New York:
Scribner, Armstrong and Co 1873.
First edition of this “undying classic” (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Bookplate and signature of economist Henry Rogers Seager dated May 24, 1894 Philadelphia. In 1894 Seager started his academic career as instructor in economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and got promoted assistant professor in 1896 and to adjunct professor in 1902. In 1905 he moved to the Columbia University, where he was appointed professor of political economy. Seager worked as economist was influenced by his training in “English classicism, in the German historical method and in the peculiar Austrian approach of the Austrian School” (Horton, 1968). In 1904 he published Introduction to Economics in 1904, which he later developed into his main work Principles of Economics, published in 1913. Housed in a custom half leather clamshell box. First editions are scarce.
Price:
$3,500.00
Item Number:
4613