Business, Economics, Finance from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Brick red paper over boards, backed in bright blue cloth, in white dust jacket; [xiv],223,[1]pp; black and white diagrams. Tapped at spine ends, faded at base of spine: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $9.95), rubbed at edges, creases to spine, mild dustsoil, generally just Very Good. Critique… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, G. Keith, S. Crowder, R. Baldwin, G. Robinson, F. Blyth, and Scatcher and Whitaker, 1782. Eleventh edition. Octavo in fours (21cm). Contemporary full sheep, rebacked in tan leather; viii,192pp. Ownership inscriptions of James Rotherham to front free endpaper and flyleaf. A sound copy, albeit rebacked; heavily foxed on endleaves, scattered minor marks… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Black cloth stamped in gilt; [x],215,[1]pp. A straight copy, mild rubbing to edges, spine mildly sunned with gilt worn away, else Very Good. Account of the failure of the Bank of the United States in New York, which was organized in 1913 and failed in… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Keene, NH?]: By the Author, [1954?]. Second Edition. Revised edition." Octavo (22cm). Printed white paper over boards, backed in red cloth; 239,[1]pp; illus. Printed on rough blue paper. Straight and sound, lightly rubbed, with minor toning to edges of boards and leaves: Very Good. A book in the great tradition of eccentric New England common-sense polemic, in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Woolwich Polytechnic - Department of Economics and Management, 1965. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 22pp. Clean, tight, unmarked copy, Very Good or better.

San Francisco: Cal-Way Industries, 1969. Quarto (30.5cm); blue wrappers, titled in white and blue; 31pp.; corner bends, scuffing and chip/nicks to lower front corner of cover; minor finger soil and foxing, mostly to rear cover, Very Good or better. Bi-monthly African-American publication that ran from Nov/Dec. 1967 - Sept/Oct. 1971. Featuring: Business, Economics, Education, Music and Entertainment, Fashion… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Macmillan, 1914. First American Edition. First printing. Advance review copy, with publisher's stamp to title page. Octavo. Maroon cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine; [xviii],367pp+5pp publisher's catalog. A tight, square copy, Very Good or better in the original publisher's cloth.

Crowell-Collier Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; 191pp. Old price sticker to rear cover pastedown. Top edge corners of boards mildly bumped, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Minor shelf wear to jacket, showing some age toning. Very Good.

Boston: Russell and Cutler, 1802. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 112pp. Stock a bit toned and slightly brittle, else Very Good and sound. Written in response to charges of impropriety and inefficiency in his administration of the Treasury Department, Wolcott having served under the John Adams presidency while openly adhering to the Hamiltonian High Federalist faction. Though never found… Saber más sobre este artículo

Woonsocket, RI: S.S. Foss, 1871. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed but retaining publisher's peach wrappers printed within decorative border; 17pp. Very light chipping to wrapper extremities, a hint of soil, else Very Good and sound. Criticism of protectionism by the Rhode Island wool manufacturer and former abolitionist, published the year prior to his death.

Baltimore: Wm. Ogden Niles, 1830. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed; 72pp. Some soil and faint foxing, old ink "10" at head of title page (serving as upper cover), else Very Good and sound. American novelist's most influential Congressional publication, refuting New York congressman Churchill C. Cambreleng's previous arguments against the tarriff in favor of free trade. "We rather think… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's blue printed and ruled wrappers; xvi,[1],18pp. Light shelf wear, brief soil spots to upper cover, Canadian distributor's rubberstamp cancel to title page; Very Good and sound. Prospectus includes the preface, table of contents, and a portion of the first chapter.

Milano: Dott. A. Giuffrè Editore, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's cream wrappers printed in red and black; xii,262pp. Wrappers a bit worn and soiled, extremities toned; a Very Good, unopened copy overall. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper. Issued as No. 2 of the series Studi Storici issued by the Università degli Studi di… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkeley: University of California Printing Office, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 46pp. Brief pencil notation to front wrapper; old ink pressure stamp to rear wrapper ("Library of the San Francisco College For Women"); marginal soil and toning; Very Good and sound. A publication of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station.

New York: Macmillan, 1932. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; brown ribbed cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; (xxii),304pp. Mild bumps to corners, spine cloth slightly darkened; Very Good. Ownership signature in ink ("Wm B Steig"?) to front free endpaper, with inked price at corner in same hand. Lacking dustwrapper. Benjamin A Javits (1895-1973) was the elder… Saber más sobre este artículo

[London]: Economica, 1934. Offprint. Octavo (24.5cm.); original orange printed staplebound card wrappers; 121-146pp. Some wear and toning to wrapper extremities, else Very Good and sound. Article first published in "Economica," New Series, No. 2, May, 1934. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of May, 2020.

[New York]: Twentieth Century Fund, 1962. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's pale green staplebound wrappers; [2],37pp. Slightly ex-UCSD Library with presentation bookplate inside upper cover, small contemporary ownership address label to upper cover, a hint of wrinkling and wear from handling, else Very Good and sound.

Beverly: Office of the Beverly Citizen, 1866. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 16pp. Light wear from handling, old soil and some pencil notes on p. 16, else Very Good.

Philadelphia: Printed for the County Commissioners, 1851. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); removed; 51pp. Light soil and spotting, else Very Good and sound. Tarr's text followed by the list of exempt property and organizations, among these the Abolition Society, cemeteries and burial grounds, and railroad and canal property. Uncommon. SABIN 61826.

Boston: Cupples, Hurd & Company, 1887. Offprint. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's tan printed wrappers; 40pp. Lacking rear wrapper, upper cover a bit chipped and soiled along extremities, contemporary ownership signature to at upper margin. Good or better only. A sympathetic but penetrating address on the influence of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty," first delivered before the National Social Science Association… Saber más sobre este artículo