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"No CEO has it better; I truly do feel like tap dancing to work every day": Tap Dancing To Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything,1966-2012; Signed by Warren Buffett
BUFFETT, Warren E. & Carol Loomis.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything,1966-2012.
New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2013.
First edition, early printing of this collection of writings by and about Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a small closed tear to the front panel. Jacket design by Joseph Perez. This copy was signed at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha, Nebraska.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 145093
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First Edition of The Undoing Project; Signed by Michael Lewis and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
LEWIS, Michael [Daniel Kahneman].
The Undoing Project.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page and by Nobel Prize-winning economist and subject, "Best wishes! Daniel Kahneman" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Rare and desirable signed by both Lewis and Kahneman.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138129
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First Edition of Bureaucracy; Signed by Ludwig von Mises and In the Rare Dust Jacket
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Bureaucracy.
London: William Hodge & Company, 1945.
First edition of this early work by von Mises. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a original price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. A very sharp example, uncommon in the dust jacket.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 145921
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"Culture and Leadership as so central to understanding organizations and making them effective that we cannot afford to be complacent about either one": First edition of Edgar Schein's Organizational Culture and Leadership; Lengthily Inscribed by him
SCHEIN, Edgar H.
Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1985.
First edition, second printing of Schein's classic text on organizational culture. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page with the following transcription from the text as follows, "Dear James Culture continues to be my main interest and our most important topic Enjoy Ed Schein 10/10/22." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Willi Baum.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145929
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"For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it": First Edition, First Issue of Thomas Hobbes's Landmark Work Leviathan
HOBBES, Thomas.
Leviathan, Or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill.
London: Andrew Crooke, 1651.
First edition, first issue, with "head" ornament (rather than "bear") on letterpress title page, additional engraved title supplied in facsimile, and folding table. Wing 2246. Pforzheimer 491. Macdonald & Hargreaves 42. Folio, bound in full polished calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins. In near fine condition with some of the usual browning to the page edges. A very nice example of this highspot.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 145080
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John [Peter Matthiessen].
The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of novelist Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthiessen was a founding member of The Paris Review. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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First Edition of Attention and Effort; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel.
Attention and Effort.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
First edition of this influential work, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For William D. Kahneman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 140270
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First Edition of the author's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century; Signed by Thomas Piketty
PIKETTY, Thomas.
Capital In the Twenty-First Century.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.
First edition of Piketty's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Thomas Piketty on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Graciela Golup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144401
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First Edition of Rationality and Freedom; Inscribed by Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Rationality and Freedom.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press/ Belknap Press, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John my best wishes and regards Amartya Sen Nov 3, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144399
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning Economist Richard Thaler
THALER, Richard H. and Cass R. Sunstein.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
First edition, early printing of this revelatory look at how we make decisions. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Nudge for good! Richard Thaler." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144495
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"THE STORY OF MISES IN HIS ROLE AS ECONOMIST": FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL M. KIRZNER'S LUDWIG VON MISES: A MAN AND HIS ECONOMICS; SIGNED BY ISRAEL KIRZNER
KIRZNER, Israel M.
Ludwig von Mises: The Man and His Economics.
Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 2001.
First edition of Kirzner's authoritative biography of Ludwig von Mises. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Israel M. Kirzner on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 144496
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“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it”: Thinking, Fast and Slow; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel .
Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Toronto: Doubleday, 2011.
First edition, early printing of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William, D. Kahneman." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ridrigo Corral.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144887
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First Edition of Economic Dynamics: An Introduction; Inscribed by William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.
Economic Dynamics: An Introduction.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Rogers with warmest regards Will Baumol." In near fine condition. With a contribution by Ralph Turvey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144394
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First Edition of High Yield Bonds; Inscribed by Martin Fridson
FRIDSON, Martin S.
High Yield Bonds: Identifying Value and Assessing Risk of Speculative Grade Securities.
Chicago: Probus Publishing Company, 1989.
First edition of this early work by Fridson. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Lengthily inscribed by the Martin Fridson on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a note to the recipient signed by Fridson. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144682
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First Edition of The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics; Signed by Israel Kirzner
KIRZNER, Israel M.
The Meaning of the Market Process: Essays in the Development of Modern Austrian Economics.
London and New York: Routledge, 1992.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John Rogers- Israel M. Kirzner, February 25th 15." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144788
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First Edition of Value Investing: A Balanced Approach; signed by Martin J. Whitman
WHITMAN, Martin J.
Value Investing: A Balanced Approach.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes Martin J. Whitman." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144681
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"By far the best book on investing ever written" (Warren Buffett): Rare First Edition of Benjamin Grahams seminal work The Intelligent Investor; uniquely inscribed by Burton Malkiel
GRAHAM, Benjamin.
The Intelligent Investor.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First edition of Benjamin Graham's seminal work on investing, widely regarded as one of the most influential works on value investing ever written, with the code D-Y on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with $3.50 price and "Editor of Barron’s" to the front flap. Association copy, lengthily signed by American economist Burton Malkiel on the half-title page, "Graham has been the Father of security analysis and 'value' investing Burt Malkiel." Renowned economist and author Burton Malkiel was profoundly influenced by the teachings of Benjamin Graham. Graham's principles of value investing,…
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 127659
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First Edition of John Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
ADAMS, James Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931.
First edition of the work which introduced the term “American dream” into the lexicon and the “single best volume of American history” (Allan Nevins). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145767
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First Edition of Matsushita Leadership; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John P.
Matsushita Leadership: Lessons From the 20th Century’s Most Remarkable Entrepreneur.
New York : The Free Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the best-selling author. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John P. Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Calvin Chu.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144882
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First Edition of The Arrow Impossibility Theorem; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz
ARROW, Kenneth; Eric Maskin; Amartya Sen; Joseph Stiglitz and Partha Dasgupta .
The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work which explores Kenneth Arrow's impossibility theorem. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sen on the front free endpaper, "To John, best wishes always Amartya Sen 3.31.15." Additionally signed by Joseph Stiglitz, who contributed to this volume on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Noah Arlow.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 145886
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How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad; Inscribed by Legendary Investor William J. O'Neil
O'NEIL, William J.
How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.
First edition, early printing of this investment classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Matthew Keep up the good work William O'Neil." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Eileen Kramer. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144893
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First Editions of The Political Economy of Hunger
DREZE, Jean and Amartya Sen.
The Political Economy of Hunger.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards, 3 volumes. Each volume is near fine in near fine dust jackets. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144378
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First Edition of Modern Security Analysis; Inscribed by Martin Whitman
WHITMAN, Martin J. and Fernando Diz.
Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John: Nice to communicate with you after all those years. Martin J. Whitman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul McCarthy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144591
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The only book by Drucker in which he systematically develops a basic social theory; The Future of Industrial Man; Signed by Peter Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Future of Industrial Man.
New York: John Day, 1942.
First edition of the author's second book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free end paper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 144693
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“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes": The New Society; Signed by Peter F. Drucker
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The New Society: The Anatomy of the Industrial Order.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition, early printing of Drucker's classic fourth book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 144698
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First edition of a celebration of John F. Nash; Inscribed by "one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century" Louis Nirenberg
NASH, John F. and Harold W. Kuhn [Louis Nirenberg and Peter Sarnak].
A Celebration of John F. Nash Jr.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.
First edition of this collection of Nash's writings. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the mathematician on the title page, "To John Rogay Best wishes Louis Nirenberg." In near fine condition. Edited by Harold W. Kuhn, Louis Nirenberg and Peter Sarnak. Managing editor Morris Weisfeld. Louis Nirenberg was considered one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144405
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Capitalism and Historians; Edited by F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, F.A.
Capitalism and the Historians.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1954.
First edition, early printing of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small stamp to the front panel. Includes essays by T.S. Ashton, Louis Hacker, F.A. Hayek, W.H. Hutt and Bertrand de Jouvenel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144402
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“DEMOCRACY IS ESSENTIALLY A MEANS, A UTILITARIAN DEVICE FOR SAFEGUARDING INTERNAL PEACE AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM”: Rare First Edition of THE ROAD TO SERFDOM; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Road to Serfdom.
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1944.
First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Foreword by John Chamberlain. First editions are rare.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 144304
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"We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish": First Edition of Gary Beckers Classic Work Human Capital
BECKER, Gary S.
Human Capital.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1964.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 84768
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First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Signed by Paul A. Volcker
VOLCKER, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten.
Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.
New York: Times Books, 1992.
First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "12/12/14 With best wishes Paul Volcker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144370
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First Edition of Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Lengthily Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, "For John Rogers I hope he enjoys this book as much as I enjoyed writing it Thomas Schelling." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 144352
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“Irrational exuberance is the psychological basis of a speculative bubble": Irrational Exuberance; Signed by Robert J. Shiller
SHILLER, Robert J.
Irrational Exuberance.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Robert J. Shiller Oct 8, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144343
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First Edition of Hayek's John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and Subsequent Marriage
HAYEK, Friedrich August [F.A.].
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and Subsequent Marriage.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144349
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First Edition of Thomas Piketty's Monumental Work Capital In the Twenty-First Century
PIKETTY, Thomas.
Capital In the Twenty-First Century.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014.
First edition of Piketty's magnum opus. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design Graciela Galup. Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 144345