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

Paris, Guillaumin, 1876. Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 135. Printed on thick paper. Bound in the original stiff printed wrappers, bit thumbed, old decorative shelf label to front. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Michel Chevalier (1806-1879) a French economist. In 1840 he was appointed professor of political economy at the Collège de France and subsequently became one of the most eminent economists of his time and a great influence on the economic policies of France. He negotiated and successfully concluded the French-English commercial agreement in 1860, followed by similar treaties with other countries. He predicted, as early as 1857, the decline in the value of gold. Henri Cernuschi (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist. Cernuschi is best known for his publications on financial questions, more especially bimetallism. Of the latter he was an ardent champion, and the word itself is commonly supposed to have originated with him - at least in its English form it is first found… Read More

P. S. King & Son, Ltd. London.,1931. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publishers burgundy cloth with gilt ruling and lettering to spine. Front board with blind double ruled border and lettering. Small amount of rubbing to the very bottom of the spine, which shows some minor and uiniform fading. Overall a very good, tight and bright copy.:

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1897. Later Printing, 1897, originally first published in 1889. Very Good Plus in handsome marbled boards with leather spine and tips, gilt lettering at spine, top edge gilt, leather lightly rubbed, book plate front paste down that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. "Recent Economic Changes" is Wells' account of the dramatic changes in the world economy transitioning into the Second Industrial Revolution, and is still studied today. Judging by the wear, this copy was rebound during the early part of the 20th Century, and would make a handsome addition to any library. . Later Printing. Leather and Marbled Boards. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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

MILL,John Stuart. Om det Representativa Styrelsesättet. Öfversättning. Foöreningens Boktryokeri, Norrköping 1862
Octavo, quarter cloth and boards, morocco label lettered gilt, pp.(4),5-354, title damp stained.
First edition in Swedish. Rare, no copy in Copac.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949. Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 270. Footnotes, bibliography, appendices, index. With 29 tables. Hardcover, original cloth, spine gilt, with blurb from dust-jacket tipped-in onto first free endpaper; small ownership stamp inside. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Professor Pei-kang Chang (1913), a pioneer of Development Economics. Obtained a B.A. in Economics from Wuhan University in 1934, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1945. His doctoral dissertation "Agriculture and Industrialization" won the prestigious David A. Wells Prize as the best dissertation in economics for the year 1946-1947 at Harvard. Chang is now Honorary Dean of School of Economics and Director of Research Center for Economic Development in HUST and Honorary Chairman of China's Society for Study of Western Economic Doctrines. TIMO-2

Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. Hardcover. .. Five books in two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xxxiv, 669; viii, 646, (2) publisher's ads. With a divisional title to each book. Indices. Hardcover, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, spines gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges. Binding in poor condition but the interior of both volumes is in fine condition. Excellent binding copy. ~ First edition of Sombart's most important work. [Provenance:] From the library of noted Dutch pediatrician Ph. H. Fiedeldij Dop, with his handsome bookplate to first free endpaper of each volume. Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German economist. A specialist in Marxian socialism he was not a socialist himself but expressed radical views in many of his books. In "Der moderne Kapitalismus" Sombart offered a systematic historical picture of economic development in Europe from the beginning to 1927. (Sills. IESS. 1972. Schumpeter 1963, p. 816-7). "A history of the economic… Read More

D. Appleton. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Westminster Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. 272/1000. Undated ca early 20th century. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Top edge gilt, 2 edges uncut. Bumped at corners, title page loose, but present. Ownership inscription of Basil Thomas Coleman, Columbia University, 1931.; 8 1/2" tall; 342 pages .

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

Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition, but some tears are noticeable along bottom edge of front, and some wear on top edge on the back. Dust jacket will be wrapped in Mylar upon purchase for protection.