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194858582Istanbul, Milli Egitim Basimevi, 1948 [Vol. 1 & 2] & 1955 [Vol. 3 & 4]. 8vo. 4 volumes in the original printed wrapper. Spines (especially on vol. 1 and 4) with wear and a bit of miscolouring, otherwise a fine and clean set. IV, 393, (8)" (6), 340386" 415, (2) pp.
London, James Nisbet & Co., 1900. 8vo. Uncut in orig. full red cloth w. gilt lettering to spine and front board. Spine a bit worn and faded, corners a bit bumped. Inscribed by the author on front free end-paper. VIII, 324, (4, -advertisements) pp.
A La Haie, 1757. 12mo. Very nice marbled full calf with richly gilt spine. Gilt title-label to spine. All edges of boards gilt (gilding a bit worn). Marbled edges. Front and back end-papers with a few later annotations. Otherwise a very nice and clean copy. VIII, 278 pp.
Istanbul, Milli Egitim Basimevi, 1948 [Vol. 1 & 2] & 1955 [Vol. 3 & 4]. 8vo. 4 volumes in the original printed wrapper. Spines (especially on vol. 1 and 4) with wear and a bit of miscolouring, otherwise a fine and clean set. IV, 393, (8)" (6), 340 386 " 415, (2) pp.
177545685Firenze, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1775. Royal8vo. In patterned contemporary paper wrappers. Wrappers with some tears and minor loss. Internally very fine, clean, and fresh. 62, (2) pp.
185653099Paris, Guillaumin, 1856. Small8vo. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and embossed front and back boards. In ""Annuaire de L'Economie Politique et de la Statistique"", 1856, Trezieme Annee. Entire volume offered. Wear to upper and lower part of spine and internally with light occassional brownspotting. A fine copy. Pp. 555-581. [Entire volume: VIII, 612 pp.].
180459867Portland, Jenks & Shirley, 1804. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Extremities with wear, upper and lower part of spine missing and back board partly detached. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Internally with occassional soiling. (2 blank leaves), 148, (2), (3 blank leaves) pp.
190848625(Boston, Stanford University Press), 1908. 8vo. Two offprints in the original printed wrappers. Offprints from ""Quarterly Journal of Economics"", Vol. XXII, August & Vol. XXIII, November 1908. Vol. XXII: Backwrapper detached, a few small nicks to extremities. Vol. XXIII: Front wrapper detached. Fine and clean. Pp. 517-42"" Pp. 103-136.
185849019Firenze, M. Cellini, 1858. 8vo. In three uniform contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with black and red title label to spine amd gilt ornamentation. Occassional brown spots throughout, otherwise fine. XXVI, 383, (2) pp. IV, 550, (2) pp. IV, 498, (2) pp.
180850887Innsbruck, Schiffner, 1808. 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Extremities with wear and upper part of spine lacking small part of leather. Internally very fine and clean. 62 pp.
Firenze, Gaetano Cambiagi, 1775. Royal8vo. In patterned contemporary paper wrappers. Wrappers with some tears and minor loss. Internally very fine, clean, and fresh. 62, (2) pp.
Paris, Guillaumin, 1856. Small8vo. In a nice contemporary full calf binding with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and embossed front and back boards. In ""Annuaire de L'Economie Politique et de la Statistique"", 1856, Trezieme Annee. Entire volume offered. Wear to upper and lower part of spine and internally with light occassional brownspotting. A fine copy. Pp. 555-581. [Entire volume: VIII, 612 pp.].
Portland, Jenks & Shirley, 1804. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Extremities with wear, upper and lower part of spine missing and back board partly detached. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Internally with occassional soiling. (2 blank leaves), 148, (2), (3 blank leaves) pp.
(Boston, Stanford University Press), 1908. 8vo. Two offprints in the original printed wrappers. Offprints from ""Quarterly Journal of Economics"", Vol. XXII, August & Vol. XXIII, November 1908. Vol. XXII: Backwrapper detached, a few small nicks to extremities. Vol. XXIII: Front wrapper detached. Fine and clean. Pp. 517-42" " Pp. 103-136.
Firenze, M. Cellini, 1858. 8vo. In three uniform contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with black and red title label to spine amd gilt ornamentation. Occassional brown spots throughout, otherwise fine. XXVI, 383, (2) pp. IV, 550, (2) pp. IV, 498, (2) pp.
Innsbruck, Schiffner, 1808. 8vo. Contemporary full calf. Extremities with wear and upper part of spine lacking small part of leather. Internally very fine and clean. 62 pp.
180222234London: T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1802. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First Edition First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards spines in five compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels intricate gilt tooling in the remainder blind-stamped borders on covers marbled endpapers marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus 17681845 was an English barrister and historian. This his major work was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Review. The papers of George Dodington 1st Baron Melcombe had been placed at Adolphus's disposal in the preparation of his history and they enabled him to throw light on the conduct of Lord Bute and on the political transactions of the earlier years of the reign of George III who in conversation commented on the accuracy with which some of the first measures taken after his accession had been described. Extremely scarce. The volumes are in excellent condition with occasional foxing throughout but unmarked tight square and clean. Volume Two only has been professionally rebacked with the original spine laid on. An extremely elegant set. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall . T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies hardcover
1890169H5163London: Macmillan & Co. 1890. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Prior owner's name "Edw. D. Jones" written atop title page - possibly the founder of Edward Jones Investments founded in St. Louis in 1922. Prior owner's small initials E.D.J. and date inked atop first blank leaf. pp. v vi-xlv 2 2-431. Index. Translated from the German. "While it would be bold to affirm that Professor Böhm-Bawerk 1851-1914 has said the last word on the theory of Interest his book must be regarded as one with which all subsequent writers will have to reckon." - Translator's Preface. Of the first edition at p.22 Batson wrote "The first large treatise produced by the Austrian School and although it is not so comprehensive as that since published by Wieser it leaves very few parts of economic theory unillumined." Schumpeter "regarded Böhm-Bawerk as one of the 'great masters' in economics." - Swedberg p.14. Moderate wear to publisher's pebbled brown cloth. Bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact. 22.6 x 15cm. Batson p.167 Cohen 171 Masui p.151 Fundaburk 9663. Macmillan & Co. Hardcover
1914163j1685New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. "In 1912 Woodrow Wilson campaigned for President using many progressive economic ideas about banking reform tariff reduction and the elimination of monopolies and trusts the consolidation of which became known as the New Freedom. After Wilson's election Louis Brandeis who was responsible for many of Wilson's ideas wrote a series of articles for Harper's Weekly which outlined why the New Freedom was necessary and how best to implement it. In 1914 these articles were collected in book form." - University of Louisville website. "While his articles were running in Harper's Weekly I had ample opportunity to know how widespread was the belief among intelligent men that this brilliant diagnosis of our money trust was the most important contribution to current thought in many years." - Preface. "Louis Brandeis 1856-1941 was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. He later became active in the Zionist movement seeing it as a solution to antisemitism in Europe and Russia while at the same time being a way to 'revive sense of the Jewish spirit.'" - Wikipedia. No indication of any prior printings aside from the first appearance of these articles in Harper's Weekly in 1913. xvi 223 pp. Presentation bookplate to the Overland Club of Pasadena inside front board their inkstamp appearing on the top edge. Marginal lines to one paragraph on page viii otherwise tight and unmarked with moderate wear to original chocolate brown cloth attractively lettered and illustrated in gilt. No dust jacket perhaps as issued. A rare and well-preserved example of the first printing. ; 12mo . Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers hardcover
1993169H4031USA: Harpercollins / Chek-Chart 1993. Book. Illus. by Graef William. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed without inscription by Peter Drucker upon front free endpaper. First printing. 232 pages. Index. "A probing and incisive analysis of the major world transformation from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society and how it will affect society economics business and politics now and in the years ahead." - dust jacket. "Peter Drucker's pen is like a laser beam focusing powerful illumination on every subject touched." - R.M. Kanter Harvard Business School. Drucker 1909-2005 was described in a 2014 Forbes article as "the founder of modern management." Prior owner's initials atop title page otherwise book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is sunned at spine and partially on front panel. Harpercollins / Chek-Chart Hardcover
1925443h6041New York: The Macmillan Company. Good. 1925. New and Revised Edition. "Sets forth the principles determining the purchasing power of money and applies those principles to the study of historical changes in that purchasing power including in particular the recent change in 'the cost of living' which has aroused world-wide discussion. This study is of far more than academic interest. Such questions affect the welfare of every inhabitant of the civilized world. At each turn of the tide of prices millions of persons are benefited and other millions are injured." - Preface to the First Edition. This copy a 1925 New and Revised Edition of the 1911 First Edition. xxiv 2 515 pages. Index. Two fold-out tables. Respectful pencil underlining and marginalia primarily to first quarter of book. Library stamp inside front board and upon title page. Binding intact. Average wear to publisher's green cloth brightly lettered in gilt upon backstrip. A sound copy of this classic work. Fisher M-169 Pressman 2e p.142 Rist p.114 Cohen 178 Batson p.93 Blaug p.78-79 Hutchinson 685 Masui p.1404. ; 8vo . The Macmillan Company hardcover
1930324H1285New York: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited. Good. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. xxxii 566 pages. Index. Bibliography. Appendices. Lists of Charts and Tables. Errata slip bound in at vii. A complete rewriting of "The Rate of Interest" first published in 1907 with new material added. Binding sound. Moderate wear to navy blue cloth-covered boards. Brilliant gilt lettering upon backstrip. Prior owner's modest ink stamp upon front free endpaper and inside back board otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Minor tanning to endpapers. A quality copy. Fisher E-1539 Blaug p.79 Pressman p.140 Hutchinson 690.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Interest Rate Theory Economics . The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited hardcover
1915113c5137London: Cassell and Company Ltd. Good. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Chapters include: The Genius of the Jew; What the Jews Have Done; The Jew in America; American Jews and Their Occupations; The Jew in Great Britain; The Jews in the British Dominions; The Jews in Germany and Austria; How the Jew Stands in France; Russian and Polish Jews; The Jews of Southern Europe; The Jews of Lesser Lands; The Jews of the East; The Jew in the World of Art. 304 pages. Index. Average wear and soiling. Binding sound. Bit of writing atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Half-inch opening to bottom of backstrip. Gilt lettering and adornment upon front board and backstrip clearly visible. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jewry History Business Success America; American Jews and Their Occupations; The Jew in Great Britain; The Jews in the British Dominions; The Jews in Germany and Austria; How the Jew Stands in France; Russian and Polish Jews; The Jews of Southern Europe; . Cassell and Company, Ltd hardcover
1990169H4159USA: Harvest / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by both Milton and Rose Friedman and briefly inscribed For Bob upon half-title page. Reprint of the 1980 first edition with a new Introduction by the authors. "In this classic about economics freedom and the relationship between the two Nobel laureate and presidential advisor Milton Friedman and his wife Rose explain how our freedom has been eroded and our prosperity undermined through the explosion of laws regulations agencies and spending in Washington and how good intentions often produce deplorable results when government is the middleman. The Friedmans also provide remedies for these ills - they tell us what to do in order to expand our freedom and promote prosperity." - back cover. Unmarked with average wear. PRESSMAN p.242. Harvest / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Paperback
1933313a2318London: Longmans Green and Co. 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 464 pages. Index. Chapters include: French Monetary Policy; Speculation and Collapse in Wall Street; Consumers' Income and Outlay; The Art of Central Banking; Money and Index-Numbers; Mr. Keynes's Treatise on Money; International Short-Term Investment; Remedies for Unemployment. Prior owner's name dated 1939 atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Binding sound. Minimal occasional foxing. Only moderate wear to forest green cloth-covered boards. Clearly legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. A quality copy. Rist p. 311. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
