Primitive Money by Einzig Paul (23 results)

Condition: Second Impression, 1951. Edges spottet with old stains of mould. Dust jacket is price clipped with some wear. Binding is solid. Orig. green boards with dust jacket. 517 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. Library labels and markings.; 1951 reprint of a title first published in 1949. Green cloth boards with red panel on spine, gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 139mm. Contents: Introductory; Book I - Ethnological - Oceania - Asia - America; Book II - Historical - Ancient Period -Medieval Period - Modern Period; Book III - Theoretical - What is Primitive Money? - The Origin of Money - The Value of Primitive Money - Primitive Monetary Policy - The Philosophy of Primitive Money; Bibliography; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VII, 517 p. Sound clean unmarked copy with some foxing to the endpapers, inside covers and outer edge. Protected in mylar protector. X1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is in extremely good condition for its age, with the only fault being some very light foxing at the beginning. The dust-jacket (in a removable plastic cover) is virtually undamaged but has a small stain on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Light wear at edges of DJ spine. Bookplate and non-cursive signture of Mendel Peterson on front endpapers. May be Mendel L. Peterson, a pioneer in the field of underwater archaeology and former curator at the Smithsonian Institution.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Einzig, Paul. Primitive Money - in its Ethnological, Historical & Economic Aspects. E&S., 1952, 2nd impression. Einzig's scarcest & most important study. VG in D/W.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. First Edition, Second Printing. 1951 reprint of 1948 First Edition. Tan cloth. 8vo. xii, 317 pages, including bibliography and index. Near fine. One corner rubbed so most minor shelfwear on boards. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. Paul Einzig (1897 - 1973) was a Transylvania-born English economic and political writer and journalist. He wrote 57 books, alongside many articles for newspapers and journals, and regular columns for the newspapers Financial News and Commercial and Financial Chronicle.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 576 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.30 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Laid in is a publisher's printed receipt slip, numbered & dated 28 Apr 1949. Einzig, an expert authority on money, authored numerous books on modern money, and researched for years, gathering detailed information for this in-depth study on primitive currencies with historical related and effected events, its evolution, detailed descriptions of the money items, regional types of commodity units, related economic theory, and more. The study is now considered a modern economic classic. Thumbprint size surface puckering to the front and rear covers, a few faint soil spots to the rear cover, else very good in green linen with gilt embossed titles and rules to a plum-brown panel to the spine, upper page edges colored dusk-plum; in a near fine light-brown thick-parchment paper dust dust jacket with green printed titles to the front panel and to the spine, green printed advertisement to the rear panel, two very short nicked tears to the upper spine edge, mild crimp-line to the upper front panel; original printed 2 5s. net price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 517 pages; bibliography; index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 517 pages. Very good condition in green cloth with near fine dustwrapper. Slight foxing on fore-edges and endpapers, otherwise a very nice copy.

Hardback in fine condition with dust wrapper. Second edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition Revised. ** SALE ** REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION. OXFORD : 1966. [ First published 1949, revised and enlarged here.]. Hardback. Grey textured cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. End-papers slightly browned. A lovely copy in excellent state. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE. (xvii), 557 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. CONTENTS: Front Cover; Primitive Money: In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Primitive Money; CHAPTER 2. Is Primitive Money still Terra Incognita?; CHAPTER 3. The Background to Primitive Money; CHAPTER 4. Treatment of the Subject; BOOK I: ETHNOLOGICAL SECTION; PART I: OCEANIA; CHAPTER 1. Mat and Bark Cloth Money in Samoa; CHAPTER 2. Whales' Teeth Currency in Fiji; CHAPTER 3. Other Currencies of the Eastern Pacific; CHAPTER 4. The Stone Money of Yap. CHAPTER 5. The Bead Currency of PelewCHAPTER 6. Other Micronesian Currencies; CHAPTER 7. Pig Exchanges on the New Hebrides; CHAPTER 8. The Feather Money of Santa Cruz; CHAPTER 9. Shell Loans on the Banks Islands; CHAPTER 10. Shell and Teeth Currencies on the Solomon Islands; CHAPTER 11. The Intricate Currency of Rossel Island; CHAPTER 12. Debts in Dogs' Teeth on the Admiralty Islands; CHAPTER 13. Shell and Yam Currencies of the Trobriand Islands; CHAPTER 14. The ""Sacred"" Money of New Britain; CHAPTER 15. New Guinea's Boar Tusk and Shell Currencies; PART II: ASIA. CHAPTER 16. Rice Standard in the PhilippinesCHAPTER 17. The Drum Currency of Alor; CHAPTER 18. Bronze Guns, Bees' Wax and Buffaloes as Money in Borneo; CHAPTER 19. Other Moneys of the Indonesian Archipelago; CHAPTER 20. ""Homeric"" Currencies in Cambodia; CHAPTER 21. Gambling Counters as Money in Siam; CHAPTER 22. Tin Ingots and Gold Dust in Malaya; CHAPTER 23. Weighed Silver and Lead Currency in Burma; CHAPTER 24. Tea Brick Currency in Mongolia; CHAPTER 25. Coconut Standard on the Nicobars; CHAPTER 26. Grain Medium of Exchange in India. CHAPTER 27. Reindeer and Cattle Standard in Asiatic RussiaCHAPTER 28. Currencies at the Persian Gulf; PART III: AFRICA; CHAPTER 29. Iron Currency in Sudan; CHAPTER 30. Salt Money of Ethiopia; CHAPTER 31. Livestock Standard in Kenya; CHAPTER 32. Bead Money of Tanzania; CHAPTER 33. Cowries as Currency in Uganda; CHAPTER 34. Other East African Currencies; CHAPTER 35. Calico Currency in Zambia; CHAPTER 36. Cloth, Metals and Slaves as Currency in Equatorial Africa; CHAPTER 37. Cowrie Crises in the Former French Sudan; CHAPTER 38. Cowries, Slaves, Cloth and Gin Money of Nigeria. CHAPTER 39. Gold Dust Currency of GhanaCHAPTER 40. Other Moneys of the Guinea Bay; CHAPTER 41. Debased Brass Rod Currency of the Congo; CHAPTER 42. Shell Money of Angola; CHAPTER 43. Cattle and Bead Money of South-West Africa; CHAPTER 44. Cattle Currency in South Africa; PART IV: AMERICA; CHAPTER 45. Fur Currency in Alaska; CHAPTER 46. Shelly Fur and Blanket Currency of Canada; CHAPTER 47. Wampum and Other Shell Currencies in the United States; CHAPTER 48. Cocoa Bean Currency of Mexico; CHAPTER 49. Maize Money of Guatemala; CHAPTER 50. Cattle Standard in Colombia. CHAPTER 51. Arrows and Guns as Currency in Brazil. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear to jacket (a couple of tiny chips to edges.). **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE: Important work; rare in jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition Revised. REVISED & ENLARGED EDITION. OXFORD : 1966. [ First published 1949, revised and enlarged here.]. Hardback. Grey textured cloth; gilt lettered black panel to spine. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. End-papers slightly browned. A lovely copy in excellent state. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. SCARCE. (xvii), 557 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Indexes. CONTENTS: Front Cover; Primitive Money: In its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER 1. The Study of Primitive Money; CHAPTER 2. Is Primitive Money still Terra Incognita?; CHAPTER 3. The Background to Primitive Money; CHAPTER 4. Treatment of the Subject; BOOK I: ETHNOLOGICAL SECTION; PART I: OCEANIA; CHAPTER 1. Mat and Bark Cloth Money in Samoa; CHAPTER 2. Whales' Teeth Currency in Fiji; CHAPTER 3. Other Currencies of the Eastern Pacific; CHAPTER 4. The Stone Money of Yap. CHAPTER 5. The Bead Currency of PelewCHAPTER 6. Other Micronesian Currencies; CHAPTER 7. Pig Exchanges on the New Hebrides; CHAPTER 8. The Feather Money of Santa Cruz; CHAPTER 9. Shell Loans on the Banks Islands; CHAPTER 10. Shell and Teeth Currencies on the Solomon Islands; CHAPTER 11. The Intricate Currency of Rossel Island; CHAPTER 12. Debts in Dogs' Teeth on the Admiralty Islands; CHAPTER 13. Shell and Yam Currencies of the Trobriand Islands; CHAPTER 14. The ""Sacred"" Money of New Britain; CHAPTER 15. New Guinea's Boar Tusk and Shell Currencies; PART II: ASIA. CHAPTER 16. Rice Standard in the PhilippinesCHAPTER 17. The Drum Currency of Alor; CHAPTER 18. Bronze Guns, Bees' Wax and Buffaloes as Money in Borneo; CHAPTER 19. Other Moneys of the Indonesian Archipelago; CHAPTER 20. ""Homeric"" Currencies in Cambodia; CHAPTER 21. Gambling Counters as Money in Siam; CHAPTER 22. Tin Ingots and Gold Dust in Malaya; CHAPTER 23. Weighed Silver and Lead Currency in Burma; CHAPTER 24. Tea Brick Currency in Mongolia; CHAPTER 25. Coconut Standard on the Nicobars; CHAPTER 26. Grain Medium of Exchange in India. CHAPTER 27. Reindeer and Cattle Standard in Asiatic RussiaCHAPTER 28. Currencies at the Persian Gulf; PART III: AFRICA; CHAPTER 29. Iron Currency in Sudan; CHAPTER 30. Salt Money of Ethiopia; CHAPTER 31. Livestock Standard in Kenya; CHAPTER 32. Bead Money of Tanzania; CHAPTER 33. Cowries as Currency in Uganda; CHAPTER 34. Other East African Currencies; CHAPTER 35. Calico Currency in Zambia; CHAPTER 36. Cloth, Metals and Slaves as Currency in Equatorial Africa; CHAPTER 37. Cowrie Crises in the Former French Sudan; CHAPTER 38. Cowries, Slaves, Cloth and Gin Money of Nigeria. CHAPTER 39. Gold Dust Currency of GhanaCHAPTER 40. Other Moneys of the Guinea Bay; CHAPTER 41. Debased Brass Rod Currency of the Congo; CHAPTER 42. Shell Money of Angola; CHAPTER 43. Cattle and Bead Money of South-West Africa; CHAPTER 44. Cattle Currency in South Africa; PART IV: AMERICA; CHAPTER 45. Fur Currency in Alaska; CHAPTER 46. Shelly Fur and Blanket Currency of Canada; CHAPTER 47. Wampum and Other Shell Currencies in the United States; CHAPTER 48. Cocoa Bean Currency of Mexico; CHAPTER 49. Maize Money of Guatemala; CHAPTER 50. Cattle Standard in Colombia. CHAPTER 51. Arrows and Guns as Currency in Brazil. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear to jacket (a couple of tiny chips to edges.). **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE: Important work; rare in jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Edition (Revised and Enlarged). 557 pages. Name index. Subject index. Exhaustive bibliography. Handsome gilt lettering and decoration upon gray backstrip. "The first book of any substantial size that is devoted entirely to the subject of primitive money" - from Introduction. Average wear. Binding intact. Minimal external library markings. Usual internal library markings. A sound copy of this important scholarly reference.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Primitive Money: In Its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects Media of Exchange.