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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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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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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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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 Martin Mayer's The Bankers; Inscribed by Him
MAYER, Martin.
The Bankers.
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1974.
First edition of this exploration of the world of modern banking. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Charlie Malloy with regards and thanks- Martin Mayer." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 70059
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First Edition of Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Solow
SOLOW, Robert.
Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Solow on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 32004
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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 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
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“Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective": First Edition of Peter F. Drucker's The Effective Executive
DRUCKER, Peter F.
The Effective Executive.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.
First edition of Drucker's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144241
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First Edition of Alvin Hansen's Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles
HANSEN, Alvin H.
Fiscal Policy and Business Cycles.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the "American Keynes." Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 2272
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First Edition of Edmund Phelps' Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change; Signed by Him
PHELPS, Edmund.
Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
First edition of this work which won the 2014 Gold Medal in Economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Drumm0nd.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 76844
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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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"The best way to predict the future is to create it": Peter Drucker's Adventures of a Bystander; Signed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Adventures of a Bystander.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979.
First edition, second printing of Drucker's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 73004
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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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"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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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 Martin Fridson's It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History; Warmly Inscribed by Her
FRIDSON, Martin S.
It Was a Very Good Year: Extraordinary Moments in Stock Market History.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
First edition of this "useful and extremely entertaining book" (Byron Wien). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Julie F____- It was great to meet you in Hilton Head! Wishing you many very good years in the stock market Marty Fridson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dan Welsh.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114629
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First Edition of In Defense of Globalization; Inscribed by Jagdish Bhagwati
BHAGWATI, Jaqdish.
In Defense of Globalization.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
First edition of this "outstandingly effective book" (The Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Fannie with warm regards, Professor Bhagwati." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 107289
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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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Rare first edition of National Bank Organization 1812-1904
National Bank Organization 1812-1904.
New York: The National City Bank of New York, 1904.
First edition of this detailed work on the organization of the National City Bank. Octavo, original cloth. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 124768
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First Edition of Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism; Inscribed by Paul Johnson
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.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 141813
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First Edition of The Great Society: Lessons for the Future; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
GINZBERG, Eli and Robert M. Solow.
The Great Society: Lessons for the Future.
New York: Basic Books, 1974.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding The Great Society. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 43098
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First edition of Hayes Robbins' Human Relations in Railroading; from the library of American labor activist John Philip Frey
ROBBINS, Hayes [John Philip Frey].
Human Relations in Railroading.
New York: General Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of Robbins' work on labor relations on the railroads. Octavo, original cloth. 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 one of…
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142524
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First Edition of Hayek's John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and Subsequent Marriage
HAYEK, Friedrich August [F.A.].
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and Subsequent Marriage.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144349
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First Edition of P.J. O'Rourke's Eat the Rich; humorously inscribed by him
O'ROURKE, P.J.
Eat The Rich: A Treatise on Economics.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998.
First edition, early printing of the best-selling author's economic treatise. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Lucie Bon Appetite! P. J. O'Rourke 4/27/99 NYC." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Whitney Cookman and Charles Rue Woods.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 133080
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Ludwig von Mises' Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1969.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120643
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Daniel Yergin's The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
YERGIN, Daniel.
The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Early printing of "the best history of oil ever written" (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jack- With gratitude for the opportunity to be part of the AMC '91 and appreciation for the gracious hospitality Best wishes, Daniel Yergin Jan 3, '99 Pittsburgh." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 120452
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First edition in English of Ragnar Frisch's Theory of Production
FRISCH, Ragnar.
Theory of Production.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1965.
First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian economist's work on production theory. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 127011
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First Edition of John Maynard Keynes' Two Memoirs. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.].
Two Memoirs. Dr. Melchior: A Defeated Enemy And My Early Beliefs.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 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 a few small chips and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135355
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First Edition of The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College
GRANT, Gerald; David Riesman.
The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978.
First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreciation David Riesman December, 1978." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 62018