Economics and Finance
Showing 461–480 of 770 results
-
Browse by Category
- Browse All
- Americana
- Art and Architecture
- Autograph Letters Signed
- Biography and Autobiography
- Children's Books
- Economics and Finance
- Featured Rare Books
- Fine Bindings and Sets
- First Edition
- First Edition>Signed
- Food and Wine
- Framed Autographs and Historical Documents
- Geography
- Gifts
- Gifts - For Her
- Gifts - For Him
- Gifts - Graduation and Celebrations
- Gifts - Holidays
- History, Law, and Politics
- Literature
- Music
- New Arrivals
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Poetry
- Presidents and World Leaders
- Religion
- Science and Natural History
- Science Fiction and Mystery
- Signed
- Signed & Autographed Books
- Sports and Leisure
- Travel and Exploration
- Uncategorized
-
Rare First Edition in English of Pantaleoni's Pure Economics
PANTALEONI, Maffeo.
Pure Economics.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1898.
First edition in English of the economist's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by T. Boston Bruce. In very good condition with some rubbing to the cloth, name to the front pastedown. First editions are rare.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 49088
-
Signed by Nobel Laureate Lawrence R. Klein.
LAWRENCE R. KLEIN & MICHAEL K. EVANS,.
The Wharton Econometric Forecasting Model.
University of Pennsylvania, 1967.
First edition. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with some offsetting and light spotting the front panel. Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Lawrence Klein on the title page.
Price: $875.00 Item Number: 3797
-
Signed Limited Edition of Arthur A. Merrill’s Classic Work Behavior of Prices on Wall Street
MERRILL, Arthur A.
Behavior of Prices on Wall Street:
Chappaqua, New York: Analysis Press, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Limited to six hundred numbered signed copies. In fine condition. The signed limited edition is rare.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 4476
-
Creating a Learning Society; Signed by Joseph Stiglitz, Bruce Greenwald and Robert Solow
STIGLITZ, Joseph E. and Bruce Greenwald [Robert M. Solow].
Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014.
First edition of this classic economic text. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by authors Joseph Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald on the title page, as well as Robert Solow, who contributed some commentary. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Includes commentaries from Philippe Aghion and Michael Woodford, as well as from Nobel Laureates Kenneth J. Arrow and Robert M. Solow.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 33061
-
First Edition of J.M. Keynes' Laissez-Faire and Communism
KEYNES, J.M. [John Maynard].
Laissez-Faire and Communism.
New York: New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134110
-
First Edition of James Goldsmith's Counter Culture; Inscribed by Him to Economist Peter L. Bernstein
GOLDSMITH, James M. [Peter L. Bernstein].
Counter Culture.
London: W.H. Allen, 1985.
First edition of this work by Goldsmith. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Peter all best wishes Jimmy." The recipient Peter L. Bernstein, was a financial historian, economist and educator whose development and refinement of the efficient-market hypothesis made him one of the country's best known authorities in popularizing and presenting investment economics to the general public. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 133538
-
First Edition of Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by David Finn to William Safire
FINN, David [William Safire].
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill Safire with warm regards David Finn." The recipient, William Safire, was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146176
-
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
-
Paul Samuelson Photograph Signed to Meet the Press Moderator Lawrence Spivak
SAMUELSON, Paul A.
Paul A. Samuelson Signed Photograph.
1970.
Original photograph of Nobel Prize-winning economist. Signed by the author in the year of his being awarded the prize seated next to the moderator of Meet the Press Lawrence E. Spivak from December 20, 1970, "For Larry Spivak, Paul A. Samuelson, December 1970." In fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131396
-
First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration's attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Milton and Rose Friedman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 147053
-
First Edition of Robert Skidelsky's John Maynard Keynes: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920; Inscribed by Him
SKIDELSKY, Robert.
John Maynard Keynes: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920.
London: Macmillan, 1983.
First edition of the first volume in the author's acclaimed biography of Keynes. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 131748
-
First Edition of My Years With General Motors; Signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
SLOAN JR., Alfred P.
My Years With General Motors.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964.
First edition of Sloan's influential work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. on an bookplate to the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Edited by John McDonald with Catherine Stevens. First editions are uncommon.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 136414
-
Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions
VARIOUS AUTHORS,.
Scottish Banking History Collection.
Edinburgh, London, and Philadephlia: Various Publishers, 1919-1952.
Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions. Octavo, seven volumes, the collection includes first editions of: Sixty Years of Banking 1865-1921: A Short History of The Isle of Man Banking Company Limited [np: Louis G. Meyer, Ltd, 1926], Experiences of a Century [Philadelphia: Brown Brothers and Company, 1919], Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Ltd. 1810-1946 [London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, nd], The Scottish Provident Institution 1837-1937 [Edinburgh: np, nd], The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited During its Hundred Years from 1810 to 1910 [Edinburgh: Printed Privately, 1910], War Service Record…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 124536
-
First edition of A Big Life in Advertising; inscribed by Mary Wells Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Mary Wells.
A Big Life in Advertising.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
First edition of the candid autobiography of one of the most influential figures in advertising history. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 36 photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Paul - Thank you for you great and charming ... xxx Mary Wells Lawrence." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 146772
-
First Edition of Richard Posner's The Economics of Justice; Inscribed by Him
POSNER, Richard A.
The Economics of Justice.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.
First edition of Posner's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Roger with all best wishes Dick Posner." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 85890
-
First edition of Tyranny of the Status Quo; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
FRIEDMAN, Milton & Rose.
Tyranny of the Status Quo.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First edition of this work which analyzes the Reagan Administration's attempts to greatly reduce taxes, regulations, and government spending and suggests practical changes. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by both Milton and Rose Friedman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lem Rauk/ Visible Ink. Jacket photography by Frank Castro and Associates.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 47004
-
Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions
VARIOUS AUTHORS,.
Scottish Banking History Collection.
Edinburgh and London: Various Publishers, 1875-1961.
Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions. Octavo, five volumes, the collection includes first editions of: Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Ltd. 1810-1946 [London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, nd], Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine [Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1875], A Review of the Edinburgh Savings Bank Century of Service 1836-1936 [Edinburgh: H. & J. Pillans & Wilson: 1936], Scotland's Record [Edinburgh: The Albyn Press: 1946], and The Scottish Bankers Magazine [Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Limited: February 1961]. Each volume in near fine to fine condition. Our Bank is in the rare original dust…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 125321
-
“WE MUST STEP INTO HISTORY AT SOME MOMENT OF TIME AND IN THE PROCESS DO VIOLENCE TO ITS ESSENTIAL CONTINUITY”: First Edition of The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History; Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Douglass C. North
NORTH, Douglass C. and Robert Paul Thomas.
The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History.
New York/ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Douglass C. North on the front free endpaper. Light rubbing, near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 15036
-
First Edition of A Course In Game Theory; Signed by Ariel Rubinstein
OSBORNE, Martin J. and Ariel Rubinstein.
A Course In Game Theory.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994.
First edition of this classic work on game theory. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ariel Rubinstein on the title page. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 112551
-
First edition of Suzanne Labin's Chile: The Crime of Resistance; Inscribed to Henry Kissinger
LABIN, Suzanne [Henry A. Kissinger].
Chile: The Crime of Resistance.
Surrey, England: Foreign Affairs Publishing Company, 1983.
First edition of Chile: The Crime of Resistance. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication to Henry Kissinger, "A Henri Kissingers Secretaire d'Etat hommage respectueux, Suzanne Labin le Paris 12.3.83." A nice association linking Labin, a provocative anti-Communist French analyst and Kissinger, a pro-Pinochet supporter. Labin portrays a Chile that vindicates Kissinger's policies -- Allende was the oppressor and Pinochet a beacon of progress according to Labin. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 5310