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FIRST EDITION OF JESSE LIVERMORE’S HOW TO TRADE IN STOCKS IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
LIVERMORE, Jesse.
How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price.
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940.
First edition of the only book by Jesse Livermore, one of Wall Street’s most well-known traders. Octavo, original blue cloth, contains 16 full color charts. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 146098
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Rare Stock Certificate for the New York and Harlem Rail Road Company; Signed by Railroad Magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt
VANDERBILT, Cornelius.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Signed New York and Harlem Rail Road Company Stock Certificate.
New York: American Bank Note Co, 1864.
Rare New York and Harlem Rail Road Company stock certificate signed by one of the wealthiest Americans in history, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Oblong octavo, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated April 12, 1864 and grants John M. Dobin 500 shares in the New York and Harlem Railroad Company. Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt on the verso. In near fine condition. Matted and framed with a portrait of Vanderbilt and an informational placard. The piece measures 17.6 inches by 28 inches.
Price: $16,000.00 Item Number: 146773
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First Edition of this Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist F.A. Hayek
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. Boldly signed by F.A. Hayek on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 146327
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First Edition of this Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist F.A. Hayek
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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"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": The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot; Inscribed by Russell Kirk
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. Boldly signed by Russell Kirk on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by Kirk.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 130940
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The Behavior Of Stock-Market Prices: Signed By The Father Of Modern Finance, Eugene F. Fama
FAMA, Eugene F.
The Behavior of Stock-Market Prices (The Journal of Business: The Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago January 1965).
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1965.
Original paper of the landmark work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Eugene Fama's The Behavior of Stock Market Prices. Octavo, in the original wrappers which are bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Eugene F. Fama on the first page of his contribution: The Behavior of Stock Market Prices. In near fine condition. Rare.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 57033
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First Edition of John Carey's An Essay, on the Coyn and Credit of England: As They Stand with Respect to Its Trade
CARY, John.
An Essay, on the Coyn and Credit of England: As They Stand with Respect to Its Trade.
London: Printed by Will. Bonny, and sold by the booksellers of London and Bristol, 1696.
First edition of this work by Cary, a pioneer in the field of economics. Small octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Rare with no examples appearing at auction in the last eighty years.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 109827
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Rare First Edition of Tunis Wortman's Political Classic A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press
WORTMAN, Tunis.
A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry, and the Liberty of the Press.
New York: Printed by George Forman, 1800.
First edition of a classic work of libertarian political philosophy. Octavo, contemporary calf. In very good condition with some marginal dampstaining and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are extremely rare.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 23046
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"One need not be a prophet to be aware of impending dangers. An accidental combination of experience and interest will often reveal events to one man under aspects which few yet see": Rare First English Edition of The Road To Serfdom
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Road To Serfdom.
London: Routledge & Sons, 1944.
First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism ever published. Octavo, original black cloth. The British edition (which this example is) was published in March of 1944, preceding its American counterpart, which was published later that same year in September. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare, especially in the original jacket.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 145655
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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Inscribed by Him and in the rare original dust jacket
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Social Choice and Individual Values.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For John with best wishes, Kenneth J. Arrow." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 141437
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"Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The Price tag of the bailout this time": First Edition of Too Big To Fail; Inscribed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Warren E. Buffett, Sheila Bair and Gary Parr
SORKIN, Andrew Ross.
Too Big To Fail.
New York: The Viking Press, 2009.
First edition of Ross Sorkin's first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter- Could the financial crisis have been avoided? That is the $1.1 trillion question. The price tag of the bailout this time. Andrew Ross Sorkin." Additionally signed by "Warren E. Buffett" and "Sheila C. Bair Red my book too...) and Gary Parr on the half-title page. Buffett was the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who played an integral part in this work. Bair was the head of the FDIC. Parr was the deputy chairman for…
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 127359
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rare Caricature Portrait of John Maynard Keynes; signed by the Father of Macroeconomics
KEYNES, John Maynard [J.M.}.
Caricature Portrait of John Maynard Keynes.
London: The New Statesman and Nation, October 28,1933.
Rare caricature portrait of the "father of macroeconomics." Pencil portrait print of John Maynard Keynes sitting in a chair next to a stool stacked with books and papers. Boldly signed by Keynes next to his facsimile signature on the lower margin. Portrait by Low for The New Statesman and Nation magazine dated October 28, 1933. Triple matted and framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20.25 inches. An exceptional piece, rare and desirable signed by Keynes.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 148438
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“The constitution of our English government is no Arbitrary tyranny”: Rare First Edition of Henry Care's English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance
CARE, Henry.
English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject’s Inheritance.
London: Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris at the Stationers Arms and Anchoy in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange, 1680.
First edition of one of the very first law books printed in colonial America, contains the first American printing of Magna Carta and other fundamental documents of individual liberty in Anglo-American law. Small octavo, contemporary calf. In excellent condition, with light wear to the crown of the spine. Auction records show that there has not been a first edition offered in the twentieth century. A rare landmark work which significantly influenced the American colonies.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 24087
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism; Signed by Him
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. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "J.M. Keynes 17 Feb 1927." In very good condition. Books signed by Keynes are exceptionally rare.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 129838
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FIRST EDITION OF MILTON FRIEDMAN’S MASTERPIECE: A THEORY OF THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION; SIGNED BY HIM
FRIEDMAN, Milton.
A Theory of the Consumption Function.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957.
First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth, graphs and charts throughout. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 3694
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Portfolio Theory and and Capital Markets; Inscribed by William Sharpe to Paul Samuelson
SHARPE, William F. [Paul A. Samuelson].
Portfolio Theory & Capital Markets.
New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1970.
First edition, early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow Nobel Prize-winning author Paul Samuelson on the title page, "To Paul with my best regards Bill Sharpe." In very good condition. From the library of Paul Samuelson. An exceptional association linking these two giants in the field of economic sciences.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125655