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1953313a4266London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Poor. 1953. Second English Impression. Hardcover. "In the analysis of the causes and effects of the depreciation of the German mark I have used besides German official publications and economic articles in some of the leading newspapers. personal observations made during a long stay in Germany from 1920 to 1929 first as a member of Berlin staff of the Reparations Commission; than as head of the German Exports Control which was instituted in 1921 by the Committee of Guarantees; and lastly as economic advisor to the Agent-General of Reparations." - Preface to the English Edition. 464 pages. Index. Usual library markings some stroked out in black. Both inner joints almost fully open. Above-average wear to original sky blue cloth. Strictly a reading copy of this important work particularly in light of current global inflation prospects.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Economics of Inflation: A Study of Currency Depreciation in Post-War Germany 1914-1923: Sir Halley Stewart Publications IV Inflation Currency Inflation Weimar Republic Federal Reserve Helicopter Ben Bernanke Liquidity Central Bank . George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
1985552c7575USA: B.P. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 0961157402 . Signed and inscribed by Jerry Bresser upon front free endpaper. "The key to real estate sales is language. using the right word at the right time. In any listing encounter it's not what you know that counts. it's what you can think of at the moment and this book tells you wha to say and when to say it. You'll learn: how to present offers; how to control the sales interview without being pushy; effective qualifying; how to make better listing presentations; what questions to ask and why not asking them could cost you a fortune; how to make an effective pricing presentation and deal with pricing objections; how to overcome objections and indecision and get to the closing; how to find good listing prospects." - dust jacket. 311 pages. Prior owner's name inside front board otherwise book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to Brodart-protected dust jacket. A quality signed copy of this enduring classic.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; SELLING BUSINESS ECONOMICS SALES Jerry Bresser's List More Sell More - The Most Effective Listing and Selling System in North America Bresser 311 pages. The key to real estate sales is language. using the right word at the right time. In any listing; Signed by Authors . B.P. hardcover
1975344j2221London: the Arab World. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Apparently published circa 1975 in connection to "the United Nations General Assembly's Resolution 3379 adopted on 10 November 1975 which 'Determined that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.'" - Wikipedia. Written in strident support of the Resolution this 26 page stapled item includes sections entitled: A State Founded on Zionism; A Country of Double Standards; Discrimination Regarding Immigration and Citizenship; Discrinimation Regarding Land; Discrimimation Against Arab Civilians in the Occupied Territories; Racist Attitudes Among Israeli Jews; A State Founded on Racism; and more. Includes numerous supporting quotes from a variety of sources. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A sound example. ; 8vo . the Arab World) paperback
1964443j0677Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. '.Presents a new theory of the consumption function tests it against extensive statistical material and suggests some of its significant implications." - dust jacket. xvi 243 pages. Index. Copyright page suggests a 1957 printing date but a book advertised on the back dust jacket flap is dated 1964 suggesting this copy is a 1964 third printing. Book clean and tight with very light wear to handsome original navy cloth adorned in gilt upon backstrip. Ink markings to approximately eighteen pages. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this significant work.; National Bureau of Economic Research Number 63 General Series; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Princeton University Press hardcover
2004227a8115Canada: Canadian Intelligence Publications 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 95 pages. Author's signature upon title page. "Money and in modern times credit in all their forms and instruments are the lifeblood of society and the nation. For generations practically all modern industrialized nations have experienced periods of boom times and inflation followed by depression hard times and a shortage of 'money'. and in recent decades every country seems plagued with an escalating mountain of debt - and taxation to pay the interest on the mounting debt." - dust jacket. Author has been an inexhaustable and prominent proponent of freedom for Canadians for many decades. Unread. Gift quality. Canadian Intelligence Publications Hardcover
1977429H2776London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. 0710076444 . 184 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy." - subtitle. "Deals with the basic conceptions necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy." - from dust jacket. Light wear to unmarked book. Binding tight. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Bibliographic reference: Machlup B-15; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Law Legislation and Liberty: Volume I only: Rules and Order theories of justice personal Liberty Freedom . Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited hardcover
1933169H4290London: Jonathan Cape Limited /. Fair. 1933. Third Impression. Hardcover. 244 pages. Index of authors cited. Reprint of the first English edition of Hayek's first book first published in German in 1929. Chapters include: The Problem of the Trade Cycle; Non-Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle; The Fundamental Cause of Cyclical Fluctuations; Unsettled Problems of Trade Cycle Theory. Heavily-worn former libary copy with usual markings. Hinges intact. A worthy vintage reference copy. Cody & Ostrem B-1 Cohen 184 Masui p.245 Sraffa 2428.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Monetary Theory Trade cycle Economics H.A. Hayek . Jonathan Cape Limited / hardcover
195042903574London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1950. Second Printing. Hardcover. 266 pages including index of authors cited. Second printing of 1939 First Edition. "In the first and longest essay Hayek develops his well-known theory of industrial fluctuations beyond the point at which it was left in his Prices and Production. While the central argument of this theory remains the same it is now restated on somewhat different and more realistic assumptions and in less abstract forms and certain important improvements are introduced. The main advance concerns the relationship between the rate of interest and the rate of profit. The other essays deal with particular problems in the same field such as demand for capital capital maintenance the factors governing investment and the supply of savings. The first essay appears for the first time; the others are collected and in part translated from various English and foreign journals in which they were originally published." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear to red boards. Slight lean to spine which bears bright gilt lettering. Average wear to dust jacket which bears several small chips and tears primarily at spine ends and several small marks upon back panel. Overall a nice solid copy. Sraffa 2441.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Profits Interest and Investment: And Other Essays on the Theory of Industrial Fluctuations Hayek Friedrich A. index of authors cited. Second printing of 1939 First Edition. "In the first and longest essay Hayek develops his well-known theory of ind . Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. hardcover
1961162j2080Sherman Oaks California: The Holdridge Foundation. Good. 1961. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf. Early in the Great Depression Holdridge a U.S. military officer witnessed the profound poverty of a WWI veteran and vowed to study and solve the problem of widespread economic distress in a world of potential abundances. Thirty years later this book is the result. "I call my solution 'The Holdridge Plan' because I believe that it constitutes an original proposal for a structure of democratic adminstrative control derived from my own considerable Army administrative experience but reversing military techniques which function from the top down to provide democratic control from the bottom up." - page iii. iv 2 172 2 pages. Tight and unmarked with average wear. Covers tanned. A sound vintage signed example of this intriguing proposal. ; 8vo; Signed by Author . The Holdridge Foundation unknown
1984639a4687USA: The Gemological Institute of America GIA 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 206 pages. Bibliography. Reference notes. Beautiful colour photography. "For more than 50 years Harry Winston 1896-1978 was the purveyor of some of the most wonderful gems and most fabulous jewelry ever created. His deep-rooted love of fine jewels took him all over the world his adventurous life filled with kings maharajas potentates industrialists - and fortunes made and lost." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Clamshell box not included. A high-quality copy. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Hardcover
1999237j1579Canada: Robert Andrew Marquis. Fine. 1999. Second Printing. Paperback. 0968480209 . Signed and generically inscribed by author upon title page. The title says it all. In this landmark volume intrepid Canadian Chartered Accountant Robert A. Marquis explains with full supporting documentation why Canada's federal income tax is illegal. Chapters include: Early History of British North America and Ramifications Today; Property and Civil Rights; Provincial Acts; The Financial Act of 1894; The Estate Duty - Great Britain; Legislative Powers are Exclusive; The Judiciary Supreme Court and Parliament; Fraud Deception and Manipulation; Corporate Taxation; Are we a Democracy; Conclusions; What Can You do Legally "As I saw Canada falling apart I decided that we should look at the source of the problem and one way of doing it was to produce a book on the true facts of our history." - Introduction. vii 1 218 pages. Extensive appendices and reference index. Appendix 'J' affixed inside back cover. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Possibly unread. A high-quality copy signed example of this intriguing study.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Direct Taxation Income Tax - Canada - History Income Tax - Law and Legislation - Canada; Signed by Author . Robert Andrew Marquis paperback
1923313a4761London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1923. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 369 pages. Index. "The present volume is the third of a group the main purpose of which is to study the direction of man's efforts for the attainment of material ends: and to search for possibilities of improvements in that procedure which may increase the command of the peoples of the world over their resources; and enable them to develop their higher faculties." - from Preface. Bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual internal library markings externally unmarked. Above-average external wear. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy first edition copy of this important work. Macmillan & Co Ltd Hardcover
1957822j1472New York: McCready Publishing Co. Good. 1957. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. This issue is highlighted by twenty pages of content celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sayco Dolls featuring archival company and staff photos a history of the company by Founder I. Schoen and numerous tributes by other industry players. Additional features include: "Big Top" Theme Sparks Bry's Christmas Toy Dep't; Doll Repairs - A Profitable Sideline; News From Past Decades; Greer's Assistant Manager's Home-Made Christmas Displays; How Muirhead's of Dearborn Michigan Organizes a Christmas Parade; Joske's Boasts World's Largest Santa; Retailer News; Off-Season Doll Sales Up 48% at Sibley Lindsay & Curr; St. Nick's Year-Round California Home; Meet Marty Greisiger - well-known buyer turned salesman; Switch to Self-Service Increases Golden Rule's Sales 10-15%; Quality article by William Hartman maker of doll carriages; Playthings Visits Gary Indiana; West Coast Toy Men And Toys; The New York Toy Market; Shopping Chicago; Products And People In The News; and more. 242 pages with over 100 pages of glorious ads in color and black and white. Index of advertisers. "Playthings was an American trade magazine focusing on the toy and game industry. Founded in 1902 it was published in physical form until Fall 2010 and was generally regarded as the premier trade publication of the American toy industry. During the 1950s it began the promotion of toy purchasing as a year-round practice rather than primarily a Christmas-related phenomenon." - Wikipedia. Faint date stamp atop front cover otherwise clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A rare and wonderful snapshot of the 1950s toy trade.; 4to . McCready Publishing Co. unknown
1971328c5069USA: Omni Publications 1971. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 148 pages. A rare early reprint of Mullins' classic expose of the Federal Reserve. Yellow high-lighting throughout. Modest lean to spine. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. Omni Publications Paperback
1956339a4152Canada: Maclean's Magazine. 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 64 pages. Features: The Rothschilds' fabulous stake in Canada - very rare 6-page article by Peter C. Newman with photos; What you don't need to know about rock 'n roll - "it works on man's emotions like the music of the heathen in Africa"; Just look at the old ice-creem parlor now - George Dawson's drive-in can have twelve thousand people drop in on a Sunday; The Great Cross-Canada hike - five people walked from Halifax to Vancouver - here's the footrace that stirred all Canada back in 1921; The alarming truth about Konrad Adenauer - we call him a friend but this Grand Old Man of Germany is really a threat to pro-Western policy; When Every woman looked like Regina Lee - Blance Howard discusses the Liberal stranglehold on Ottawa; How to handle your kids in the holidays; The miracle that saved our son's mind - Frank Barkey's 'perfect baby' was on the dim edge of consciousness his body wracked by convulsions his brain a shattered blank - this is the story of that ordeal. Interesting ad inside back cover shows iron lungs with Caterpillar backup power. Somewhat above-average wear. Please note that page 5/6 is missing. It appears to have contained the London letter by Beverley Baxter. Fantastic colour ad for the 1956 Buick on page 10. Nice colour Coke ad on back cover. Bit of writing atop back cover.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's Magazine July 7 1956 THE ROTHSCHILD'S FABULOUS STAKE IN CANADA Rothschilds' fabulous stake in Canada - very rare 6-page article by Peter C. Newman with photos; What you don't need to know about rock 'n roll - "it works on man's emotions like . Maclean's Magazine paperback
1978429c9825New York: Collier Books. Good. 1978. Revised Edition. Paperback. 0020746903 . 338 pages. Index. Signature of Murray Rothbard in blue ink upon title page appears to have been stamped or written in autopen. "Provides a penetrating and enlightening rationale for his approach and applies the libertarian idea to every aspect of politics." - from back cover. ". A benchmark of how far leftward the right wing of standard brand American politics now stands." - The Washington Post. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Murray N. Rothbard Liberterianism Libertarian Manifesto Freedom Government Liberty Laissez-faire United States Economic Policy Social Policy Austrian School Economics . Collier Books paperback
1983443h6106New York: Richardson & Snyder. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0943940044 . "Expands upon the hard money analysis of Rothbard's 'What Has The Government Done To Our Money' and combines it with the T-account analysis of banking found in conventional money and banking texts. 'This' says Rothbard 'has never been done before and fills an important gap in hard-money analysis and in explaining how the banking system creates money.'" - dust jacket. "If you want to find out how banks play with your deposits if you want to know what money really is and what it isn't Murray Rothbard's account of the banking pyramid built by depositors of all sizes read this book and learn the secrets the banks don't advertise." - dust jacket. pp. 12 2-286 11. Index. Dust jacket back panel features caricature of Rothbard by Leitch appropriately titled "State's Greatest Living Enemy." Moderate wear to tightly-bound book. Contents clean and unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival grade Brodart. A sound first edition copy of this important Rothbard contribution to the cause of hard money.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Banking 16th Century - 20th Century Development of Modern Banking Murray Rothbard Types of Banks Money Supply Inflation Fractional Reserve Lending Fiat Currency Hard Money Fractional Reserve System Austrian School Economics . Richardson & Snyder hardcover
1956541H1751Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade Division. Good. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. xx 2 484 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "I was forty-six years old in 1923 when the Government offered me the post of Commissioner for National Currency followed shortly by that of President of the Reichsbank an appointment bestowed upon me by President Ebert. I accepted the appointment and stabilized the mark." - from xi. William Shirer described Schacht as "The only brilliant and next to Hitler the most interesting Nazi." Schacht sometimes referred to as 'Hitler's Banker' was acquitted of war crimes at Nuremberg. Moderate wear to orange cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. Professor's ink stamp inside front board. Considerable ink underlining and marginalia on pages 315-321. Bit of writing inside back board. Includes replica dust jacket. A sound copy. Laska 344 Madden p.609 Aldcroft & Rodger p.84.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Confessions of "The Old Wizard" - The Autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht Reichsbank Weimer Hyperinflation Nazi Germany Sterling Area Point 4 Program Conspiracy Hitler . Houghton Mifflin Company (Trade Division) hardcover
1963324G2222New York: Oxford University Press. Good. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. 1260 pages. Subject and author indexes. List of books frequently quoted. Reprint of the 1954 first edition. ".The history of the intellectual efforts that men have made in order to understand economic phenomena or which comes to the same thing the history of the analytic or scientific aspects of economic thought." - from page 3. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; History Economic Analysis Economics Joseph A. Schumpeter . Oxford University Press hardcover
1986722j1544Toronto: The Canadian Bankers' Association. Fair with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0919227392 . "It is about sixty years since Adam Shortt completed his classic series of articles on Canadian banking history. They first appeared in the Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association now known as the Canadian Banker. They may provide an interesting perspective on the continuing debate about the structure of our financial system." - Foreword. "Shortt built a very rich storehouse of information through which we can understand the practical origins of Canadian currency and the banking industry as well as gain some understanding of the background and intent of the nineteenth-century legislation regulating them." - Introduction. Author studied and taught at Queen's University in Kingston. xxiv 904 pages. Index. Frontis portrait of author. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear to publisher's pale blue cloth brightly lettered in silver. Moderate lean to spine. No dust jacket presumably as issued. A worthy reference example of this informative history.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Canadian Bankers' Association History of Banking - Canada Currency of Canada - history Adam Shortt . The Canadian Bankers' Association hardcover
1946163c8166USA: National Civil Rights Committee. Good. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 503 pages. Index. Addenda. The personal copy of Canadian M.P. Norman Jacques. Mr. Jacques signed this copy inside the front board and beneath his name wrote "House of Commons Ottawa July 29/46". Mr. Jacques was a controversial member of the Social Credit party who "promoted C.H. Douglas's belief in an international financial Jewish conspiracy and attempted to read excerpts of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion into the Canadian parliamentary record." - Wikipedia. Upon verso of front free endpaper the following note is hand-written "Compliments of Dr. Donald J. McDaniel 31 North State St. Chicago Ill." "The book is not so much an account of the trial as an analysis of it. Dennis and St. George identify the people and the purposes behind the trial how and why it came about. And they devote much of the book to a dissection of the government's case against the accused seditionists." - L.A. Rollins. Tight and square with moderate external wear. Bright gilt decoration and lettering upon blue cloth front board and backstrip.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; A Trial on Trial - The Great Sedition Trial of 1944 Norman Jacques M.P. Wetaskawin Alberta Nazi Sympathizers American US Elizabeth Dilling; Signed by Authors . National Civil Rights Committee hardcover
1922429h5635Chicago: Carl Strover 1922. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "The so-called civilized world is once more in the throes of monetary convulsions - convulsions more violent and widespread than any others recorded in history. Even in the United States financial stress prevails. The author is convinced that his monetary system presented here is very much superior to the gold standard system and all other monetary systems presently in vogue or being advocated. Adoption of this system will mean the saving of immense wealth the avoidance of well-nigh inconceivable suffering and injustice and the stabilization of business to an extent heretofore deemed possible by but few men." - Introduction. Irving Fisher referred to this work on page 203 of his 1928 book "The Money Illusion." IV V-XIII 2 91 pp. No dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Possibly rebound in maroon cloth lettered in gilt. Binding tight. 7" x 5". A sound vintage copy of this intriguing proposal. Carl Strover Hardcover
1991347j2379Vancouver B.C.: Varty & Company Printers. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1991. Second Printing. Paperback. 1895560004 . "Quebec has announced its intention to hold a referendum which may deal with sovereignty. If Quebec declares independence it will not have the legal right to take with it two thirds of its present territory. An understanding of the legal status of the Ungava territory is aided by examining the legal principles of explicity and implied condition principal-agent relationship resulting trust and civil law." - page 1. viii 104 p. Bibliography. Maps. Author was Chairman of the Constitutional Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this critical reference if and when the issue of Quebec separatism rises again.; 4to . Varty & Company Printers paperback
1952201G4699Montreal: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers 1952. Book. Illus. by Hill James Cover Art; Winter William;. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: This issue features for the first time cover art by James Hill of Hamilton featuring an actual scene of a snow sleigh being painted in Dundas Ontario during a light snow; Great colour ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely Ltd. inside front cover features their equipment mining uranium ore ungerground; Household Finance ad features photo of Mr. S.B. Kelly Manager of the Richmond St. London Ontario office; One-page two-colour ad for Thor household appliances; Nothing Sacred About the Two-Party System Editorial; Column on B.C.'s Socred government; Nice colour ad for Canadian General Electric features six of their clocks; Canada's best-loved Governor-General Lord Alexander becomes Defense Minister of Great Britain - article with many photos; Benny's Happy Family - nearly four hundred veterans and their wives and fourteen hundred children live at Benny Farm a huge apartment development in Montreal's suburb of Notre Dame de Grace - article with five photos; Keep Away from Laura - fiction by Morley Callaghan; The Mysterious Kingdom of the Saguenay - photo-illustrated article including photo of Madame Gunder Olsen sitting outside her home; How Mackenzie King Won His Greatest Gamble - the fantastic events of 1926 showed him as a true political genius; They're Looting Our History - American collectors and tourists armed with shovels are carting away the story of Canada's dim past from Manitoulin Island - article with photos; When Sears Joins Up with Simpson's - great photo-illustrated article on this important Canadian department store merger; Why the Braden's Don't Come Home - Photo-illustrated article on Bernie and Barbara Braden once of Vancouver who now have jobs in British TV radio stage and movies; Colour Sweet Caps Caporal ad features puffing majorette; Colour centrefold ad for Westinghouse home appliances; Prest-O-Lite ad features photo of Boston Bruin Milt Schmidt in action; Interesting illustrated ad for film "Androcles and the Lion" with heading "Barbaric revelry to fire the senses of the world. in the story of history's most sin-swept era!"; Nice colour ad for Aylmer Golden Corn; Nice colour ad for Champion spark plugs features boy throwing snowball; Uncommon Stelco ad features photos of their new 673-foot ore unloading bridge at Hamilton their new blast furnace at Hamilton Works and their new Open Hearth Furnace at Hamilton; Nice two-page Buick ad; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. A high-quality copy of this lovely vintage issue. Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers Paperback
1994mon0000179989Routledge 1994-12-15. Hardcover. Good. 3.9970 in x 23.3822 in x 15.7880 in. Ex-library book Hardback/Hardcover usual stamps and marking. Clean text sound binding. Routledge hardcover
