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New York : Basic Books, 2021.
First edition of the first comprehensive biography of the influential economist and public intellectual, Thomas Sowell. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Rogers, Warm regards JLR.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai.
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London : Pickering and Chatto, 2000.
First edition of this classic historical work tracing the development of monetary theory and the adoption of gold, silver, and bimetallic standards. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s gray cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Signed by the author on the title pages of each volume, “With best regards, Lawrence H White.” Each volume isContinue reading "The History of Gold and Silver."
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New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1959.
First edition of the economist’s work, which revolutionized modern investment theory and practice. Octavo, original blue cloth. Lengthily signed by the author with the equation of the Mean-Variance Optimization problem on the half-title page, “Min λ = V – λ′E Where V=x′Cx E=μ′x s.z. Ax=b, x≥0 Harry Markowitz.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.Continue reading "Portfolio Selection."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.
First edition of Benjamin Graham’s seminal work on investing, widely regarded as one of the most influential works on value investing ever written, with the code D-Y on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with $3.50 price and “Editor of Barron’s” to the front flap. AssociationContinue reading "The Intelligent Investor."
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New York : Harper Business, 2001.
First edition of this analysis on how companies transition from mediocre performance to sustained greatness. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Boldly signed on a Mayfield Partners bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper by Jim Collins. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai.
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New York : Harper Business, 2001.
First edition of this analysis on how companies transition from mediocre performance to sustained greatness. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Boldly signed by Jim Collins on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai.
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New Jersey : World Scientific, 2012.
First edition of this collection of 52 key papers and seminal works by the 1990 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, illustrated with graphs, diagrams, and equations. Boldly signed by William F. Sharpe on the title page. In near fine condition. Edited by William F. Sharpe. Cover art by Kathy Sharpe.
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New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1982.
First edition, early printing of one of the best-selling business books of all time. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas J. Peters on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes Tom Peters 1/84.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Later printing of the “the magna carta of the information age” (Scientific American), Shannon’s work provided “a mathematical guide for the system’s engineers [at Bell Labs], a blueprint for how to move data around with optimal efficiency” (Gertner p.128). Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial boards, illustrated with equations. In fine condition.
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London : Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946.
First edition, early printing of Polanyi’s landmark work, which many consider to be one of the twentieth century’s most incisive and prophetic works of scholarship. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Peter and Doris With Love Karl.” The recipients, Peter Drucker and his wife Doris were closeContinue reading "Origins of Our Time: The Great Transformation."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1937.
Early printing of one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dale Carnegie on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
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Missouri : The Mercantile Trust Company, 1901.
Rare Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company stock certificate signed by American financier and railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Quarto, one page partially printed and accomplished in manuscript with an attractive vignette of a B&O train, cancellation hole punches, the certificate is dated January 18, 1901 and issues 100 shares of the Capital Stock in the BaltimoreContinue reading "Edward Henry Harriman Signed Stock Certificate for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company."
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London : MacMillan & Company, 1930.
First edition of the first volume of Keynes’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition with light rubbing and toning. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by Keynes on a personal postcard with his Gordon Square address and dated JuneContinue reading "A Treatise On Money. Volume I: The Pure Theory of Money."
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Paris : Delamain, Boutelleau & Co., Publishers, 1922.
First French edition of Keynes’ classic work. Duodecimo, written in French, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with diagrams. In very good condition. Translated by Franck.
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New York : Columbia University Press, 1977.
First edition of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of the Euro currency. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Mundell and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker on the title page, who contributed an article to this volume. Very good in a very good dust jacket,Continue reading "The New International Monetary System."
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New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1917.
First edition of this classic financial novel by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For F.H. Horsford, with the cordial regards of a fellow Vermonter, Edwin Lefevre.Continue reading "To The Last Penny."
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Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969.
First edition of this seminal work in organizational development and management studies. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed and dated by the author on the title page, “June 2, 2015 For John Best wishes Where the standard consultant is more concerned about passing on his knowledge, the process consultant is concerned about passing on his skillsContinue reading "Process Consultation: Its Role In Organization Development."
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New York : New Republic, 1926.
First edition of this work by one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. In good condition with chipping and a closed tear to the front panel.
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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.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.
First edition of this “clear, concise, informative, and witty and work” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “For General Tim Stretil, A great addition to the Pimm’s Cup. Enjoy! Charlie Wheelan Pimm’s Cup 2002.” Boldly signed by legendary investor Burt Malkiel on the titleContinue reading "Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science."
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London : Macmillan & Company, 1919.
First British edition of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Inscribed by John Neville Keynes on the front pastedown, “Dec. 1919 (from J.N.K.).” John Neville Keynes, was an English economist and philosopher best known for hisContinue reading "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."
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New York : McGraw-Hill, 1948.
First edition of this influential text by the father of modern economics. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "Economics: An Introductory Analysis."
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London : MacMillan & Company, 1921.
First edition of “undoubtedly the most important work on probability that has appeared for a very long time” (Bertrand Russell). Octavo, original brown cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. From the library of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938) was an influentialContinue reading "A Treatise on Probability."
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London : Macmillan & Company, 1920.
First British edition, second printing of the best-selling book that established John Maynard Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the spine. Very good in a good dust jacket with tears to the flap hinges and a loss of the spine of the dust jacket. AccordingContinue reading "The Economic Consequences of the Peace."
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Peters, Thomas J. and Robert H. Waterman, Jr
Polanyi, Karl [Peter F. Drucker]
Harriman, Edward Henry
Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]
Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]
Mundell, Robert A & Jacques J. Polak [Paul A. Volcker]
Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.] [John Neville Keynes]
