Collectible - Good First Edition Signed With Dust Jacket

INSCRIBED! New Brunswick and New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1963. 1st printing. Sm 4to hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 617pp. Charts. Inscribed "To Robert Hershey // with the authors best wishes // Sidney Homer" on front free endpaper. Near Very Good book and Good dust jacket. The lower spine slightly cocked, and with a bit of wear above. There is a small ripple to the upper left portion of the front board. The textblock is toned with faint flecking. There are a few flecks and light dust jacket offsetting to the endpapers. The jacket is shelfworn with a couple of small tears and creases. The booklet "United States and Foreign Interet Rates 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966" by Salomon Brothers & Hutzler, as well as 4 page insert "Comments on Credit" by Salomon Brothers Inc., laid in. A History of Interest Rates, by Sidney Homer, traces the fascinating evolution of this fundamental economic variable from ancient Mesopotamia to the late 20th century, spanning diverse cultures and economies. (Interest Rates, Central Banks, Inflation, Usury Laws, Lending Practices, Credit) Inquire if you need further information.