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"The best inside information is on the tape": First Edition of Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Lengthily Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff and in the Rare Dust Jacket
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930.
First edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and former associate on Wall Street, New York E. Kilburn Scott this volume is inscribed, with kindest personal regards Richard D. Wyckoff London June 24/31." Very good in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Housed in a custom house morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 145604
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First Edition of Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets; Signed by Michael C. Jensen and Joseph E. Stiglitz
JENSEN, Michael C; Merton H. Miller; Myron Scholes; Fischer Black; Eugene F. Fama; John B. Long Jr; David Mayers; Martin J. Bailey; Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets.
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972.
First edition of this classic collection of papers on capital theory. Octavo, original green cloth, illustrated with tables, graphs, and equations. Signed and dated by Michael C. Jensen and Joseph E. Stiglitz on the front free endpaper, "Michael C. Jensen 3/28/2014 Joseph E. Stiglitz." In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 145252
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"I hate no man, envy no man, but love all mankind": First Edition of The Master Key to Riches; Signed by Napoleon Hill
HILL, Napoleon.
The Master-Key to Riches.
Los Angeles: The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of Napoleon Hill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 145872
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"Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us!": First Edition of Changing Fortunes; Lengthily Inscribed 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. Presentation copy, lengthily and warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "6/18/92 To John Petty, Who shared in a lot of these changing fortunes and some of his own! Where have you been? I think they still need us! With great respect and friendship Paul." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marjorie Anderson. Jacket illustration by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144897
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Rare First Edition of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator; Signed by One of the Greatest Traders Ever, George Soros
LEFEVRE, Edwin [George Soros].
Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of this Wall Street classic, signed by legendary investor and trader George Soros. Octavo, original publisher's ochre cloth, decoratively stamped in blind. Boldly signed by George Soros on the front free endpaper. Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist, George Soros, has authored fifteen books on global capitalism, finance, and politics that offer insights into his approach to business and investing. Starting his career working in British and American merchant banks, Soros quickly seeded his fortune with his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, later renamed Quantum Fund after the theory of quantum mechanics, and his short sale of…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 145228
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Rare First Edition of Harry Markowitzs Landmark Work Portfolio Selection; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist's work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141319
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"Don’t trust your own opinion and back your judgment until the action of the market itself confirms your opinion": RARE FIRST EDITION OF JESSE LIVERMORE’S HOW TO TRADE IN STOCKS
LIVERMORE, Jesse.
How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price.
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940.
First edition of the only book by Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street’s most well-known traders. Octavo, original blue cloth, contains 16 full color charts. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145641
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"One need not be a prophet to be aware of impending dangers. An accidental combination of experience and interest will often reveal events to one man under aspects which few yet see": Rare First English Edition of The Road To Serfdom
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Road To Serfdom.
London: Routledge & Sons, 1944.
First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism ever published. Octavo, original black cloth. The British edition (which this example is) was published in March of 1944, preceding its American counterpart, which was published later that same year in September. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially in the original jacket.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 145655
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
London: William Collins, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by all three authors on the title page, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 145794
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First Edition of Economics: Principles and Policy; Inscribed by William Baumol and Alan Blinder
BAUMOL, William J.and Alan S. Blinder.
Economics: Principles and Policy.
New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
First edition of this cornerstone of economics, which is now in its thirteenth edition. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For John Will B. and "With best wishes, A. Blinder 9/16/15." In near fine condition, sticker to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 144390
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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get": First edition of Tap Dancing To Work; Signed by Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis
BUFFETT, Warren E. & Collected and Expanded by Carol Loomis.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything.
New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2013.
First edition of this collection of writings by and about Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by both Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Joseph Perez.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 145816
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Readings In Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H. and Richard V. Clemence.
Readings In Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1953.
First edition of this work edited by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144383
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"Welcome to the fad-surfing age, complete with a seemingly endless supply of programs and mantras": First Edition of Fad Surfing in the Boardroom; Inscribed by Eileen C. Shapiro
SHAPIRO, Eileen C.
Fad Surfing in the Boardroom: Reclaiming the Courage to Manage in the Age of Instant Answers.
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995.
First edition of this comprehensive guide to strategy fads and effective management. Octavo, original navy blue half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jay, with best wishes, Eileen Shapiro." Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Also laid in is an inscribed business card tipped in, "This, written by our friend and former neighbor Dr. Albert Shapiro's daughter, Eileen Shapiro, should be a good read according to a very biased father! Bestis, Bud." Jacket design by Jean Seal. Jacket photograph by Jeff Divine. Author photograph by Mort Kaye Studios.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145205
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"The best inside information is on the tape": Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years; Inscribed by Legendary Investor Richard Wyckoff
WYCKOFF, Richard D.
Wall Street Ventures and Adventures: Through Forty Years.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931.
Second edition of this classic work by Wyckoff who implemented his methods of technical analysis of the financial markets (the study of charts showing movements of stock-prices and other data).. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Misses Niell and Tyson with best regards Richard D. Wyckoff April 19/32." In very good condition. Books signed and inscribed by Wyckoff are rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145810
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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 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 the Nobel laureate's influential first book, 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 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 "in the same league as Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams" (Nassim Nicholas Taleb). 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