Search Results: Economics from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: The Magazine of Wall Street (Ticker Publishing Co. Inc.), 1941. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1941 1st edition of this uncommon look at Wall Street. Clean and VG+ in its black leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel. 12mo, 128 pgs.

New York: American Bankers Association, 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A nice copy of the 1936 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original blue boards, with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine. 12mo, 128 pgs.

Oxford: James Thornton, 1877. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1877 reprint, "with additions, from the thrid edition of Jeremiah Joyce's abridgment". Tight and VG in its russet cloth. 12mo, 149 pgs. plus publisher's ads.

Boston: Self-published, 1921. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. A sharp copy of the uncommon 1921 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial boards, with light foxing along the edges and to the preliminaries. 12mo, astuste pre-Crash analysis by the Financial Editor of the Boston Herald.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1894. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1894 study on the economic theory of "bimetalism". VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Light soiling to the panels, otherwise very clean. Octavo, 138 pgs. plus publisher's ads.

Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +. 1972 re-issues of the first 3 volumes of this sweeping collection of scientific papers of the American economist Paul Samuelson (1915-2009). Each volume solid and VG to VG+ in its dark green or blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines. Very light soiling to several of the panels, light spotting along the edges. Thick octavos, well over 3,000 pgs. all told from the first American economist to win the Nobel Prize in economics (1970).

Danville, IL: The Interstate, 1968. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR HARRY OPPENHEIMER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 561 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1876. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1876 1st American edition, taken from "Lectures on the Principles of Currency", delivered at Oxford in 1869, "and also in other writings". VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Mild bump at the front panel's tips (and also to the upper tip of the first dozen or so pages), otherwise, solid and very well-preserved. 12mo, 176 pgs. plus publisher's ads.

New York: American Tract Society, 1910. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. WARM, FULL-PAGE 1914 INSCRIPTION FROM DAVE RANNEY on the front free endpaper. An unusually bright, crisp copy to boot of the 1910 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (with light fading to the gilt-lettering along the spine) in its wonderful pictorial front panel. 12mo, 205 pgs. A nice piece of New Yorkiana --and specifically of early 20th century hardscrabble history on The Bowery. Signed by Author.

Paris: Librairie Generale De Droit et De Jurisprudence, 1935. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. 1935 1st edition, re-bound in immaculate light-brown boards. Clean and Fine, with bright, strong lettering along the spine. Original front and rear wrappers tipped-in. Octavo, 121 pgs.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1899 1st edition. Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Light spotting to the panels, small ghost of a former sticker at the front free endpaper, mild foxing to the endsheets and pastedowns. Octavo, Book I: "The National Income", Book II: "Distribution", followed by the Index.

London: Macmillan & CXo, 1924. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the January 1924 7th printing, in a crisp, very presentable dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (very light foxing at the endsheets and along the fore-edge) in a bright, easily VG+ to Near Fine jacket, with one small spot of light soiling (the size of a dime) at the front panel. Octavo, 279 pgs. of text plus press notices. Only the economist's 2nd published book, a scathing indictment of the economic machinations of the Paris Peace Conference.

Syracuse, N.Y., 1938. Cloth. Fine. A sharp copy of the 1938 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its duotone (silver and black) cloth. With bright silver-titling along the front panel. Just a touch of mild bubbling to the panels, otherwise clean as could be.

Paris: Librairie Marcel Riviere, 1960. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1960 1st edition. Tight and VG in its original wrappers, with very light staining at the foot of the front panel. Octavo, 107 pgs.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1930. Cloth. Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1930 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green boards, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. A bit of light blotching at the rear panel, very light soiling to the rear pastedown and the facing rear free endpaper. Octavo, Introduction by Charles P. Howland. Published by Yale University Press for the Council on Foreign Relations.

New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A nice copy of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering alomg the spine. Thick octavo, 511 pgs.

New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A crisp, very well-preserved copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and spine. Light bumping to the lower tips, otherwise very clean externally. And internally very impressive as well,, with strong hinges and no writing whatsoever. Light offsetting along the front inner hinge, offsetting at 2 pgs. within the text (pgs. 836-837), where several old newspaper clippings had been laid-in. Very thick octavo, also includes a wonderful January 1929 full-page letter from Barron's Book Department in Boston ("Specialized Financial Reading"), discussing some of their current titles and some of the books unavailable at the moment (such as Edwin Lefevre's "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" and "Making of a Stock Broker", and Professor Dewing's "Corporate Promotion and Reorganization"). The letter is clear and bright and in very nice… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Cloth. Near Fine. The 1898 1st edition of this uncommon examination of the financial history of New York City. From Part I ("History of the Finances to 1871") through Part II "(Present Working of the Financial System"), this is a detailed look at the complex weave of financial machinations that made up New York's economic engine from roughly the mid 17th century up to the end of the 19th century. A surprisingly well-preserved copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Just a touch of very light scuffing to the panels, internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. A dozen or so tables and diagrams complementing Edward Durand's text, a number of the signatures uncut.

Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1999. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 260 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: Collier Books, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. The 1978 1st revised edition in paperback of Murray Rothbard's seminal Libertarian manifesto, called "For a New Liberty". SIGNED BY MURRAY ROTHBARD on the title page. Solid and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with former bookseller stamp ("The Book Rack, Loveland, CO") on the half-title, light creasing at the rear panel and neat remainder mark (green marker) to the bottom edge. Thick octavo, 338 pgs. Uncommon signed by this American economist of the Austrian School (1926-1995), who was also a founder and leading theoretician of "anarcho-capitalism"