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First Edition of Friedman and Schwartz's Monetary Statistics of the United States Estimates, Sources, Methods
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Anna J. Schwarz.
Monetary Statistics of the United States Estimates, Sources, Methods.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1970.
First edition of this monumental work on history of monetary statistics in the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 110121
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First Edition of Job Matching, Wage Dispersion, and Unemployment; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher Pissarides
MORTENSEN, Dale T. and Christopher A. Pissarides.
Job Matching, Wage Dispersion, and Unemployment.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers with best wishes C Pissarides." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Konstantinos Tatsiramos and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 110971
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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 on the front free endpaper, "For Tom Huening, With hopes that this may help you somehow in your political career. Ken Fisher 5-18-92." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Georgene Sainati.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 43858
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First Edition of Famous Financial Fiascos; Signed by John Train
TRAIN, John.
Famous Financial Fiascos.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Publishers, 1984.
First edition of this overview of financial fiascos. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Roger Black. Illustrations by Pierre Le-Tan. Foreword by C. Northcote Parkinson.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 47637
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's The Unseen Revolution: How Pension Fund Socialism Came to America; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Unseen Revolution: How Pension Fund Socialism Came to America.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition of this work which covers the principles and concepts of the American pension fund socialism. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 68967
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First Edition of Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance; Signed by Karl Shell
SZEGO, George Philip and Shell.
Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance.
New York : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.
First edition of this work edited by the award-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper, "Karl Shell March 14, 2014 Ithaca, NY." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Includes essays by Joseph Stiglitz, J.H. Dreze and N.A. Niarchos.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 114473
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First Edition of Aghion and Howitt's The Economics of Growth; Inscribed by Both Economists
AGHION, Philippe and Peter Howitt.
The Economics of Growth.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009.
First edition of this comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to growth economics that presents all the major growth paradigms. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "John, with best wishes Peter Howitt" and "Wishing you lots of success!! Philippe Aghion." Written in collaboration with Leonardo Bursztyn. Cover art by Sara Chaillet. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 41854
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First Edition of Phishing For Phools; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Shiller
AKERLOF, George A. and Robert J. Shiller.
Phishing For Phools.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
First edition of "this tour de force" (Alan Blinder). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Robert J. Shiller on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Edward Koren. Jacket illustration by Jason Alejandro.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 70027
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First Editions of John Jacob Astor: Business Man; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
PORTER, Kenneth Wiggins.
John Jacob Astor: Business Man.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931.
First editions of this biography on the businessman John Jacob Astor. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Both volumes are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 12078
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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 near fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 4391
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization; Signed by Peter Senge
SENGE, Peter M.
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization.
New York: Doubleday, 1990.
Early printing of Senge's bestselling classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Senge on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 58934
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First Edition of Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict; Inscribed by Roger Myerson
MYERSON, Roger B.
Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.
First edition of this classic introductory work on game theory. Octavo, original illustrated glossy boards. Inscribed by Roger B. Myerson on the title page. In 2007, Myerson was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." In fine condition.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 74034
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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 boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alan Greenspan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 1467
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Paul Krugman's Geography and Trade; inscribed by him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Geography and Trade.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1992.
Early printing of Paul Krugman's work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For William Paul Krugman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 110103
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First edition of Jack Valenti's Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches; inscribed to him by William Safire
VALENTI, Jack [William Safire].
Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982.
First edition of Jack Valenti's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Bill Safire Thanks for your embrace - with the loving good wishes of Jack Valenti." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of…
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 135441
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First Edition of Paul Krugman's Development, Geography, and Economic Theory; Inscribed by Him
KRUGMAN, Paul.
Development, Geography, and Economic Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1995.
First edition of this book "that should be read by all economists" (Roger E. Backhouse, The Economic Journal). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For William Paul Krugman." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 46744
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First Edition of John Chamberlain's The Enterprising Americans; Signed by Him
CHAMBERLAIN, John.
The Enterprising Americans.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of this work by the economic historian. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Chamberlain on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 15032
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First Edition of Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man; Inscribed by Wolfgang Stopler
STOPLER, Wofgang F.
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994." From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 4401
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Rare first edition of The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers
The Investment Process: Investment Policies for Trust Institutions and Portfolio Managers.
Charlottesville, Virgina: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of the proceedings of a Seminar on the Trust Investment Process sponsored with contributions by Canadian members of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88091
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First edition of The Moment of Truth; Signed by Alan Simpson
SIMPSON, Alan and Erskine Bowles.
The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Washington, D.C: 2010.
First edition of Simpson and Bowles' final report on The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Alan Simpson on the half-title page, "Merry Christmas!! Alan Simpson." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117683
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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, second printing of American investment analyst Kenneth L. Fisher's complete guide to the greatest minds in investment. Octavo, original cloth gilt. Boldly signed by Ken Fisher on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 131728
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First Edition of A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street; Inscribed by Andrew Lo
LO, Andrew W. and A. Craig MacKinlay .
A Non-Random Walk Down Wall Street.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Andrew Lo on the title page, "November 2015 To John With Best Wishes Andrew Lo." Also laid in is an autographed signed letter from Andrew Lo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Matt Mahurin. Jacket design by Frank Mahood.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 37843
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"Unemployment is a serious and important problem": Rare original Milton Friedman Newsweek article; Inscribed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
Behind the Unemployment Numbers.
New York: Newsweek, 1977.
Magazine article from the February 7th, 1977 issue of Newsweek written by Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. One page typescript. Inscribed by Milton Friedman in blue ink, "For Diane Robert, Milton Friedman March 22nd 1977." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88096
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The Affluent Society Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Robert Pirie
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.
First printing of the fourth edition, with a new introduction by Galbraith. Warmly inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith and dated in the year of publication to Robert Pirie. The recipient was a lawyer in the field of mergers and acquisitions and later a prominent investment banker on Wall Street and noted bibliophile. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5714
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First Edition of this Memoir by John Maynard Keynes
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
Two Memoirs. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd, 1949.
First edition of this memoir by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece photograph of Keynes, Bertrand Russell and Lytton Strachey at Garsington. Introduction by David Garnett. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117821
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First edition of The Bullies of Wall Street; inscribed by sheila bair
BAIR, Sheil.
The Bullies of Wall Street: This is How Greed Messed Ups Our Economy.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015.
First edition of this memoir of by the former head of the FDIC. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For John- A Main Street perspective on the crisis. Hope you like it. Sheila Bair." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy Ruth Cummins.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 103497
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First Edition of J.R. Hicks' Essays in World Economics; in the scarce original dust jacket
HICKS, J.R. [John].
Essays in World Economics.
London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1959.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 132906
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Robert P. Miles' Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Methods Used by the World's Greatest Investor; inscribed by him
MILES, Robert P.
Warren Buffett Wealth: Principles and Methods Used by the World’s Greatest Investor.
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2004.
Early printing of Warren Buffett expert Robert P. Miles' work outlining the legendary investor's principles and practical methods. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, "For Dave, Thanks for taking the time to make me a better presenter and communicator. Hope you enjoy my latest work. Robert P. Miles." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael J. Freeland. Jacket photograph by Mark Peterson.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 95306
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First Edition of Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security; Signed by Peter Diamond
DIAMOND, Peter.
Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.
First edition of these lectures by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter Diamond on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114099
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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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First edition of Michael A. Bernstein's The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929-1939
BERNSTEIN, Michael A.
The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929-1939.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
First edition of Bernstein's analysis of the Great Depression. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Miller.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 127013
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First edition of Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA
BLIXT, Robert E.; William J. Chadwick; Richard A. Posner; Robert D. Milne; Seymour Smidt et al.
Evolving Concepts of Prudence: The Changing Responsibilities of the Investment Fiduciary in the Age of ERISA.
Charlottesville: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1976.
First edition of this volume on the evolving concepts of prudence in investment strategy. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 117638
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FIRST EDITION OF KEYNES' HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
How To Pay For the War.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1940.
First edition, corrected second printing of this wartime work by Keynes. Octavo, original boards. In very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135775
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First edition of Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman's Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy
GROSSMAN, Gene M. and Elhanan Helpman.
Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991.
First edition of the economists' groundbreaking work on trade theory. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Purnima Sahgal.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 128384
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First Edition of Niall Ferguson's Civilization: The West and the Rest; Inscribed by Him
FERGUSON, Niall.
Civilization: The West and the Rest.
New York: The Penguin Press, 2011.
First edition of this work by the famed historian. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John with best wishes Niall Ferguson." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 132746
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"The world has lost one of the very few with the imagination, courage, and leadership needed to restore civilization and build a firm economic base for peace and happiness": The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States
HARROD, R.F. and E.A.G. Robinson.
The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of The Royal Economic Society. June 1946. [The Balance of Payments of the United States].
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1946.
The June 1946 issue of the The Economic Journal, containing a notice of Keynes' death and his posthumously printed article: The Balance of Payments of the United States. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Ink notation to the front panel.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 135307
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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 Rethinking Housing Bubbles; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon L. Smith
GJERSTAD, Steven and Vernon L. Smith.
Rethinking Housing Bubbles: The Role of Household and Bank Balance Sheets in Modeling Economic Cycles.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original glossy boards. Signed and dated by Vernon Smith on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 68022
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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
