

    The Mercantile Bank of India, 1893–1984

    by Edwin Green, Sara Kinsey ...
    Series series Studies in Banking and Financial History
    The Mercantile Bank of India was one of a small band of British-managed banks which dominated Anglo-Eastern finance for most of the 20th century. Founded in London in 1893, the Mercantile inherited the business, branches, staff and even the distinctive cable address - Paradise, London - of its forerunner the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. In the early 1900s the Mercantile ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking

    Exploring the History and Archives of Banking at Times of Political and Social Stress

    by Edwin Green, John Lampe ...
    Series series Studies in Banking and Financial History
    Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking explores the behaviour of banks at times of war, revolution, civil war, social turmoil, and reconstruction. Analysing the history and archives of banks, it discovers examples of how banking is affected by political and social upheavals; how banks may influence the outcome of such events; how banking has recovered from periods of intense political and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Debtors to their Profession (RLE Banking & Finance)

    A History of the Institute of Bankers 1879-1979

    by Edwin Green ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance
    This volume examines the first hundred years of the Institute of Banking’s development within the banking business as a whole, with a particular emphasis upon changes in the staffing requirements of the banks and the importance of professional qualifications in the careers of their employees. The survey includes a description of early attempts to form a professional institute for bankers between ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • The Bank of England

    1950s to 1979

    by Forrest Capie ...
    Series series Studies in Macroeconomic History
    This history of the Bank of England takes its story from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. This period probably saw the peak of the Bank's influence and prestige, as it dominated the financial landscape. One of the Bank's central functions was to manage the exchange rate. It was also responsible for administering all the controls that made up monetary policy. In the first part of the period, the ... Read more

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  • Till Time's Last Sand

    A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013

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  • Bad Banks

    Greed, Incompetence and the Next Global Crisis

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    A Financial History of Edinburgh

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  • Land Law Lawcards 2012-2013

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    Series series Lawcards
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