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First Edition of Harrod's The Life of John Maynard Keynes
HARROD, R.F. [John Maynard Keynes].
The Life of John Maynard Keynes.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1951.
First edition of this personal biography on J.M. Keynes. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Keynes, illustrated with photographs.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 116881
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Herbert Simon's Classic Work Administrative Behavior
SIMON, Herbert.
Administrative Behavior.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957.
Early printing of the second edition of Herbert Simon’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a foreword by Chester I. Barnard.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 108119
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Fumio Kodama's Analyzing Japanese High Technologies: The Techno-Paradigm Shift
KODAMA, Fumio.
Analyzing Japanese High Technologies: The Techno-Paradigm Shift.
London: Pinter Publishers, 1992.
Second edition of Kodama’s landmark work in the development of the analysis of Japanese high technologies. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated with tables and graphs. In fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 117103
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Rare First Edition of Robert Glenn Hubbard's Asymmetric Information, Corporate Finance, and Investment
HUBBARD, Robert Glenn.
Asymmetric Information, Corporate Finance, and Investment.
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1990.
First edition of the economist’s work on the role of finance in economic growth. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 115738
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First Edition of Revolutionary Wealth; Inscribed by Alvin Toffler
TOFFLER, Alvin and Heidi.
Revolutionary Wealth: How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
First edition of this work by the author of Future Shock. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alvin Toffler on the front free endpaper, “For Mike from Alvin Toffler.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 106438
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First Edition of Bull by the Horns; Signed by Sheila Bair
BAIR, Sheila .
Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself.
New York: Free Press, 2012.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 12048
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economist Kenneth R. French
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
Early printing of this “excellent primer on the workings and failures of today’s sophisticated financial system” (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Kenneth R. French on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 114597
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First edition of J. E. Meade's A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth; in the rare original dust jacket
MEADE, James E.
A Neo-Classical Theory of Economic Growth.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s early work on economic growth models. Octavo, original cloth, top edge blue. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 115377
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First edition of Hubert A. Meredith's The Drama of Money Making
MEREDITH, Hubert A.
The Drama of Money Making: Tragedy and Comedy of the London Stock Exchange.
London: Simpson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, nd [1930].
First edition of Meredith’s entertaining collection of tales of the London Stock Exchange. Octavo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece portrait of Meredith. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 119496
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First Edition of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius; Signed by Sylvia Nasar
NASAR, Sylvia.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
First edition of this sweeping narrative. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Sylvia Nasar on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 47016
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F.A. Hayek's The Counter-Revolution of Science
HAYEK, F.A. .
The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason.
Indianapolis : Liberty Press, 1979.
First printing of the second edition of Hayek’s critique of reason, written at the same time as The Road to Serfdom. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 107443
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First Edition of Tom Peters' Thriving on Chaos; inscribed by him
PETERS, Tom.
Thriving on Chaos: Handbook For a Management Revolution.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
First edition of Peters’ work on creating a flourishing organization. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Matt, Thanks for the great interview – again. Best Wishes Tom.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Tran. Jacket photograph by Michele Clement.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 96092
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First Edition of F.M. Scherer's Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives
SCHERER, F.M.
Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the work of Joseph Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Rogers with best wishes, F.M. Scherer. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47955
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First Edition of The Road to Financial Reformation: Warnings, Consequences, Reforms; Inscribed by Henry Kaufman
KAUFMAN, Henry; Foreword by Niall Ferguson.
The Road to Financial Reformation: Warnings, Consequences, Reforms.
New York: Wiley & Sons, 2009.
First edition of this look at the 2007-08 financial crisis by legendary Wall Street investor Henry Kaufman. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Henry Kaufman on the half-title page. Also, laid in is a signed letter from Kaufman to the recipient. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Niall Ferguson.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 61081
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First Edition of The Fiscal System of Venezuela; Inscribed by Carl Shoup
SHOUP, Carl S.
The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, “To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup.” Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, Sir Donald McDougall, Oliver S. Oldman and Stanley S. Surrey.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 75023
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First Edition of Henry Paulson's Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower; Signed by Him
PAULSON, Henry M.
Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower.
New York: Twelve Books, 2015.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Henry Paulson in the month of publication. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 7377
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First Edition of Revolutionary Wealth; Signed by both Alvin and Heidi Toffler
TOFFLER, Alvin and Heidi.
Revolutionary Wealth: How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by by Alvin and Heidi Toffler on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 63
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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, “For Carol with love John G 1988.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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First edition of The Theory of Interest Rates: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association
EDITED BY F.H. HAHN AND F.P.R. BRECHLING,.
The Theory of Interest Rates: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association.
New York: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1965.
First edition of this collection of talks delivered at the 1962 International Economic Association Conference held in Royaumont, France. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership signatures. Jacket design by Sarah Shervington.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 101480
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First edition of Peter Howitt's The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays
HOWITT, Peter [John Maynard Keynes].
The Keynesian Recovery and Other Essays.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1990.
First edition of Howitt’s collected essays analyzing Keynesian and Walrasian economics. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “John with best wishes Peter Howitt.” Laid in is an additional note inscribed by the author which reads, “12/9/14 John, With best wishes and many thanks for the kind words. Peter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 110737
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First Edition of John Train's Discoveries: Cold War Adventures; Building Capital: Expeditions; Signed by Him and from the library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John.
Discoveries: Cold War Adventures; Building Capital: Expeditions.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of John Train’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Train on the title page. From the library of fellow writer Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. In 1953, Train and Matthiessen founded and Train became the first managing editor of The Paris Review, which won attention by publishing extended interviews with such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Thornton Wilder and William Faulkner. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 44655
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First Edition of Jeffrey Sachs' The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time; Signed by Him
SACHS, Jeffrey D.; Foreword by Bono.
The End of Poverty.
New York: Penguin Press, 2005.
First edition of this landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world’s poorest citizens, from one of the world’s most renowned economists. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With all best wishes Jeffrey Sachs April 2006.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund. Foreword by Bono.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 44653
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The Affluent Society; Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.
First edition of the 40th anniversary of the economist’s landmark work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 118388
