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"The Allied Armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender": Proclamation of Nazi Germanys Surrender; Signed by Harry Truman
TRUMAN, Harry S.
A Proclamation.
Washington, D.C: May 8, 1945.
Large three-colored broadside of Harry Truman’s Proclamation declaring the surrender of Germany, boldly signed by Harry S. Truman. Also included at the lower left is the original 1945 Christmas card from the President and Mrs. Truman and at lower right, the original red, white and blue ribbon. These were presented by the President as gifts for friends. Uncommon, especially with the original Christmas card and ribbon. Matted and framed, which measures 21 inches by 28 inches.
Price: $11,500.00 Item Number: 4419
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First Edition of Essays on Economics and Economists; Inscribed by Ronald Coase
COASE, Ronald H.
Essays on Economics and Economists.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
First edition of this collection of articles by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Ronald Coase on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 3919
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FIRST EDITION OF J.M. KEYNES' FIRST MAJOR WORK ON ECONOMICS INDIAN CURRENCY AND FINANCE
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
Indian Currency and Finance.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1913.
First edition of Keynes' first major work on economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities. A very bright example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 3660
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FIRST EDITION OF IRVING FISHERS BOOMS AND DEPRESSIONS IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
FISHER, Irving.
Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles.
New York: Adelphi Publishers, 1932.
First edition of Fisher’s classic work connecting monetary fluctuations to extreme periods of the business cycle. Octavo, original green cloth. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear to the spine and a few small tears.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3664
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"The Greatest Representative Of Classical Political Thought": Rare First Edition Of The Works Of David Ricardo In The Original Cloth
RICARDO, David [Edited by McCulloch.
The Works of David Ricardo, Esq., MP. with A Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author.
London: John Murray, 1846.
First edition of the works of Ricardo. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light rubbing to the cloth. Uncommon, especially in the original cloth. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 3508
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"Mathematics Is A Language": Paul Samuelsons Foundations Of Analysis, First Edition, Signed By Him
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Foundations of Economic Analysis.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Signed "Paul A. Samuelson MIT" on the title page. An excellent example with light wear to the cloth, some toning to the spine, near fine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $10,000.00 Item Number: 3541
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"This work should be read by every student of the financial history": First Edition of Henry Clews' Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street; Inscribed by Him
CLEWS, Henry.
Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.
New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.
First edition of Clews' classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Herman Ury Esq. With the compliments of Henry Clews Nov. 12, 1896." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 3398
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“No profession requires more hard work, intelligence, patience, and mental discipline than successful speculation": First Edition of The Dow Theory; Inscribed by Robert Rhea
RHEA, Robert.
The Dow Theory: An Explanation of Its Development and an Attempt to Define Its Usefulness As An Aid In Speculation.
New York: Barron's, 1932.
First edition of this classic work by one of the pioneering figures in the history of Dow Theory. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Katherine Hubert from the compiler of these notes Robert Rhea June 22, 1933." Laid into this volume is a pamphlet by Rhea, entitled the "Dow Theory Comment." Books inscribed by Rhea are rare.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 3180
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First Editions of Time on the Cross; Inscribed by both Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman
FOGEL, Robert William and Stanley L. Engerman.
Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery & Time On the Cross Evidence and Methods. Two Volumes.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974.
First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes are inscribed by both authors to the same recipient. Volume one is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Volume two is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sarah L. Bindari.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 2415
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelts India and the Awakening East; Signed By Her
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.
India and the Awakening East.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.
First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 4356
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First Edition of Lawrence Klein's Economic Theory and Econometrics; Signed by Him
KLEIN, Lawrence.
Economic Theory and Econometrics.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Lawrence Klein on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Jaime Marquez.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 2922
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"An exciting, real book without a trace of unnecessary melodrama" (H.G.Wells): First Edition of Out of the Night; Inscribed by Jan Voltin
VALTIN, Jan (aka Richard Julius Herman Krebs).
Out of the Night.
New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941.
First edition of Valtin's bestselling autobiographical narrative. Octavo, original blue cloth. Inscribed by the author, "To Polly and June _____ with admiration and cordial fond wishes from Jan Valtin June 1, 1941." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by George Salter.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 4644
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"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me": First British Edition of Long Walk To Freedom; Inscribed by Nelson Mandela
MANDELA, Nelson.
Long Walk To Freedom.
London: Little Brown and Company, 1994.
First British edition of the first autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century which has went on to sell over six million copies worldwide. Octavo, original black boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Dear Lynne, with thanks. Nelson Mandela 27.2.97." The recipient was the realtor who sold Nelson Mandela his estate in Houghton, Johannesburg; where he passed away in 2013. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 4426
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“A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEABAG - ONLY IN HOT WATER DO YOU REALIZE HOW STRONG SHE IS”: First Edition of My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan; Inscribed by Her
REAGAN, Nancy.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
New York: Random House, 1989.
First edition of Nancy Reagan's memoirs. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Gene Williams Best Wishes Nancy Reagan Apr '92." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Aulicino. Written in collaboration with William Novak.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 1860
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First Edition of Institutional Change and American Economic Growth; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Douglass C. North
NORTH, Douglass C & Lance E. Davis.
Institutional Change and American Economic Growth.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original green cloth. Inscribed by Douglass C. North on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 5607
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“Knowledge advances when striking real-world events and issues pose puzzles we have to try to understand and resolve. The most important decisions a scholar makes are what problems to work on": First Edition of Essays in Economics; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
TOBIN, James [Robert M. Solow].
Essays in Economics: Volume 1 Macroeconomics.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1971.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow, who contributed an article in this volume. Name to the front free endpaper, in near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5556
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First Edition of The Grand Chessboard; Signed by Zbigniew Brzezinski
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew .
The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
First edition of this "masterful synthesis of historical, geographical, and political analysis.... Geostrategic thinking in the grand tradition of Bismarck" (Samuel Huntington). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "and with best wishes Zbigniew Brzezinski." Small name, fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 5797