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De l'administration des finances de la France, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES]. by Necker, (Jacques) - 1784
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De l'administration des finances de la France, I-III. [THREE VOLUMES].
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Agriculture and Industrialization: The Adjustments that Take Place as an Agricultural Country Is Industrialized. (Harvard Economic Studies).
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Éléments d'économie politique.
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Elements of Political Economy. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected.
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London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 304. HARDCOVER, contemporary half black smooth calf and matching pebbled cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges sprinkled red; old signature to title, contemporary pencil annotations to endpapers; some rubbing to leather on extremities. In a very good condition. A nice copy. ~ Third, revised and corrected edition. This is the first appearance of the revised edition, the final version of Mill's classic work and in many respects the best edition. All later editions are reprint of this one. James Mill (1773-1836), British historian, philosopher, and economist. The first edition of "Elements of Political Economy", "Mill's masterpiece", appeared in 1821. According to his son, John Stuart Mill, it originated in 1819 in instructions given to him by his father during their daily walks. The abstracts of these lessons, prepared by the son, served the father as notes from which to…
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Der moderne Kapitalismus. Erster Band: Die Genesis des Kapitalismus. Zweiter Band: Die Theorie der kapitalistischen Entwicklung. Mit Registern über Band I und II. [TWO VOLUMES].
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Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. 1st Edition . 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…
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Le pair bimétallique. (Notes soumises à la Gold and Silver Commission).
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Paris, Guillaumin, 1887. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 85. Printed on thick paper. Original stiff printed wrappers, bit dust-soiled, spine panel trifle frayed; faint dampmark in lower margin throughout. In good condition ~ FIRST EDITION. In the same year, an English translation, "The Bimetallic Par: Notes Submitted to the Gold and Silver Commission" was published in London by P. S. King; and a German translation, "Das bimetallische Pari. Der Gold- und Silver-Commission in London unterbreitete Bemerkungen" appeared in Köln by J. P. Bachem. Henri Cernuschi (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist, 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 in his "Silver Vindicated" (1876). I-4 IN
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Agriculture and Industrialization: The Adjustments that Take Place as an Agricultural Country Is Industrialized. (Harvard Economic Studies).
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Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949. 1st Edition . 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
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London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 304. HARDCOVER, contemporary half black smooth calf and matching pebbled cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges sprinkled red; old signature to title, contemporary pencil annotations to endpapers; some rubbing to leather on extremities. In a very good condition. A nice copy. ~ Third, revised and corrected edition. This is the first appearance of the revised edition, the final version of Mill's classic work and in many respects the best edition. All later editions are reprint of this one. James Mill (1773-1836), British historian, philosopher, and economist. The first edition of "Elements of Political Economy", "Mill's masterpiece", appeared in 1821. According to his son, John Stuart Mill, it originated in 1819 in instructions given to him by his father during their daily walks. The abstracts of these lessons, prepared by the son, served the father as notes from which to…
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Der moderne Kapitalismus. Erster Band: Die Genesis des Kapitalismus. Zweiter Band: Die Theorie der kapitalistischen Entwicklung. Mit Registern über Band I und II. [TWO VOLUMES].
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Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. 1st Edition . 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…
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Considérations sur les richesses et le luxe.
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Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 499, (3) notes, (2) errata (verso blank). Engraved device to title, engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and dated in gilt, bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear, a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title, small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, uncommon in the original, unaltteredd state, and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan (1736-1803), a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228, which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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The Sky and the Forest
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Samuel The Seeker
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Another Part of the Forest
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Worlds Revealed - The Dawn of Japanese and American Exchange
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Towards Zero
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Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Golden Shape 1st Ed. "A")
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