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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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First Edition of A Tiger By the Tail; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation.
San Francisco : Cato Institute , 1979.
First edition of this collection of writings on Keynesian economics by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To George Meyer with best wishes 1-12-82 F.A. Hayek." Compiled and introduced by Sudha R. Shenoy. With a foreword by Leland B. Yeager. In fine condition. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 77024
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“The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny": Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose; Signed by the Nobel Prize-winning Economist
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.
First edition, early printing of Friedmans' persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mary Strong, Milton Friedman." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 133804
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"Undoubtedly the most important work on probability" First Edition of Keynes’ Treatise on Probability
KEYNES, John Maynard. [J.M.].
A Treatise on Probability.
London: MacMillan & Company, 1921.
First edition of what Bertrand Russell called, "undoubtedly the most important work on probability that has appeared for a very long time," and a "book as a whole is one which it is impossible to praise too highly." Octavo, original brown cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. In near fine condition with the spine gilt very bright. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 3669
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"Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do": First Edition of Walter Bagehot’s Classic work Lombard Street
BAGEHOT, Walter.
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market.
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1873.
First edition of this "undying classic" (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 58995
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First Edition of The Nobel Prize-Winning Economist's Groundbreaking Work The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860; Inscribed by Him
NORTH, Douglass C.
The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1961.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original gray cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, "For Paul Douglass C. North." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3035
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Rare first editions of Hayek's Law, Legislation and Liberty
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973-1979.
First editions of volumes 2 and 3 and an early printing of volume 1 of the economist's magnum opus. Octavo, 3 volumes, original black cloth. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets with light shelfwear. A very sharp set of first editions, uncommon in the original dust jackets.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 117854
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First Edition of Harry Markowitz: Selected Works; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Harry Markowitz: Selected Works.
New Jersey: World Scientific, 2008.
First edition of the collected works of Harry Markowitz. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For William: Best wishes Harry Markowitz." In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74578
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Finely Bound example of Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution
BAGEHOT, Walter.
The English Constitution.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882.
Early printing of Bagehot's analysis of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, armorial gilt devices to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 111258
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First Edition of Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey; Signed by Howard Raiffa
LUCE, R. Duncan and Howard Raiffa.
Games and Decisions: Introduction and Critical Survey.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers, 1957.
First edition of this classic introduction to game theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Howard Raiffa on the front free endpaper. From the library of Harvard economist Sidney S. Alexander with his name to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127657
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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 IN ENGLISH OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST FRIEDRICH VON WIESER’S NATURAL VALUE
WIESER, Friedrich von.
Natural Value.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893.
First edition in English. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright. Translated by Christian A. Molloch. Edited with a preface and analysis by William Smart.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3681
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First Edition of Richard Thaler's The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life; Signed by Him
THALER, Richard.
The Winner’s Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life.
New York: Free Press, 1989.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's groundbreaking book. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Thaler on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 60041
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First Edition of Economist on Wall Street; Inscribed by Peter Bernstein to His Sister Aline Bernstein Saarinen
BERNSTEIN, Peter.
Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments, and Other Delusions.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970.
First edition of this classic collection of early Bernstein writings. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to the author's sister, "For Aline - With all my love - Peter." The recipient, Aline Bernstein Saarinen was a well-known critic of art and architecture in the United States, an author and a television journalist, who married the architect Eero Saarinen. She was given the International Award for Best Foreign Criticism at the Venice Biennale in 1951. She received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for best newspaper art criticism in 1953, and the American Federation of Arts Award for best…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115722
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First Edition of Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics; Signed by George Reisman
REISMAN, George.
Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics.
TJS Books, 1996.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Reisman on a bookplate attached to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146302
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Economic Theory; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gary S. Becker
BECKER, Gary S.
Economic Theory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
First edition, early printing of the economist's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, no dust jacket was issued. Boldly signed by Gary Becker on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3056
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First Edition of Robert Shiller's Market Volatility; Signed by Him and John Campbell
SHILLER, Robert J.
Market Volatility.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles included in this work. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 103779
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"Constantinople is the golden bridge thrown between the west and the east, and Western civilization cannot, like the sun, go round the world without passing that bridge": First Edition in English of Karl Marx's The Eastern Question
MARX, Karl.
The Eastern Question.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1897.
First edition in English of this collection of letters and articles by Karl Marx dealing with the events of the Crimean War. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Edited by Eleanor Marx Aveling and Edward Aveling. In near fine condition with the spine gilt fresh, owner name to the half-title page. A very sharp example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144133
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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 Thomas Szasz's Law, Liberty and Psychiatry; From the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan
SZASZ, Thomas S. [James M. Buchanan].
Law, Liberty and Psychiatry.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963.
First edition of this classic work, from the library of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan with his signature to the front free endpaper. Buchanan was an economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962, The Calculus of Consent, then developed over decades for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' and bureaucrats' self-interest, utility maximization, and other non-wealth-maximizing considerations affect their decision-making. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ward and Saks.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133734
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"A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor with protections and opportunities with respect to a wide range of contingencies": Harry Markowitz’s Landmark Work Portfolio Selection; Inscribed by Him
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.
Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
Second edition of the economist's work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Dear William Best Wishes Harry Markowitz." In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 74658
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First Edition John Burnham's The Managerial Revolution; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
BURNHAM, James.
The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening In The World.
New York : The John Day Company, 1941.
First edition of Burnham's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Some dampstaining to a few pages, very good in the rare original dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 71237
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First Edition of J.M. Keynes' The Economic Consequences of the Peace
KEYNES, J.M.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
London: Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes' reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 108596
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First edition of William Hazlitt's Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters; From the Library of William Safire
HAZLITT, William.
Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters.
London: Printed for William Hone, 1819.
First edition of one of Hazlitt's most interesting collections, including his estimates and reviews of Southey as Laureate, of Coleridge, Burke, and Malthus (at length). Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers. From the library of William Safire with his bookplate to the pastedown. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew.…
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 127349
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"For best results, the competitive player should never depart from his area of expertise": First Edition of The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money; Signed by John Train; From the Library of Peter Matthiessen
TRAIN, John [Peter Matthiessen].
The Unruly Monkey: Reflections on Life, Love, and Money.
Artisan Press, 2011.
First edition of this classic work by the founding editor of The Paris Review. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Train on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of novelist Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Matthiessen was a founding member of The Paris Review. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 144372
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Rare First Edition of Robert M. Solow's Growth Theory; Signed by Him
SOLOW, Robert M.
Growth Theory: An Exposition.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, with a name to the front panel and front free endpaper.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 46011
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Rare first separate edition of Holbrook Working's Theory of the Inverse Carrying Charge in Futures Markets
WORKING, Holbrook.
Theory of the Inverse Carrying Charge in Futures Markets.
Journal of Farm Economics, 1948.
Rare first separate edition of Working's treatise on carrying charge in futures markets. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 126389
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First Edition of The New Economics: Keynes' Influence on Theory and Public Policy; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Paul Samuelson
SAMUELSON, Paul A.]; Edited by Seymour Harris; Essays by J.M. Keynes.
The New Economics: Keynes’ Influence on Theory and Public Policy.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
First edition of this collection of essay regarding the influence of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Paul Samuelson, who contributed an essay to this volume. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Other contributors include John Maynard Keynes, Wassily Leontief, Lloyd Metzler, Gottfried Haberler, Wassily Leontief, Abba Lerner, Joan Robinson, Joseph A. Schumpeter and Jan Tinbergen among others.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 15058
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First Edition of Golden Rules of Economic Growth; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Edmund Phelps
PHELPS, Edmund S.
Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.
New York: W.W. Norton & Norton Company, Inc., 1966.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book, a collection of twelve essays in mathematical economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Slip for review laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 2375
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First Edition of Peter Drucker's Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Inscribed by Him
DRUCKER, Peter F.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.
First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 26011
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FIRST EDITION OF MERTON MILLER ON DERIVATIVES: INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMIST MERTON MILLER
MILLER, Merton H.
Merton Miller on Derivatives.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's work on derivatives. Octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mike Lynch with best wishes, Merton H. Miller Chicago, March 19, 1998." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 3714
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First Edition of Adam Smith's Paper Money; Inscribed by Him in the year of publication
SMITH, Adam [George Goodman].
Paper Money.
New York: Summit Books, 1981.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "Fr Shecters-san! Thanks for all with best wishes Jerry 'Adam Smith' 2/2/81." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Anthony.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 112445
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"The Basis for the Standard Finance Model" First Edition of Gerard Debreu's Theory of Value
DEBREU, Gerard.
Theory of Value: An Axiomatic Analysis of Economic Equilibrium.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the groundbreaking work by Debreu, winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Economics, viewed as "one of the few classics of our period" by the prestigious American Economic Review for his revolutionary insights into the economics of "'general equilibrium"—demonstrating a "freely competitive economy can, in theory, reach a state in which supply balances demand in every market… an entire economy could, at least theoretically if not necessarily in fact, be in equilibrium" (Time). Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition, lacking the dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 121497
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First edition of John W. Milnor's Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint; signed by him
MILNOR, John W .
Topology From the Differentiable Viewpoint.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1965.
First edition of this collection of lectures delivered by Milnor at the University of Virginia in December 1963. Octavo, original half cloth over illustrated boards. Signed by John Milnor on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114852
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Rare First Edition of Practical Banking With a Survey of the Federal Reserve Act
HARRIS, Ralph Scott.
Practical Banking With a Survey of the Federal Reserve Act.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
Rare first edition of this early work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 143979
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First Edition of the Author’s Prophetic Book The Coming of Post Industrial Society; Inscribed by Daniel Bell in the year of Publication
BELL, Daniel.
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.
New York: Basic Books, 1973.
First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Anne- newer and sharper fondly Dan Bell Chilmark, July 13, 1973." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 4497
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First Edition of The Shapley Value; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Robert Aumann
ROTH, Alvin E. [Lloyd Shapley].
The Shapley Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapley.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
First edition of this work regarding the papers of Nobel Prize winner Lloyd Shapley. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economists on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to John Rogers, Alvin E. Roth Stanford, 4 Nov '13" and "For John Bob Aumann." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ken Vail.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 132360
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First Edition of Bob Woodward's Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom; Signed by Him and Alan Greenspan
WOODWARD, Bob [Alan Greenspan].
Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First edition of the definitive biography on the former chairman of The Federal Chairman by the author of All the President's Men. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed "Bob Woodward 3/31/2012 on the title page. Additionally signed by Alan Greenspan on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Accordino. We have never seen another example signed by both Woodward and Greenspan.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 133825
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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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First Edition of Thomas J. Sargent's Macroeconomic Theory; Inscribed by Him
SARGENT, Thomas J.
Macroeconomic Theory.
New York: Academic Press, 1979.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To James Best wishes, Thomas J. Sargent." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 106789