Jackson, Andrew

Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt.

City of Washington : General Land Office, 1830.

Rare Presidential Land Grant signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated January 4, 1830 and grants a quarter of land in Vigo County, Indiana to Charles B. Modesitt. The recipient, Charles Burns Modesitt, was a physician and businessman and one of the firstContinue reading "Andrew Jackson Signed Land Grant for Vigo County, Indiana, for Charles B. Modesitt."

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$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146758

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Spreckels, Claus

Claus Spreckels Signed Stock Certificate for the San Francisco & San Joaquin Railway.

San Francisco : San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway, 1895.

Rare San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway stock certificate signed by industrialist Claus Spreckels. Quarto, one page page partially printed in red, green, black, and accomplished in manuscript, the certificate is dated February 26, 1895 as certificate #6 and issues 500 shares in the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway. Signed by ClausContinue reading "Claus Spreckels Signed Stock Certificate for the San Francisco & San Joaquin Railway."

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$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146754

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MacKay, Charles

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

London : Richard Bentley, 1841.

First edition of this classic study of crowd psychology, a compilation of human folly throughout the ages. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, triple gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.

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$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-134293

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Woodward, Bob. [Alan Greenspan] [Bruce Wasserstein]

Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.

First edition of the definitive biography of the former Federal Chairman by the author of All the President’s Men. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bruce With greatest respect. Bob Woodward.” Additionally signed by Alan Greenspan on the half-title page. The recipient, Bruce WassersteinContinue reading "Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom."

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$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147004

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De Quincey, Thomas

The Logic of Political Economy.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1844.

First edition of this study on economics. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, black morocco spine labels, gilt borders to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, silk ribbon tipped in, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers. In veryContinue reading "The Logic of Political Economy."

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$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146689

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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 fineContinue reading "Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment."

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$650.00

Item Number: RRB-146715

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.}

The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes.

London : Macmillan University Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1971.

Eleven volumes of the collected writings of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, 11 volumes of 30, original cloth. The set includes vols. II, IV, XII, XIII,  XVI, XX, XXI, XXII, XXVIII, XXIV, XXVI. All are first editions excluding vols. II, IV, XIII, XVI, and XXI. Each volume is near fine in a near fine to fineContinue reading "The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes."

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$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-146976

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Kirk, Russell

The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

Chicago : Henry Regnery Company, 1953.

First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Russell Kirk on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by Kirk.

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$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130940

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Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.}

The Collected Writing of John Maynard Keynes.

London : Macmillan University Press for the Royal Economic Society, 1971.

The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes. Octavo, 30 volumes, original cloth. Volumes XI, XII, XVI-XXX are first editions. Each volume is near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-144916

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[Friedrich von Auguste Hayek] [F.A]

Roads To Freedom: Essays in Honour of Friedrich A. von Hayek.

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.

First edition of this collection of essays on the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Hayek. Edited by Erich Steissler, Gottfried Haberler, Friedrich A. Lutz and Fritz Machlup. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, ownership name.

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$100.00

Item Number: RRB-146448

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Thorp, Edward O

Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One.

New York : Random House, 1962.

First edition of Thorp’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, with charts and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Alfred Best Wishes Ed Thorp.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

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$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146421

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Schumpeter, Joseph A

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942.

First edition of Schumpeter’s ground-breaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare in this condition.

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$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145389

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Auletta, Ken. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman.

New York : Random House, 1986.

First edition of this account of the Lehman Brother takeover, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Signed by Ken Auletta on the front free endpaper. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as anContinue reading "Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman."

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$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146519

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Merton, Robert C.; Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson

Continuous-Time Finance.

Oxford and Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell, 1990.

First edition of Merton’s landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John, Robert C. Merton April 26, 2015.” Also, with a laid in business card inscribed and signed by Robert C. Merton. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Fine inContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."

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$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146444

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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.

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$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146331

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Kilpatrick, Andrew. [Warren E. Buffett]

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett.

New York : AKPE , 1994.

First edition of this early Buffett biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper and additionally inscribed by Andrew Kilpatrick on the front free endpaper, “To Tish, Hope you enjoy Andy Fitzpatrick May your finances wind-up in better shape than Warren Buffett’s!” Fine in a near fine price-clippedContinue reading "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett."

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$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146329

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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 andContinue reading "Advances In Game Theory."

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$750.00

Item Number: RRB-146321

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Kornai, János

A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása. [Mathematical Programming of Investments].

Budapest : Közgazdasági és Jogi Könyvkiadó, 1962.

First edition of this economic work. Octavo, original light blue cloth, illustrated with graphs and a folding chart at the rear. Presentation copy, inscribed in Hungarian by the author on the title page. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine and a single page detached. A rare example. WorldCat locates nine copiesContinue reading "A Beruházások Matematikai Programozása. [Mathematical Programming of Investments]."

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$975.00

Item Number: RRB-146268

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Reisman, George

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics.

: TJS Books, 1996.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original half cloth. Boldly signed by George Reisman on a bookplate attached to the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-146302

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Franklin, Benjamin; Notes by George Simpson Eddy

Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1928.

Benjamin Franklin’s ledger and journal from 1728-1939 from The American Philosophical Society’s ‘Papers of Benjamin Franklin’; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Small quarto, original wrappers. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free endpaper. In very good condition with light rubbing and closed tears to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.Continue reading "Account Books Kept by Benjamin Franklin."

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$300.00

Item Number: RRB-145950

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Friedman, Milton; Kenneth A. Arrow; Paul A. Samuelson

Nobel Lectures: Economic Sciences 1969-1980.

Singapore : World Scientific, 1992.

First edition of this work which contains the Nobel lectures in economics from 1969-1980. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by both Milton Friedman and Kenneth Arrow (twice), once on the half-title page and again at Arrow’s Nobel lecture. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-146250

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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 PresidentialContinue reading "Corporate Oligarch."

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$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146176

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Rothbard, Murray N

The Mystery of Banking.

New York : Richardson and Snyder, 1983.

First edition of this work which explains the modern fractional-reserve banking system and its origins. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.

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$350.00

Item Number: RRB-146163

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Chern, Shiing-Shen

Shiing-Shen Chern: Selected Papers.

New York : Springer-Verlag, 1978.

First edition of this work by the legendary mathematician. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Chern. In very good condition with some dampstaining to the front and rear endpapers. First editions are uncommon.

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$400.00

Item Number: RRB-146057

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