The Political Economy of Interregional Relations : ASEAN and the EU by Robles, Alfredo C - 2004

Historical significance by the inventor, author and publisher. Hardcover book is 48 pages, no dust jacket, ink spot on cover, worn around the edges and corners. The exterior pages are red. The sales brochure was designed to fit inside the book. No others currently being marketed at this time.

Kopenhagen-Prag-Zurich: Verlag Für Sexualpolitik, 1934. First Edition . Original Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo. 72pp German text, Spine partly torn ( binding is holding together) Backcover with some minor wear, Hebrew name on title page, otherwise very fresh. RARE first edition.

vii + 88 pp. Printed by Purnell and Sons, Ltd., Paulton (Somerset) and London
First impression of the true first edition, published in 1940. There were two issues of this book - the first was in blue-green paper covered boards, as with this issue, and there was a second printing in pale orange paper covered boards, which incorporated some corrections to the text, and is less common than the earlier uncorrected version. With a four page Preface by J. M. Keynes, King's College, Cambridge, February, 1940.Very good in blue-green paper covered printed boards with black titles and borders on the front board. Spine complete but with one 1.5 inch tear to the base (see photo) The bottom right-hand corner of the rear board is slightly creased. Light grey or blue pencil underlinings on several pages of text as well as marginal notes on the appendix. No foxing. Spine tight. No dustwrapper was issued as this was a cheap war economy production. It is priced at 1 shilling net (on front cover). 190mm x 125mm. vii +… Read More

London: Willoughby & Co, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. [2], 363, [1], 52 p., engraved title page and 24 leaves of plates; 26 cm. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Paper label with handwritten number in first compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Caption title p. 1: The People's Journal; with which is incorporated Howitt's Journal. Final 52 pages are headed Appendix. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was acquired by the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1864. No date of publication or volume number. From 1849 to 1851 the magazine was published by Willoughby & Co. The Appendix on p. 48 references a work published in 1851. Contents include fiction by George Sand, Georgina C. Munro, Elizabeth O'Hara, Paul Creyton [John Townsend Trowbridge], and others; poetry by Charles Mackay, Henry Frank Lott, and others; Indian legends by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh [George Copway];… Read More

Marcet, Jane. Conversations on Political Economy; In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained By the Author of "Conversations on Chemistry"Mrs. Marcet's most popular work, an early explanation of the "dismal science" for young girls.The work is in the form of a series of dialogues between "Mrs. B" and her precocious young female charges ("Here is a beautiful passage in Adam Smith, the merits of which you will now be able to appreciate…"). No less a critic than Macaulay wrote of it: "Every girl who has read Mrs. Marcet's little dialogues on political economy could teach Montagu or Walpole many lessons in economy and show herself superior even to men." Sections include: On Property; On the Division of Labor; On Capital; On Wages and Population; On Revenue, Money, Foreign Trade, etc. Small 8vo. early/period half calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Third Edition.Missing half title; modest wear to the binding; spine a… Read More

Paris, Agricole, n.d. (ca. 1860). Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 472. With over 180 engraved illustrations to the text, one folding. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, cracked inner hinge, decorative spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. Scarce. B-2

Paris, Librairie de la Société du recueil général des lois et des arrêts et du Journal du palais, L. Larose; Lyon, Auguste Cote, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 796. HARDCOVER, attractively bound in half mahogany polished morocco and matching cloth, spine in compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In about fine condition (some pencil annotations). Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION. From the Max Montecuccoli'sche Bibliothek, with a handsome armorial bookplate to first paste-down. Joseph Rambaud (1849-1919), professor of political economy. C-2

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1915. Paperback. Good. 251, [5] p.: tables; 19 cm. Paperback with plain brown wrapper and black cover titles. Publisher's catalog on final 4 unpaginated pages. Printed pastedown on front cover from the United Mine Workers of America to a newspaper editor urging the paper to use the information in this book when writing about the negotiations for the next anthracite wage agreement. Stamped over the pastedown and on the title page: "Editorial Page Library" (newspaper not identified). Attached to the inside of the front wrapper is a folded sheet with detailed information about the agreement, which was set to expire on March 31, 1916. Very scarce in paperback with the United Mine Workers additions. In Good Condition: lacking wrapper over spine; chipping along edges of wrapper, with partial loss of title on front wrapper; back wrapper is detached but present; front wrapper almost detached; tape residue along spine from old repair; minor loss from… Read More

Leipzig: Duncker & Humbolt, 1908. First Edition . Original Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 782pp. FIRST EDITION. Insignificant marginal outside wear. Extremely clean and fresh.

This is a rare first edition copy of this famous text by Herbert Simon and colleagues. Ex-library with some stamps and markings. The book shows age and wear but is overall in good condition without markings in the text. Red/burgundy cloth with some wear. Gold lettering. Hardcover, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition.