Covel, Michael
Trend Following.
New York : Prentice Hall, 2004.
First edition of this “essential book” (Ed Seykota). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-106199
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de Jasay, Anthony
The State.
Oxford and New York : Basil Blackwell, 1985.
First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Miller.
Read more$400.00
Item Number: RRB-102832
Kotter, John P
Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It.
New York : Amacom, 1979.
First edition of this early work by Kotter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-106742
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 this classic work by von Mises. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Ludwig Mises March 2nd 1970.” Near fine in very good dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard.
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Item Number: RRB-106574
Mortensen, Dale T. and Christopher A. Pissarides
Job Matching, Wage Dispersion, and Unemployment.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers with best wishes C Pissarides.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Konstantinos Tatsiramos and Klaus F. Zimmermann.
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Item Number: RRB-110971
Treynor, Jack L., Patrick J. Regan and William W. Priest, Jr
The Financial Reality of Pension Funding Under ERISA.
Homewood, IL : Dow Jones-Irwin, 1976.
First edition of this work on pension funding. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-109849
von Mises, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Auburn : The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.
First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.
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Item Number: RRB-104223
Drucker, Peter F
The New Realities: In Government and Politics in Economics and Business in Society and World View.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this work by Drucker. Octavo, original 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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Item Number: RRB-104114
Spence, Michael
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
First edition of this “intelligent, rational, an humane book” (The Financial Times). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gus With my very best wishes Michael Spence.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christopher Tobias. Jacket illustration by Sara Mills.
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Item Number: RRB-102002
Friedman, Milton
A Theory of the Consumption Function.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1957.
First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.
Read more$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-100964
Hicks, J.R. [John]
The Theory of Wages.
London : Macmillan & Company, 1932.
First edition of this classic microeconomic statement of wage determination in competitive markets and major contribution to economic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, head of economics at the London School of Economics on the front free endpaper, “Lionel Robbins without whom how littleContinue reading "The Theory of Wages."
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Item Number: RRB-100560
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.
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Item Number: RRB-103489
Gann, William Delbert [W.D.]
45 Years In Wall Street.
Miami, FL : W.D. Gann Publishing, 1949.
First edition of Gann’s classic 45 Years in Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gann. In near fine condition, with a remnant of the rare original dust jacket.
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Item Number: RRB-101764
Popper, Karl
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.
London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.
Second edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Lionel, the most generously appreciative of readers from Karl June 1965.” The recipient Lionel Robbins was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics and a closeContinue reading "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge."
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Item Number: RRB-100965
Miller, Merton H. and Charles M. Upton
Macroeconomics: A Neoclassical Introduction.
Homewood, Il : Richard D. Irwin, Inc, 1974.
First edition of this landmark text in modern macroeconimics. Octavo, original blue cloth. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-100811
Rothchild, John
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.
New York : Viking, 1988.
First edition of “the funniest book about investing ever written” (New York Post). Octavo, original half coth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Dear John, If I’ve inspired you, now you’ve inspired me. Best wishes, John Rothchild.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration byContinue reading "A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor."
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Item Number: RRB-102598
Davis, Philip J. and Reuben Hersh
The Mathematical Experience.
Boston : Birkhauser , 1981.
First edition of the authors’ classic introduction to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper, “For McAllister Hull from Reuben Hersh and from Philip J. Davis.” TheContinue reading "The Mathematical Experience."
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Item Number: RRB-100450
Graham, Benjamin and Spencer B. Meredith
The Interpretation of Financial Statements.
New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.
First edition with the statement of first edition on the copyright page of this classic in understanding balance sheets. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Written in collaboration of Harold T. Johnson, Birl E. Shultz, Albert P. Squier, Belmont Towbin and Eric C. Vance. First printings are exceptionally scarce.
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Item Number: RRB-100061
Lax, Peter
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume II.
Springer-Verlag : New York, 2005.
First edition of volume two of the selected papers of mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax.” In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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Item Number: RRB-100028
Lax, Peter
Peter Lax Selected Papers. Volume 1.
Springer : New York, 2005.
First edition of volume one of the selected papers of the legendary mathematician Peter Lax. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John Roger with best regards Peter D. Lax.” In near fine condition. Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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Item Number: RRB-100027
Laski, Harold Joseph
The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski.
London, New York, New Haven : GeorAllen & Unwin Ltd.; Harper & Brothers; Yale University Press , 1919-1941.
Finely bound collection of the political works of English political theorist and economist Harold Laski. Octavos, 22 volumes, uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere Bindery in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and raised bands to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Titles include Laski’s well-known An Introduction to Politics, The State in Theory and Practice, The American Democracy,Continue reading "The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski."
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Item Number: RRB-90438
Edleson, Michael E. [Warren E. Buffett]
Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns.
Chicago : International Publishing Corporation, 1991.
First edition of this work which evolved out of Edleson’s 1988 article which first introduced his concept of value averaging to the world. Octavo, original glossy wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Dear John, Many Happy Returns, Michael E. Edleson.” Additionally signed by Warren Buffett, “Warren E. Buffett.” Like Edleson,Continue reading "Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns."
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Item Number: RRB-90411
Wieser, Friedrich von
Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
London : George Allen & Unwin, 1927.
First British edition of von Wieser’s great sociological study. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell. In very good condition with the spine gilt bright.
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Item Number: RRB-96798
Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd
Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.
New York : Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1934.
First edition, second printing of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Melbourne S. Moyer with the best wishes of Benj. Graham Jan 1935.” The recipient, Melbourne Moyer was a contemporary of Graham andContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."
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Item Number: RRB-99745
Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It.
Economics and Finance
$300.00
RRB-106742
The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.
Economics and Finance
$5,500.00
RRB-106574
Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.
Economics and Finance
$125.00
RRB-104223
The New Realities: In Government and Politics in Economics and Business in Society and World View.
Economics and Finance
$475.00
RRB-104114
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
Economics and Finance
$175.00
RRB-102002
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.
Economics and Finance
$3,500.00
RRB-100965
A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.
Economics and Finance
$1,100.00
RRB-102598
Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns.
Economics and Finance
$5,500.00
RRB-90411
Social Economics. Translated by A. Ford Hinrichs. With a Preface by Wesley Clair Mitchell.
Economics and Finance
$400.00
RRB-96798
