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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
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First Edition of Capital Ideas; Signed by Peter L. Bernstein
BERNSTEIN, Peter L.
Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street.
New York: The Free Press, 1992.
First edition of the author's most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Bernstein on the front free endpaper. With a signed postcard to the author from Bernstein's editor laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Michael Langenstein.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 115654
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Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990; Signed by
MARKOWITZ, Harry and William F. Sharpe.
Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1981-1990.
Singapore: World Scientific, 1992.
First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1981-1990. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Harry Markowitz and William F. Sharpe on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Karl-Goran Maler.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 146331