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Drucker, Peter F.

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.

First edition, early printing of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack Nold with warmest regards Peter F. Drucker.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, date to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Roy La Grone. Rare andContinue reading "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-142075
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Kirk, Russell.

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.

First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-142023
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Hayek, F.A. [Friedrich August von].

F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects.

1970s-1980s.

Rare collection of 28 index cards from the library of F.A. Hayek with autograph manuscript notes and statements on economics, political theory, and other subjects. Many considering how economic structures drive social change and the power of free markets (“…”Men without common purposes and men which [sic] do not even know of each other canContinue reading "F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects."

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$45,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142494
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Hazlitt, Henry.

Economics In One Lesson.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.

First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. First editions are exceptionally scarce.

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$8,200.00
Item Number: RRB-141691
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Johnson, Paul.

Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Marilyn With best wishes Paul.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-141813
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Mill, James.

Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind.

London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829.

First edition of this classic exploration of the processes of human thought by the father of John Stuart Mill, whose own “logical and ethical doctrines are evidently suggested” by this work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial stamp to the front panel of the Earl of Shaftesbury, with a four page autographed letter signedContinue reading "Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-141327
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Carret, Philip L.

The Art of Speculation.

New York: Barron's, 1927.

First edition of the Wall Street legend’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some repair and tape. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141467
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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.

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141437
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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 worked as a financial analyst for TIAA-CREF in New York City from 1957-1964. In 1965, he joined TheContinue reading "Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-141431
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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.

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$11,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141415
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Williamson, Oliver E.

Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations.

New York: The Free Press, 1075.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-140934
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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.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-140668
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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 StreetContinue reading "Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector."

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$16,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140957
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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.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140654
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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.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140667
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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.

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-140658
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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.

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140610
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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.

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$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140964
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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.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-140085
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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.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-140797
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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.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-124208
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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.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-139900
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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.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-139902
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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. SignedContinue reading "Human Action: A Treatise on Economics."

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$45,000.00
Item Number: RRB-139419
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