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First Edition of Made In America; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow
DERTOUZOS, Robert; Lester.
Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the best-selling book in MIT Press' history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 46017
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“I’ve just had the happiest day of my life”: The Companion of Honour Medal: Awarded to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II
HAYEK, Friedrich von [F.A.]. [Queen Elizabeth II].
The Companion of Honour Medal: Awarded to Friedrich von Hayek by Queen Elizabeth II.
1984.
Exquisite Companion of Honour Medal, awarded by Queen Elizabeth II to Friedrich von Hayek on June 16th 1984 at Buckingham Palace. Measuring 2.5 inches by 1.75 inches, the medallion is surmounted by the royal crown decorated in red and green enamel and features a mounted knight and oak tree with the shield of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom within a blue oval frame bearing the gilt motto, "In Action Faithful and In Honor Clear." On the verso is Queen Elizabeth's royal insignia. Presented on a red ribbon with gold thread borders and housed in a custom velvet blue…
Price: $150,000.00 Item Number: 117452
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First edition of Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem; Signed by Peter Diamond
[DIAMOND, Peter]. Edited by James A. Mirrlees and N. H. Stern.
Models of Economic Growth: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem.
The International Economic Association: Macmillan, 1973.
First edition of the proceedings of the Conference on economic growth models held by the International Economic Association at Jerusalem. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond on the front free endpaper, who contributed an article to this volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126882
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First edition of Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941; signed by John M. Erskine
[ERSKINE, J. M.].
Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, n.d. [1941].
First edition of the history of The Commercial Bank of Scotland. Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of General Manager John M. Erskine. Signed by Erskine beneath his portrait, "J.M. Erskine 27/1/42." Fine in the original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 124099
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First Edition of Roads To Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek
[FRIEDRICH VON AUGUSTE HAYEK] [F.A],.
Roads To Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
First edition of this collection of essays on the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Hayek. Edited by Erich Steissler, Gottfried Haberler, Friedrich A. Lutz and Fritz Machlup. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership name.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 146448
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First Edition of John Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery
ADAMS, James Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931.
First edition of the work which introduced the term “American dream” into the lexicon and the “single best volume of American history” (Allan Nevins). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, frontispiece, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145767
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First Edition of Aghion and Howitt's The Economics of Growth; Inscribed by Both Economists
AGHION, Philippe and Peter Howitt.
The Economics of Growth.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2009.
First edition of this comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date introduction to growth economics that presents all the major growth paradigms. Quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, "John, with best wishes Peter Howitt" and "Wishing you lots of success!! Philippe Aghion." Written in collaboration with Leonardo Bursztyn. Cover art by Sara Chaillet. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 41854
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First Edition of Phishing For Phools; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Robert Shiller
AKERLOF, George A. and Robert J. Shiller.
Phishing For Phools.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.
First edition of "this tour de force" (Alan Blinder). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Robert J. Shiller on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Edward Koren. Jacket illustration by Jason Alejandro.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 70027
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"Our comments focus on the design of macroeconomic policy after the global economy emerges from crisis rather than on current policy choices": First edition of What have we learned? Macroeconomic Policy after the crisis; signed by both John Stiglitz and David Romer
AKERLOF, George.
What Have We Learned?: Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2014.
First edition of this book in which top economists consider how to conduct policy after the recent financial and economic crises. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Joseph Stiglitz and David Romer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 88139
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First Edition of Maurice Allais' Magnum Opus Economie & Interet; Inscribed by Him; From the Library of Kenneth Arrow
ALLAIS, Maurice (Kenneth J. Arrow).
Economie & Interet.
Paris: Imprimerie National, 1947.
First edition of Allais' groundbreaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by Maurice Allais on the title page of volume one. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, with his name in each volume. In near fine condition with light shelfwear, minor mending to the first few pages of volume one. A nice association linking these two Nobel Prize winning-economists and giants of twentieth century economics.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 16078
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Scarce First Edition of Frederick Lewis Allen's The Lords of Creation
ALLEN, Frederick Lewis.
The Lords of Creation.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1935.
First edition of Allen's classic account of the financial history leading up to the Great Crash. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Illustrated from 16 photographs on 8 plates. Scarce in the original jacket.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 84532
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First edition of W.A. Appleton's Unemployment: Its Cause and Cure; from the library of John Philip Frey
APPLETON, W.A. [John Philip Frey].
Unemployment: Its Cause and Cure. An Enquiry Authorised by the General Federation of Trade Unions.
London: Philip Allan & Co. LTD, 1928.
First edition of the 1928 report on unemployment issued by the General Federation of Trade Unions. 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…
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 142359
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of Hannah Arendt's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 147458
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"One of the 100 best books of any kind of the 20th century": First Edition of the author's Masterpiece The Origins of Totalitarianism; Inscribed by Hannah Arendt
ARENDT, Hannah.
The Origins of Totalitarianism.
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.
First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Hannah Arendt on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed.
Price: $28,000.00 Item Number: 147887
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First Edition of In China; Inscribed by Eve Arnold to Henry Kissinger
ARNOLD, Eve [Henry A. Kissinger].
In China.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
First edition of this monograph on China. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Henry Kissinger, "For Henry Kissinger in whose giant footsteps I followed in China, and it was a tough act to follow! All good wishes, Eve Arnold." Arnold is referring to the slow opening throughout the 1970s of Communist China to Westerners, an opening famously managed on the United States end by protean Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, in collaboration with Presidents Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford. Kissinger would later write his classic work On China, detailing…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 5313
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First edition of Landmark Papers in General Equilibrium Theory, Social Choice and Welfare; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu
ARROW, Kenneth & Gerard Debreu.
Landmark Papers in General Equilibrium Theory, Social Choice and Welfare.
Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.
First edition. Thick octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu. In fine condition, issued without a dust jacket. Books signed together by these two giants in the field are rare.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 5788
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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Inscribed by Him to a Fellow Economist
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. Association copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand to fellow economist David W. Slater, "For Dave with best wishes Ken." Slater has written his name and Dept. of Economics Stanford University. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the top front panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially in the original dust jacket and inscribed by Arrow.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 3375
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First Edition of Kenneth J. Arrow's Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing; Signed by Him
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.
Amsterdam-London: North -Holland Publishing Company, 1971.
First edition of this collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. Small name to the front free endpaper, in near fine condition. No jacket was issued for this title. Books signed by Arrow are uncommon.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 29023
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The Collected Papers of Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Kenneth J. Arrow, Volumes 1-6; Each Signed by Him
ARROW, Kenneth J.
The Collected Papers of Kenneth J. Arrow.
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1983-1985.
First editions of each volume in the Nobel Prize-winning economist's collected papers. Octavo, original cloth, 6 volumes. Each volume is signed "Best wishes Kenneth J. Arrow" on the front free endpaper. Each are fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Rare and desirable signed by Arrow.
Price: $7,200.00 Item Number: 35011
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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Signed by Him; from the library of fell economist Emmanuel Drandakis
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. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with best wishes Kenneth J. Arrow." From the library of Emmanuel Drandakis with his name to the front free endpaper, "Emm. Drandakis Rochester, N.Y. 10/20/59." Drandakis was a well-known economist, who specialized in general equilibrium theory and served the University of Athens Department of Economics from 1972 to 2000 and one of the first people from the University of Rochester Economics department to be awarded a Ph.D. In near fine condition with…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 45982
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Rare autograph equation Signed and entirely in the hand of Kenneth J. Arrow
ARROW, Kenneth J.
Kenneth J. Arrow Autograph Equation Signed.
Rare three-page equation inscribed and entirely in the hand of Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth J. Arrow. Three pages, the equation bears the title "The Shadow Price of Technological Change" and is signed by the author on the first page, "With best wishes Kenneth J. Arrow." In addition to his work on social choice theory analysis, Arrow made significant contributions to the general equilibrium theory and, with fellow economist Gérard Debreu, presented the first rigorous proofs of the existence of a market clearing equilibrium. Strongly influenced by Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Arrow's work on general equilibrium theory extended the model…
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 114565
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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Signed by Him
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. Boldly signed by Kenneth Arrow on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $4,500.00 Item Number: 140964
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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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First Edition of Kenneth Arrow’s First Book Social Choice and Individual Values; Signed by Him
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. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With best wishes Kenneth A. Arrow." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell slipcase.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 147898