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Phillips, Maberly.
A History of Banks, Bankers & Banking, in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire, Illustrating the Commercial Development of the North of England, from 1755 to 1894, with numerous Portraits, Fascimiles of Notes, Signatures, Documents, &c.
Publisher: Effingham Wilson & Co., Royal Exchange, London;
Date of Publication: 1894
Stock Code: 15504
First and only edition. Quarto, pp., xxx, 466, frontispiece and numerous photolithographic illustrations within text. Later acid half-calf over marbled paper; titled in gilt to goatskin spine label; gilt fillets to spine; rolls in blind to boards; floral patterned end-papers. Minimal shelf-wear to extremities; a few spots of rubbing to spine; binding otherwise strong and square. Paper repair to initial blanks; frontispiece and title-page attached with white tape; very occasional spotting to gutter. A very good copy. The scarce and comprehensive history of Northern banking from the earliest banks to the year of publication. The illustrations include portraits, caricatures, images of banking institutions, and facsimiles of archival documents. £200.00