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Krugman, Paul

Rethinking International Trade.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1990.

First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To William Paul Krugman.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-87512
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Drucker, Peter F

Age of Discontinuity: Guidelines to Our Changing Society.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978.

First edition, early printing of this work “which makes businessmen think thoughts they have never thought before” (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-81084
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Fridson, Martin S

High Yield Bonds: Identifying Value and Assessing Risk of Speculative Grade Securities.

Chicago : Probus Publishing Company, 1989.

First edition of this early work by Fridson. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Peter- Hoping this helps you get to the bottom line! Marty Fridson.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-78912
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Pissarides, Christopher A

Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Laid in is Pissarides’ business card from the London School of Economics and Political Science also inscribed by him in addition to a small clipping from envelope in which the book was shipped in the author’s handwriting. FineContinue reading "Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-88029
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Mankiw, N. Gregory; Alan Blinder

Monetary Policy.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

First edition of this collection of essays on monetary policy. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by both the editor Gregory Mankiw and contributor Alan Blinder to the same recipient. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-81229
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Edwards, Robert D. and John Magee, Jr

Technical Analysis of Stock Trends.

Springfield, MA : Stock Trend Service, 1948.

First edition of Edwards and Magee’s Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, which is widely considered to be one of the seminal works of the discipline. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Anthony Naiden. First editions in the original dust jacket are rare.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-79069
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Baruch, Bernard M

Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.

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A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, “For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from one who has basked in that sunshine BM Baruch 1952.”  Hershfield was an American cartoonist, humor writer and radio personality. He was known as “the Jewish Will Rogers”. He alsoContinue reading "Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait."

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-71053
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Mayer, Martin

The Bankers.

New York : Weybright and Talley, 1974.

First edition of this exploration of the world of modern banking. Octavo, original cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Charlie Malloy with regards and thanks- Martin Mayer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-70059
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Karsten, Karl G

Charts and Graphs: An Introduction to Graphic Methods In the Control and Analysis of statistics.

New York : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1923.

First edition of this seminal work on charts and graphs. Octavo, original leatherette boards, illustrated throughout. Introduction by Carl Snyder. In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities, from the Yale Club library with a stamp to the endpaper. First editions are rare.

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-67089
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Smith, Vernon L

Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

First edition of this collection of important essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Vernon L. Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James F. Brisson.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-80039
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von Mises, Ludwig

Ludwig Von Mises Signed Portrait.

1971.

Portrait of the influential Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises. Boldly signed, “August 27, 1971 Ludwig Mises.” The portrait measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 16.5 inches. Rare and desirable.

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-62034
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Schumpeter, Joseph A. [Robert M. Solow]

The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1936.

First edition of what many scholars believe to be Schumpeter’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist and student of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert Solow on the front free endpaper, with the inscription which reads, “I sat in Schumpeter’s lectures just about 70 years ago. The best of what I remember is in theContinue reading "The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle."

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$7,800.00
Item Number: RRB-63014
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Thaler, Richard

The Winner’s Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life.

New York : Free Press, 1989.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s groundbreaking book. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Richard Thaler on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-60041
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Fama, Eugene F

The Behavior of Stock-Market Prices (The Journal of Business: The Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago January 1965).

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1965.

Original paper of the landmark work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Eugene Fama’s The Behavior of Stock Market Prices. Octavo, in the original wrappers which are bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, and all edgesContinue reading "The Behavior of Stock-Market Prices (The Journal of Business: The Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago January 1965)."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-57033
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Milnor, John W. and James D. Stasheef

Characteristic Classes. Annals of Mathematics Studies, No. 76.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1974.

First edition of this work by the famed mathematician. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by John Milnor on the title page. In very good condition, name to the half-title page and pastedown.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-57021
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von Neumann, John; John F. Nash; Kenneth J. Arrow; Robert J. Aumann; Philip Wolfe; John Milnor; Martin Shubik; W.H. Fleming, Lloyd Shapley, et al. Edited by Harold W. Kuhn & A.W. Tucker

Contributions To The Theory Of Games Volumes 1-IV.

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1950-1959.

First edition of each work in this ground-breaking four volume work on game theory. Octavo, 4 volumes, original orange wrappers. Volume one is signed by contributors John von Neumann and John Nash on the title page. Contains the article by the Nobel Prize-winning economist entitled, “A Simple Three Person Poker Game.” Volume II is signedContinue reading "Contributions To The Theory Of Games Volumes 1-IV."

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$42,500.00
Item Number: RRB-48080
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Samuelson, Paul A. [Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Robert C. Merton; Hiroaki Nagatni; Kate Crowley]

The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul A. Samuelson. Volumes I.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1966.

First edition, early printing of Volume I of the Nobel Prize-winning economists papers. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page,  “For Doug Burrows, Paul A. Samuelson, Endicott House, June 21, 1972.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$950.00
Item Number: RRB-53008
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Sen, Amartya

The Idea of Justice.

Cambridge : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Amartya Sen on the half-title page. In fine condition.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-50068
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Pantaleoni, Maffeo

Pure Economics.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1898.

First edition in English of the economist’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by T. Boston Bruce. In very good condition with some rubbing to the cloth, name to the front pastedown. First editions are rare.

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$875.00
Item Number: RRB-49088
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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. Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. Inscribed by Robert C. Merton on the title page. Additionally signed by Paul A. Samuelson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by these two Nobel Prize-winningContinue reading "Continuous-Time Finance."

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-49003
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Shubik, Martin [Benoit Mandelbrot]

The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions.

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999.

First editions of Shubik’s work regarding the theory of money. Octavo, 2 volumes. Association copies, both volumes are inscribed by Martin Shubik to Benoit Mandelbrot. Volume one is signed, “To Benoit and Aliette To old friends with best wishes Martin S. June 7, 2000. P.S. You made an error. You were going to get aContinue reading "The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-49001
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Drucker, Peter F

The End of Economic Man: A Study of the New Totalitarianism.

New York : John Day, 1939.

First edition of Drucker’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Peter F. Drucker on the front free endpaper. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-48008
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Madison, Charles A

American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.

First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Hod and Helen In friendship Charles A. Madison 5-11-50.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with some small chips and tears.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-47071
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Clark, John Bates

Essentials of Economic Theory: As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1909.

First edition of this early work by John Bates Clark. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light marginala.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-67031
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