[ECONOMICS]. LAWSON, William John. The History of Banking? Edited by J. Smith Homans. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1852. Tall 8vo. 4pp. publisher?s ads at front and 6pp. ads at end. Original brown cloth, gilt?lettered spine (spine sunned with some light wear at ends, corner rubbed, some intermittent spotting). Provenance: American institutional bookplate. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Originally published in London in 1850, Lawson?s work was considered the authoritative history of banking in the British Isles from the time of the Norman Conquest.