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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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The American Economy in Transition
FELDSTEIN, Martin.
The American Economy in Transition.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor on the front free endpaper, “To Lee Bach With Best Wishes Martin Feldstein.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Martin Feldstein. Includes articles by Milton Friedman, Paul A. Samuelson, George P. Schultz, Alan S. Blinder, Irving Kristol and Simon Kuznets.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 102797
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First edition of Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr's The Panic of 1907; lengthily inscribed by Robert F. Bruner
BRUNER, Robert F. and Sean D. Carr.
The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm.
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2007.
First edition of Bruner and Carr’s analysis of financial markets through a detailed narrative of the Panic of 1907. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Robert F. Bruner opposite the title page, “For Terry Cabot, Old friend. Best personal regards. Whatever happens in financial markets, Don’t Panic! Robert F. Bruner.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael F. Freeland.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114682
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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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In the Wake of the Crisis; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
STIGLITZ, Joseph; Olivier Blanchard; David Romer and Michael Spence.
In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012.
Early printing of this work in which prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 10900
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First Edition of Ken Fisher's Markets Never Forget But People Do; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Ken.
Markets Never Forget But People Do: How Your Memory Is Costing You Money—and Why This Time Isn’t Different.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
First edition of this work by legendary investor Ken Fisher. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Ken Fisher on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leila Amiri. Written with Lara Hoffmans.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 65763
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Thorstein Veblen’s Classic Work: The Vested Interests and the Common Man
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
The Vested Interests and the Common Man.
London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd, 1924.
First British edition of Veblen’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition with light shelf wear to the extremities.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 88146
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First Edition of John Kenneth Galbraith's The Age Of Uncertainty; Signed by Him
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Age Of Uncertainty.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpage. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 2761
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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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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
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First Edition of Bruce Wasserstein's Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America's Leading Corporations; Signed by Him
WASSERSTEIN, Bruce.
Big Deal: The Battle for Control of America’s Leading Corporations.
New York: Warner Books, 1998.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes Bruce.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 44079
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Ludwig von Mises' Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution; With a New Introduction by Murray Rothbard
VON MISES, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Auburn: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 104223
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First Edition of Strategic Vision; Inscribed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew.
Strategic Vision: American and the Crisis of Global Power.
New York : Basic Books, 2012.
First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Robert Hart- with best wishes, Zbigniew Brzezinski.”
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 7278
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First Edition of Kindleberger's The International Corporation; Inscribed by Him to Colleague Abe Siegel
KINDLEBERGER, Charles P.
The International Corporation.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1970.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original brown cloth. In near fine condition. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Abe Siegal You paid for CPK April 1970.” The recipient Abe Siegel was the dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and a colleague of Kindleberger.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 2346
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First Edition of Merritt's Financial Independence Through Stocks
MERRITT, Robert D.
Financial Independence Through Stocks.
Boston: United Business Service , 1952.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with charts. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 67051
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First Edition of The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College
GRANT, Gerald; David Riesman.
The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978.
First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreciation David Riesman December, 1978.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 62018
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"In three short decades between now and the twenty-first century, millions of ordinary psychologically normal people will face an abrupt collision with the future": First Edition of Alvin Toffler's bestseller Future Shock
TOFFLER, Alvin.
Future Shock.
New York: Random House, 1970.
First edition of Toffler’s bestselling work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Fujita.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117806
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FIRST EDITION OF ALAN GREENSPAN'S THE AGE OF TURBULENCE; INSCRIBED BY HIM
GREENSPAN, Alan.
The Age of Turbulence.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2007.
First edition of the former Federal Reserve Chairman’s memoir. Octavo, original burgundy boards with titles to the spine in gilt. Inscribed by Alan Greenspan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1467
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Ludwig von Mises' Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1969.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120643
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Rare First Edition of the 1950 New York Stock Exchange Directory
New York Stock Exchange Directory 1950.
New York: New York Stock Exchange, 1950.
First edition of the New York Stock Exchange Directory issued in 1950. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the front panel, engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. With a rare Stock Exchange Commissions chart laid in.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 115701
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First Edition of Evaluation and Measurement of Investment Performance
KIRBY, Robert G.; John W. O'Brien; Myron S. Scholes; Rodger F. Smith; Jack L. Treynor.
Evaluation and Measurement of Investment Performance.
Charlottesville: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays on investment performance. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 117761
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Business Cycles and National Income
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Business Cycles and National Income.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.
First edition of this work by the “American Keynes.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 4286
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"If you're truly interested in investing rationally, you must discard the illusion that analysts alternate between periods of super-human insight and bouts of astonishing obtuseness": First edition of Martin S. Fridson's Investment Classic; Inscribed by Him
FRIDSON, Martin S.
Investment Illusions: A Savvy Wall Street Pro Explodes Popular Misconceptions About the Markets.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1993.
First edition of American financial expert Martin Fridson’s guide to Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Matthew – Hoping you’ll avoid these scares and have great success with your investments! Marty Fridson.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 88136
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First Edition of James Goldsmith's Counter Culture; Warmly Inscribed by Him
GOLDSMITH, James M.
Counter Culture.
London: W.H. Allen, 1985.
First edition of this work by Goldsmith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Milo as a book collector, fellow friend love Jimmy.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 44078
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Bruce Wasserstein's Big Deal: 2000 and Beyond; Signed by Him
WASSERSTEIN, Bruce.
Big Deal: 2000 and Beyond.
New York: Warner Books, 2000.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes B.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Meyer and Flag.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 43775
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First Edition of Joseph E. Stiglitz's The Great Divide; Signed by Him
STIGLITZ, Joseph E.
The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joseph E. Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 32069
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First Edition of John Kenneth Galbraith's The Age Of Uncertainty; Inscribed by him in the year of publication
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Age Of Uncertainty.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by John Kenneth Galbraith. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 2948
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John Kotter's The Heart of Change; Inscribed by Him
KOTTER, John.
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.
Cambridge: Harvard Business School, 2002.
Early printing of this organizational work by Kotter. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tim John Kotter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 107819
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First Edition of The Great Society: Lessons for the Future; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
GINZBERG, Eli and Robert M. Solow.
The Great Society: Lessons for the Future.
New York: Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding The Great Society. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 43098
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First Edition of Common Wealth; Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and Edward O. Wilson
SACHS, Jeffrey D.
Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2008.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Jeffrey Sachs and scientist Edward O. Wilson, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket..3
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 46
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First Edition of Economic Analysis of Production Price Indexes; Inscribed by Karl Shell
FISHER, Franklin M. and Karl Shell.
Economic Analysis of Production Price Indexes.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
First edition of the first study to discuss output and input price indexes. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 75768
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Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SOLOW, Robert.
Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 32004
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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions; Signed by John Kotter
KOTTER, John and Holger Rathgeber.
Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions.
Privately Printed, 2006.
First edition of the privately printed edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Spencer Johnson. With artwork by Peter Mueller.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107649
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First Edition of Martin Fridson's It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History; Warmly Inscribed by Her
FRIDSON, Martin S.
It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
First edition of this “useful and extremely entertaining book” (Byron Wien). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Julie F____- It was great to meet you in Hilton Head! Wishing you many very good years in the stock market Marty Fridson.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dan Welsh.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114629
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First edition of Jim Collins' Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don't
COLLINS, Jim.
Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don’t.
New York: Harper Business, 2001.
First edition of the author’s defining management study. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Author photograph by Anne Knudsen.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 116308
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Prosperity and Depression: A Theoretical Analysis of Cyclical Movements; Inscribed by Gottfried Von Haberler
VON HABERLER, Gottfried.
Prosperity and Depression: A Theoretical Analysis of Cyclical Movements.
Geneva: League of Nations, 1939.
New and enlarged edition. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. L.H. Barnes with the compliments of Gottfried Haberler.”
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 5683
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First Edition of Henry Paulson's On the Brink; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
PAULSON, Jr..
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System.
New York: Business Plus, 2010.
First edition of Paulson’s memoir of the financial crisis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “John All the best, Hank Paulson 11/18/15.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKevney.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 110811
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First edition of Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's The Hero's Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire; lengthily inscribed by him
SONNENFELD, Jeffrey.
The Hero’s Farewell: What Happens When CEOs Retire.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1988.
First edition of Sonnenfeld’s in-depth work on executive succession. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author in the year of publication, “To Yandy, Congratulations on your heroic contributions – especially in pulling this joint conference off. Best wishes, Jeff.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by The Complete Artworks, Ltd. Author photograph by Richard A. Chase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 121305
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the “American Keynes.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2272
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First Edition of Michael Spence's The Next Convergence; Inscribed by Him
SPENCE, Michael.
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
First edition of this “intelligent, rational, an humane book” (The Financial Times). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gus With my very best wishes Michael Spence.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christopher Tobias. Jacket illustration by Sara Mills.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 102002
