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Culture and Economic Growth 2 VOL SET The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series
2014AME_9781781955253Edward Elgar 2014. 1. Hardcover. New/New. Edward Elgar hardcover
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London, W. Smith, 1738. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Some cracking of leather along joints, especially at upper compartment. Gilt borders on covers. Spine rubbed. Stamp on foot of title-page. Title-page in red/black. XXIV,149 pp. Scattered brownspots.
18929545131Cambridge University Press 1892. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Large 8vo with navy cloth. Gilt stamp on front board. Blind borders on front and back boards. Gilt lettering and stamp on backstrip. Top of backstrip is ripped. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN: Cambridge University Press hardcover
2014AME_9781781955253Edward Elgar 2014. 1. Hardcover. New/New. Edward Elgar hardcover
18391A Paris, Chez Valleyre père, 1762. (2), x, (4), 468, (20) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges, corners very lightly bumped. Kress 6021; INED 2614; Higgs 2669; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Leblanc; not in Masui; not in Stammhammer, Bibliographie der Finanzwissenschaft; not in Camus; Conlon 62:879. First edition. Historical and legal treatise which studies the dîmes in relation to religion, law and the origins of the monarchy and stating that the dîmes were not, at the outset, due to the church. Edme de la Poix de Fréminville studied law. His main interests were related to feudal questions and his works were of importance. - Occasional light browning. Rare.
17753400Londres 1775. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Royal octavo. Pp. viii 293. Woodcut device to title end-piece to the Préface and a large head-piece to the first page. Plus folding engraved grid-map of France incorporating title within elaborate cartouche and 4 other folding tables all printed on deckle-edged rug paper. HARDCOVER bound in full olive-green calf gilt-stamped lettering to spine faint armorial stamp to title. Excellent wide-margined untrimmed copy preserved in the original state and with crisp folding plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Based on a much quoted manuscript note in the Library of Congress' copy "l'on croit que cette sanglante diatribe des fermiers généraux a été composée imprimée et répandue sous les auspices du ministère actuel celui de Turgot & Malesherbes" the book is often attributed to Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot Baron de l'Aulne 1727-1781 controller-general of France under Louis XVI. However the attribution to Turgot is doubtful if not false. For that matter see: Quérard: La France littéraire. Paris Bibliothèque National Catalogue géneral des livres imprimés; and also: Higgs H. Bibliography of economics 6403. Also the imprint is false and the book was probably printed in Paris or Amsterdam see British Library Catalogue entry. I-4 OUT <br/> <br/> Londres hardcover
17245Paris, Bossange père, 1824. With 6 folding tables. (4), 234 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.1330; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 560. First edition. This is a history of public finances during the Restoration and of the establishment of public credit in France. The author was born in Bellay, around 1760, and died in Strasbourg in 1846. He started his career with a trading company in Lyon, and after that went to work for the house of Delessert in Paris. He founded himself a trading company but with little success. He became regent of the Banque de France, member of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris and one of the editors of the Code de Commerce. In 1819, he established the world's first school of management, a kind of business school providing special instruction for young people who had finished their academic studies and intended to pursue a career in commerce and industry. Roux's school, the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, still exists today as the ESCP-EAP "European School of Management", with branches in Paris, Oxford, Madrid and Berlin. - A very nice copy with ample margins.
188814544Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Very Good. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Just some surface soil on the rear board keeps me from grading this book "fine" despite the xlib marks. Yes there is a bit of rubbing to the edges of the boards but for 120 years it is very very nice. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages . R. R. Donnelley & Sons hardcover
19332084New York: Weil McGinniss & Sloman 1933. First Edition. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 97 pages. 35 x 28 cm.Volume I Number I - Quarterly magazine specifically produced for the drug and toiletry market. Large format and profusely illustrated. Compelling articles include Ephedra Congo Medicine and The Medicine Man; with an early article about "Dr. Seuss" and his early illustrating work for The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The story goes something like this: After one of Geisel's cartoons that appeared in Judge Magazine mentioned FLIT a common bug spray at the time Geisel signed on with The Standard Oil Company and produced illustrations from May 31 1928 through 1941 which in turn helped him gain notoriety and landed him assignments with Life Liberty and Vanity Fair. Additionally a full two-page center spread color illustrated of Garbo in 1915 and again in 1933. This publication seems to be the first and last published. Covers chipped rubbed and soiled. Some pages toning to the interior. <br/><br/> Weil, McGinniss & Sloman paperback books
19861961Walt Disney Company. VG/VG. 1986. First Edition. Ephemera. Eleven posters have a tiny thumbtack hole in the corners. ; 29 sheets 12 1/4 inches x 8 5/8 inches in black and white illustrated envelope. ; ; A very scarce portfolio of classic comic book cover art. Includes reproductions of 60 covers from The Carl Barks Library Of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Sets 1 and 2 . 24 of the cover reproductions are the full size of the sheets. 36 smaller full-color covers are reproduced I groups on the reverse of the large prints with captions notes and commentary. A beutiful Near Fine set. . Walt Disney Company unknown
191114432Boston: James H. Lamb Company. Good. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. #58 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Bound in three-quarter leather. The the outer hinges are separating along the spines and the corners are rubbed. They will neeTd rebinding or repair. The interiors are "fine". A very scarce set of books. Price is as-is. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 460399 pages . James H. Lamb Company hardcover
193916152New York: McGraw-Hill 1939. Second Printing. Two octavo volumes 23cm. Original maroon cloth titled in black and gilt on spines; pp 1-448; 449-1095. Mild external wear with some rubbing to spine ends; scattered marginalia in pencil mostly to first volume; ownership signature of Werner Schott. A solid attractive set about VG. Landmark of 20th-century economic analysis; still in print; early printings are notably scarce. McGraw-Hill unknown books
187612276Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt accents and a chrome plated locking clasp. The front part of the clasp has been cut someone lost the key. Slightest surface cracking of the leather. No defects to the hinges in or out. A scrape to the edge of the pages under the clasp undoubtably when it was broken open. Old pricetag on the front which would come off with lighter fluid if I had any. Hundreds of pages of recipes etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
1957131071Princeton University 1957. hardcover. Good. 10x5x0. 1957 Princeton University Press first edition in price intact jacket $4.75. Tight binding. Ownership ink to flyleaf and ink underlining to text. Please email for photos. Princeton University hardcover
192628871London: Leonard & Virginia Wolff. Fair with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The book has been carefully wrapped in plastic. The covers are wrinkled & soiled. The front is gray the back is brown with streaks which implys the paper covering that board is missing. The back of the title page has a stamp: 25 Mar 1943" very much as-is. ; 7 1/2"; 54 pages . Leonard & Virginia Wolff hardcover
1936020518London & New York:: Harcourt Brace and Co.: 1936. 403 pages no additional printing information is mentioned just 1936 on title page. "This book is chiefly addressed to my fellow economists. Its main purpose is to deal with difficult questions of theory and only in the second place with the applications of this theory to practice." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. Previous owner bookplate is present. Blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine. No dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt, Brace and Co.: Hardcover
185695332London: Published by the Author Sold by Mann Nephews 39 Cornhill 1856. 1856. Fair. - Octavo 8-1/2 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Three-quarter brown calf and cloth titled and ruled in gilt on the spine with a gilt-lettered leather title label mounted on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and stained with wear to the leather corners. The head and tail of the spine are chipped and the calf has split along a portion of the front joint. xiv & 263 pages with a frontispiece illustration portraying the "Grand Plan of Hagen's Wharf". The front hinge is cracked and the front endpaper is lacking. The pages are slightly toned with occasional stains. Several page corners are creased. Pencil marks in the margins of several pages serving to highlight paragraphs were possibly made by the author himself or his business partner. <p>Fourth edition.<p>An important association copy from the library of Laing & Campbell inscribed in ink "Laing & Campbell / Mincing Lane / July 1856" on the front blank with the firm's blind-stamp reading "Laing & Campbell / 39 Mincing Lane London" stamped on the rear endpaper the front blank and at the top of the frontispiece as well as in the margins of a few other pages.<p>Although the preface to this fourth edition is dated August 7 1856 the inscription would imply that Laing and Campbell received a pre-publication copy in July of that year.<p>Laing & Campbell were in possession of financial warrants which had been given to them by Cole as tangible securities valued at 18000 pounds. As it turned out many of these warrants were spurious and worthless. Cole together with Davidson & Gordon had so substantially falsified the value of his company that when the business went bankrupt many of the warrants issued to secure the value of the business were seen to be fraudulent and those that were legitimate covered but a minute fraction of the firm's debt. Laing and Campbell were colonial brokers who were in possession of several of these warrants for spelter & Swedish steel which Cole Davidson & Gordon had offered as securities.<p>In a book review published in the June 7 1856 issue of the Economist the writer states: "The Great City Frauds of Cole Davidson and Gordon have been very fully and ably exposed by Seton Laing. in a book just published by him. In order to make the designs of Mr Cole and his coadjusters clear a plan is given of the small wharf occupied by him called Hagen's wharf interposed between two bonded warehouses which Mr Cole seems to have designedly acquired for his long-concocted frauds." The reviewer for the Standard expresses a much different opinion in his article published on June 12 1856: ".had the object of the writer been one to expose fraudulent practices he would have carried us entirely with him; but inasmuch as he allowed himself to be actuated by strong and vindictive feelings we have no hesitation in stating that he has completely failed in producing the effect which he is so anxious to make the public believe he had in view when he commenced the task which he has now brought to a conclusion." London: Published by the Author, Sold by Mann Nephews, 39 Cornhill, [1856]. hardcover
100986<p>London 19th Century. . Very good. - 4-pages detailing Lord Overstone's densely penned argument defending the 1844 Bank Act on 8-7/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch stationery with a crest embossed in blind at top left of the first page. The manuscript in Overstone's hand is not signed. As the primary architect of the Act Overstone lays out his principles sometimes in a question & answer format.</p><p>"Bank Notes are not properly issued upon Credit: to whatever extent they are so they deviate from their true and proper character. Money - is distinguished from all Securities etc. by resting upon its intrinsic value and not upon Credit. Bank Notes possessing an absolute certainty of commanding Gold at all times rest upon their intrinsic value and are therefore Money.'What was the necessity for altering the system of credit issues as they existed before 1844'. Answer. Credit Issues are not Money - they may or they may not carry with them the command of real value - to make them legal tender is unjust & dishonest it is a bad & inexpedient form for the adjustment of transactions. By changing the character of these Credit Issues - and making them Issues of certain value - we have substituted honest Money for the dishonest semblance of it - and thus given the Country that which it can justly compel all parties to receive in discharge of Debts.'Bank Notes really convertible' Answer: There lies the gist of the whole question. The convertibility must not rest upon the discretion of the parties issuing - that is Credit. But upon the certainty that the thing into which the Bank Note is to be converted is held in readiness for that purpose. That is Money. 'then he will run off etc' Answer: No doubt he will run off into the brambles & thorns & pitfalls of deposits credits bills of exchange etc. But follow him seize him collar him drag him back into the open field and the broad daylight - and then say to him - Sir. You have passed a dishonest delusion upon the public - You have issued as Money a great number of paper promises to pay Money whenever called upon - and you have done so without taking the necessary precautions to render the non fulfillment of that promise absolutely impossible.Therefore if you please Sir give us your hands. We must tie them behind your back with the Act of 1844. And now you may go and play the fool amongst credits capital Bills of Exchange for as much as you like. Men may trust you who choose - they do it of their free will and at their own risk. But what we make them take as Money they shall be well assured will under every possible contingency produce to them the Hard Cash on their demand". As a finale Overstone turns to drama: "Exeunt. Tooke. cursing swearing and abusing. / Wilson. equivocating tossing figures about in all directions and invariably turning them upside down. / with a long train of followers some blind some halt some lame - most of them waddling - one half of them frightened at their own shadow - the other half putting their hands into their neighbors pockets. / Restat. John Bull. solus. counting carefully to see that he has as many Sovereigns in one pocket as he has Bank Notes in the other."</p><p>Folded several times horizontally and vertically with an annotation identifying the manuscript as by Overstone discreetly penciled at the top of the first page. There is an additional vertical annotation faintly penned in red over a few words at right of the last page though not affecting the legibility to the text. Very good.</p><p>Samuel Jones Loyd Lord Overstone 1796-1883 was a British banker and leader of the "Currency School". The "Currency Rule" proposed that the bank should hold 100% gold reserves on note issues making bank notes the same as currency. He virtually authored the 1844 Bank Charter Act "Peel's Act". The Banking Act tied the issuing of notes strictly to gold reserves. Loyd succeeded his father as head of the Jones Loyd & Co. bank in 1844.</p><p>James Wilson 1805-1860 was the editor of The Economist. He was the leader of the "Banking School" which argued against strict limitations on the issuing of bank notes.</p><p>Thomas Tooke 1774-1858 was a prominent British economist who was also a leading figure in the "Banking School".</p> [London], 19th Century.
186818229Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1868. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Quarter leather over marbled boards spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering on orange and black panels on spines cream endpapers. B&W frontispiece in each volume. . The label on Volume IV is chipped with loss the volumes are otherwise fine. NEAR FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . J. B. Lippincott & Co. hardcover
1906025571New York: The Continental Insurance Company 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Illustrated. Signed by the author and President of Company and other management. Full leather hubbed spine gold gilt lettering and design frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations with tissue guards spine a bit darkened corners a bit worn last page of text 54 is singed and dated by William Loring Andrews and dated August 2 1906. Also signed in back on free-end papers by George E. Kline VP. Charles R. Tuttle VP. Edward Lanning VP. Joseph E. Lopez Secretary; James A. Swinnerton Asst. Secretary; and three other men whose positions are unknown. Also signed by President Henry Evans 1903 on his portrait page opposite page 36. Apart from the many signatures the text is crisp and clean. Binding is solid and attractive. Full refund if not satisfied. Rare signed first edition. The Continental Insurance Company hardcover
1952871G2216Ceylon: Ceylon Government Press 1952. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 83 plus 448 pages. Twenty-four maps. Many dozens of tables charts and graphs. Prepared by request of the Government of Ceylon to survey the development potentialities of the country with special consideration given to: Agriculture particularly rice cultivation mixed farming dairying colonization and resettlement Irrigation Fisheries Forestry Minerals Power Industrial development Inland transport and shipping vocational training Health including housing and water schemes General Economics including public finance money and banking savings and investment balance of payment. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Bindings intact. A sound copy of this comprehensive snapshot of Ceylon's state of economic development in 1952. Ceylon Government Press Paperback
1966313G1756UK: Pergamon Press/The Open University. Good. 1966. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 557 pages. Name index. Subject index. Exhaustive bibliography. Handsome gilt lettering and decoration upon gray backstrip. "The first book of any substantial size that is devoted entirely to the subject of primitive money" - from Introduction. Average wear. Binding intact. Minimal external library markings. Usual internal library markings. A sound copy of this important scholarly reference.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Primitive Money: In Its Ethnological Historical and Economic Aspects Media of Exchange . Pergamon Press/The Open University hardcover
189315504250Victoria BC: Queen's Printer. Very Good. 1893. First Edition. Paperback. 224 pages including index and the Terms of Union under which the Colony of British Columbia entered into union with the Dominion of Canada. Prior owner's details Oscar Bass Law Clerk 1904 written atop page 3. Occasional markings to contents. Lovely navy blue leather covers feature bright gilt lettering. Nice copy; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Rules Orders and Forms of Proceeding of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Adopted 19th April 1892 and as Amended Up to 1893 History . Queen's Printer paperback
First Irish edition, viii, 123, [1 adverts]pp., one folding engraved plate, some light spotting, cont. calf, upper joint split, lower joint starting. Thomas Hitt, a native of Aberdeenshire, served his apprenticeship at Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland. The Duke, like his father, greatly delighted in gardening, and Hitt spent the majority of his life working life employed by the Duke as chief gardener at his homes within Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Fussell II, p. 29-30; Perkins, 802 (1760 London edition); Aslin, p. 62.
Octavo. Pp. 85. Printed on thick paper. Original stiff printed wrappers, bit dust-soiled, spine panel trifle frayed; faint dampmark in lower margin throughout. In good condition ~ First edition. In the same year, an English translation, "The Bimetallic Par: Notes Submitted to the Gold and Silver Commission" was published in London by P. S. King; and a German translation, "Das bimetallische Pari. Der Gold- und Silver-Commission in London unterbreitete Bemerkungen" appeared in Köln by J. P. Bachem. Henri Cernuschi (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist, best known for his publications on financial questions, more especially bimetallism. Of the latter he was an ardent champion, and the word itself is commonly supposed to have originated with him - at least in its English form it is first found in his "Silver Vindicated" (1876).
Un volume in 4to piccolo (20x26 cm) di XII-402 pagine + due tavole ft in fine. Mezza pelle coeva, dorso liscio con titolo dorato e nome del possessore in coda (F. Lefevre). Piatti marmorizzati (minime usure agli angoli). Gora marginale a una decina di fogli, ma bell'esemplare a grandi margini.- E. O. - Prima edizione di questo importante trattato che comprende tutti i progressi nella scienza agricola e nell'organizzazione delle aziende agricole all'inizio del XIX secolo. I modelli proposti sono quelli delle zone più sviluppate della Lombardia e dell'Emilia.
