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First Edition of the Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Inscribed by Him and in the rare original dust jacket
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Social Choice and Individual Values.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John with best wishes, Kenneth J. Arrow." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 141437
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First edition of David Dreman's Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success; inscribed by him to fellow economist John Pugsley
DREMAN, David.
Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Dreman's revolutionary work on the stock market success. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ken with best regards David." The recipient, Keniston P. Merrill was an executive at Rothschild, Inc. and a financial analyst for TIAA-CREF. Very good in a very good dust jacket, with the recipients name to the front free endpaper, underlining. Jacket photograph by Leonard Knatzer.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 141431
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First McCulloch Edition of Adam Smith’s Masterpiece The Wealth of Nations; Finely Bound
SMITH, Adam.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
London: Adam Black, and William Tait/Longman, Rees, 1828.
First McCulloch edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands, frontispiece to volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional set of this classic work.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 141427
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One of the most highly recommended investment books ever written; Rare First Edition of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 141415
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"WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BOOKS OF THE CENTURY": HENRY FORD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY MY LIFE AND WORK; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
FORD, Henry. In collaboration with Samuel Crowther.
My Life and Work.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
Early printing of one of the most significant books of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Ford. Very good in the very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141445
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“He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny": Human Action: A Treatise On Economics; Signed by Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
Chicago: Contemporary Books Inc, 1963.
First printing of the third edition of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig Mises on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 140799
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"The 100 subjects I've chosen are fascinating, wacky, wild and often just weird - yet there are powerful and at times very funny": Kenneth Fisher's 100 Minds That Made The Market; Signed by Him
FISHER, Kenneth L.
100 Minds That Made The Market.
Woodside, California: Business Classics, 1993.
First edition of investment analyst Kenneth L. Fisher's complete guide to the greatest minds in investment. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "1/96 Thanks for your interest Ken." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140958
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"Modern macroeconomics began with this book, no wonder it's not easy to read": First Edition of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money; Lengthily Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.] [Robert M. Solow].
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1936.
First edition of the economist's masterpiece, generally regarded as the most influential social science treatise of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, "Modern macroeconomics began with this book, no wonder it's not easy to read Robert Solow." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A unique example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 138055
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GARY BECKER’S CLASSIC WORK HUMAN CAPITAL; SIGNED BY HIM
BECKER, Gary S.
Human Capital.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1970.
Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gary Becker on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140963
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First Edition of Michael Lewis' Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity; Signed by Him
LEWIS, Michael.
Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
First edition of this masterful account of today’s money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rodrigo Corral.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140962
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First Edition of the Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Signed by Him
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Social Choice and Individual Values.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Boldly signed by Kenneth Arrow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 140964
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
VON NEUMANN, John & Oscar Morgenstern.
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
First edition of the sixtieth anniversary edition. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pamela Lewis Schnitter.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 140960
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First Edition of Edwin Lefevre's Simonetta; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
Simonetta.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919.
First edition of this work by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chipping to the spine. We have never seen another example in the dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140668
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"By far the best book on investing ever written": The Intelligent Investor; Signed by Warren E. Buffett
GRAHAM, Benjamin; Preface by Warren E. Buffett.
The Intelligent Investor.
New York: Collins Business Essentials, 2006.
First edition of the revised edition of this classic investment book. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Warren E. Buffett on the title page. Buffett wrote the preface and appendix to this volume. With new commentary by Jason Zweig. In fine condition. Cover design by Mucca Design.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 140936
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"Mathematical science, which is the only real science that the entire civilized world has agreed upon, furnishes unmistakable proof of history repeating itself and shows that the cycle theory": First Edition of W.D. Gann’s 45 Years in Wall Street; Signed by Him
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
45 Years In Wall Street.
Miami, FL: W.D. Gann Publishing, 1949.
First edition of Gann's classic 45 Years in Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gann. Boldly signed by W.D. Gann on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. This is only the second signed example we have seen in 30 years. Rare signed and in the original dust jacket.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 140920
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First Edition of W.D. Gann's Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector; Signed by Him
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector.
New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1930.
First edition of this work by Gann, based on his years as a seasoned trader. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 19 charts. Boldly signed by W.D. Gann on the front free endpaper. Two titles in one volume (as issued) and separately paginated. The Truth of the Stock Tape was originally published in 1923; The Wall Street Stock Selector in 1930. This is a first printing of the two volumes bound as one. This volume also contains Gann's forecast for 1929. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Books signed by…
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 140957
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First Edition of The Aggressive Conservative Investor; Inscribed by Martin Whitman and Martin Shubik to Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow
WHITMAN, Martin J. and Martin Shubik [Kenneth Arrow].
The Aggressive Conservative Investor.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors to Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow on the title page, "To Kenneth Best Wishes Martin J. Whitman" and on the front free endpaper, "For Kenneth With Regards Martin Shubik." Kenneth Arrow was a major figure in post-World War II neo-classical economic theory. His most significant works are his contributions to social choice theory, notably "Arrow's impossibility theorem", and his work on general equilibrium analysis. He has also provided foundational work in many other areas of economics, including endogenous growth theory and the economics of information. He was awarded the Nobel…
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 140888
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"with best wishes that our experience together in 'American Management Dynamics'...will help you influence the will to manage in your enterprises": First edition of Marvin Bower’s The Will To Manage; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
BOWER, Marvin.
The Will To Manage: Corporate Success through Programmed Management.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1966.
First edition of this work by Marvin Bower, who is considered "the father of modern management consulting" (Harvard Business School). Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mirko- with best wishes that our experience together in 'American Management Dynamics' at Salzburg will help you influence the will to manage in your enterprises. Marvin Bower 15 April 69." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vera Deutsch. We have never seen another signed example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140853
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"We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about": First edition of Edgar Schein's Coercive Persuasion; inscribed by him
SCHEIN, Edgar H. with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker.
Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1961.
First edition of Schein's analysis of the socio-psychological effects of "brainwashing" on American POWs during the Korean War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about. Ed Schein Author of Humble Inquiry." In very good condition with underlining in pencil.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141036
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First Edition of Taxing to Prevent Inflation
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Carl Shoup and Ruth P. Mack.
Taxing to Prevent Inflation.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1943.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140968
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“Economics, or more properly theoretical economics, is the only one of the social sciences which has aspired to the distinction of an exact science": Rare first edition, early printing of Frank H. Knight's Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit
KNIGHT, Frank H.
Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Knight's classic treatise, published the same year as the first but without the publication year to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, printer's device to the title page. In very good condition, with marginalia to the text. First editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140654
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First Edition of Ludwig Von Mises' The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality; Signed by Him
VON MISES, Ludwig.
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this powerful work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140667
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First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 140658
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First Edition of F.A. Hayek’s Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty; Signed by Him
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For H.L. Severance with all best wishes May 8, 1975 F.A. Hayek." Very good in a very good dust jacket, original clipping from the review of this title to the front free endpaper and rear endpaper. With a review by Henry Hazlitt laid in. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 140907
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"Considered the greatest single contribution to logic to appear since Aristotle": Russell and Whitehead's work Principia Mathematica
RUSSELL, Bertrand and Alfred North Whitehead.
Principia Mathematica.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950.
First edition of volume one and second editions of volumes two and three, in the rare dust jackets of Russell and Whitehead's monumental work. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Rare and desirable.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 140610
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John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy
MILL, John Stuart.
Principles of Political Economy.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865.
Finely bound example of John Stuart Mill's classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt rules to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. In excellent condition, contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140085
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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"A free mind and a free market are corollaries": First Edition of For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy Of Ayn Rand; Signed by Her
RAND, Ayn.
For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.
New York : Random House, 1961.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 140024
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First edition of War Service Record 1939-1945: The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
War Service Record 1939-1945: The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, 1952.
First edition of the Commercial Bank of Scotland's War Service Record 1939-1945. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 124208
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"Business leaders shape public opinion": First edition of Marvin Bower’s The Will To Manage
BOWER, Marvin.
The Will To Manage: Corporate Success through Programmed Management.
New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1966.
First edition of this work by Marvin Bower, who is considered "the father of modern management consulting" (Harvard Business School). Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Jacket design by Vera Deutsch.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 4391
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism
KEYNES, J.M. [John Maynard].
Laissez-Faire and Communism.
New York: New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139671
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First Edition of Murray Rothbard's Classic Work The Mystery of Banking
ROTHBARD, Murray N.
The Mystery of Banking.
New York: Richardson and Snyder, 1983.
First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 139900
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First Edition of Ludwig von Mises' Epistemological Problems of Economics
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Epistemological Problems of Economics.
Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.
First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Translated by George Reisman.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 139902
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“thinking is always thinking of a potential action": First Edition of Human Action: A Treatise On Economics; Inscribed by Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949.
First edition of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mr. Stephen M. du Bruch with kindest regards L. Mises." Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few chips and wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $45,000.00 Item Number: 139419
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"The Bible Of Investing"; First Edition of Graham and Dodd’s Security Analysis
GRAHAM, Benjamin & David L. Dodd .
Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.
New York: Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill Book Company, 1934.
First edition of Graham and Dodd's seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 139398
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First Edition of Robert M. Solow's Growth Theory; Signed by Him
SOLOW, Robert M.
Growth Theory: An Exposition.
Oxford: Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press, 1970.
First edition of Solow's groundbreaking work on growth theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. From the library of noted economist Joseph J. Spengler with his signature to the half-title page and his notes in pencil throughout. Spengler was the recipient of the 1951 John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society and the 1981 Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society and a professor at Duke University. Rare and desirable signed and with noted provenance.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 139209
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“A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society": First Edition of Mises' The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth
VON MISES, Ludwig.
The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of von Mises' classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139415
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First edition of Edward Streeter's Window on America: Published on the Occasion of the 175th Anniversary of The Bank of New York
STREETER, Edward.
Window on America: Published on the Occasion of the 175th Anniversary of The Bank of New York.
New York: The Bank of New York, 1959.
First edition of this comprehensive history published to commemorate the 175th anniversary of The Bank of New York. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 124931
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Rare first edition of National Bank Organization 1812-1904
National Bank Organization 1812-1904.
New York: The National City Bank of New York, 1904.
First edition of this detailed work on the organization of the National City Bank. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 124768
