The Economic Growth of the United States 1790-1860.

First edition of the economist's first book that pioneered the structure of economic history on the basis of a theory of development. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. North shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics for 1993 "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."