National Suicide and Its Prevention by Oscar F. Lumry

National Suicide and Its Prevention
by Oscar F. Lumry

Book Description: George F. Cram, 1886. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Maroon cloth boards black title and giltstamped (black) decoration to cover, gilt title to spine, First Edition 1886, decorative endpapers, (5" x 7").

Book Condition: Good, covered rubbed, corners bumped and frayed, spine extremes bumped and frayed, general shelfwear, mark on spine top to bottom (maroon spine has been been scuffed to reveal gilt undercoat - see photo), small 1/4" chip to top corner of front end loose paper, previous bookseller label (1 1/2") to front pastedown end paper, some light blemishes to back end papers, the front loose endpaper is almost completely detached, front hinge cracked, endpapers and flyleaf extremely tanned, pages slightly tanned otherwise free of marks, textblock tanned, no foxing. No dust jacket.

Contents: I. Introduction, II. Measure or standard of value, III. Specie base, IV. What is honest money, V. Our national banks, VI. How panics are or may be made, VII. How panics are mended, VIII. Paper money, IX. Legislation against the poor, X. Repudiation, XI. How Wall Street manipulated the United States Treasury in its own interest. XII. Blind Leaders of the blind, XIII. Usury, XIV. Endowment, XV. Land tenure, XVI. Railroads and other monopolies, XVII. The tramp, XVIII. Poverty, irreligion, immortality, drunkeness and crime. XIX. When is money plenty, XX. Conclusion -- Summary: Rare and important work by Wheaton Professor Oscar F. Lumry published in 1886. There's a biblical tone throughout the book, but his opinions in many cases are more centered on common sense actions that look to create a sustainable United States that benefits all citizens. Extremely Scarce, First Edition, 224 pages. Collectible.

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