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Economics and Finance

Rare Economics & Finance Books for Sale Online

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Hayek, F.A. [Friedrich August von]

F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects.

1970s-1980s.

Rare collection of 28 index cards from the library of F.A. Hayek with autograph manuscript notes and statements on economics, political theory, and other subjects. Many considering how economic structures drive social change and the power of free markets (“…”Men without common purposes and men which [sic] do not even know of each other canContinue reading "F.A. Hayek Collection of 28 Index Cards with Autograph Manuscript Notes on economics and Other Subjects."

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$45,000.00
Item Number: RRB-142494
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Johnson, Paul

Making the Market: Victorian Origins of Corporate Capitalism.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

First edition of this innovative study which reveals how and why capitalist institutions were created and the moral, economic and legal assumptions behind them. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Marilyn With best wishes Paul.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Hart McLeod.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-141813
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Mill, James

Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind.

London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1829.

First edition of this classic exploration of the processes of human thought by the father of John Stuart Mill, whose own “logical and ethical doctrines are evidently suggested” by this work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, armorial stamp to the front panel of the Earl of Shaftesbury, with a four page autographed letter signedContinue reading "Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-141327
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Carret, Philip L

The Art of Speculation.

New York : Barron's, 1927.

First edition of the Wall Street legend’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with some repair and tape. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141467
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Arrow, Kenneth J

Social Choice and Individual Values.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1951.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original blue cloth with titles and frontispiece in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John with best wishes, Kenneth J. Arrow.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare, especially in this condition.

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-141437
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Dreman, David

Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of Dreman’s revolutionary work on the stock market success. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ken with best regards David.” The recipient, Keniston P. Merrill worked as a financial analyst for TIAA-CREF in New York City from 1957-1964. In 1965, he joined TheContinue reading "Contrarian Investment Strategy: The Psychology of Stock Market Success."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-141431
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Smith, Adam

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

London : Adam Black, and William Tait/Longman, Rees, 1828.

First McCulloch edition of Adam Smith’s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands, frontispiece to volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional set of this classic work.

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-141427
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Lefevre, Edwin

Simonetta.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1919.

First edition of this work by the author of Reminisces of a Stock Operator. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chipping to the spine. We have never seen another example in the dust jacket.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-140668
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Gann, William Delbert [W.D.]

Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector.

New York : Financial Guardian Publishing Company, 1930.

First edition of this work by Gann, based on his years as a seasoned trader. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, 19 charts. Boldly signed by W.D. Gann on the front free endpaper. Two titles in one volume (as issued) and separately paginated. The Truth of the Stock Tape was originally published in 1923; The Wall StreetContinue reading "Truth of the Stock Market Tape and Wall Street Stock Selector."

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$16,000.00
Item Number: RRB-140957
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Schein, Edgar H. with Inge Schneier and Curtis H. Barker

Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists.

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1961.

First edition of Schein’s analysis of the socio-psychological effects of “brainwashing” on American POWs during the Korean War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “We do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about. Ed Schein AuthorContinue reading "Coercive Persuasion: A Socio-psychological Analysis of the “Brainwashing” of American Civilian Prisoners by the Chinese Communists."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-141036
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Knight, Frank H

Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.

Boston & New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

First edition of Knight’s classic treatise, published the same year as the first but without the publication year to the title page. Octavo, original cloth, printer’s device to the title page. In very good condition, with marginalia to the text. First editions are exceptionally rare.

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-140654
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Mill, John Stuart

Principles of Political Economy.

London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865.

Finely bound example of John Stuart Mill’s classic treatise. Octavo, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt rules to the front and rear panels, raised bands, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. In excellent condition, contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-140085
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