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17326120London: Printed for T. Dormer 1732. First edition. Modern quarter morocco over cloth with gilt to spine. Measuring 180 x 111mm and collating complete including frontis folding game board and concluding woodcut: 2 62 2. From the collection of stage magician Ricky Jay with his bookplate to upper pastedown. Top margin trimmed close with consistent loss to running headers and occasional loss to page numbers with no other text effected. Pages somewhat toned with minor marginal chips but otherwise unmarked. A scarce satire playing both on the rising popularity of get-rich-quick schemes and on the economics of the marriage market the present is the only example to appear in the auction record. OCLC locates only twelve institutional copies. The present is the only example currently in trade.<br /> <br /> A Scheme for a New Lottery warns readers against the dangers posed by get-rich-quick schemes targeting large-scale scams like the recently burst South Sea Bubble sometimes called the world's first Ponzi scheme and the pawn-broking swindle of the so-called Charitable Corporation. These scams were appealing to ordinary people at a time when few were "successful in using wealth from trade to found a landed family" Rapp. Mocking both the conmen and the conned A Scheme satirically proposes "Another Lottery which may prove a general benefit to all concern'd; as there is no better Remedy for a Bite from a Mad Dog than the Liver of the Dog that bit." The proposed lottery filled with abstruse rules and convoluted promises ensures that the cycle continues.<br /> <br /> A Scheme also mocks marriage as a scam in which women could either make a wise match in a rich man or lose it all by marrying down. The lottery provides "Fifty Thousand tickets to be deliver'd to Maids or Widows or any that appear to be such" in the hopes of winning a financially stable husband represented by the tickets drawn. Such a match could be a good one: "A Ware-House Keeper with the Salary of a Hundred Pounds" or "the Governour." It could also by virtue of lottery be a loss: "2 Scotchmen both Pedlars 500 Broken Booksellers" and a range of other ruinous bounders are also listed as prizes. For those who desire an advance attempt the folding game bound in the book invites blindfolded women to stick a pin in the board to claim their prize. The present copy was played gently with pin marks revealing a Blacksmith and a Valet de Chambre among those husbands won<br /> <br /> The popularity of A Scheme resulted in a reissue the same year with a canceled title page as The Ladies Lottery and falsely attributed to Swift.<br /> <br /> ESTC N20921. Printed for T. Dormer unknown
172910556Dublin: S. Powell and sold by G. Ewing 1729. First edition. Cloth over Boards crimson linen from early 20th century. Very Good mild ex-library. 12mo; 57 pp in 4s. With the two fold-out tables after p. 20 but lacking two tables after p. 30. . an important and famous and scarce book. Despite the two tables which are lacking a tidy and fascinating publication. S. Powell and sold by G. Ewing hardcover
185046838Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth Journal February 1850. First Edition. Oversized tabloid broadsheet circular 60x37.50cm.; text printed in triple columns. Some splitting to previous folds affecting a couple of words with brief loss of meaning light dust-soil to upper and lower margins else a Very Good still quite fresh example.<br /> <br /> Editorial composed in the wake of the repeal of the 1842 tariff and the substitution of the 1846 tariff which the author argues has crippled the finer manufactories and precluded further development. Young additionally provides a comprehensive examination of the advantages of English mill owners over American due to easy and cheap availability of capital including several figures for the Lowell and Lawrence mills. Not separately catalogued in OCLC nor does the record for the serial make mention of any recorded Extras. Portsmouth Journal unknown
197044815Washington DC: The Bureau of National Affairs Inc 1970. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; dark green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii5037pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light wear to extremities and two tiny tears. Papers presented to the Collective Bargaining Forum held in New York City May 12-13 1969. Includes contributions by Arthur J. Goldberg William F. May George Meany Virgil B. Day P.L. Siemiller ALgie A. Hendrix George Woodcock Solomon Barkin Joseph R. Crowley and others. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc unknown
194643451New York: John Day Company 1946. Second Printing. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's cloth in tan dust jacket printed in red and black; ix3297pp. A few chips and closed tears to jacket extremities none quite touching text spine very slighty toned later ownership signature to front free endpaper else Very Good overall. Important work on the business and managerial structure of General Motors by the Austrian-American political economist and professor of management. John Day Company unknown
189629709Lausanne: F. Rouge Éditeur Librairie de l'Universit 1896-1897. 2 volumes. Rare First Edition. The First Major Work by this very important economist. Illustrated with numerous tables and graphs throughout. 8vo in a fine French binding of three-quarter burnt-red morocco over marbled boards spines lettered gilt on two gilt ruled black morocco labels additional gilt ruling at the ends. viii. 430: 4 426 pp. A very fine and attractive set of this rare first edition the handsome bindings as mint the text fresh and clean with just the lightest hint of age a superior set indeed. RARE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT MODERN CLASSICS OF ECONOMICS IT WAS IN THESE COURSES THAT PARETO BEGAN HIS DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF 'PARETO EFFICIENCY' WHICH HELPED CREATE THE FIELD OF MICROECONOMICS AND CHANGED ECONOMICS FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY TO A PRACTICAL ONE.<br> In 1893 Pareto succeeded Léon Walras to the chair of Political Economy at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland where he remained for the rest of his life. He was he first to discover that income follows a power-law probability distribution of wealth in a society fitting the trend that a large portion of wealth is held by a small fraction of the population the 'Pareto distribution'.<br> Pareto's legacy in the study of economist is profound. Much in response to his efforts the economics evolved from a branch of moral philosophy as viewed by Adam Smith into a data intensive field of scientific research and mathematical equations. F. Rouge, Éditeur, Librairie de l'Universit hardcover
193810797New York: Ronald Press 1938. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth boards dustjacket; 798p. Volume in Near Fine condition with dusting & faint foxing to text block edges. In original dustjacket which is however somewhat worn with small marginal losses and closed tears age-toning to spine; Good only. Elementary economics textbook published at the height of the Great Depression clearly intended as a primer for an American public forced for the first time to comprehend economic dysfunction on a catastrophic scale. Much on New Deal monetary & fiscal policy social spending etc as well as discussion of the failures of Wall Street. Uncommon. Ronald Press unknown
198615068Amsterdam: North-Holland 1986. First Edition. Two octavo volumes; blue cloth; dustjacket; pp790-1273. Ink hand-stamps and old price-sticker residue to endpapers; Vol I lacking jacket Vol II in moderately rubbed and edgeworn jacket; else tight and unmarked. Very Good. A sound and unmarked working set. North-Holland unknown
193742456Chicago: University of Plenocracy Publishers 1937. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; 8507pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece full-page illus. by George Clayton Field throughout. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities small stain from previously removed tape at top edge of rear panel else a Near Fine copy in the uncommon jacket. Contemporary photographic ex-libris to front pastedown of a "John J. King" a.k.a. "Buddha" with gift inscription to front free endpaper: "To Dear Lady Moore / High Priestess of Long . From 'Buddha.'" Treatise on so-called "Plenocracy" "The Science of Creating Abundance for All" rear jacket panel by the author of "Unseen Forces and How to Use Them" 1933. Ownership markings as wacky as the contents. OCLC locates five copies in the United States as of October 2018 Cal. State Northridge UCSB LC Illinois and Tennessee. University of Plenocracy Publishers unknown
184955145New York: Published by the Author 1849. First Edition. Presentation copy with a very early inscription Jan 1 1849 to a William F. Day "with the affectionate regards of the Author." First printing. Octavo 23cm; publisher's blind-embossed cloth titled in gilt on spine; xxx vi37-298pp. A very sound internally fresh copy; the boards slightly rubbed at edges with small perforations to cloth at joints; Very Good. <br /> <br /> A major early work of American economic reform in which Kellogg 1790-1858 articulated his views on fiat money interest and the labor theory of value. His proposal - that "paper currency issued from a central office.be loaned to individuals.at an interest rate uniform throughout the nation with interest fixed by the government at that rate which would secure to labor and capital their respective rights." see Destler "The Influence of Edward Kellogg Upon American Radicalism" in Journal of Political Economy v.40 no 3 Jun 1932 went little noticed at the time of publication but would become highly influential in the years immediately following the U.S. Civil War when federally-backed fiat money became a matter of necessity. The precise identity of the recipient of this copy is uncertain but one William F. Day appears in contemporary newspaper accounts as a civil attorney practicing in Elizabethtown New Jersey. ADAMS Radical Literature p.49. GOLDSMITH'S 36346. Published by the Author unknown
192188270New York: McGraw Hill Book Company 1921. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's pebble grain black cloth titled in gilt to spine. 340pp. Strong and tight a little dulled to the spine light bumping and scuffing to spine ends and corners; internally clean and fresh ink ownership to front flyleaf illustrated throughout with in-text reference charts and diagrams. An about very good copy of an important work.<br /> <br /> From the library of J.H.S. "Jimmy" Ellis president of the Kudner Ad Agency and one of the original and most influential "Mad Men" who was almost singlehandedly responsible for making corporations like Buick GEC and National Distillers into household names in the mid-twentieth century with his ownership signature to the front flyleaf. One of the earliest works on analysis of market research from the library of a man who built markets. McGraw Hill Book Company unknown
192956871New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1929. First Edition. First printing. Square octavo 19cm. Original yellow cloth titled and decorated in red on spine and front cover; 128pp. A tight Very Good copy lacking the pencil and with the "seal" on pp.17-128 broken. Scattered pencil marginalia; paper-clip stain to upper margin of title page still a quite nice example. <br /> <br /> A rather jubilant guide to playing the stock market for the common investor configured as a "game" in which the reader has inherited $10000 from an uncle they have never seen with the caveat that they will inherit the uncle's entire million-dollar estate if they can increase the $10000 to $15000 with a week's judicious trading. "The Wall Street Game as it is played in this book is so simple that anyone can play it without technical knowledge of the market.as in real Wall Street luck plays a prominent part. But you will have to use common-sense in buying and selling stocks or you will not win the million under your Uncle's will." In what may be the most monumental case of bad timing in publishing history the book was announced in Publisher's Weekly for October 26 1929 just two days before the Crash. Originally issued with a black Eagle Mikado pencil lacking from this copy. Farrar & Rinehart unknown
195882189Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Russet cloth titled in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv368pp. Mild dusting to upper edge of text block; spine slightly pulled at crown without damage; internally clean and unmarked - on the better end of Very Good. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped heavily sunned on spine with small chips and tears just VG. A presentable but far from pristine first edition of Galbraith's landmark study of America's post-WW2 economy. Number 46 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1937021536Baltimore: Privately Printed 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page title page and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine. Green cloth-backed boards 7-1/2" x 10-3/4"; xi iii 324 pages. Copy #499 of 500 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject and with a foreword by him as well. Covers books printed from 1574 to 1935. <br/><br/> Privately Printed hardcover
195582163Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1955. Second Printing lacking the 1955 date on the title page. Octavo 21.25cm; red cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii212pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges else Fine. In the correct dustjacket priced $3.50; light wear hint of sunning to spine with some mild dust-soil to rear panel; Very Good or better with the spine almost entirely unfaded. An attractive copy of Galbraith's detailed economic history of the lead-up to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 following the greatest speculative boom ever through the awful early days after the crash. 82163. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown
13502No place or printer but England 1840s . Slip broadside 14½ x 5 inches; printed on thin paper with a single horizontal fold mounted on an old album sheet but in nice condition. The poem begins "Now you neighbours and friends if you listen to me" and continues We have corn we have cattle we have pastures and fields And such crops as no country but England can yield. Yet with all this abundance one half of the nation To speak at the least are in a state of Starvation. . . . Apparently both an unrecorded broadside and an unrecorded text. [No place or printer, but England, 1840s?] unknown
193335105New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Second Printing. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's cloth in orange printed dust jacket; xviii2490pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities spine rather toned top textblock edge heavily foxed compliments card of the Michigan Association of Personal Finance Companies signed by the Director of Social Research Russell J. Darling originally paperclipped now loose to front free endpaper with subsequent rust stains. Still a Very Good or better copy in the scarce dust jacket. The earliest such history of the personal finance business authored by a statistician for the Beneficial Management Corporation a company which supervised and audited the largest group of personal finance companies in the country. Neifeld would go on to write a number of small how-to manuals on personal and consumer credit. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
195585736Cairo Egypt: N.B.E. Printing 1955. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. 24.5cm. Publisher's original white paper wraps with yapp edges titled in black to front wrap. 3; 60pp.; 24 bibliography to rear. Light wear and creasing to the yapp edges a little scuffing to the spine ends and some isolated minor soiling; internally clean and fresh. A Very Good clean copy indeed. <br /> <br /> A keystone piece of economic theory and a major influence upon the evolution of Free Market theory following on from Hayek's seminal "Profits Interest and Investment" 1939. In essence the "The Political Ideal of the Rule of Law" is an intellectually passionate defense of legal predictability equality before the law and limited government power as it relates to markets and commerce. Hayek's lectures portray these principles not only as essential for political liberty but also as the foundation of any healthy economic system. Extremely scarce in commerce with adequate holdings in institutions likely due to the publication's and Hayek's association with the University of Chicago. N.B.E. Printing unknown
194785730Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1947. Revised Second Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's deep brown cloth with red and gilt titles to spine. Dustjacket. xviii; 641pp. Some light scuffing to corners and a little light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends clean and bright; topstain red internally clean and fresh with some informed underlining and emphasis from a previous reader in the early part of the text; in a clean dustjacket with a portion of loss to the joint of the front and rear flaps toning most heavily to the spine panel and shallow chipping and loss to the spine ends with old tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket. A very good handsome copy of an important book in a dustjacket that has seen some wear. Shows very well.<br /> <br /> Von Neumann and Morgenstern were the first theorists to build a framework for the analysis of strategic decision making ostensibly in "game" environments but essentially expanding that framework out over a significant portion of human interactions. The basic supporting member is that each decision maker will attempt to improve their own situation and maximize their own outcomes thus making their choices at least partially predictable and measurable. Much like Mackay's "Extraordinary Popular Delusions" "The Madness of Crowds" in 1841 "Theory of Games" is one of those works that changed enormously how we think about human interaction and the concepts of free will and independent decision making. The influence of this work has in one form or another extended into a myriad of different fields; from military intelligence via the stock market and economic to computing and how we decide to lay out supermarket shelves. Fiercely collectible since publication early printings are thin on the ground. Princeton University Press unknown
1943721j1329Liverpool U.K.: K.R.P. Publications. Very Good. 1943. First Edition Thus. Paperback. "A contemporary account of the life of the late Premier of Alberta leader of the world's first Social Credit Government with a public declaration of policy by his successor in office the Hon Ernest Manning 11th June 1943 reprinted by permission of the Edmonton Bulletin in whose pages appeared these two documents concerning the fight for Social Credit in Alberta." - front cover. Informative twenty-four page stapled booklet in green card covers. Full-page black and white photo portraits of Aberhart and Manning. Clean tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Faint evidence of label removal front front cover. A quality example of this important Socred memento.; 12mo . K.R.P. Publications paperback
First edition, (207 x 155 mm), [6], 22pp., text a little dust soiled, final leaf with a small hole effect several letters but not effecting sense, nicely bound in later half red morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt direct. A rare account of privateering and how proceeds of prize ships have had been embezzled, with the Government receiving practically nothing from their sale. Hanson, 215.
17743405Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris Lejay Bastien Petit Lyon Angot 1774. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 152. Half-title present. Nice publisher's device to title large decorative head-piece. Foot- and shoulder notes. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary half calf and handsome marbled boards gilt-ruled spine green morocco label lettered in gilt all edges sprinkled blue; corners of endpapers browned. Overall fine handsome copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Attributed to Fabre de Charrin Barbier Dict. des ouvrages anonymes v. 4 col. 644. KVK lists only 5 copies: Union Catalog Italy; Austrian National Library; British Union Catalog; and French and German Union Catalogs. Union Catalog of Canada lists a copy in microform. C-1 <br/> <br/> Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris, Lejay, Bastien, Petit Lyon, Angot hardcover
Octavo. Pp. 152. Half-title present. Nice publisher's device to title, large decorative head-piece. Foot- and shoulder notes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half calf and handsome marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine, green morocco label lettered in gilt, all edges sprinkled blue. Overall a fine, handsome copy (some browning to endpapers). ~ First edition. Attributed to Fabre de Charrin (Barbier, Dict. des ouvrages anonymes, v. 4, col. 644). KVK lists only 5 copies: Union Catalog Italy; Austrian National Library; British Union Catalog; and French and German Union Catalogs. Union Catalog of Canada lists a copy in microform.
First edition, 46, [2, advert leaf]pp., cont. ownership signature in ink at head of title page "Arthur F. Gregory", disbound, a nice clean copy.
New edition, 8vo, [4], 104pp., with half-title, disbound.
