This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xx. As the summer wore on Rogasner's mind ran principally on his love affair. Ho gave very little attention to the banking business. The bank served as a blind to mask his real designs in Washington. It came natural in the family of which he was a descendent to be a banker, and to so organize ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xx. As the summer wore on Rogasner's mind ran principally on his love affair. Ho gave very little attention to the banking business. The bank served as a blind to mask his real designs in Washington. It came natural in the family of which he was a descendent to be a banker, and to so organize and set the checks and balances as to make this business run with success. J He gave very little of his time to it, nd though thei president, his name did not appear on the letter heads. The bank had no foreign connections; doing all of its outside business through the New York Dank of which his brother Edward was in charge. Everything was avoided that would draw attention to or disclose the identity of Victor Rogasner, and nothing had yet occurred to embarrass him in his operations, the success of which, aside from his love affair, was his sole ambition and the cause of his being in the United States. His plans in this respect were all meeting with success, and public sentiment had been moulded until it was scarcely necessary to do much more than had been done to hold the authorities at Washington to the. opinion that silver should not be rehabilitated. And yet he was sleepless in his energy. The bankers and money lenders in the United States had become his allies and were exerting a powerful influence, but there were many things they did not think of, and while keeping himself informed as to their work, he was constantly doing something to mould public sentiment or otherwise strengthen his position. About the time of the investment of English capital in the breweries of this country, he had caused the purchase, through agents sent direct by Baron Rothe to the United States, of a majority of the stock of several metropolitan newspapers, ..
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Add this copy of A Tale of Two Nations to cart. $60.00, poor condition, Sold by Curious Book Shop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Coin Publishing Company.
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Good with no dust jacket; Waterstains on cover, pages browning, cover corners chipped & tears along spine. A discussion of economics and the gold and silver standards in the form of a novel. Scarce! ; 8vo; 303 pages.
Add this copy of A Tale of Two Nations to cart. $100.00, good condition, Sold by First Class Used Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockaway Beach, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Coin Publishing Company.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 302 pages. There are no marks or writing in the book. Gilt lettering on cover is bright. Light wear to the corners. Wear light fading on the upper corners. Several small black spots bottoom of front cover. Wear top and bottom of the spine. Gilt lettering on spine has faded. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages.
Add this copy of A Tale of Two Nations to cart. $502.95, fair condition, Sold by RareNonFiction, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1894 by Coin Publishing.
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Fair. 302 pages. "A love story that gives the history of demonetization and depicts the evil spirit and influences that have worked the destruction of American prosperity."-from Advertisement. "One of the most striking-almost startling-and original novels of the day, the keynote of which may affect a nation."-Chicago Times. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling externally. Minor yellowing to contents. Binding intact. A rare surviving copy of this important work.; 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; A Tale of Two Nations Conspiracy Money System Bimetalic Gold Silver Monopoly Fiat Currency United States Britain Fiction Novel.
