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First Edition of Milton Friedman, Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and Edmund Phelps; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas, Jr.
LUCAS, Jr..
Milton Friedman, Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and Edmund Phelps.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed on the half-title page, "Best wishes Robert E. Lucas, Jr." In fine condition. Edited by Howard R. Vane and Chris Mulhearn.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 142136
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First Edition of The Aggressive Conservative Investor; Inscribed by Martin Whitman and Martin Shubik to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul A. Samuelson
WHITMAN, Martin J. and Martin Shubik [Paul A. Samuelson].
The Aggressive Conservative Investor.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson on the front free endpaper, "For Paul Best Wishes Martin J. Whitman" and "For Paul Best wishes Martin Shubik." The recipient, Paul Samuelson was an economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory. Economic historian Randall E. Parker has called him the "Father of…
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 142107
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First Edition of James Tobin's Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory
TOBIN, James.
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 142144
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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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"The true natural rights of men, then, are equal justice, security of labor and property, the amenities of civilized institutions, and the benefits of orderly society": First edition of Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind
KIRK, Russell.
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953.
First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 142023
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First Edition of John Neff On Investing; Signed by Him
NEFF, John with S.L. Mintz.
John Neff On Investing.
New York : John B. Wiley & Sons, 1999.
First edition of this work by the legendary investor. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author on the dedication page, "Best wishes John B. Neff." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Olinsky. Jacket photograph by Brad Wilson. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 142421
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exceptionally Rare collection of notes by F.A. Hayek referencing his final thoughts on society.
HAYEK, F.A. [Friedrich August von].
F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects.
1970s-1980s.
Rare collection of 28 index cards from the library of F.A. Hayek with autograph manuscript notes and statements on economics, political theory, and other subjects. Many considering how economic structures drive social change and the power of free markets ("..."Men without common purposes and men which [sic] do not even know of each other can collaborate for their mutual benefit only if they freely dispose over distinct resources..."), others addressing philosophical and sociological questions ("...The error of utilitarianism is that it believes that rules of conduct were adopted because of the recognition of their utility while it was not the…
Price: $45,000.00 Item Number: 142494
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“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it”: First Edition of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow; Inscribed by Him
KAHNEMAN, Daniel .
Thinking, Fast and Slow.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Adrienne Rogers Best Wishes, Daniel Kahneman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ridrigo Corral. First editions are uncommon, especially signed.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 142329
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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 Henry Hazlitts Classic Economics In One Lesson; In the rare original dust jacket
HAZLITT, Henry.
Economics In One Lesson.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.
First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. First editions are exceptionally scarce.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 141691
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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 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 Dick and Beverly Staunch allies in the good cause, warm friends, not to mention mountain climbers. Best wishes, Milton + Rose." [Rose in her handwriting]. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, embossed name of the recipient. Laid in are several articles and an invitation to the commemoration of the Friedmans for this book.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 141601
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Signed Limited Edition of the 40th Anniversary of Henry Hazlitts Classic Economics In One Lesson; One of 200 Copies
HAZLITT, Henry.
Economics In One Lesson.
New York: Laissez Faire Books, 1986.
Signed limited edition of the author’s seminal work, one of 200 numbered copies. Octavo, original bound in original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 141329
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“A DISTINCT STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMPIRICAL SCHOOL”: FIRST EDITION OF JAMES MILL’S MAGNUM OPUS, ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENA OF THE HUMAN MIND; WITH A 4 PAGE AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER TO LORD ASHLEY IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION
MILL, James.
Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind.
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829.
First edition of this classic exploration of the processes of human thought by the father of John Stuart Mill, whose own “logical and ethical doctrines are evidently suggested” by this work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial stamp to the front panel of the Earl of Shaftesbury, with a four page autographed letter signed by James Mill discussing his interest in the book to Lord Ashley dated 8 July 1829, the year of publication of this volume. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury was a British politician, philanthropist, and a social reformer. He was the eldest son of…
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 141327
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Rare First Edition of Art of Speculation; Signed by Philip Carret
CARRET, Philip L.
The Art of Speculation.
New York: Barron's, 1927.
First edition of the Wall Street legend's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some repair and tape. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 141467
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First edition of David Dreman's Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success; inscribed by him to fellow economist John Pugsley
DREMAN, David.
Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of Dreman's revolutionary work on the stock market success. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Ken with best regards David." The recipient, Keniston P. Merrill worked as a financial analyst for TIAA-CREF in New York City from 1957-1964. In 1965, he joined The Five Arrow's Fund as a financial analyst. Five Arrows later became New Court Securities and then Rothschild, Inc. where Ken rose to Managing Director. In 1982, Ken left Rothschild and joined National Life Insurance Company in Montpelier as Chief Investment Officer and President and Chief…
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 141431
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First McCulloch Edition of Adam Smiths Masterpiece The Wealth of Nations; Finely Bound
SMITH, Adam.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
London: Adam Black, and William Tait/Longman, Rees, 1828.
First McCulloch edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands, frontispiece to volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional set of this classic work.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 141427
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One of the most highly recommended investment books ever written; Rare First Edition of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
LEFEVRE, Edwin.
Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923.
First edition of this Wall Street classic. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 141415
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"WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BOOKS OF THE CENTURY": HENRY FORD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY MY LIFE AND WORK; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
FORD, Henry. In collaboration with Samuel Crowther.
My Life and Work.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922.
Early printing of one of the most significant books of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of Ford. Very good in the very good dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 141445
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First Edition of Oliver Williamson's Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
Markets and Hierarchies: A Study in the Internal Organizations.
New York: The Free Press, 1075.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. First editions are rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140934
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“He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny": Human Action: A Treatise On Economics; Signed by Ludwig Von Mises
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
Chicago: Contemporary Books Inc, 1963.
First printing of the third edition of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig Mises on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 140799
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GARY BECKER’S CLASSIC WORK HUMAN CAPITAL; SIGNED BY HIM
BECKER, Gary S.
Human Capital.
New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1970.
Early printing of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Gary Becker on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 140963
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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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First Edition of W.D. Gann's Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector; Signed by Him
GANN, William Delbert [W.D.].
Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector.
New York: Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1930.
First edition of this work by Gann, based on his years as a seasoned trader. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 19 charts. Boldly signed by W.D. Gann on the front free endpaper. Two titles in one volume (as issued) and separately paginated. The Truth of the Stock Tape was originally published in 1923; The Wall Street Stock Selector in 1930. This is a first printing of the two volumes bound as one. This volume also contains Gann's forecast for 1929. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Books signed by…
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 140957
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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 Taxing to Prevent Inflation
FRIEDMAN, Milton; Carl Shoup and Ruth P. Mack.
Taxing to Prevent Inflation.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1943.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140968
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“Economics, or more properly theoretical economics, is the only one of the social sciences which has aspired to the distinction of an exact science": Rare first edition, early printing of Frank H. Knight's Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit
KNIGHT, Frank H.
Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.
First edition of Knight's classic treatise, published the same year as the first but without the publication year to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, printer's device to the title page. In very good condition, with marginalia to the text. First editions are exceptionally rare.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140654
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First Edition of Ludwig Von Mises' The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality; Signed by Him
VON MISES, Ludwig.
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1956.
First edition of this powerful work by the famed economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ludwig von Mises on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 140667
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First Edition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 140658
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First Edition of F.A. Hayeks Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty; Signed by Him
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For H.L. Severance with all best wishes May 8, 1975 F.A. Hayek." Very good in a very good dust jacket, original clipping from the review of this title to the front free endpaper and rear endpaper. With a review by Henry Hazlitt laid in. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 140907
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"Considered the greatest single contribution to logic to appear since Aristotle": Russell and Whitehead's work Principia Mathematica
RUSSELL, Bertrand and Alfred North Whitehead.
Principia Mathematica.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950.
First edition of volume one and second editions of volumes two and three, in the rare dust jackets of Russell and Whitehead's monumental work. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Rare and desirable.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 140610
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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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John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy
MILL, John Stuart.
Principles of Political Economy.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865.
Finely bound example of John Stuart Mill's classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt rules to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. In excellent condition, contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140085
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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First edition of War Service Record 1939-1945: The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
War Service Record 1939-1945: The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, 1952.
First edition of the Commercial Bank of Scotland's War Service Record 1939-1945. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 124208
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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