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"THE SOLE REVENGE THAT MATURITY CAN TAKE UPON YOUTH FOR THE SIN OF BEING YOUNG IS TO PREACH TO IT": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S INDEPENDENCE: RECTORIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT ST. ANDREWS, OCTOBER 10, 1923
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924.
First American edition of Kipling’s October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, original boards. In very good condition.
Price: $20.00 Item Number: 124544
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First edition of James Goodwin's Burwash and the Sussex Weald
GOODWIN, James [Rudyard Kipling].
Burwash and the Sussex Weald. (“An English History in Miniature.”).
Turnbridge Wells: Printed for the Author by The Courier Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., n.d.
First edition of work on the history and landscape of the Sussex Weald where Rudyard Kipling resided from 1902 until his death in 1936. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 136107
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First edition of Rex Warner's The Converts: A Novel of Early Christianity
WARNER, Rex.
The Converts: A Novel of Early Christianity.
London: The Bodley Head, 1967.
First English edition of Warner's fascinating reconstruction of the early life of St. Augustine in fourth century Rome and Milan. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $25.00 Item Number: 126807
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First Edition of Herblock Special Report; Inscribed by Him
BLOCK, Herbert.
Herblock Special Report.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of this work by the cartoonist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jeff Cohen with best wishes of Herb Block." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Antler.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 88110
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First Edition of Lionel Tiger's The Pursuit of Pleasure; Inscribed by Him
TIGER, Lionel.
The Pursuit of Pleasure.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992.
First edition of this work by the famed anthropologist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William Rogers I hope this provides you pleasure! Lionel Tiger." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steve Snider.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 117834
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"Peace is always preferable... but war is news": First edition of Israel at War
ERED, E; Ch. Yaniv; N. May-Tal [Editors].
Israel at War: June 5-10, 1967 A Pictorial Record.
London: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 1967.
First edition of this pictorial record of the Six-Day War. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with photographs. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jesse Zierler.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 126941
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"Seldom in the history of mankind has the longing for liberty been more eloquently expressed and passionately argued": First edition of Daniel Katz's Why Freedom Matters
KATZ, Daniel R. Introduction by Norman Lear. Forewords by Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford.
Why Freedom Matters: The Spirit of the Declaration of Independence in Prose, Poetry, and Song.
New York: Workman Publishing, 2003.
First edition of Katz's classic anthology celebrating the American spirit. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 136588
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Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey through Europe
LE VANE, Ethel and J. Paul Getty.
Collector’s Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey Through Europe.
London: W.H. Allen, 1955.
First edition of this work by the legendary businessman and collector. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 118299
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First Edition of Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary
MCCORD, David T.
Notes on the Harvard Tercentenary.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.
First edition of this work published in celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Harvard College. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt Harvard Shield to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 102998
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"Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians": First Edition of Ariel Sharon's Warrior: An Autobiography
SHARON, Ariel with David Chanoff.
Warrior: An Autobiography.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
First edition of Sharon's autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 136103
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First edition of James Dugan's The Great Mutiny
DUGAN, James.
The Great Mutiny.
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1965.
First edition of the author's account of one of the few successful military mutinies in recorded history. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, top edge red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 119226
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First edition of Edward Streeter's Window on America: Published on the Occasion of the 175th Anniversary of The Bank of New York
STREETER, Edward.
Window on America: Published on the Occasion of the 175th Anniversary of The Bank of New York.
New York: The Bank of New York, 1959.
First edition of this comprehensive history published to commemorate the 175th anniversary of The Bank of New York. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 124931
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Barbara Hoffstot's Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach; signed by her
HOFFSTOT, Barbara D.
Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1991.
Third edition of Hoffstot's classic work on the iconic architecture of Palm Beach. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with photographs by the author. Signed by the author on the title page. With an introduction by Arthur P. Siegler, Jr. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137127
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First edition of Beryl Bainbridge's Watson's Apology
BAINBRIDGE, Beryl.
Watson’s Apology.
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1984.
First edition of the award-winning author's investigation of the Stockwell Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 126810
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"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others": First Edition of Prisoner In The Garden
MANDELA, Nelson.
Prisoner In The Garden.
London: Viking, 2005.
First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela's archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 138566
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First Edition of Civil war surgeon Dr. Ferdinand Eugene Daniel's Recollections of a Rebel Surgeon
DANIEL, Ferdinand Eugene.
Recollections of a Rebel Surgeon (And Other Sketches) or In The Doctor’s Sappy Days.
Chicago: Clinic Publishing, 1901.
First edition of this humorous collection of recollections by Confederate army surgeon Ferdinand Eugene Daniel. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 121688
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First Edition of Sorche Nic Leodhas' Claymore and Kilt
LEODHAS, Sorche Nic [LeClaire Gowans Alger].
Claymore and Kilt.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
First edition of Sorche Leodhas' beloved collection of historical tales, never before recorded. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 137529
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First Edition of Thomas Flanagan's The End of the Hunt; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
FLANAGAN, Thomas.
The End of the Hunt.
New York: Dutton, 1994.
First edition of the final novel in the author's acclaimed trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "For Karl- with the very good wishes of Rob's friend, Tom Flanagan June 1994." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 104779
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First Edition of Graham Greene's Lord Rochester's Monkey Being The Life Of John Wilmot, Second Earl Of Rochester
GREENE, Graham .
Lord Rochester’s Monkey Being The Life Of John Wilmot, Second Earl Of Rochester.
London: Bodley Head, 1974.
First British edition of this work on John Wilmot. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 48748
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Jimmy Carter's Talking Peace; Signed by Him
CARTER, Jimmy.
Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation.
New York : Dutton Children's Book, 1993.
Early printing of this work by President Carter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Julie Metz.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 120782
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First edition of Otto Eisenschiml's The Story of Shiloh
EISENSCHIML, Otto.
The Story of Shiloh.
Chicago: The Civil War Round Table, 1946.
First edition of the controversial author's work on the Battle of Shiloh. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Joseph Trautwein. In near fine condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 132186
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First Edition of Edwina Sandys' Eve & Adam; Inscribed by Her
SANDYS, Edwina.
Eve & Adam.
New York: Edwina Sandys, 2000.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work by Sandys. Small octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Frank and Carol Edwina Sandys." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 118981
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First Edition of Timothy Geithner's Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises; Signed by Him
GEITHNER. TIMOTHY F,.
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2014.
First edition of this "sharply worded and candid memoir" (Financial Times). Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Timothy Geithner. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christopher Brand.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 125448
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First Edition of Charles Madison's American Labor Leaders; Inscribed by Him
MADISON, Charles A.
American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.
First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To Hod and Helen In friendship Charles A. Madison 5-11-50." Near fine in a good dust jacket with some small chips and tears.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 47071
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"The sea drama of the century" (Sir Francis Chichester): First edition of Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall's The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
TOMALIN, Nicholas and Ron Hall.
The Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970.
First edition of the Sunday Times journalists' classic retelling of Crowhurst's tragic and entirely fabricated round-the-world yacht race. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs, charts, and maps. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by David Stanfield.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 115401
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economist Kenneth R. French
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
Early printing of this "excellent primer on the workings and failures of today's sophisticated financial system" (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Kenneth R. French on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 114597
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Doctors: An Address Delivered to the Students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital, 1st October, 1908
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Doctors: An Address Delivered to the Students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital, 1st October, 1908.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908.
First edition of this address delivered by Kipling to the Students of the Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital on October 1st 1908. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In very good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 123567
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First edition of George Edgar Turner's Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War
TURNER, George Edgar.
Victory Rode the Rails: The Strategic Place of Railroads in the Civil War.
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1953.
First edition of Turner's work on the role of the American railroad system in the military campaigns of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps by George Richard Turner. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 133073
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First edition of Michael Adams and Christopher Mayhew's Publish it not... The Middle East Cover-Up
ADAMS, Michael and Christopher Mayhew.
Publish it not… The Middle East Cover-Up.
London: Longman Group Ltd, 1975.
First edition of Michael Adams and Christopher Mayhew's thesis on the Arab-Israeli struggle in the Middle East. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership name.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 119637
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First Edition of Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties; Signed by Michael Lesy
LESY, Michael.
Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.
New York: Norton, 2007.
First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 799
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George Ward Nichols' The Story of the Great March
NICHOLS, George Ward.
The Story of the Great March. From the Diary of a Staff Officer.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1866.
Early printing of Nichols' account of the Savannah Campaign. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with charts and maps, one folding. In good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 133029
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First signed limited edition of Down the Seine and Up the Potomac with Art Buchwald; one of 250 copies signed by him
BUCHWALD, Art.
Down the Seine and Up the Potomac with Art Buchwald: Twenty-Five Years of Art Buchwald’s Best Humor.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.
First signed limited edition of this compilation of Buchwald's satiric Washington Post columns. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. One of 250 copies signed by the author on the colophon. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Samuel B. Whitehead. Jacket photograph by Diana Walker.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 115375
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Theodore H. White's Fire in the Ashes; Inscribed by Him
WHITE, Theodore H.
Fire in the Ashes.
New York: William Sloane Associates Publishers, 1953.
Early printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Bernie Theodore H. White." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 118443
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First Edition of Norman Podhoretz's World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism; Signed by Him
PODHORETZ, Norman.
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism.
New York: Doubleday , 2007.
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Norman Podhoretz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 33023
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"The sole revenge that maturity can take upon youth for the sin of being young is to preach to it": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.
First edition of Kipling's October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121578
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"The sole revenge that maturity can take upon youth for the sin of being young is to preach to it": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.
First English edition of Kipling's October 1923 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 123116
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First Edition of The Common Cradle of Concern; Signed by Howard Zinn
ZINN, Howard.
The Common Cradle of Concern: Essays on Deepening the American Dream.
Kalamazoo: Fetzer Institute, 2006.
First edition of this collection of essays exploring America's wavering faith in the American Dream. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In fine condition. Signed by Howard Zinn on the title page.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 1246
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The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History; Signed by Her
CREIGHTON, Margaret S.
The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War’s Defining Battle.
New York: Basic Books, 2005.
First edition of this stunningly fluid work of original history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Margaret S. Creighton on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, name label to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Pracher Designs. Jacket photograph by Corbis.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 119229
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First Edition of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius; Signed by Sylvia Nasar
NASAR, Sylvia.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
First edition of this sweeping narrative. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Sylvia Nasar on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 47016
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First Edition of Nathan Glazer's From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City; Inscribed by Him
GLAZER, Nathan.
From a Cause to a Style: Modernist Architecture’s Encounter with the American City.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.
First edition of this work by the co-author of The Lonely Crowd. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Chris and Kathy, Dear friends and neighbors! Nathan May 3, 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 44001
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First Edition of Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story; inscribed by Patricia Bosworth
BOSWORTH, Patricia.
Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
First edition of the actress and memoirist's biography of her parents, Bartley and Cutsie Crum. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Andrew & Mariam - with admiration... Patricia Boswell." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Julie Metz. Author photograph by Kim Garnick.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 117033
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First edition of Jacob D. Cox's The Battle of Franklin Tennessee
COX, Jacob D.
The Battle of Franklin Tennessee November 30, 1864.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
First edition of Union General Jacob Dolson Cox's account of the Battle of Franklin. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 132990
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"We were then strung out in a six-mile line, thirty ships, all heading westwards": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's A Fleet in Being
KIPLING, Rudyard.
A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1898.
First edition of this collection of articles written by Kipling when he joined the fleet of the Royal Navy at sea in 1898. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. In very good condition. Cover illustration by Norman Wilkinson.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121444
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First edition of Jim Lehrer's The Special Prisoner; inscribed by him to legendary American journalist William Safire
LEHRER, Jim [William Safire].
The Special Prisoner.
New York: Random House, 2000.
First edition, second printing of Lehrer's fascinating war story. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Helene & Bill - With love & affection J." The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. Following Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a presidential speechwriter for both Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press, describing himself as the voice of “libertarian conservatives” and authored several political…
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 135274
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First Edition of Donald's Lincoln's Herndon
DONALD, David.
Lincoln’s Herndon.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
First edition of the Pulitzer-Prize historian's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Introduction by Carl Sandburg. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 139761
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"The sole revenge that maturity can take upon youth for the sin of being young is to preach to it": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923.
First edition of Kipling's October 1953 address delivered to the students of St. Andrews discussing the challenges and necessity of individuality and independence. Octavo, bound in full cloth with gilt titles to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $80.00 Item Number: 135674
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First Edition of John Baxter's Locker Room Ballads; Inscribed by Him
BAXTER, John E.
Locker Room Ballads.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923.
First edition of this collection of verses. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To C.D. Stimson with the compliments of the author, John E. Baxter 12/24/23." Near fine in a good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg.
Price: $85.00 Item Number: 65472
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First Edition of James Tobin's Policies For Prosperity: Essays in a Keynesian Mode
TOBIN, James.
Policies For Prosperity: Essays in a Keynesian Mode.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1987.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $85.00 Item Number: 116781
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First edition of the Young Readers edition of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Work Profiles in Courage
KENNEDY, John F.
Profiles in Courage: Young Readers Edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1961.
First edition of the Young Readers edition of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Emil Weiss. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 137461
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First Edition of Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence; Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth & Stanislav Menshikov.
Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence: From A Bitter Past To A Better Prospect.
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.
First edition of this work by the famed economist. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication to a Vermont friend and publisher, "For Carol with love John G 1988." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 1601
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First Edition of The Fiscal System of Venezuela; Inscribed by Carl Shoup
SHOUP, Carl S.
The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, "To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup." Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, Sir Donald McDougall, Oliver S. Oldman and Stanley S. Surrey.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 75023
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First Edition of F.M. Scherer's Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives
SCHERER, F.M.
Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1984.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the work of Joseph Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For John Rogers with best wishes, F.M. Scherer. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 47955
