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An American Dilemma "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization"; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Gunnar Myrdal
MYRDAL, Gunnar.
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1944.
First edition, early printing in one volume of the economist's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Signed and dated by Gunnar Myrdal in 1965. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear and chips to the extremities.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 1406
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First Editions Of The Works of Famed Economist David Ricardo; In the Rare Original Dust Jackets
RICARDO, David; Edited by Piero Sraffa & M.H. Dobb.
The Works And Correspondence Of David Ricardo.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951-55.
First editions of the works of economist David Ricardo. Octavo, original cloth, 10 volumes. Each are near fine to fine in excellent dust jackets. An very nice set, uncommon in such exceptional condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4284
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FIRST EDITION OF IRVING FISHER’S 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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First Edition of Pecora's Rare Work on Wall Street
PECORA, Ferdinand.
Wall Street Under Oath: The Story of Our Modern Money Changers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1939.
First edition of Pecora’s account of his role as chief counsel in the dramatic 1930s Senate hearings on Wall Street’s role in the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Octavo, original blue cloth. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3824
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First Edition of The Essential John Nash; Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist John F. Nash
NASH, John F.; Edited by Harold W. Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar.
The Essential John Nash.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.
First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash's most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, "John F. Nash, Jr. 1 March 2011." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grady Klein.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147384
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First Edition of Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage; Lengthily inscribed by both Card and Krueger
CARD, David and Alan B. Krueger.
Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. "For John As we say at the close of the book, we think that the methods we have laid out can lead to a clearer understanding of the labor market...Best wishes David Card." Also inscribed by Krueger to the same recipient, "For John- Oct. 14, 2015 With great appreciation for your interest in our work- 20 years after publication! Alan Krueger." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dorothy Wachtenheim.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 78635
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First Edition of Values of Non-Atomic Games; Inscribed by Bob Aumann to Fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow
AUMANN, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley [Kenneth J. Arrow].
Values of Non-Atomic Games.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of this "first class contribution to the field of game theory" (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Aumann on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, "For Ken Bob Aumann." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Kenneth Arrow.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 105744
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Exceptionally rare publisher's copy of the 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, a publisher's presentation copy with the publishers stamp to the title page. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Publisher's copies are exceptionally rare.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 147670
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"Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive " First Edition of The Affluent Society; Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
The Affluent Society.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
First edition of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Laid in this book is an autographed signed letter to Mr. James English, President of The Connecticut Trust Company dated December 19, 1966. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with light wear. A very sharp example of this book.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 3855
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First Edition of The Undoing Project; Signed by Michael Lewis and Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Daniel Kahneman
LEWIS, Michael [Daniel Kahneman].
The Undoing Project.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Michael Lewis on the title page and by Nobel Prize-winning economist and subject, "Best wishes! Daniel Kahneman" on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar. Rare and desirable signed by both Lewis and Kahneman.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 138129
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First Edition of Russell's The Principles of Mathematics
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
The Principles of Mathematics. Volume 1.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903.
First edition of Russell's groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein, with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-author with William Ralph Boyce Gibson of The Problem of Logic. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 97331
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"Every penny you think I'm pissing away comes back to you dressed up like a nickel": James Garner's Original Shooting Script for Barbarians At The Gate, for which he starred
BURROUGH, Bryan and Helyar.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1992.
James Garner's original shooting script for the film in which he starred, Barbarians at the Gate. Quarto, bound in the original binder, with Garner's embossed name in gilt to the front panel. Barbarians at the Gate was directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert. It tells the true story of F. Ross Johnson, who was the president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. The film earned nine nominations at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. It also won Best Miniseries or…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 114514
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"THE KEY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS THOUGHT": FIRST EDITION OF THE SENSORY ORDER; From the Library of F.A. Hayek
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Sensory Order. An Inquiry Into the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952.
First edition of Hayek's foundational study of cognitive behavior—"an exercise in profound thinking." Octavo, original cloth. From the library of F.A. Hayek. Near fine in the rare dust jacket. Introduction by Heinrich Kluver. From the library of Hayek, by descent of the family.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 132304
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First edition of Henry Laurence Gantt's Industrial Leadership; inscribed by him to American labor activist John P. Frey
GANTT, H.L. [Henry Laurence].
Industrial Leadership: Addresses Delivered in the Page Lecture Series, 1915, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916.
First edition of Gantt's classic work on the principles of industrial leadership and vocational training, one of 1500 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Mr. J. P. Frey compliments of HL Gantt Feb 8/16." The recipient, 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.…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 142852
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First Edition of Russell's The Principles of Mathematics
RUSSELL, Bertrand.
The Principles of Mathematics. Volume 1.
Cambridge: At the University, 1903.
First edition of Russell's groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. From the library of Brian Anthony Farrell with his ownership signature to the pastedown. Farrell's work on Freud's psychoanalytic theories, The Standing of Psychoanalysis, was published by Oxford University Press in 1981. In near fine condition. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 53075
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FIRST EDITION OF KARSTEN'S SEMINAL CLASSIC CHARTS AND GRAPHS
KARSTEN, Karl G.
Charts and Graphs: An Introduction to Graphic Methods In the Control and Analysis of statistics.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1923.
First edition of this seminal work on charts and graphs. Octavo, original leatherette boards, illustrated throughout. Introduction by Carl Snyder. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, from the Yale Club library with a stamp to the endpaper. First editions are rare.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 67089
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First Edition of The Economic Order and Religion; Inscribed by Frank H. Knight to Fellow Economist Lionel Robbins
KNIGHT, Frank H. & Thornton W. Merriam [Lionel Robbins].
The Economic Order and Religion.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935.
First edition of this work by Knight, whom F.A. Hayek proclaimed, "to be one of the major figures in preserving and promoting classical liberal thought in the twentieth century." Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the British economist Lionel Robbins on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel Robbins with cordial regards. Frank H. Knight." At the London School of Economics, Robbins "dominated the economics department for thirty years and built it up to its pre-eminent position in British economics" (ODNB). Frank Knight was one of the founders of the Chicago School, with his students including the…
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 112458
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Rare First Edition of Ludwig Von Mises' Die Gemeinwirtschaft. Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus
VON MISES, Ludwig.
Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen uber den Sozialismus.
Verlag von Gustav Fischer: Jena, 1922.
First German edition of this early work by von Mises. Octavo, bound in cloth. In near fine condition. The English translation appeared in 1936, as Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 6001
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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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Rare Land Grant Issued to Early Mormon Convert Charles B. Modesitt; Signed by Andrew Jackson as President
JACKSON, Andrew.
Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt.
City of Washington: General Land Office, 1830.
Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated January 4, 1830 and grants a quarter of land in Vigo County, Indiana to Charles B. Modesitt. The recipient, Charles Burns Modesitt, was a physician and businessman and one of the first settlers of Vigo County. He became an early adherent of the Church of Latter Day Saints beginning in 1838. Matted and framed. In very good condition. The piece measures 22.6 inches by 18.3 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 146758