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Graham, Benjamin; Foreword by Alvin Johnson

Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-Normal Energy.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1937.

First edition of the author’s classic third book. Octavo, original red cloth. Foreword by Alvin Jonson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light chipping to the spine extremities. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket.

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-34037
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Mill, John Stuart

John Stuart Mill Signed Carte-de-Visite.

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Carte-de-visite signed by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Matted and framed; the entire piece measures 9.75 inches by 8 inches. Rare and desirable signed.

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$7,800.00
Item Number: RRB-33088
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Treynor, Jack L

Treynor on Institutional Investing.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

First edition of this important collection of essays by the father of the capital asset pricing model. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jack L. Treynor on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jeff Diermeier.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-58017
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Stiglitz, Joseph E. and Bruce Greenwald [Robert M. Solow]

Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series).

New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.

First edition of this classic economic text. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by authors Joseph Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald on the title page, as well as Robert Solow, who contributed some commentary. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Includes commentaries from Philippe Aghion and Michael Woodford, as well as from Nobel Laureates Kenneth J. Arrow andContinue reading "Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series)."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-33061
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Bernanke, Ben S; Thomas Laubach; Frederic S. Mishkin and 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. Signed by both Ben Bernanke and Frederic Mishkin on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marek Antoniak.    

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-44019
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Reisman, David (James M. Buchanan)

The Demand and Supply of Public Goods.

Chicago : Rand McNally, 1968.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication (with a two page inscription) on the front free endpaper and onto the verso, “Betty, This will have to substitute for a more formal dedication to you, which, as I said, should have been included here. This is because this book, more than any other stuffContinue reading "The Demand and Supply of Public Goods."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-44012
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Solow, Robert

Learning from ‘Learning by Doing’: Lessons for Economic Growth (Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures).

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1997.

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

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-32004
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Nasar, Sylvia

Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.

First edition of this sweeping narrative. Octavo, original boards. Signed and dated by Sylvia Nasar on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-47016
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Pissarides, Christopher A

Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-62031
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Grant, Gerald; David Riesman

The Perpetual Dream: Reform and Experiment in the American College.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1978.

First edition of this work by famed sociologist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, “For the Institute of Advanced Study with appreciation David Riesman December, 1978.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-62018
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Dertouzos, Robert; Lester, Richard K. Lester; Robert M. Solow

Made In America: Regaining the Productive Edge.

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition of the best-selling book in MIT Press’ history. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-46017
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Solow, Robert M

Capital Theory and the Rate of Return.

Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1963.

First edition of the Nobel prize-winning economist’s De Vries Lectures on economics. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, name on the front free endpaper.

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-46014
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Solow, Robert M

Growth Theory: An Exposition.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1970.

First edition of this classic work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In near fine condition, with a name to the front panel and front free endpaper.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-46011
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Schelling, Thomas C

The Strategy of Conflict.

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1960.

First edition of this work that pioneered the study of bargaining and strategic behavior. Octavo, original yellow cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Thomas Schelling on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that has some chipping and wear to the extremities. Rare in the original dust jacket and inscribed.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-30057
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Hahn, Frank and Robert Solow

A Critical Essay on Modern Macroeconomic Theory.

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 1995.

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

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-45079
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Soros, George

The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror.

New York : Public Affairs, 2006.

First edition of this work by the author of The Alchemy of Finance. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by George Soros on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-45092
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Shoup, Carl S

The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report.

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press, 1959.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Carl Shoup on the front free endpaper, “To A.R. Ilersic with regards- C.S. Shoup.” Also laid in a signed letter from Shoup to the same recipient. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edited by Carl S. Shoup. Contributors include John F. Due, Lyle C. Fitch, SirContinue reading "The Fiscal System of Venezuela: A Report."

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$95.00
Item Number: RRB-75023
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Buchanan, James M

The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.

First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan’s papers. Octavo, original half cloth, 20 volumes. Eighteen of the twenty volumes are association copies warmly inscribed in the year of publication by James Buchanan to his assistant of 46 years, Betty H. Tillman, the second personContinue reading "The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-26023
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Drucker, Peter F

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.

First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-26011
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Samuelson, Paul A

Economics: An Introductory Analysis.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.

First edition of this landmark work in modern economics, having sold 4 million copies in 40 languages. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow Harvard economist, Gottfried Haberler in a contemporary hand, “To Gottfried with best regards from Paul.” Samuelson was in Haberler’s first Harvard classContinue reading "Economics: An Introductory Analysis."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-23012
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Care, Henry

English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject’s Inheritance.

London : Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris at the Stationers Arms and Anchoy in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange, 1680.

First edition of one of the very first law books printed in colonial America, contains the first American printing of Magna Carta and other fundamental documents of individual liberty in Anglo-American law. Small octavo, contemporary calf. In excellent condition, with light wear to the crown of the spine. Auction records show that there has not beenContinue reading "English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject’s Inheritance."

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$15,000.00
Item Number: RRB-24087
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Kendall, Willmoore

The Conservative Affirmation.

Chicago : Henry Regnery Company, 1963.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. First editions are uncommon.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-34061
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Greene, Asa

The Perils Of Pearl Street, Including A Taste Of The Dangers Of Wall Street.

New York : Betts and Anstice, and Peter Hill,, 1834.

First edition of a very early Wall Street work. Octavo, original cloth, leather label. In very good condition, rebacked, with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-24014
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Arrow, Kenneth J

Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.

Amsterdam-London : North -Holland Publishing Company, 1971.

First edition of this collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. Small name to the front free endpaper, in near fine condition. No jacket was issued for this title. Books signed by Arrow are uncommon.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-29023
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