A Handy Guide to Safe Investments;

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An early reference guide aimed at the novice investor, defining key terms such as 'Bear... used opprobriously, and deservedly so, to those persons who, for private purposes, circulate false reports', and explaining fiscal concepts including the national debt, long annuities, and foreign securities. OCLC records only three copies in institutional holdings (BL, National Library of Scotland, and Bodleian), to which COPAC adds one further (Trinity College, Dublin). First edition; 12mo (17 x 11 cm); 24pp. publisher's ads. to rear; original blindstamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper cover, all edges gilt, spine and edges faded, corners slightly bumped; viii, 128, 16, [8]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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