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Shiller, Robert J

Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Robert Shiller on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-108001
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Volcker, Paul A. and Toyoo Gyohten

Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership.

New York : Times Books, 1992.

First edition of this work by the former Federal Reserve chairman. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription, “3/16/93 To Neal Loss, Who came along at the tail end of this long saga- and can look forward to decades of constructiveContinue reading "Changing Fortunes: The World’s Money and the Threat to American Leadership."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-108116
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Kilpatrick, Andrew; Warren E. Buffett

Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street.

New York : Donald I. Fine, 1992.

First edition of this early biography on investing legend Warren Buffett. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Warren Buffett on the front free endpaper, “To Mike- With best wishes Warren E. Buffett 4-9-93.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Stromberg. Author photograph by E. Kent Oztekin.

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-107255
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Bernanke, Ben S., Thomas Laubach, Frederic S. Mishkin, Adam S. Posen

Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experience.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1999.

First edition of this ground-breaking study. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Ben Bernanke on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-109451
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Krugman, Paul

Geography and Trade.

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 1992.

Early printing of Paul Krugman’s work on economic geography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For William Paul Krugman.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$225.00
Item Number: RRB-110103
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Kotter, John

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations.

Cambridge : Harvard Business School, 2002.

Early printing of this organizational work by Kotter. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Tim John Kotter.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike Fender.

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$150.00
Item Number: RRB-107819
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Popper, Karl R

The Poverty of Historicism.

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957.

First edition of this undisputed classic in the philosophy of social science. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Lionel Robbins from K.R.P. October 31st, 1957.” The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department atContinue reading "The Poverty of Historicism."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-104071
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Marx, Karl. Edited by Freidrich Engels

Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.

Hamburg : Verlag von Otto Meissner, 1883-1885.

Rare early printing of one of the most influential books ever published. Octavo, original cloth over pebbled leather boards, all edges speckled red. In very good condition with ownership stamps, tape gutter repairs, rebacked.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-104806
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Popper, Karl and John C. Eccles

The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.

Berlin, New York, London : Springer-Verlag, 1977.

First edition of Popper and Eccles’ groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by Karl Popper in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Lionel, with love from Karl 3rd November 1977.” The recipient, British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, was a prominent member of the economics department at the LondonContinue reading "The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-101425
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Covel, Michael

Trend Following.

New York : Prentice Hall, 2004.

First edition of this “essential book” (Ed Seykota). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-106199
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de Jasay, Anthony

The State.

Oxford and New York : Basil Blackwell, 1985.

First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Miller.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-102832
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Kotter, John P

Power in Management: How to Understand, Acquire, and Use It.

New York : Amacom, 1979.

First edition of this early work by Kotter. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Kotter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-106742
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von Mises, Ludwig

The Free and Prosperous Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical Liberalism.

Princeton, NJ : D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1962.

First edition of this classic work by von Mises. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Ludwig Mises March 2nd 1970.” Near fine in very good dust jacket. Translated by Ralph Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-106574
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Mortensen, Dale T. and Christopher A. Pissarides

Job Matching, Wage Dispersion, and Unemployment.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economists. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers with best wishes C Pissarides.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Konstantinos Tatsiramos and Klaus F. Zimmermann.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-110971
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Treynor, Jack L., Patrick J. Regan and William W. Priest, Jr

The Financial Reality of Pension Funding Under ERISA.

Homewood, IL : Dow Jones-Irwin, 1976.

First edition of this work on pension funding. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-109849
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von Mises, Ludwig; Preface by Murray N. Rothbard

Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution.

Auburn : The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1985.

First edition of the re-issue of this classic work, the first to feature a preface by Murray N. Rothbard. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Preface by Murray N. Rothbard.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-104223
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Drucker, Peter F

The New Realities: In Government and Politics in Economics and Business in Society and World View.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.

First edition of this work by Drucker. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Drucker on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-104114
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Spence, Michael

The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

First edition of this “intelligent, rational, an humane book” (The Financial Times). Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Gus With my very best wishes Michael Spence.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christopher Tobias. Jacket illustration by Sara Mills.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-102002
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Friedman, Milton

A Theory of the Consumption Function.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1957.

First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. A superior example.

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-100964
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Hicks, J.R. [John]

The Theory of Wages.

London : Macmillan & Company, 1932.

First edition of this classic microeconomic statement of wage determination in competitive markets and major contribution to economic theory. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the British economist Lionel Charles Robbins, head of economics at the London School of Economics on the front free endpaper, “Lionel Robbins without whom how littleContinue reading "The Theory of Wages."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-100560
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Veblen, Thorstein

The Theory of Business Enterprise.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

First edition of Veblen’s second book, a seminal work in economics. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-103489
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Aumann, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley [Kenneth J. Arrow]

Values of Non-Atomic Games.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1974.

First edition of this “first class contribution to the field of game theory” (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Aumann on the title page to fellow Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow, “For Ken Bob Aumann.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Kenneth Arrow.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-105744
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Gann, William Delbert [W.D.]

45 Years In Wall Street.

Miami, FL : W.D. Gann Publishing, 1949.

First edition of Gann’s classic 45 Years in Wall Street. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gann. In near fine condition, with a remnant of the rare original dust jacket.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-101764
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Popper, Karl

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.

London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.

Second edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Lionel, the most generously appreciative of readers from Karl June 1965.” The recipient Lionel Robbins was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics and a closeContinue reading "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge."

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-100965
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