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Peter Drucker's Landmark Work Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices; Inscribed by Him
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 and desirable signed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142075
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“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it”: Thinking, Fast and Slow; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel .
Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Toronto: Doubleday, 2011.
First edition, early printing of this contemporary classic. 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. Jacket design by Ridrigo Corral.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144887
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Employment, Technology and Development; Inscribed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
Employment, Technology and Development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Amartya Sen on the front free endpaper. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 76982
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First Edition of Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas
STOKEY, Nancy L.; Robert E. Lucas.
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, "For Mark- with best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr." In near fine condition, small stamp to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142699
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First edition of a celebration of John F. Nash; Inscribed by "one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century" Louis Nirenberg
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 most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144405
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Rare 17th century printing of the Act of the Scottish Parliament erecting the Bank of Scotland
Act of Parliament for Erecting the Bank in Scotland.
Edinburgh: [Royal Bank of Scotland] , 1695-1719.
Rare 17th century printing of the Act of the Scottish Parliament erecting the Bank of Scotland. Octavo, original wrappers, the act is dated July 17, 1695 and approved a joint stock amounting to the sum of 120,000 pounds to be raised by a company thereby established to manage the first public bank of Scotland. Bound with Copy of a Signature For a New Bank which approved and act to settle yearly funds payable out of the Revenue of Scotland to satisfy public debts on an annual basis. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 124034
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First Edition of Edwin Lefevre's Simonetta; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
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.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 140668
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Rare First Edition of The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 History and Digest
IDEN, V. Gilmore.
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913: History and Digest.
Philadelphia: The National Bank News, 1914.
Rare first edition of this work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142249
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"People often do what they do for the reasons they think they do”: First Edition of The Organization Man; Inscribed by William Whyte
WHYTE, William H.
The Organization Man.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89." Additionally signed "William H. Whyte" on the title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips to the crown of the spine. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2141
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First Edition of A Tiger By the Tail; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation.
San Francisco : Cato Institute , 1979.
First edition of this collection of writings on Keynesian economics by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To George Meyer with best wishes 1-12-82 F.A. Hayek." Compiled and introduced by Sudha R. Shenoy. With a foreword by Leland B. Yeager. In fine condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 77024
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“The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny": Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose; Signed by the Nobel Prize-winning Economist
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition, early printing of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mary Strong, Milton Friedman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133804
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First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration's attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by both Milton and Rose Friedman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 47004
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"Undoubtedly the most important work on probability" First Edition of Keynes Treatise on Probability
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
A Treatise on Probability.
London: MacMillan & Company, 1921.
First edition of what Bertrand Russell called, "undoubtedly the most important work on probability that has appeared for a very long time," and a "book as a whole is one which it is impossible to praise too highly." Octavo, original brown cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. In near fine condition with the spine gilt very bright. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 3669
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First Edition of the Authors Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Anne- newer and sharper fondly Dan Bell Chilmark, July 13, 1973." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4497
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First Edition of The New Economics: Keynes' Influence on Theory and Public Policy; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.]; Edited by Seymour Harris; Essays by J.M. Keynes.
The New Economics: Keynes’ Influence on Theory and Public Policy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of this collection of essay regarding the influence of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Paul Samuelson, who contributed an essay to this volume. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Other contributors include John Maynard Keynes, Wassily Leontief, Lloyd Metzler, Gottfried Haberler, Wassily Leontief, Abba Lerner, Joan Robinson, Joseph A. Schumpeter and Jan Tinbergen among others.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 15058
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESERS NATURAL VALUE
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Natural Value.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.
First edition in English. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright. Translated by Christian A. Molloch. Edited with a preface and analysis by William Smart.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3681
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First Edition of Rationality and Freedom; Inscribed by Amartya Sen
SEN, Amartya.
Rationality and Freedom.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press/ Belknap Press, 2002.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John my best wishes and regards Amartya Sen Nov 3, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gwen Nefsky Frankfeldt.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144399
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First Edition of Capital Ideas; Signed by Peter L. Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter L.
Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.
New York: The Free Press, 1992.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Bernstein on the front free endpaper. With a signed postcard to the author from Bernstein's editor laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Michael Langenstein.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115654