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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism
KEYNES, J.M. [John Maynard].
Laissez-Faire and Communism.
New York: New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Uncommon.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139671
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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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"We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about": First edition of Edgar Schein's Coercive Persuasion; inscribed by him
SCHEIN, Edgar H. with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker.
Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1961.
First edition of Schein's analysis of the socio-psychological effects of "brainwashing" on American POWs during the Korean War. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, "We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about. Ed Schein Author of Humble Inquiry." In very good condition with underlining in pencil.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141036
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First Edition of Irving Fisher's The Money Illusion; In the rare original dust jacket
FISHER, Irving.
The Money Illusion.
New York: Alephi Company, 1928.
First edition of Fisher's classic treatise on money. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 119364
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How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad; Inscribed by Legendary Investor William J. O'Neil
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.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144893
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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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“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 "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. Jacket design by Ridrigo Corral.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 144887
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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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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist; Inscribed by Him to Fellow Economist Francis M. Bator
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Choice and Consequence: Perspectives of an Errant Economist.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's important compilation of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to colleague and close friend Francis Bator on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "For Francis from Tom April 1984." The recipient, Francis M. Bator was Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States from 1965 to 1967. He was also a Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Bator was Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy in Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where he was founding chairman of the School's Public Policy Program, and director…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 89967
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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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“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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Rare First Edition of Practical Banking With a Survey of the Federal Reserve Act
HARRIS, Ralph Scott.
Practical Banking With a Survey of the Federal Reserve Act.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
Rare first edition of this early work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143979
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First Edition John Burnham's The Managerial Revolution; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
BURNHAM, James.
The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening In The World.
New York : The John Day Company, 1941.
First edition of Burnham's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Some dampstaining to a few pages, very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 71237
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First Edition of Robert Shiller's Market Volatility; Signed by Him and John Campbell
SHILLER, Robert J.
Market Volatility.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles included in this work. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 103779
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
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. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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First Edition of Golden Rules of Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Edmund Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S.
Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.
New York: W.W. Norton & Norton Company, Inc., 1966.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book, a collection of twelve essays in mathematical economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Slip for review laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 2375