Simple Principles of Investment by Gibson, Thomas - 1927

New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. 298 pages. Reprint of the original 1937 edition. First Thus with full numberline. Forewords by Irving Kahn, 1997 and Alvin Johnson, 1937. From jacket: "When Benjamin Graham wrote Storage and Stability in 1937, the world was in the midst of the Great Depression. Written as a blueprint for economic recovery, the book was designed to spur both governments and the public to greater financial awareness. Based upon years of research and economic modeling, Graham's new theories focus on the inherent importance of supply and demand, products and consumption, and their inherent influences on value investing... (This volume) outlines Graham's revolutionary plan for regulating supply and demand, stabilizing prices, and stimulating financial recovery." Bumped top corner of front cover, name and date written on fep and a small area of soil inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and… Read More

1879. San Francisco, Wm M.Hinton & Co, 1879. 8vo. In the original full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and a bit of blindstamping to boeards. A bit of light spiotting to front board, spine faded, and capitals worn. Hinges internally a bit weak, and a professional closed tear to cloth at spine, barely noticeable. All in all an excellent copy in this fragile original binding. Internally very nice and clean. With the bookplate of Grove L. Johnson to inside of front board. (4), 512 pp. The exceedingly scarce first edition, printed in merely 200 copies (namely the "Author's edition), of one of the most influential books ever published. Henry George's masterpiece of social reform, "Progress and Poverty", founded the ideology known as "Georgism", from which the worldwide social reform movement arose. The work initiated the Progressive Era and had a larger impact and "a wider distribution than almost all other books on political economy put together", as John Dewey put it (John Dewey's Foreword… Read More

Engraved front. by I. G. Beck, (18), 524 pages (pages 361-368 numbered twice ; jump in pagination from 480 to 489) ; 256, (32) pages. Cont. vellum, yapp edges, gilt stamped title to spine. Red sprinkled edges. 4to (215 x 162 mm). Front fly-leaf with manuscript ownership entry Joh. Conradi Gosweileri. Lipsiae 1712. Economisch-Historische Bibl. Amst. 743 and 350 ; Humpert 5758 ; Kress p. 2447; VD18 11244275 ; not in Masui and Stammhammer ; not in Catalog of Historical Accounting Literature. First edition. "Eines der Hauptwerke zur Entstehung der deutschen Betriebswirtschaft sowie zur Geschichte des deutschen Handelsrechts überhaupt. Ohne Zweifel mit das seltenste Werk der sogenannten deutschen Handelswissenschaft im 17. und 18. Jhdt." (Sauer. Cat. V, 1385). A fine and broadmargined copy.

Boston: Robinson Press Printers, 1898. Pages and covers creased, wrinkles slightly, at lower spine corner; Red ink arrow at top of pages listing board members and officers and red check-marks next to office locations; Red 'x' at top of forth page with two line underlined in red.. Stapled Booklet; 9" x 5.75"; pp. [5]. [3] blank.

Union Publishing Company, New York, 1894. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Pre-publication promotional copy with pink frontispiece cover describing endorsements from Samual Gompers, President, American Federation of Labor and Eugene V. Debs, President, American Railway Union (included). The promotional copy contains 32 full page b/w photographs (mostly by A. R. Keller) or b/w sketch drawings that would appear in the published final book. 56 pp. Text is lightly yellowed typical of the pulp paper used in the printing. Leaves are clean and unmarked. There is evidence that a page 57 may have existed, but it has been torn from this copy and is missing. (When the complete book was published, it contained 491 pp.) Inside front pastedown contains a glued down leather example of the spine for the upcoming book. It is a leather strip embossed with gilt title, subtitle and author's name. Table of contents reflects 12 chapters, but only the first four chapters are… Read More

New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. 298 pages. Reprint of the original 1937 edition. First Thus with full numberline. Forewords by Irving Kahn, 1997 and Alvin Johnson, 1937. From jacket: "When Benjamin Graham wrote Storage and Stability in 1937, the world was in the midst of the Great Depression. Written as a blueprint for economic recovery, the book was designed to spur both governments and the public to greater financial awareness. Based upon years of research and economic modeling, Graham's new theories focus on the inherent importance of supply and demand, products and consumption, and their inherent influences on value investing... (This volume) outlines Graham's revolutionary plan for regulating supply and demand, stabilizing prices, and stimulating financial recovery." Bumped top corner of front cover, name and date written on fep and a small area of soil inside front cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and… Read More

In 6 volumes, covering 1793-1856; vol. 1 published 1838, vol. 6 published 1857. Very Good: no cracks or tears, slight abrasions on spine of volume four.Tooke's groundbreaking analysis of the financial and commercial history of the period, concentrating on the principles of pricing, monetary circulation, issuance and valuation/devaluation of currency, the effects and principles of bank-issued currency, the effects of weather, war, monopoly, transportation and colonialism upon the mechanisms of pricing.

London: Effingham Wilson, 1847. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8th Ed. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 409+12pp, tables, folding diagram, original dec green cloth/gilt/blindstamped boards, new spine and endpapers..

Boston: Robinson Press Printers, 1898. Pages and covers creased, wrinkles slightly, at lower spine corner; Red ink arrow at top of pages listing board members and officers and red check-marks next to office locations; Red 'x' at top of forth page with two line underlined in red.. Stapled Booklet; 9" x 5.75"; pp. [5]. [3] blank.

New York: New York University Press, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Augie Pabst Jr. to Thomas N. McGowen on the ffep. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket has a few light scuff marks and a coffee drop in the upper left corner of the front panel; in a clear archival sleeve. 451 pages. 9 x 6 inches. A sharp copy. The inscription reads ''To Tom McGowen - / former President and C.E.O. / present Chairman of the Board / part time fly fisherman / would be hunter / and very good friend / August Uilhlein Pabst / 11/10/81''. August Uihlein ''Augie'' Pabst, Jr, is the great-grandson of Pabst Brewing founder Frederick Pabst. He joined the family business in 1966, following a highly successful motor racing career, and served the company in a variety of capacities, including as vice-president, before his retirement in 1983. Thomas N. McGowen had been on Pabst's board of directors since 1973 and was chairman from 1981 to… Read More