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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
Pure Logic and Other Minor Works by W. [William] Stanley Jevons - Edited by Robert Adamson and Harriet A. Jevons - 1890
by W. [William] Stanley Jevons - Edited by Robert Adamson and Harriet A. Jevons
Pure Logic and Other Minor Works
by W. [William] Stanley Jevons - Edited by Robert Adamson and Harriet A. Jevons
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Presented in two sections - Part 1 comprising four of Jevons' writings on the theory of logic (written between 1864 and 1870) and Part 2 comprising his examination of John Stuart Mill's philosophy - please see our photographs for the full contents list.
An acclaimed economist, statistician and logician, William Jevons was the first economist to define the theory of "marginal" (or "final") utility in his "The Theory Of Political Economy" (1871).
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Presented in two sections - Part 1 comprising four of Jevons' writings on the theory of logic (written between 1864 and 1870) and Part 2 comprising his examination of John Stuart Mill's philosophy - please see our photographs for the full contents list.
An acclaimed economist, statistician and logician, William Jevons was the first economist to define the theory of "marginal" (or "final") utility in his "The Theory Of Political Economy" (1871).
Physical Description: Hardback, 8vo (approx 9 x 5.5 inches / 23 x 14.5cm), xxiii + [ii + blank] + 299 + [1] pages with all four mono plates illustrating the mechanism of "the Logical Abacus" (otherwise known as the "Logic Piano" - a very early mechanical computer).
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Internal Condition: Securely bound with boards firmly attached and text block sound (front hinge paper just beginning to split), a couple pages opened a little roughly with some occasional paper edge chips and short closed tears, lengthy closed tear to page 263 / 264 (no loss but text slightly affected - repaired with archive quality document film), intermittent mostly light (very occasionally moderate) internal soiling and reading creases / pressure marks but overall internally Good in a very clear and easily readable condition throughout.
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Agriculture and Industrialization: The Adjustments that Take Place as an Agricultural Country Is Industrialized. (Harvard Economic Studies).
by Chang, [Zhang] Pei-kang.
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Éléments d'économie politique.
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Paris, Librairie de la Société du recueil général des lois et des arrêts et du Journal du palais, L. Larose; Lyon, Auguste Cote, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 796. HARDCOVER, attractively bound in half mahogany polished morocco and matching cloth, spine in compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In about fine condition (some pencil annotations). Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION. From the Max Montecuccoli'sche Bibliothek, with a handsome armorial bookplate to first paste-down. Joseph Rambaud (1849-1919), professor of political economy. C-2
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Civilization on Square Wheels: The Misuse of Land, Religion, Money, Education
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New York, Vantage Press, 1976, hardcover, xiii-209 pp, First Edition stated, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, spine slightly darkened, in new Brodart sleeve. Written in the 1940s, yet unpublished until 1976, the economic problems and solutions discussed, based on the theories of 19th-century economist and reformer Henry George, are just as relevant now as at any other time. Illustrated with drawn figures and a few cartoons by Frank Manno. ISBN 9780533019687
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The Intimate Diary of a Russian Woman: My Search for Meaning in the Midst of My Country's Upheaval
by Romine, Elena
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Imprimatur: The Art of the Bank Note
by Feroldi, A. & Mori, R. (Texts) VAN STERGEREN, Saskia (Photographs)
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Milan: Electa, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published Milan: Electa, 1988. Folio, 10" x 11 3/8", 163pp., illustrated throughout with color plates. Text in English. Fine in fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase (some rubbing). . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Agriculture and Industrialization: The Adjustments that Take Place as an Agricultural Country Is Industrialized. (Harvard Economic Studies).
by Chang, [Zhang] Pei-kang.
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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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Éléments d'économie politique.
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Paris, Librairie de la Société du recueil général des lois et des arrêts et du Journal du palais, L. Larose; Lyon, Auguste Cote, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 796. HARDCOVER, attractively bound in half mahogany polished morocco and matching cloth, spine in compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges. In about fine condition (some pencil annotations). Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION. From the Max Montecuccoli'sche Bibliothek, with a handsome armorial bookplate to first paste-down. Joseph Rambaud (1849-1919), professor of political economy. C-2
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Civilization on Square Wheels: The Misuse of Land, Religion, Money, Education
by Morrell, W. Stuart
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New York, Vantage Press, 1976, hardcover, xiii-209 pp, First Edition stated, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, spine slightly darkened, in new Brodart sleeve. Written in the 1940s, yet unpublished until 1976, the economic problems and solutions discussed, based on the theories of 19th-century economist and reformer Henry George, are just as relevant now as at any other time. Illustrated with drawn figures and a few cartoons by Frank Manno. ISBN 9780533019687
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The Intimate Diary of a Russian Woman: My Search for Meaning in the Midst of My Country's Upheaval
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New York, William Morrow & Co, 1992, hardcover, 236 pp, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the half-title page, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight. tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, light rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. A young woman writes candidly of a choice she feels she must make, between her country's uncertain future, and the promise of life in the West. Translation by Antonina W. Bouis. ISBN 9780688104160
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Imprimatur: The Art of the Bank Note
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Milan: Electa, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published Milan: Electa, 1988. Folio, 10" x 11 3/8", 163pp., illustrated throughout with color plates. Text in English. Fine in fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase (some rubbing). . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1932, Very Good Softcover, 53 pages, 5" x 7.25", crease on front cover, slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight. John A. Hobson (1858 - 1940), was an English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Grand Hotel
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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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Tokyo: Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. very good condition, except for remainder of small price label on front. Ships from Hawaii. In collaboration with the Peabody Museum, this publication and exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercial contact of America with Japan. Few know that in 1799 an American ship called "Franklin" docked in Nagasaki and engaged in trade. The ship was constructed in Salem, home of the Peabody Essex Museum. Captain Devereaux brought back with him a a large number of Japanese works of art, thus initiating an ongoing exchange and appreciation of Japanese culture and art. Show less.
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Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Golden Shape 1st Ed. "A")
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The Chartreuse of Parma
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Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."
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