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London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 299, (1) publisher's ad of "The History of British India". HARDCOVER, contemporary full smooth calf, rebacked with handsome mottled calf, new endpapers, all edges sprinkled; original leather slightly rubbed at extremities. The 3 points in the Errata have been corrected in minute, very handsome contemporary hand in the appropriate places, of which two are on the same page. In fine condition, surprisingly bright interior. ~ Second, revised and corrected edition, by the "Author of The History of British India", an attribution which was removed in later editions. James Mill (1773-1836), British historian, philosopher, and economist. The first edition of "Elements of Political Economy", "Mill's masterpiece", appeared in 1821. According to his son, John Stuart Mill, it originated in 1819 in instructions given to him by his father during their daily walks. The abstracts of…
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Elements of Political Economy. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected.
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Considérations sur les richesses et le luxe.
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Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 499, (3) notes, (2) errata (verso blank). Engraved device to title, engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and dated in gilt, bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear, a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title, small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, uncommon in the original, unaltteredd state, and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan (1736-1803), a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228, which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT
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Die Abschaffung des geschäftlichen Risico durch Herrn Lassalle. Ein neues Kapitel zum Deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus.
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Berlin, Duncker, 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 49, (1) publisher's ad. Full-page table. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper label to spine; small chip to paper on upper board, corner of first free endpaper finger-soiled, stamp to title. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. A very scarce original copy of Schulze-Delitzsch's attack on Lassalle's "Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, der ökonomische Julian, oder: Capital und Arbeit" (1864) (see here). Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch (1808-1883) was a German jurist, member of the Prussian National Assembly, Chamber of Deputies, and the German Reichstag. He advocated free-trade, unrestricted competition, and self-help rather than state-help. In 1863 he wrote "Capitel zu einem deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus", borrowing his fundamental principles in the main from Bastiat. Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), a German…
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Observations sur le commerce des États d'Amérique.
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Londres et se trouve à Paris, Lejay fils & Et Maradan, 1789. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 336.Half-title present. Attractive engraved head-piece; publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome patterned boards, spine with red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt, blank paper label to upper cover. In fine condition. ~ Second French edition. Translated by H. G. Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, sometime attributed to E. Rumare (Cf. British Library). John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), English politician. Having served in the Army, he entered the House of Commons in 1780. In 1803 he was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture. He was a great authority on farming and a leading economic authority of his time. In 1792, "A brief examination of Lord Sheffield's observations on the commerce of the United States", by Tench Coxe, was published as a reaction to Holroyd's book. B-1
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Essai sur le Principe de Population…3me edition française, trés-augmentée.
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The Image; Knowledge in Life and Society
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Ann Arbor, MI: Univ of Michigan Press, 1959. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpage. Second Printing, Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with a couple of tiny rubs at the tips. Boulding was the founder of the evolutionary economics movement, a cofounder of General Systems Theory,and in addition to being an economist he was an educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. He published over three dozen books and in excess of 1200 articles. He was one of those rare authors of a "Citation Classic." Indeed, even more rare, he was the author of two Citation Classics: The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society (1956) and Conflict and Defense: A General Theory (1962). SIGNED copies of any of his works are exceedingly SCARCE. . Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.
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Efficiency as a Basis for Operation and Wages
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New York: The Engineering Magazine , 1909. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "To Clyde M. Carr, Esq., This book outlines the theories, in which, building on a foundation already laid, our work supplements yours. I hope what I have written may interest you as much as your plant has interested me. Harrington Emerson Sept. 20, 1909 ". With Clyde M. Carr's period bookplate front pastedown. Carr was one of the key developers of the 1909 Plan of Chicago and President of Ryerson Steel, which had been a client of the Emerson Company, Emerson's quite successful consulting firm. Harrington Emerson, along with Frederick W. Taylor and Frank W. Gilbreth, was one of America's pioneers in industrial engineering and management and organizational theory. His major contributions include his concept of efficiency and installing his management methods at many industrial firms. A great Association Copy of this early and important work in the field. Near Fine, scant edgewear to…
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Sammelband Volume Containing British Corporate Profit Sharing Pamphlets, Circa 1880-1900
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London: Various Finely and professionally rebound in recent faux green leather, label, red leather spine labe with gilt letteringl. Book plate front paste down, that of John F. Mee, former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business. Contains approximately 48 pamphlets, such as : "Historical Sketches of our Productive Societies" Manchester, Co-Operative Printing Society, 1892, 100 pp.; "Industrial Partnership or Profit Sharing, A Word to the Employer" by Nicholas Paine Gilman, Boston, Press of George H. Ellis, 1890, 22 pp.; Hazell, Watson, & Viney, LD. Handbook for 1888, London, 61 pp.; "Report of the Coming-of-Age Celebrations of the Hebden Bridge" Justian Mfg. Co-Operative Society Ltd., Sept. 23rd and 26th, 1891, 61 pp.; The Labour Association for Promoting Co-Operative Production, Based on the Co-Partnership of Workers 2nd Report, London, 1885-86, 8 pp., 3rd Report, 1886, 87, 20 pp., through 7th Report, 1891-92; "The…
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Money, Prices and Policy
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966 From the author's preface: "When I first started writing this book, my major purpose was to provide an introduction to money and banking that would be clear and readable for student and layman alike. Its success in this respect has been heartening, and revision provides an opportunity not only to update, but also to make the material conform even more closely to the needs expressed by its users. The most important of these changes are listed below. The book's orientation, however, remains the same; in examining the role that money plays in a modern economy, its ultimate objective is to add to an understanding of monetary policy and its effect on both national income and the standard of living of the individual. Policy, however, rests on the twin foundations of institutions and theory, and both of these, in turn, are illuminated by history as well as by current developments. The book, then, has four themes: history, institutions, theory, and policy.…
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: with a lift of the author. Also, a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier.
by Smith, Adam
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1932, Very Good Softcover, 53 pages, 5" x 7.25", crease on front cover, slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight. John A. Hobson (1858 - 1940), was an English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Worlds Revealed - The Dawn of Japanese and American Exchange
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Tokyo: Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. very good condition, except for remainder of small price label on front. Ships from Hawaii. In collaboration with the Peabody Museum, this publication and exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercial contact of America with Japan. Few know that in 1799 an American ship called "Franklin" docked in Nagasaki and engaged in trade. The ship was constructed in Salem, home of the Peabody Essex Museum. Captain Devereaux brought back with him a a large number of Japanese works of art, thus initiating an ongoing exchange and appreciation of Japanese culture and art. Show less.
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Grand Hotel
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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Another Part of the Forest
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Resistance and Change: The Struggles of Guyanese Workers (1964 to 1994), with Emphasis on the Sugar Industry
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At the Bottom of the Ladder
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926, Cartoons by Camillus Kessler. Quarto, cloth pictorial boards, 274 pages, no dust jacket. Platinum Age comics depicting celebrities, political humor, captains of industry (and their first jobs), economics and social strata. Cracked hinges, toning, wear to covers, clean pages.28 x 21 x 4 cm; 3lb 2.4oz
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