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New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gene Crofts.
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Princeton, New Jersey : D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.
First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by Ludwig von Mises on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. TranslatedContinue reading "Epistemological Problems of Economics."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1987.
First edition of “this seminal investment book” (Barton Biggs). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bos Todol best George Soros.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steve Jenkins.
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Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2008.
First edition of this edition of these collected papers on social choice. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. In fine condition.
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Oxford and Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell, 1990.
First edition of Merton’s landmark work, which introduced the concepts of continuous-time optimization, inscribed by Merton to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson atContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."
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London : William Hodge & Company, 1945.
First edition of this early work by von Mises. Small octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ludgwig Mises on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by von Mises.
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New York : The John Day Company, 1942.
First edition of Drucker’s second book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent example in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon, especially signed.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1903.
First edition of Russell’s groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein, with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-author with William Ralph Boyce Gibson of The Problem of Logic. In near fine condition.
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New York : Basic Books, 1962.
First edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Rudi greatest of pianists and for me the only one with love from Karl March 28th, 1963.” The recipient, Rudolf Serkin, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters ofContinue reading "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge."
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Boston : Beacon Press, 1967.
First edition of Zinn’s classic work arguing for withdrawal of military forces in Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Howard Zinn 2001.” Small name to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1995.
First edition of this groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both authors on the front free endpaper. “For John As we say at the close of the book, we think that the methods we have laid out can lead to a clearer understanding of the labor market…Best wishes David Card.” AlsoContinue reading "Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage."
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New York : Greystone Press, 1953.
First edition of Dorothy Carnegie’s essential 1953 guide for the housewife, offering practical advice to help the husband succeed in the style of her husband, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dorothy Carnegie on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the original dust jacket which isContinue reading "How To Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life."
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Thomas Schelling on the title page. In near fine condition.
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New York : Adelphi Publishers, 1934.
First edition of Fisher’s classic treatise. Octavo, original blue cloth. Laid in is the original publisher’s slip which reads “In recognition of pioneer support of the movement for a Stable Measure of Value. Copy no. 660 of the first edition of Stable Money: A History of the Movement is inscribed to Fenton Lawson.” The slipContinue reading "Stable Money."
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New York : John W. Lovell Company, 1887.
Scarce first edition in English of Engels’s classic account of the universal condition of the industrial working class, the forerunner to Karl Marx’s Das Capital. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, beveling to the front and rear panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition, name to the title page. Translated byContinue reading "The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. With Appendix Written 1886, and Preface 1887. Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky."
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New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Small quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Robert Ekelund on the half-title page, “For John Rogers- For it is this understanding which, in part, promotes a climate of freedom within which fruitful and genuinely new ideas- and the science of economics- can progress and prosper. With allContinue reading "A History of Economic Theory and Method."
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: Oxford University Press, .
First edition of this work on management. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor opposite the title page, “In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints by changing culture.” All the best, John Ed H. Schein March 29,Continue reading "The Art of Managing Human Resources."
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New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1873.
First edition of this “undying classic” (J.M. Keynes). Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. First editions are scarce.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.
First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash’s most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nash on the half-title page, “For Harry Williams 27 April 2009 John F. Nash, Jr.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grady Klein.
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1989.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed on the title page by both Robert J. Shiller and John Campbell, who co-authored one of the articles included in this work. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The only ever! Best wishes 37 years (and six updated editions) later….Andrew 4/15.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Seymour Chwast.
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Bloomington, IL : Author House, 2008.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John with warm regards, Vernon L. Smith Oct 29, 2014.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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New York : Basic Books, 1978.
First edition of Gilder’s seminal first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by George Gilder with a full page inscription on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre.
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2012.
Early printing of this work in which prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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