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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 inContinue reading "Organizational Culture and Leadership: A Dynamic View."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145929

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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.Continue reading "The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-144372

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Cover of first edition Attention and Effort with signature.

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 toContinue reading "Attention and Effort."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-140270

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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.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-144401

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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.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-144496

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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.Continue reading "Thinking, Fast and Slow."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144887

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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.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-144394

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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.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-144682

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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.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-144788

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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.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-144882

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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 designContinue reading "The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series)."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145886

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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.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144893

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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.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-144378

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Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939.

First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this landmark work.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147704

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Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.

First edition of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the original dust jacket a few small chips. Rare in the original dust jacket.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144692

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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.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144693

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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.

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-144698

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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 mostContinue reading "A Celebration of John F. Nash Jr."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144405

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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.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-84768

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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.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-144343

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Smith, Adam.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776.

First edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, front and rear panels, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Remarkably clean throughout with some light toning. Housed in a custom half morocco calf clamshell box, elaborately giltContinue reading "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."

$275,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144265

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Marx, Karl. Edited by Frederick Engels.

Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production.

Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery, & Co: London, 1887.

Rare first edition in English, published two years before the first American edition of Karl Marx’s seminal work in both economic and political thought. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boads, raised bands. Translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. In very good condition, with an ownership to theContinue reading "Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144183

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Lefschetz, Solomon; S. P. Diliberto; L. L. Rauch; F. H. Brownell; M. L. Cartwright; J. G. Wendel; C. E. Langenhop; A. B. Farnell; W. Wasow.

Contributions to the Theory of Nonlinear Oscillations.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950.

First edition of this collection of seven mathematical research papers on the topic of nonlinear oscillations. Medium octavo, original orange wrappers, illustrated with equations and graphs. In very good condition. Accompanied by a typed list of errata printed circa publication.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-147030

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Lefevre, Edwin.

Sampson Rock of Wall Street.

New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1907.

First edition of the author’s first full-length novel and third literary work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-144149

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