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First Edition of Advances In Game Theory; Signed by Mathematician W.H. Fleming
EDITED BY M. DRESHER; L.S. SHAPLEY; A.W. TUCKER [W.H. FLEMING],.
Advances In Game Theory.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.
First edition of collection of papers on game theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by mathematician W.H. Fleming on the title page, next to his name. Wendell Helms Fleming was a mathematician, specializing in geometrical analysis and stochastic differential equations. Fleming received in 1951 his PhD under Laurence Chisholm Young at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a thesis entitled Boundary and related notions for generalized parametric surfaces. Fleming was a professor at Brown University, where he retired in 2009 as professor emeritus. Fleming was with Herbert Federer a pioneer of geometric measure theory. Later in his career, he worked on stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations and their applications in control theory.…
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146321
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First edition of James William Gilbart's The History of Banking in Ireland
GILBART, James William.
The History of Banking in Ireland.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1836.
First edition of Gilbart's authoritative history of banking in Ireland. Octavo, original half cloth. In near fine condition. Scarce.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 124708
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First Edition of Amartya Sen's Employment, Technology and Development; Signed by Him
SEN, Amartya.
Employment, Technology and Development.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on a slip attached to the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133812
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"If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me": First Edition of John Rothchild's A Fool and His Money; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
ROTHCHILD, John.
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.
New York: Viking, 1988.
First edition of "the funniest book about investing ever written" (New York Post). Octavo, original half coth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Dear John, If I've inspired you, now you've inspired me. Best wishes, John Rothchild." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Rafal Olbinski.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 102598
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First Edition of Advances in Behavioral Finance; Signed by Richard Thaler
THALER, Richard H. Edited by.
Advances in Behavioral Finance.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contributors include Richard H. Thaler, Robert J. Shiller, Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence H. Summers, Kenneth French and Richard Roll.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133580
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"Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking": First Edition; Inscribed by Bernard M. Baruch
BARUCH, Bernard M.
American Industry In The War.
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1941.
First edition of this work by the Wall Street legend. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To S.R. Fueller Jr. Who is again carrying his share of the load but with a tougher job with regards and admiration Bernard M. Baruch 1941." Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 3744
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First Edition of Economic Dynamics: An Introduction; Inscribed by William Baumol
BAUMOL, William J.
Economic Dynamics: An Introduction.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Rogers with warmest regards Will Baumol." In near fine condition. With a contribution by Ralph Turvey.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144394
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Rare Harvard Kress Library printing of Joseph de la Vega's Confusion de Confusiones
VEGA, Joseph de la.
Confusion de Confusiones.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Printing Office, 1957.
Harvard Kress Library printing of this introduction of English readers of Joseph de la Vega's 'Confusion of Confusiones.' Royal octavo, original wrappers with paper label, frontispiece of 'Scene of Confusion,' the interior of The Stock Exchange at Amsterdam as it looked in the seventeenth century. In very good condition with some rubbing.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146553
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First Edition of Robert J. Shiller's Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society's Largest Economic Risks; Signed by Him
SHILLER, Robert J.
Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and winner of the first Paul A. Samuelson Award. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Robert J. Shiller Oct. 8, 2015." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130611
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First Edition of the 50th anniversary of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street; Signed by Him
MALKIEL, Burton G.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
First edition of the 50th anniversary of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pete Garceau. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 140797
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First edition of The Money Masters; signed by John Train
TRAIN, John.
The Money Masters.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980.
First edition of one of the most widely read investment books in history. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "J Train." From the library of financial analyst Keniston P. Merrill on the front free endpaper, "Keniston P. Merrill February 15, 1980." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 146631
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Rare First Edition of Schumpeter's Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians
CRUM, W.L. and Joseph A. Schumpeter.
Rudimentary Mathematics for Economists and Statisticians.
1946: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1946.
First edition of this classic work by Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 130196
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“AS A MATTER OF SELECTIVE NECESSITY, MAN IS AN AGENT. …HE IS POSSESSED OF A TASTE FOR EFFECTIVE WORK, AND A DISTASTE FOR FUTILE EFFORT”: FIRST EDITION OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN'S THE THEORY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
VEBLEN, Thorstein.
The Theory of Business Enterprise.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
First edition of Veblen's second book, a seminal work in economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137118
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First edition of The Founders of Modern Finance: Their Prize-winning Concepts and 1990 Nobel Lectures; inscribed by Harry M. Markowitz
MARKOWITZ, Harry M.; William F. Sharpe; Merton H. Miller.
The Founders of Modern Finance: Their Prize-winning Concepts and 1990 Nobel Lectures.
Charlottesville: The Research Foundation of The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis, 1991.
First edition of this collection of the Nobel lectures of Harry M. Markowitz, William F. Sharpe, and Merton H. Miller. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harry M. Markowitz on the title page, "Dear William: Best wishes, Harry Markowitz." In very good condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 115906
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First edition of Oliver E. Williamson's The Economic Institutions of Capitalism
WILLIAMSON, Oliver E.
The Economic Institutions of Capitalism: Firms, Markets, Relational Contracting.
New York: The Free Press, 1985.
First edition of Williamson's modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 126832
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First Edition of Thomas Schelling's Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction; Inscribed by Thomas Schelling
SCHELLING, Thomas C.
Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.
Washington, D.C: American Enterprise Institute, 1998.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Warm regards to John Rogers Tom Schelling October 2015." In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 133495
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“Irrational exuberance is the psychological basis of a speculative bubble": Irrational Exuberance; Signed by Robert J. Shiller
SHILLER, Robert J.
Irrational Exuberance.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2000.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Robert J. Shiller Oct 8, 2015." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 144343
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First edition of Gustavas Dedman Crain's Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications; finely bound by asprey
CRAIN, Gustavas Dedman.
Crain’s Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications.
Chicago : G.D. Crain, Jr, 1921-22.
First edition of G.D. Crain's collection and analysis of market publications circa 1920. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full morocco by Asprey with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised bands, grey speckled endpapers, with original full color publication wrappers from various petroleum and dry good business throughout. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 95096
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First edition of John Kenneth Galbraith's A View From the Stands; inscribed by him to Elaine Steinbeck
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.
A View From the Stands of People, Politics, Military Power and the Arts.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.
First edition of Galbraith's retrospective collection. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to Elaine Steinbeck, "For Elaine with love... John G - 1986." From the library of Elaine Steinbeck. Galbraith and John Steinbeck met in the early 1950s while on a holiday on St. John in the Virgin Islands. They enjoyed talking and both liked to have a drink at the end of the day, which Steinbeck referred to as “Milking Time” and Galbraith called “The Liberal Hour.” While the content of this book has nothing to…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 128099
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First Edition of Carl Snyder's Capitalism the Creator in the Rare Original Dust Jacket
SNYDER, Carl.
Capitalism the Creator: Economic Foundations of Modern Industrial Society.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940.
First edition of this exposition on capitalism. Octavo, original cloth, with 44 original charts. Original promotional material laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips and wear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4506