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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.
Rare first edition of this early work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
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New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays in honor of the famed economist. Quarto, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists William Sharpe and Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition.
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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.
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1937.
First edition of the author’s classic third book. Octavo, original red cloth. Foreword by Alvin Jonson. In very good condition.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1916.
First edition of Gantt’s classic work on the principles of industrial leadership and vocational training, one of 1500 copies printed. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Mr. J. P. Frey compliments of HL Gantt Feb 8/16.” The recipient, John Philip FreyContinue reading "Industrial Leadership: Addresses Delivered in the Page Lecture Series, 1915, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University."
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2013.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mark, with best wishes Robert E. Lucas Jr.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by TimContinue reading "Collected Papers on Monetary Theory."
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New York : General Publishing Company, 1927.
First edition of Robbins’ work on labor relations on the railroads. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of John Philip Frey with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor’s Metal Trades Department during a crucial period in American laborContinue reading "Human Relations in Railroading."
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London : Philip Allan & Co. LTD, 1928.
First edition of the 1928 report on unemployment issued by the General Federation of Trade Unions. From the library of John Philip Frey with his ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. John Philip Frey was a labor activist and president of the American Federation of Labor’s Metal Trades Department during a crucial period inContinue reading "Unemployment: Its Cause and Cure. An Enquiry Authorised by the General Federation of Trade Unions."
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Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1999.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert E. Lucas on the front free endpaper, “For Mark- with best wishes- Robert E. Lucas Jr.” In near fine condition, small stamp to the front free endpaper.
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London : Macmillan & Co, 1936.
First edition of the economist’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice example in the uncommon dust jacket.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1944.
First edition of von Neumann and Morgenstern’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John von Neumann on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With the original “Corrigenda” slip laid in. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Books signed by von NeumannContinue reading "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior."
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard Business Review Book, 1998.
First edition of this work by the father of modern management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jim Black with best regards from Peter Drucker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lance Hidy. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
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Philadelphia : The National Bank News, 1914.
Rare first edition of this work on the Federal Reserve Act. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.
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New York : Harper Collins, 1993.
First edition of one of the final works by “the world’s greatest management thinker… deserves to be measured alongside people such as Keynes or Schumpeter” (Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.
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New York : Times Books, 1982.
First edition of this work by the legendary father of management. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Phil Johnston from Peter Drucker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2002.
First edition of this collection of papers by “the economist who has had the greatest influence on macroeconomic research since 1970″ (Nobel Committee). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John with best wishes, Robert E. Lucas, Jr.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Lectures on Economic Growth."
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New York : Random House, 1979.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by both authors to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Samuelson on the front free endpaper, “For Paul Best Wishes Martin J. Whitman” and “For Paul Best wishes Martin Shubik.” The recipient, Paul Samuelson was an economist who was the first American to win the Nobel MemorialContinue reading "The Aggressive Conservative Investor."
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of this management classic. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack Nold with warmest regards Peter F. Drucker.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, date to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Roy La Grone. Rare andContinue reading "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices."
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Chicago : Henry Regnery Company, 1953.
First edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. First editions are scarce.
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1970s-1980s.
Rare collection of 28 index cards from the library of F.A. Hayek with autograph manuscript notes and statements on economics, political theory, and other subjects. Many considering how economic structures drive social change and the power of free markets (“…”Men without common purposes and men which [sic] do not even know of each other canContinue reading "F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946.
First edition of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. First editions are exceptionally scarce.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Marilyn With best wishes Paul.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.
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London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1829.
First edition of this classic exploration of the processes of human thought by the father of John Stuart Mill, whose own “logical and ethical doctrines are evidently suggested” by this work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial stamp to the front panel of the Earl of Shaftesbury, with a four page autographed letter signedContinue reading "Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind."
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