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1944443h5792Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Third Impression. Hardcover. Selected by both the New York Public Library and The Times Literary Supplement London as one of the 100 most influential books of the 20th century. Warned the free nations that the extended collectivism toward which they were gradually veering was incompatible with democracy and that social planning as interpreted then might eventually cause the end of all individual freedom political as well as economic. xii 250 p. Index. Third printing from October 1944 a month after the first printing. Moderate peripheral tanning to clean and unmarked contents. Binding intact. Average wear and some sunning to publisher's blue cloth. Includes new replica of the 6th printing dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this most prescient work. Cody & Ostrem B-6 Machlup B-6 Pressman 2e p.180. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Road To Serfdom Liberty Freedom Lliberterian Von Mises austrian School Economics Monetary Theorist Banking Free Most Influential Books 20th Century . University of Chicago Press hardcover
1968163j2033New York: Chedney Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. "This is the story of the true-to-life prototype of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger. The truth in this instance is stranger more menacing and frightening than fiction. The key figures pose as 'philanthropists' and are unsuspected. They use the U.S. and other governments and kings and queens as pawns in their game. The presentation herein is largely based on statements of the conspirators and their press agents." - Preface. Argues that "the Rothschild-Vatican cabal of the nineteenth century has been replaced by a conspiratorial alliance of the Rockefellers Jesuits and Illuminists-Communists intent upon the dictatorship genocide and enslavement of mankind." - Singerman 1186. 2 374 pages. Index and extensive bibliography. Occasional black and white reproductions of photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality first edition example of this heavily researched and fascinating exposé. ; 8vo . Chedney Press hardcover
227j1290USA: Legal Studies Group The National Commission for Judicial Reform. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Eustace Mullins upon front free endpaper. A most scathing indictment of the American legal system. Chapters include: Legal Anarchy; The Origin of Law; A Plague of Lawyers; Judge Not; The Supreme Court; The Court as Arena; The Department of Justice; Durance Vile; The Case of the Strange Director; Freedom of Speech Anyone; Taxation Without Hope; The Taxing Power; Our Legal Future; and more. xvi 535 pages. Following his tutelage under renowned poet Ezra Pound Eustace Mullins 1923-2010 went on to become perhaps America's preeminent conspiracy author. No dust jacket as issued. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper otherwise tight clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality signed example.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author . Legal Studies Group, The National Commission for Judicial Reform hardcover
1906528a4812Japan: Japanese Publisher 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A massive Japanese commercial reference from the early 1900s. Approximately 2000 pages. Text primarily in Japanese other than the 18-page bilingual Japanese/English index and an intriguing bilingual fold-out sample of various contemporary export documents. Two items laid inside front board include a double-sided bilingual glossary of commonly used trade terms and a wonderful 22" wide by 16" high colour map of the world with trade routes to/from Japan indicated in red. Most text on the map is Japanese with some place names in both English and Japanese. Please note that library name is stamped through the blank upper right corner of the map. Elaborately gilt-decorated backstrip with title in Japanese and English bears considerable wear but is still handsome and dare we say mysterious. Per a handwritten inscription inside back board this copy was presented to representatives of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo on 24 October 1908 by Mr. Shonojo Moriyama Proprietor of the Dobun_____. Edges adorned with partially-faded marbling. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A marvelously unique item. Japanese Publisher Hardcover
1987422a7852Canada: Seal Books/McClelland-Bantam Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 0770421962 . Signed and briefly inscribed by Jimmy Pattison. "No other Canadian has 'gone for it' with more impressive results. Jimmy did it all himself." - Peter C. Newman. The autobiography of legendary Canadian businessman Jimmy Pattison. 300 pages. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Jummy - An Autobiography Canadian Business Leaders British Columbia Neon Sign Overwaitea Save-on Foods Metro Toyota; Signed by Authors . Seal Books/McClelland-Bantam Inc. hardcover
1934443j0303London: Williams & Norgate Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. "This book is the first to make a serious and authoritative analysis of the monetary and economic mechanism of Scripture. Likewise of its relationship to the World Crises in the past and present. Part I deals with the ancient period ending with the Apostles and in Chapter IX there is a summary of the monetary and economic system rejected by Israel. Part 2 deals with the modern period and in the final chapter there is a summary of the reforms that would be necessary before the world could be cured of its present Great Depression-era difficulties." - dust jacket. "In writing this book I have set out to demonstrate that the causes which have produced the present world depression are an inheritance from the past and that they come within the category of evils to which copious references are made in the Law and the Prophets and which brought about the disperion of Israel and Judah to the nations." - Preface. xvi 3-381 2 ads pp. Index-Synopsis. Average wear to original forest green cloth brilliantly lettered in gilt upon spine. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper. Occasional light foxing to contents. Slight lean to spine. Binding sound. The rare unclipped dust jacket shows average wear and is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating and ever-timely treatise.; 8vo . Williams & Norgate Ltd. hardcover
1887163c9824London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington. Fair. 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 381 pages. Nine black and white sketches. "No name has been more prominently before the public during the last sixty years or more as that of this great financial firm. Its origin was so shrouded in humble obscurity and the rapidity with which it sprang forward to prosperity and fame was alike so extraordinary and so remarkable that the public gaze has been kept by a species of fascination upon the movements of the well-known fianciers. From one corner of the world to the other the success of the Rothschilds has been the subject of universal wonder and envy." - from pages 1-2. Above-average wear. Front hinge open. Library binding. Usual library markings.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Rothschild Bankers Dynasty Central Banks Fiat Currency Fractional Reserve Sovereign Debt National Debt . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover
1964227j1157USA: National States Rights Party. Very Good. 1964. Reprint. Paperback. "An account of the persecution of the world by Israel on all the frontiers of civilization." - title page. "Samuel Roth 1893-1974 was an American publisher and writer. He wrote this book described by some critics as an example of Jewish self-hatred under the pressures of bankruptcy." - Wikipedia. "An unusually bitter tirade by a Jew directed against Jewish parasitism in the professions and the world of business." - Singerman 0298. Reprint of the 1934 first edition. Publisher's address rubber stamped on bottom of title page otherwise tight clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved example. ; Illustrations; 8vo . National States Rights Party paperback
1942429j2653London: The Economic Reform Club. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1942. Second Reprint. Paperback. "Trade in money itself in all its ramifications has become very literally the root of all evil and it is natural to aim at a millennium in which it will have totally disappeared. But there are so many states before we can get near such a millennium that very much consideration of this distant and puzzling ideal may be a waste of time. Civilisation is so behind-hand in monetary science while so advanced in other sciences that we had better be content with working for a system which will at any rate diminish the evil a system of solvency instead of a system of debt." - p. 98. Includes an appendix with proposals for the Reform of the Monetary System in its International Aspect. On page vi of his 1944 book "Money Manipulation and Social Order" Rev. Denis Fahey recommends this title as a means to study bankers and their ways. Rowe 1868-1945 was President of the National Federation of Housing Societies and President of the Economic Reform Club and Institute. He served in WWI and devoted his life to leading the campaign for the upliftment of the appalling state of London's social housing. Second reprint of the 1940 first edition. 5-190 p. List of the publisher's recommended publications laid-in. Tight and unmarked with average wear. Foxing to covers. A sound and rare example. ; 12mo . The Economic Reform Club paperback
1949429H3368London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First English Edition. Hardcover. 327 pages. Index. Photographic frontispiece portrait of author. Translated from the 1948 German first edition. "The only full-length statement published since the war by a major figure in Hitler's government. Provides the detailed story of prewar German economic policy in the words of the man primarily responsible for it." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book which remains tight and square. Foxing to edges. Average wear and soiling to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. KEHR & LANGMAID 817 ALDCROFT & RODGER p.83 PETERSON p.367.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WWI Reparations Germany Treaty of Versailles Weimar Republic Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany German mark Hyperinflation Reichsbank Reicksmark Economic Policy History . George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited hardcover
1980235j2140New York: Truman Talley Books / Times Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0812909232 . "A fascinating exploration of four great monetary inflationary eras of tumult - why they arose - who caused them - how family fortunes survived or were destroyed. What happens when hyperinflation sweeps across an entire society Whom does it threaten most and whom does it benefit And when finally the authorities act - why do the politicians and the bureaucrats invariably delay until after the value of an entire currency has been totally destroyed" - dust jacket. Recounts the destruction of Roman currency the French Assignat the Greenback and the Weimar hyperinflation. "Shapiro's fascinating description of four great periods of massive inflation in history should rightly cause us all to treat the present runaway inflation with a much greater sense of urgency than economists and officialdom have exhibited up until now. Timely narrative scholarship at its best." - Senator William Proxmire. 8 2-308 p. Tables and index. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this vitally important monetary history. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Inflation Finance History Hyperinflation Investing Economics . Truman Talley Books / Times Books hardcover
1939324j0233Chicago Illinois: Honest Money Founders Inc. Good. 1939. First Edition. Paperback. Please note that the book we are offering a paperback. "We present herewith the Honest Money Year Book and Directory for 1940. The publisher Honest Money Founders Inc. has been actively engaged in the distribution of dependable monetary literature for several years. While tremendous strides have been made much can be done to make the monetary reform movement more effective. This book has been published in an attempt to co-ordinate the various efforts. Those in control of the private money power always seem to agree perfectly among themselves while the myriads of money reformers act like the historical 'Babylonians' each speaking in a different toungue - in utter confusion. The money power has always tried to keep it so because the effectivelness of united groups of money reformers would soon destroy the solidarity of the money monopoly." - Preface. A truly stellar compilation of material aimed at reforming America's monetary system contributed by dozens of prominent Americans. Includes the following sections: The Problem with twenty-four articles; The Opposition with twenty-one articles; Proposed Solutions with twenty-seven articles; The Directory with seven articles. 224 pages. Excellent bibliography. Includes 28-page directory of American monetary reform leaders listing their names and addresses alphabetically by state. Address written on title page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this superb reference which remains relevant to this day.; 8vo . Honest Money Founders, Inc. paperback
1949112j2666London: William Hodge and Company Limited. Fair with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. "The record of this trial which follows is the verbatim official record. Much of it is a translation from German and it has only been edited where necessary to make the meaning clear: it pretends to no literary elegance. It is hoped that in this way it reflects better the atmosphere of the trial and the extempore speeches and questions and answers." - Preface. "This report is being published not to encourage a morbid interest nor to keep alive feelings of ill-will against our late enemies. But because the horror through which the world passed in those dark years of WWII was not just a nightmare which cannot recur but is something against which the collective conscience and alert vigilance of mankind asserting the rule of law in international affairs as in municipal ones must protect us. The Natzweiler concentration camp record is terrible." - Foreword. Wikipedia reports that the Natzweiler-Struthof Nazi concentration camp located on territory annexed from France in 1940 held 52000 prisoners between 1941 and 1944 approximately 22000 of whom are estimated to have died at the camp and its sub-camps. The prisoners were mainly from resistance movements in German-occupied territories. 233 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Unmarked with above-average wear and fading to original red cloth. Endpapers soiled. Contents moderately tanned with age. Binding intact. No dust jacket. A rare and worthy reference example of this important history. Kehr & Langmaid 6161 Laska 1670.; War Crimes Trials Volume V; 8vo . William Hodge and Company, Limited hardcover
1891107192BBLondon, Macmillan and Co., 1891. Gr.-8° (22 x 14,5 cm.). XXX, [1] Bl., 770 S. Nachtblauer Maroquin-Lederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschild, dekorativer Rückenvergoldung, goldgepr. Deckelfiletten und goldgepr. Deckelvignette ("Postera Crescam Laude" University of Melbourne). Second edition.
Un volume in 8vo grande di (32)-159 pp-(1). Piena pergamena molle del tempo, con qualche macchia e un difetto alla cuffia inferiore del dorso liscio. Tracce di lacci. Titolo manoscritto al dorso e iscrizione "Lupus - De Usuris" sul taglio inferiore. Prima edizione. Il Kress It. n.68 registra una edizione sempre del Giunta ma del 1582.
26243A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Sébastien Jorry, 1768. Frontispice by Jean Massard after Charles Eisen representing the young Dauphin, the future Louis XVI, running after the shadow of his father, the Dauphin Louis, who died in 1765. xxxiv, 586, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, gilt triple fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed. INED 2163 (edition 1790 in 2 volumes in 12mo); Higgs 4522; Goldsmiths 11087 (the 1774 edition); Kress S.4524; not in Mattioli; Einaudi A.348 (the 1774 edition); Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe Siècle, pp. 391-393. First edition of the major work by the Abbé Gros de Besplas, the preacher of Louis XV. While property, society and religion were subjected to violent attacks in the writings of the philosophes, only very few "abbé's" introduced the subject of political economy into their sermons, some even to the point where they were called to order by the ecclesiastical authorites. Among them, the Abbé Gros de Besplas, while not believing in the utility of important and profound reform, argued that public welfare, of which religion and the monarch were the principle guards, follows from possession of the "necessary", a certain abundance, and being subjected to work. Gros de Besplas strongly condamns celibacy, mendicity and "le luxe" which, he feels, must be suppressed by means of heavy taxes, deplores the fallow land for want of instruments and machines in the hands of those who work the land, and argues for a more even distribution of land in "accord avec la justice". The subjects of the monarch, or any ruler, have four important rights: the right to life, the right to be free, the right to own property, and the right to be protected. From this Gros de Besplas arrives at a socialist theory of property: the property of land belongs to society as it can not belong to any particular man. To his politically moderate ideas Gros de Besplan attaches more radical ideas concerning property.The engraved frontispiece is preceded by a leaf which contains verso an "Explication du Frontispiece." Rare: only Higgs and Kress have the original edition.
...tirés des leçons édites et inédites de Mr. N. W. Senior par le Comte Jean Arrivabene. - Un volume in 8o di (4)-403 pagine. Legatura coeva in cartonato rigido, tassello con titolo al dorso. -- Prima edizione di questa raccolta in gran parte originale. «Though styled a translation, this French edition of Senior’s wrigtings constitutes an original work» precisa il catalogo 1205 di Quaritch (500£). In Inghilterra, dove Senior era professore ad Oxford, erano state pubblicate tra il 27 e il 30 una serie di lezioni. Su sollecitazione di Arrivabene, Senior inviò al suo amico numerosi altri manoscritti: l’edizione francese raccoglie così 9 lezioni inedite e sei già pubblicate (senza che ciò appaia molto chiaramente nel volume). Schumpeter: Senior forms «a triumvirate with Malthus and Ricardo: he was one of the three Englishmen whose works are the main stepping stones between A. Smith and J. S. Mill». Einaudi 5248.
Revised Edition, printer's woodcut device on title, text clean and bright throughout, [22], 494, [22] pp., contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, a very nice copy. Cato's treatise on agriculture (De Agricultura or De Re Rustica) is the only work by him that has been preserved. It contains a miscellaneous collection of rules of good husbandry, conveying much curious information on the domestic habits of the Romans of his age. This book of lessons on plant and animal husbandry is edited by the Swiss Physician, Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588). Adams, C1126
First English Edition, 4to in 8's, woodcut ornament on title, Black Letter, a few early ink annotations, small hole in M7 affecting 2 letters of one word, wide margins, [4], 232 leaves, recased in original vellum, title in ink on spine, a good copy. This is Crompton's chief work and the first English law book devoted exclusively to the Royal courts, L'authoritie is a guide to all the courts then in existence, from the court functions of Parliament to the smallest local and special courts. Additionally, it contains a number of circuit reports of criminal cases not printed elsewhere. It is also the first book printed by Charles Yetsweirt, who had received a Royal commission to be printer of law books. STC, 6050; Sweet and Maxwell, p. 259 (8); Beale, T328.
4571A Soissons, et se trouve à Paris, Chez P.G. Simon, 1764. With woodcut device on title. (2), 76 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering (Laurenchet). Kress 6201; Einaudi 3362; Higgs 3306; Mattioli 1971; INED 2877 (edition 1765); Weulersse, i, xxvii; not in Goldsmiths; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable, 1330; not in Dada. Very rare first edition. Guillaume François Le Trosne (1728-1780) joined the physiocrats in 1764, contributing articles to their journals, and writing works defending their ideas. 'He became one of the most lucid exponents of the physiocratic doctrine; his views express most clearly the evolution of the school. At first an enthusiastic, inflexible adept of the abstract physiocratic system, he nevertheless evidenced a preference for practical questions, as reflected in his La liberté du commerce des grains, toujours utile et jamais nuisible (Paris, 1765).In this work, Le Trosne condemns the vagabond as a parasite on, and an enemy of, society. 'Only in politics did he remain absolutely faithful to absolutism ..... and hostile to democracy, that 'bizarre and monstrous' government which he doubtless pictured in the form of the violent popular demonstrations against the dealer in wheat or as personified by the vagabonds who had set fire to one of the farms of the magistrate' (ESS). Discusses the current situation in France, measures, legal and otherwise, taken to combat or remedy the situation, discusses the distinction to be made between vagabonds and beggars, and discusses possible solutions, one of which is condamning vagabonds to the galleys, and ends with a project for beggars and ways to combat mendicity. 'Ils provoquent le renchérissement de la main-d'oeuvre, car leur oisiveté diminue le nombre des travailleurs; ils favorisent encore l'augmentation des tailles' (INED: They cause the increase of cost of manpower, of labour, as their idleness reduces the number of workers; they rather favor the increase of the "tailles" (a tax)" (our translation)).
Due volumi in 8° di (4)-IV-503pp-(4); e (4)-496pp. Bella legatura coeva in piena pelle del tempo, dorso liscio ornato e dorato. Bell'esemplare di questa traduzione che contribuì non poco alla diffusione delle idee di Smith in Francia. La traduzione è di Jean-Louis Blavet, anche se a lungo circolò la voce che in realtà fosse di Morellet, che stava in effetti pensando in quello stesso tempo di procedere ad una sua versione. "The Blavet's version appeared at Yverdon in 1781 in 6 volumes 12mo, and at Paris in the same year in 3 volumes 12mo, and again at London and Paris in 1788 in 2 volumes 8vo [the present edition]... He had no intention of publishing it until his friend M. Ameilhon happened to complain of scarcity of interesting articles for his Journal de l'Agriculture, du Commerce, des Arts et des Finances, which had just come under the control of the Mercantilist. It struck him that he might offer it to him which he did, with the explanation that it was far from perfect. It was accepted, and appeared in the issues of the Journal between January, 1779, and December 1780. He did not anticipate that it would go further. The edition of 1788 likewise appeared without his knowledge or consent, and was still more marred by errors than that of Yverdon". (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations).
Royal octavo. Pp. (ii), 198. With a beautifully engraved coat-of-arms of the Author printed on the leaf preceding title. With a list of works by the Author. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, blind ruled sides, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to upper cover, yellow chalked endpapers, old institutional stamps and shelf label to first free endpaper, one to title-page, spine bit faded, sunned patch to board. Overall an excellent copy in fine condition. ~ First edition. Crump wrote many other books on banking, among them "The key to the London money market" (1872); "The theory of stock exchange speculation" (1874); "A new departure in the domain of political economy" (1878). The Author's coat-of-arms is most unusual both because of its charming design and its presence on the leaf usually reserved for half-title. It incorporates a central design, showing a cat in attack position and a knight's helmet. Under this, a ribbon bears the words "sine labore nihil" (Nothing Without Work). The outer ring bears the words "Arthur Crump Sigill". ~ Provenance: Previously in the library of the Second Chamber of the States-General of the Netherlands.
Terza edizione, dopo quelle del 1607 e 1609, della raccolta di trattati sulla moneta curata dal Tesauro, giurista e magistrato del duca di Savoia. In discussione soprattutto l'abbassamento di valore delle varie monete, l'inflazione del tempo. Il Tractatus è rilegato con altre due opere giuridiche del Tesauro: la seconda edizione delle Questionum forensium e la prima edizione delle Questionum Posteriores. Il volume in folio, in piena pelle coeva (dorso a nervi ornato e dorato) si presenta dunque così: Questionum forensium Libri duo... Huic secundae editioni, altera centuria accessit. Augustae Taurinorum, Tarinum, 1612 di (14)-188pp+207pp (11 + 2, inserito dopo il Tractatus, per errata). Seguito da: Tractatus de augmento et variatione monetarum. Augusyae Taurinorum, Tarinum, 1612. Di (4) 11-54pp (senza mancanze). - Seguito da: Questionum forsensium Libri Duo Posteriores... cum duplici Indice, uno Quaestionum, altero Materiarum copiosissimo. Augustae Taurinorum, Tarini, 1619. Di (16)-10(pp+112pp. (17).
Small octavo. Pp. 148. Handsome decorative head- and tail-pieces. Hardcover, bound in contemporary sprinkled boards, bit rubbed at extremities, all edges sprinkled red, old stamp to verso of title, lightly age toned. In a very good condition. ~ Very rare. Not in Einaudi, Goldsmiths, Kress, Higgs, etc. Hänel wrote also "Gedanken über die Handlung und Münzwesen als worinnen gezeiget wird (.)" which was published in 1777 by Stötzels, followed by "Fortsetzung der Gedanken über die Handlung und Münzwesen enthält Erstlich (.)" published a year later by the same publisher.
1885217015Leipzig, Engelmann, 1885. VIII, 216 S. Mit 16 Textholzstichen. Halbleinen d. Zeit (Innengelenke angebrochen).
