Gold Market Books

John Adams, Deregulation of the Gold Market in China
Highly detailed report on the organisation and structure of the gold market and gold mining in China, with list of major mines with technical details, legal and taxation information and briefing on 1997 Mineral Resources Law.

2000, AMCD (Publishers) Ltd, Altrincham, England. ISBN No.1 897762 20 8. Available in hard copy or as 3.5″ diskette. Price £495 /US$745.

AMCD
PO Box 182
Altrincham, Cheshire
WA15 9UA
England.
e-mail j.s.adams@talk21.com

Jessica Cross, New Frontiers in Gold: The Derivatives Revolution
Answers to all your questions on forwards, funds, futures, gold loans, hedging, options, spot deferreds and warrants.

1994, Rosendale Press, London. ISBN No.1-872803-18-0
e-mail info@rosendal.demon.co.uk

Nigel Desebrock, Gold Refiners & Bars Worldwide
The most comprehensive review of gold refiners with good delivery status for their bars.

1991, Grendon International Research Pty Ltd, East Fremantle, Western Australia. ISBN No.0-646-03150-3
e-mail grendon@global.net.au

Nigel Desebrock, The International Catalogue of Gold Bars Worldwide
Comprehensive guide to all gold bars issued by over 100 refiners in 28 countries.

1998, Grendon International Research Pty Ltd, East Fremantle, Western Australia. ISBN No.0-646-34491-9
e-mail grendon@global.net.au

Paul Sarnoff, Trading in Gold
Useful guide to all aspects of trading in all aspects of gold and gold shares by a market professional.

1989, Woodhead-Faulkner, Cambridge. ISBN No.0-85941-580-5

Robert Sitt, The Hong Kong Gold Market
Bilingual guide, in English and Chinese, to gold trading and arbitrage in Hong Kong by one of its most experienced traders. Very useful for dealers on technicalities of Hong Kong dollar/tael versus US dollar/ounce.

Central Bank & Monetary Books

Marjorie Deane & Robert Pringle, The Central Banks, with foreword by Paul Volcker
The first book to unveil the world of central banks, whose vaults house much of the world’s gold.

1994, Hamish Hamilton, London. ISBN No.0-241-13326-2

A. E. F. Feaveryear, The Pound Sterling: A History of English Money,
Still the standard work on the evolution of sterling and the associated role played by gold.

1931, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Available only in libraries.

National Industrial Conference Board Convocation, Gold and World Monetary Problems
Bankers, economists and gold miners combine to present their views on gold.

1965, Tarrytown, New York. 1966, published by The Macmillan Company, New York and Collier-Macmillan, London. Library of Congress Catalogue 66-29051

Coin & Mint Books

C. E. Challis (ed.) A New History of the Royal Mint
Useful history of Britain’s mint with annual gold coin production statistics back to 13th century.

Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN No.0-5212-402-6-3
Web www.cup.cam.ac.uk

Nigel Desebrock, The Industry Catalogue of Gold Bullion Coins
First comprehensive reference book on the world’s leading gold bullion coins 1970-1998.

Grendon International Research Pty Ltd, East Fremantle, Western Australia, 1999, ISBN No.0-9577495-0-3
e-mail grendon@global.net.au

John McIlwraith & Anthea Harris, Striking Gold: 100 Years of the Perth Mint
Useful guide to gold coin minting, with good statistics on output.

Gold Corporation, Perth, Western Australia, 1999, ISBN No.0-646-36985-7
Web www.perthmint.com.au

Gold Standard Books

Michael J. Bordo & Anna J. Schwartz, A Retrospective on the Classical Gold Standard 1821-1931
Wide collection of academic papers presented to the National Bureau of Economic Research on many aspects of the gold standard.

1984, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London. ISBN No.0-226-06590-1

W. J. Busschau, Gold and International Liquidity
The thoughts of Dr Busschau, a chairman of Gold Fields of South Africa and leading gold standard supporter.

1961, South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa.

T. E. Gregory, The Gold Standard and its Future
Best contemporary academic account of the failings of the gold standard in the 1930s.

1934, Methuen, London.

R. G. Hawtrey, The Gold Standard in Theory and Practice
Academic reflections on the failings of the gold standard.

1947, Longmans Green, London (5th edition).

H. Clark Johnson, Gold, France and the Great Depression 1919-1932
Focused academic study on final years of the gold standard.

1997, Yale University Press, Newhaven & London. ISBN No.0-300-06986-3
Web www.yale.edu/yup

E. W. Kemmerer, Gold and the Gold Standard
American view of the collapse of the gold standard.

1944, McGraw-Hill, New York.

John Maynard Keynes, Treatise on Money
Keynes at the height of his powers, with acerbic views on gold.

1930, Macmillan, London.

League of Nations, Selected documents submitted to the Gold Delegation of the Financial Committee, Geneva, 1930
Includes important background statistics to problems faced by gold standard after World War I.

Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, Appendix 82 (London 1926)
The evidence of Joseph Kitchin in unique collection of gold statistics of late 19th and early 20th centuries.

1926, London.

Royal Institute of International Affairs, The International Gold Problem: A Record of the Discussions of Study Group
Excellent debate on gold standard issues, including statistics of Joseph Kitchin, the foremost gold analyst of early 20th century.

1931, Members of the Royal Institute of International Affairs 1929-31, Oxford University Press.

Lawrence H. White (ed.) The History of Gold and Silver, 3 vols
Somewhat misleading title, as these three volumes focus mainly on the debates surrounding the Gold, Silver and Bimetal Standards and their influence on economic thinking. Professor White has brought together such diverse papers as Nicholas Oresme’s De Moneta (c. 1355), John Locke on raising the value of money (1696), Walter Bagehot on the effects of the gold discoveries of the mid-19th century (1863) and Francis Walker on International Bimetallism (1896). A gold mine of economic views on the role of gold.

1999, Pickering & Chatto, London. ISBN No.1 85196 517 3. Price for 3-volume set £295 / US$480
North or South America, e-mail info@ashgate.com
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