Собственность и коммунизм / Sobstvennost i kommunizm
Moscow: Mysl, 1968. 8vo, pp. 326, [2]; text in Russian; orange printed boards backed in cloth; spine suntoned, text toning but clean and sound, very good. On property and communism. More
Economics
Notary public ledger for Jeffersonville, Indiana 1863-1871
Jeffersonville, IN: 1863. Manuscript ledger, 10.5" x 6", pp. [205]; removed from binding, spine perished, flyleaf loose and one ledger leaf loose, assorted contract drafts laid and tipped in. The first handful of pages are simply names and values, but entries quickly become more detailed, recording the nature of each..... More
Thailand. Social and economic studies in developement
Canberra: Australian National University Press, [1967]. 8vo, pp. xvi, 334; mapped endpapers, numerous tables and charts, extremities lightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket. More
The commercial products of the sea; or, marine contributions to food, industry, and art.
London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 484, 24-p. Griffith and Farran catalogue at the back; hinges starting, old guest house rubberstamp on first leaf of text, the whole a little shaken, but otherwise a good, bright copy in orig. blue cloth stamped in red and gilt..... More
The wealth of the gentry 1540-1660. East Anglian studies
Cambridge: The University Press, 1961. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 225, [1]; numerous tables and graphs, warmly inscribed to scholar Gwin J. Kolb by the author on front free endpaper; fine in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine, in a lightly soiled and spotted dust jacket. More
A comparative view of the situation of Great Britain, from the conclusion of the American war in 1783, to the year 1832 : with a glance at its future prospects
Elgin [and Inverness]: printed by A. C. Brander [and the Inverness Journal Office], 1833. First edition, 12mo, pp. [9], 4-98, 131-170; 4 tables (2 folding, 2 double-page), and 9 table (2 double-page) bound in at the back; original green muslin, printed paper label on spine; a few small cracks and..... More
Snipers, shills, & sharks: eBay and human behavior
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [3], 276; illustrations; original cloth in dust jacket; near fine. More
The economics of the central Chin tribes. With a foreword by H. E. the Right Hon'ble Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith … Governor of Burma. Published by Order of the Government of Burma.
Bombay: The Times of India Press, n.d., [1943]. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 200; 3 maps, 2 folding tables, 22 photographic plates; spine faded and a little spotting, else good and sound in original blue cloth. Agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing, wealth, poverty, death, the economics of..... More
A view of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement: or inquiries concerning the history of law, government, and manners.
Edinburgh: John Bell and J. Murray, 1778. First edition, 4to, pp. xx, 431, [2]; contemporary sprinkled calf, red and green morocco labels on gilt decorated spine, edges stained yellow; upper joint starting, bottom of spine with a chip glued back on, fore-edge of labels also reglued; prelims a little browned..... More
Forty-nine letters, notes, and receipts, primarily concerning legal matters in the textile business
[Millville, Providence, et al. 1835-1845]. Forty-nine letters, notes, receipts and other manuscript documents from the records of Preserved S. Thayer, a businessman, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster, and landlord in Millville, Mass. The documents primarily concern a business venture between Thayer; John Still of Philadelphia, who was to provide raw..... More
A dozen documents related to mid-19th century Massachusetts property
[Worcester, MA: 1838-1868]. A small collection of material concerning the ownership, surveying, and exchange of land in Massachusetts, largely around the Millville area. All in very good condition except as noted. The collection was in the possession of Preserved Smith Thayer, a textile merchant, Justice of the Peace, postmaster, and..... More
Hereditary property justified. Reply to Brownson's article on the laboring classes. By one, whose personal experience should enable him to feel the wants, and sympathize with the condition, of the laborer
[Cambridge Mass.]: Cambridge Press: Metcalf, Torry, and Ballou, 1841. First edition, 8vo, pp. 51, [1]; removed from binding. More
Progress and poverty, a criticism of Mr. Henry George. Being two lectures delivered in St. Andrew's Hall, Newman Street, London
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. First edition, 8vo, pp. 54; later plain gray wrappers; very good. Although himself a socialist, Toynbee opposed Henry George's theories. More
Letter to the Hon. Brockholst Livingston, Esq... on the Lake Canal Policy of the State of New York
Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1822. 8vo, pp. 38, 42, 5, [1]; original orange printed paper wrappers, wrappers sunned and edgeworn, top 2 inches of spine perished, textblock bright and sound. An appeal in favor of the Erie Canal, reprinted in celebration of the successful project with a supplement. Robert..... More
Making bread dear. A controversy between Wheelbarrow and Sympathizer upon corners and the board of trade with reference to the labor question
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, [1889]. 8vo, pp. 32; original tan paper wrappers; a scarce title and a near fine copy with only some soiling to the covers, in a new clamshell box. An exchange between Wheelbarrow (Trumbull) and a Sympathizer (Lyman), triggered by an open letter in response..... More
The attitude of anarchism toward industrial combinations
Detroit: Laurance Labadie, printers, 1933. 24mo, pp. 14, original green printed wrappers bound in brown buckram , date stamp on p. 1 and small annotation correcting an errata in ink on p. 7; very good. A paper delivered by Tucker in 1899 before a conference on trusts. More
Annual report. United States Operations Mission to Vietnam [1961, 1962 & 1964]
[Saigon]: [USOM], 1961-65. 4to; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, maps & diagrams; spine titles in ink, some minor shelf wear, overall very good copies in original printed wrappers. Together with USOM Rural Income Expenditure Samply Survey (Preliminary Report, 1965). More
Croissance économique de la République démocratique du Vietnam (1945-1965)
Hanoi: Éditions en Langues Étrangères, 1967. 8vo, pp. 627; map, tables throughout; original wrappers in grey printed dust jacket, half of which has been neatly removed, part of jacket spine a bit discolored from water stain, general shelf-wear; pages uniformly toned with minor foxing. Economic conditions in North Vietnam. More
Instructions and forms to be observed by persons applying to the pension office for bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850, entitled "An act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States;" and under the Act of March 22, 1852, entitled "An Act to make bounty land warrants assignable, and for other purposes"
Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1854. 12mo, pp. 21, [3]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; old fold, contemporary pencil annotation on p. 13; very good. Not found in OCLC. More
The moral law of accumulation; the substance of two discourses, delivered in the First Baptist Meeting House, Providence, May 14, 1837
Providence: published by John E. Brown, 1837. 8vo, pp. 35, [1]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting, all else very good. The depression of 1837 was, according to Wayland, the result of God's wrath for the nation's investing its rapidly increasing wealth in leisure and licentiousness, rather than in cultivating the..... More
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Whitman on the death penalty
A Dialogue [as contained in]: The Democratic review, vol. XVII, No. LXXXIX
New York: J. L. O'Sullivan and O. C. Gardiner, 1845. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3], 324-400, [8]; original green printed paper wrappers; engraved frontispiece of John A. Dix; early owner's signature on upper cover, very good. Included is an essay by Whitman titled "A Dialogue," which argued against the death..... More
How our national debt may be a national blessing. The debt is public wealth, political union. Protection of industry, secure basis for national currency, the orphans' and widows' savings fund ... Issued by Jay Cooke, general subscription agent of the government loans
Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, printers, 1865. 8vo, pp. 21, [1]; original printed tan wrappers; very good. It was Alexander Hamilton who famously said, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing." Jay Cooke, the financier of the Civil War took it one step further..... More
Les dirigeants d'entreprise de l'economie belge
Bruxelles: Office Belge Pour L'Accroissement de la Productivite, 1960. 8vo, pp. 385, [3]; text in French; original gray printed wrappers; wrappers edge toned, some wear to head and foot of spine, one page with pen annotations, very good. More
Local administration in Vietnam. Village finance
[Washington D.C.]: Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Agency for International Development, 1963. 8vo, pp. vii, 126; map & tables; extremities lightly soiled, else very good in original pictorial tan wrappers. CIA and Southern Illinois only in OCLC. More
The preferential option for the poor: an economist's perspective. Lecture delivered...to inaugurate the William and Virginia Clemens Chair in Economics and the Liberal Arts, October 23, 1987
Collegeville, MN: Saint John's University, 1987. 8vo, pp. [2], iii, [1], 31; original dark blue-grey staplebound wrappers printed in pink and brown; previous ownership label to back wrapper, else fine. Clemens Lecture Series no. 1. More
