Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 89

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
TOOKE, THOMAS. A History of Prices, and of the State of Circulation, from 1793 to 1837 [with continuations for 1838-39, 1839-47, and 1848-56]. Engraved map of California in Volume 6, partly hand-colored in outline. viii, 376, 16; iv, 420; iv, 298, [2], 16; xvi, 500, 32; xxiii, [1], 666, [2]; xv, [1], 981, [1] pages, with publisher's catalogue dated March 1839 in Volume 1, February 1840 in Volume 3, and October 1847 in Volume 4, and with final ad leaf in Volume 5. Together, 4 works in 6 volumes. 8vo, first 3 volumes 223x140 mm in original cloth, spine ends chipped, last 3 volumes 214x135 mm in modern half leather; contents clean apart from minor stains on Volume 2 title and stain in upper margin of first few leaves in Volume 6; first 2 volumes uncut and unopened. London, 1838 [i. e., 1839]; 1840; 1848; 1857

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first editions. The last 2 volumes, co-authored with William Newmarch, include an index to the entire set. "The whole work is an admirable analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period which it covers" (ODNB).