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Maguire, Mairead Corrigan; Preface by the Dalai Lama; Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland.

New York: Orbis, 1999.

First edition of this work by the Nobel laureate. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Adrienne, Peace to you. Love Mairead 2.8.2005.” Also inscribed to the same recipient by Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu; who contributed the foreword. Also laid in is a pamphlet inscribed by Maguire,Continue reading "The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-831

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Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.

Lesy, Michael.

Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties.

New York: Norton, 2007.

First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with gilted titles to the spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Michael Lesy on the half title page.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-799

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Strabonis.

Strabonis Geographia cum notis Casauboni et aliorum.

Amstelaedami; Joannem Wolters, 1707.

Folio, bound in half morocco over cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. In very good condition.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-3604

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The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia.

Mandela, Nelson; Thabo Mbeki; Joe Slovo.

The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia.

1990.

First edition of the constitution of Namibia. Octavo, original wrappers. A unique copy signed and or inscribed by all the major contributors of the Republic of Namibia, which was formed in 1990. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nelson Mandela, “To Udo with my comradely compliments and best wishes Nelson R. Mandela 22.3.90 Windhoek.” Additionally signed byContinue reading "The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia."

$17,500.00

Item Number: RRB-3303

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Mandela, Nelson.

Prisoner In The Garden.

New York: The Viking Press, 2006.

First edition of this work dedicated to Mandela’s archive. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Nelson Mandela on the title page in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-851

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Profiles In Courage.

Kennedy, John F.

Profiles In Courage.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.

First edition of Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, with eight pages of black-and-white photogravures. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall on the front free endpaper, “To Senator Saltonstall- with the very highest regards of his colleague John Kennedy.” The recipient, Leverett Saltonstall was the senior senator ofContinue reading "Profiles In Courage."

$35,000.00

Item Number: RRB-2154

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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 BellContinue reading "The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-4497

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The Sociological Imagination

Mills, C. Wright.

The Sociological Imagination.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1959.

First edition of one the the most influential sociological works of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by C. Wright Mills on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-4096

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Economic Analysis of Law.

Posner, Richard.

Economic Analysis of Law.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973.

First edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Signed by Richard Posner on the title page. In near fine condition, the text has some light underlining in it.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-3866

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Whyte, William H.

The Organization Man.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.

First edition of one of the most influential books on management ever written. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best to Lydia Bronte about whom this book was not written! Holly Whyte 4/18/89.” Additionally signed “William H. Whyte” on the title page. Near fine in a very goodContinue reading "The Organization Man."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-2141

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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. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine. Jacket design by LemContinue reading "Tyranny of the Status Quo."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-4646

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Drucker, Peter F.

Men, Ideas, and Politics.

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1971.

First edition of this work by the father of management. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-4511

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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,Continue reading "Wall Street and the Wilds."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-4562

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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.

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-4506

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Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1939.

First edition of the economist’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of volume one, “To Seymour Harris with kind regards Joseph Schumpeter.” The recipient, Harvard economics professor Seymour Harris, was an editor of the book, Schumpeter as Social Scientist and editor of TheContinue reading "Business Cycles: A Theoretical, Historical, And Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process."

$32,500.00

Item Number: RRB-4496

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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.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-4476

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Schabacker, Richard Wallace.

Stock Market Theory and Practice.

New York: B.C. Forbes, 1930.

First edition of the first of Schabacker’s three major works on the stock market. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the original dust jacket with some light rubbing and wear. First printings are uncommon.

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-4479

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Rothbard, Murray N.

The Review of Austrian Economics: Volume 1.

Washington, D.C: Lexington Books, 1987.

First edition of this overview of the Austrian School of Economics. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper, “For D.A. Lambeck- For sound economics and free markets- Cordially Murray Rothbard March 1987.” In near fine condition, no dust jacket was issuedContinue reading "The Review of Austrian Economics: Volume 1."

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-4437

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Stopler, Wofgang F.

Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of A Private Man.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.

First edition of this biography on Schumpeter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wolfgang Ann Arbor, MI Dec. 12, 1994.” From the library of noted economist Richard Musgrove. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-4401

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Hansen, Alvin H.

Business Cycles and National Income.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1951.

First edition of this work by the “American Keynes.” Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-4286

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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.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-4284

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Friedman, Milton & Simon Kuznets.

Income From Independent Professional Practice.

New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1945.

First edition of Milton Friedman’s first book, co-authored with fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist, Simon Kuznets. Octavo, original blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. In near fine condition. Income From Independent Professional Practice served as his Ph.D. thesis at Columbia. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshellContinue reading "Income From Independent Professional Practice."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-4225

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Friedman, Milton & Rose.

Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishers, 1992.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist on monetary history. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Alan, some bedtime reading, Best regards Milton.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-4119

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Ricardo, David.

On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation.

London: John Murray, 1817.

First edition of David Ricardo’s most important work, a cornerstone of economic theory— one of only 750 copies printed. Octavo, bound in contemporary half calf. Calf lightly rubbed, a near fine example. Rare in contemporary calf. Bookplate of John Hales Calcraft, member of Parliament in the late 18th century.

$60,000.00

Item Number: RRB-4046

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