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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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First edition of W.A. Appleton's Unemployment: Its Cause and Cure; from the library of John Philip Frey
APPLETON, W.A. [John Philip Frey].
Unemployment: Its Cause and Cure. An Enquiry Authorised by the General Federation of Trade Unions.
London: Philip Allan & Co. LTD, 1928.
First edition of the 1928 report on unemployment issued by the General Federation of Trade Unions. From the library of John Philip Frey with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor’s Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American labor history. In 1918, Frey became chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, helping to raise money and incorporate the organization in 1920. He remained chairman of the board of directors until 1927. During the presidency of AFL president William Green, Frey was…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142359
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First Edition of George Soros' The Age of Fallibility; Inscribed by Him
SOROS, George.
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror.
New York: Public Affairs, 2006.
First edition of this work by the author of The Alchemy of Finance. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 45092
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First Edition of Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur; inscribed by Him
HYMAN, Sydney [Marriner S. Eccles].
Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant.
Stanford: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1976.
First edition of this work on the former head of the Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Henry Dinevosodey with highest regards from Marriner Eccles." Foreword by G.L. Bach. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Eccles passed away a year after publication.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 141359
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First Edition I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941; Signed by Both Frederick Lewis Allen and Agnes Rogers
LEWIS ALLEN, Frederick; Agnes Rogers.
I Remember Distinctly: A Family Album of the American People, 1918-1941.
New York: : Harper & Brother Publishers, 1947.
First edition of this illustrated work of the American people in the early twentieth century. Quarto, original illustrated cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors, "For Dick Lounsbury with the best wishes of the assemblers: Agnes Rogers" and also signed by Frederick Lewis Allen. In very good condition with The Knickerbocker Club stamp in a good dust jacket with wear and tear. Uncommon signed.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 45091
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FIRST British EDITION OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESER’S "SOCIAL ECONOMICS"
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927.
First British edition of von Wieser's great sociological study. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96798
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First edition of Paul Krugman's Exchange-Rate Instability; inscribed by him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Exchange-Rate Instability.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of Krugman's provocative analysis of the extraordinary exchange-rate volatility of the 1980s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For William, Paul R. Krugman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 114546
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First Edition of Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur; inscribed by Him
HYMAN, Sydney [Marriner S. Eccles].
Marriner S. Eccles: Private Entrepreneur and Public Servant.
Stanford: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1976.
First edition of this work on the former head of the former Federal Reserve. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Gordon Sorensen with highest regards from Marriner Eccles." Foreword by G.L. Bach. In near fine condition. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Eccles passed away a year after publication.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 120723
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First Edition of Edwin Lefevre's Sampson Rock of Wall Street
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.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144149
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First Edition of Two Lucky People; Signed by Milton and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Two Lucky People.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998.
First edition of this memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his wife Rose, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the half-title page, "For Vernon Paul Rose Friedman and signed below by Milton Friedman. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 72865
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First Edition of Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny.
London: Allen Lane, 2006.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the Amartya Sen on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 108931
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First Edition of The Shapley Value; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth
ROTH, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].
The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alvin Roth on the front free endpaper, "For James, Alvin E. Roth." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Vail.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 116176
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Rare First edition of Thorstein Veblen's Absentee Ownership and Business Enterprise in Recent Times: The Case of America
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
Absentee Ownership and Business Enterprise in Recent Times: The Case of America.
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1923.
First edition of Veblen's last book. Octavo, original green cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 135297
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First Edition of George Gilder's Visible Man: A True Story of Post-Racist America; Inscribed by Him With A Full Page Inscription
GILDER, George.
Visible Man: A True Story of Post-Racist America.
New York: Basic Books, 1978.
First edition of Gilder's seminal first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by George Gilder with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 59027
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First edition of Martin Zweig's Winning on Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
ZWEIG, Martin E.
Winning on Wall Street.
New York: Warner Books, 1986.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "James Best of Luck Marty 4/25/86." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Jacket photograph by Bob Wolfson. Written with the editorial assistance of Morrie Goldfischer.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 100037
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First Edition of Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach; Signed by Richard Quandt
HENDERSON, James M. and Richard E. Quandt.
Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958.
First edition of this classic work in microeconomic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Quandt on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 117652
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First edition of John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man; signed by him
PERKINS, John.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2004.
First edition of Perkins' bestselling exposé. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by MBV Design.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124194
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First edition of Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941; signed by John M. Erskine
[ERSKINE, J. M.].
Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, n.d. [1941].
First edition of the history of The Commercial Bank of Scotland. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of General Manager John M. Erskine. Signed by Erskine beneath his portrait, "J.M. Erskine 27/1/42." Fine in the original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124099
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“Capitalism Survive?—I have tried to show that a socialist form of society will inevitably emerge from an equally inevitable decomposition of capitalist society": Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy; In the Rare original dust jacket
SCHUMPETER, Joseph A.
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
Early printing of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144262
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First Edition of My Years With General Motors
SLOAN JR., Alfred P.
My Years With General Motors.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of Sloan's influential work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Edited by John McDonald with Catherine Stevens. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 138802
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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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First Edition of The Economics of Computers; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist William F. Sharpe
SHARPE, Willam F.
The Economics of Computers.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's early work on computers. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Bill Sharpe." Near fine in a good dust jacket, name to the endpaper.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 133579
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First edition of George P. Shultz's Leaders and Followers in an age of Ambiguity; inscribed by him to American journalist William Safire
SHULTZ, George P. [William Safire].
Leaders and Followers in an Age of Ambiguity: The Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lectures.
New York: New York University Press, 1975.
First edition of the sixteenth book in the Charles C. Moskowitz Memorial Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with my admiration for the quality of your thought... and the courage of your convictions and with many thanks for all your help and your friendship George P. Shultz." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter and a close friend of the then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin. Safire joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968.…
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 133041
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Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter and James A. Mirrlees.
The American Economic Review.
American Economic Review, 1971.
Octavo, original wrappers. Contains the well-known paper by Nobel Prize-winning economists, Peter Diamond and James Mirrlees, Optimal Taxation and Public Production II. Boldly signed by Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5732
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First Edition of Growth/Productivity/Unemployment: Essays to Celebrate Bob Solow's Birthday; Signed by both Robert Solow and Peter Diamond
SOLOW, Robert. Edited by Peter Diamond.
Growth/ Productivity/ Unemployment: Essays to Celebrate Bob Solow’s Birthday.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1990.
First edition of this collection of essays compiled to celebrate the Nobel Prize-winning economist's birthday; signed by two Nobel Peace-prize winning economists. Signed by Robert Solow below his frontispiece portrait and editor Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 90367
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First Edition of Thomas C. Schelling's Strategies of Commitment; Inscribed by Him
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas C. Schelling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 77549
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First Edition of Ken Fisher's The Wall Street Waltz; Inscribed by Him
FISHER, Kenneth L.
The Wall Street Waltz: 90 Visual Perspectives Illustrated Lessons from Financial Cycles and Trends.
Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987.
First edition of this work which provides a look at Wall Street and the stock market's history through dramatic charts and visuals. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed on by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Lee, When I told by 16 year old about your Dad and the flat tire he acknowledged that he wouldn't be able to top that. It was fun seeing you last week. Hope you like this. Ken Fisher 6/20/87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Georgene Sainati.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 57645
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"It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world": Finely Bound set of William Cobbett's Paper Against Gold and Collective Commentaries
COBBETT, William.
Cobbett’s Paper Against Gold and Collective Commentaries.
London: John M. Cobbett, 1821-1822.
Finely bound example of the political commentaries of late sixteenth century English political figure and pamphleteer William Cobbett. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, black morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 81168
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First Edition of Monetary Policy; Inscribed by Both Gregory Mankiw and Alan Blinder
MANKIW, N. Gregory; Alan Blinder.
Monetary Policy.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 81229
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Landmark Work Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Roy La Grone.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 100299
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First Edition of Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence; Inscribed by Him
GREENSPAN, Alan.
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures In A New World.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2007.
First edition of the former Federal Reserve Chairman's memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adam Best Wishes Alan Greenspan." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 144126
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First edition of Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund S. Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S. In collaboration with Hiam Teck Hoon.
Structural Slumps: The Modern Equilibrium Theory of Unemployment, Interest, and Money.
Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994.
First edition of Phelps' important contribution to understanding the business cycle. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Frankfeldt.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 95092
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First Edition of Paul Krugman's Geography and Trade; inscribed by him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Geography and Trade.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First Edition of Paul Krugman's work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Ken Paul Krugman." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 112951
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First Edition of John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom; Signed by Robert Skidelsky
SKIDELSKY, Robert.
John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
New York: Viking, 2000.
First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 16014
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A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation
MCCULLOCH, J.R.
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, 1834.
Early edition of this important work on international trade, it contains a plethora of contemporary commercial and maritime laws, international business practices, financial institutions, currencies, ports and the imports and exports of different nations. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 74059
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Sixteeen Issues of The Financial World: Independent Appraisals of Listed Stocks
THE FINANCIAL WORLD: INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS OF LISTED STOCKS,.
The Financial World: Independent Appraisals of Listed Stocks.
16 issues dating from November 1930-June 1933. In very good condition. Uncommon wall street ephemera from the 1930's.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 5654
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First Edition of Bernard Baruch's The Public Years; Inscribed by him
BARUCH, Bernard M.
The Public Years: My Own Story.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960.
First edition of the second and final volume in Baruch's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Jon Galligan with best wishes Bernard M. Baruch Nov. 1961." With the Galligan armorial bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Ben Feder.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 96518
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“Start with the end in mind": First Edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
COVEY, Stephen R.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of this best-selling work, which has went on to sell more than 25 million copies. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Barry Littmann.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133401
