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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
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First Edition of F.A. Hayek's Individualism and Economic Order
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
Individualism and Economic Order.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949.
First British edition of this collection of economics essays rejecting socialism in favor of true individualism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 138817
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First Edition of the papers presented at the irst C.F.A. Seminar: Is Financial Analysis Useless?; Signed by Jack L. Treynor and Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe
BLOCK, Frank E..
Is Financial Analysis Useless? The Proceedings of a Seminar on the Efficient Capital Market and Random Walk Hypothesis.
Charlottesville, Virginia: The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1975.
First edition of this proceedings issue consisting of the papers presented at the first C.F.A. Seminar, entitled Is Financial Analysis Useless? Octavo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated with graphs. Signed by Jack L. Treynor and William F. Sharpe on the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 96334
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First Edition of Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience; Signed by Ben Bernanke
BERNANKE, Ben S..
Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
First edition of this ground breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Bernanke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 109451
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First Edition of Vernon Smith's Bargaining and Market Behavior; Inscribed by Him
SMITH, Vernon L.
Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
First edition of this collection of important essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Vernon L. Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James F. Brisson.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 80039
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First edition of Leadership and Motivation: Essays of Douglas McGregor; inscribed by fellow M.I.T. Management Professor Edgar H. Schein who edited the work
MCGREGOR, Douglas. Edited by Warren G. Bennis and Edgar H. Schein with the collaboration of Caroline McGregor.
Leadership and Motivation: Essays of Douglas McGregor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1966.
First edition of this collection of essays on the "dilemmas of a managerial society" by former M.I.T. management professor Douglas McGregor. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by one of the editors, Edgar H. Schein on the half-title page, "We must become better at asking and do less telling in a culture that overvalues telling. Ed Schein author of Humble Inquiry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Edited by Warren G. Bennis and Edgar H. Schein with the collaboration of Caroline McGregor
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 88145
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"THE KEY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS THOUGHT": FIRST EDITION OF THE SENSORY ORDER
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. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Introduction by Heinrich Kluver.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 143046
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First Edition of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment; Signed by Daniel Kahneman
KAHNEMAN, Daniel; Olivier Sibony; Cass R. Sunstein .
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the co-author of Nudge, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones—"a tour de force” (New York Times). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 146715
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First Edition of Wall Street and the Wilds; Lengthily Inscribed by A.W. Dimock
DIMOCK, Anthony W.
Wall Street and the Wilds.
New York: Outing Company, 1915.
First edition of Dimock's autobiography, including his great success in cornering the gold market, also hunting grizzly bear, buffalo, deer, waterfowl, early wildlife photography, and some mention of fishing for tarpon, trout and salmon. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Melville A. Clark Dear Melville; If one must choose between the wilds of Wall Street and the gentleness of the wilds the wise man will take the woods. A.W. Dimock The Happy Valley Oct. 18,1917." In near fine condition, with some offsetting to the…
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 4562
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Rare collection of econometrics papers including Paul A. Samuelson's Some Implications of Linearity
KLEIN,Lawrence R..
Three Papers on Econometrics of Consumption.
Chicago: Cowles Commission For Research in Economics at The University of Chicago, 1949.
Rare collection of econometrics papers including Paul A. Samuelson's Some Implications of Linearity. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Other papers include A Constant-Utility Index of the Cost of Living (Lawrence R. Klein and Herman Rubin) and Family Expenditures and the Marginal Propensity to Consume (Trygve Haavelmo). Stamp to the front panel "With the Compliments of The Author and Cowles Commission For Research in Economics The University of Chicago." Small contemporary name to the front panel. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 88160
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First Edition of The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild; Signed by Niall Ferguson
FERGUSON, Niall.
The House of Rothschild. The World’s Banker 1849-1999.
New York: Viking, 1999.
First edition of the Ferguson's monumental history of the Rothschilds. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gail Belenson.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 147603
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First Edition of F.A. Hayek’s Classic Treatise The Constitution of Liberty
HAYEK, Friedrich August von [F.A.].
The Constitution of Liberty.
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, pencil marginalia.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 143609
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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: $600.00 Item Number: 103489
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First Edition of Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Mavericks; Inscribed by Muriel Siebert
SIEBERT, Muriel.
Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick.
New York: The Free Press, 2002.
First edition of this autobiography by Siebert, who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Marie I hope you enjoy my book Mickie Siebert." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by David Wu. Written with Aimee Lee Ball. Rare signed and inscribed.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145714
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“A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society": First Edition of Mises' The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth
VON MISES, Ludwig.
The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1962.
First edition of von Mises' classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139415
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First Edition of William F. Sharpe's Introduction To Managerial Economics; Signed by Him
SHARPE, William F.
Introduction To Managerial Economics.
New York and London: Columbia University Press , 1973.
First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 112354