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Last Updated January 13, 2012


1. Anduig, Jens C. RAGNAR FRISCH AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION: A STUDY IN THE INTERWAR HISTORY OF MACROECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY.. Oslo, Norway: Norsk Utenrikspolitisk, [n.d.,ca. 1980]. Large softbound edition. Wear to covers and edges. With a lengthy inscription signed by the author to a colleague, inside the front cover. $25.00

2. Arrington, Leonard J. GREAT BASIN KINGDOM: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, 1830-1900.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1958. 1st Edition. 534 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. Scarce first edition of this classic Mormon economic and historical treatise. $65.00

3. Artle, Roland. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STOCKHOLM ECONOMY.. New York: Cornell University, 1965. Shelf wear, else in near VG in dust jacket with small chips to edges. $6.25

4. Bensusan-Butt, D.M. ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; AN ESSAY IN PURE THEORY.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. $8.95

5. Brennan, Michael J. THE ECONOMICS OF AGE.. New York: W. W. Norton, 1967. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $4.75

6. Cooper, William W.-editor. ERIC LOUIS KOHLER: A COLLECTION OF HIS WRITINGS, 1919-1975.. Atlanta: Academy of Accounting Historians, 1980. 573 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $14.00

7. Elliott, J.C. THESE HARD TIMES: WHEREFORE AND HOW LONG? STUDIES OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.. Akron, Ohio: Akron Printing, 1894. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Discoloration to covers. Slight soiling. $20.00

8. Geddes, Joseph A. A CRITIQUE OF UTAH'S CULTURE AND ECONOMY: A SELECTION OF ESSAYS.. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1974. Some shelf wear. $12.50

9. Hawk, Emory Q. ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTH.. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1934. 557 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. $12.50

10. Hennings, Klaus & Warren J. Samuels. Neoclassical Economic Theory, 1870 to 1930.. Boston-et al: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990. 290 pages. Some shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Overall a clean and tight copy. Very scarce title. $95.00

11. Hickman, C. Addison. J.M. CLARK.. New York: Columbia University, 1975. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. $7.50

12. Hodgskin, Thomas. LABOR DEFENDED AGAINST CLAIMS OF CAPITAL, OR UNPRODUCTIVENESS OF CAPITAL PROVED WITH REFERENCE TO PRESENT COMBINATIONS.. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1963. Some wear to binding and slight dulling to gilt title. One in the "Reprints of Economic Classics" series. $24.50

13. Holland, Daniel M. PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS: PROJECTED GROWTH.. New york: Nat. Bureau Economic Research, 1966. Some shelf wear, else VG. $6.50

14. Industrial Commission Of Ohio. COST OF LIVING OF WORKING WOMEN IN OHIO. THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO: DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION AND STATISTICS.. Columbus, Ohio: F. J. Heer, 1916. Bound in red library buckram. Library label on spine. A most interesting publication, giving detailed statistics of women's purchasing and shopping habits for a wide variety of consumer goods of the time. Scarce. $75.00

15. Jordan, William George. CHARLES WALDO HASKINS, AN AMERICAN PIONEER IN ACCOUNTANCY.. New York: Prentice Hall, inc, 1923. 128 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. There is one small tear to the top and joint. $10.00

16. Kixmiller, William. UNITED STATES INCOME AND WAR TAX GUIDE.. Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, 1917. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Some rubbing to covers. $5.00

17. Macfie, Alec L. AN ESSAY ON ECONOMY AND VALUE: BEING AN ENQUIRY INTO THE REAL NATURE OF ECONOMY. . London: Macmillan, 1936. 152 pages. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else Good+. There is an ink stamp that says "library surplus material" on the front endpage, but no other library marks. $15.00

18. Malhotra, S.K. AN INSIGHT INTO THE NEXT ECONOMICS.. New Delhi, India: Shakuntla Devi Memorial, 1989. Small gouge to cloth near top of spine, else near VG. Dust jacket has tape reinforcement to the edges, flaps & spine. $25.00

19. McCulloch, John R. TREATISES & ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH ECONOMICAL POLICY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF QUESNAY, ADAM SMITH & RICARDO.. New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1967. Some shelf wear, else VG. One discolored spot on front cover. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1853 edition. $25.00

20. Merton, Richard & Alfred Petersen. SCIENCE AND THE ECONOMIC ORDER.. Frankfurt, Germany: Mattallgesellschaft, 1956. First American edition. Brown leather binding. Spine slightly faded, otherwise VG in slipcase. $25.00

21. Millward, Robert. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTORY APPLICATION OF WELFARE ECONOMICS.. New York: Mcgraw-Hill, 1971. Slight shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket. $15.00

22. Moser, Michael J.-editor. FOREIGN TRADE, INVESTMENT AND THE LAW IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. 341 pages. Slight shelf wear to book and d.j. $3.25

23. Oxford University. THE ECONOMICS OF FULL EMPLOYMENT: STUDIES PREPARED AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS.. Oxford.: Basil Blackwell, 1946. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. $19.50

24. Parloa, Maria. HOME ECONOMICS.. New York: The Century Company, 1898. 378 pages. Red cloth covers with gold-decorated illustrations on the front cover and spine. There is shelf wear to the edges of the spine and the corners. Slight fading and rubbing to a few spots on the binding. $30.00

25. Peck, Harvey W. ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND.. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. Shelf Wear and some fading to spine. Corners are rubbed a bit. Binding tight. Very scarce. $33.00

26. Pollard, A.H. An Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance.. Sydney, Australia-et al.: Pergamon Press, 1978. 93 pages. Softcover binding. There is wear to the edges of the spine and corners and some rubbed spots to the covers. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. $85.00

27. Recktenwald, Horst Claus-editor. POLITICAL ECONOMY, A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.. London: Collier-Macmillan, 1973. Trade softbound edition. Wear to edges & corners. Signed by editor, with a warm inscription to a colleague. $18.00

28. Rigby, Paul H. MODELS IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS.. Colmbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill, 1969. VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $3.95

29. Robertson, Sir Dennis H. UTILITY AND ALL THAT, AND OTHER ESSAYS.. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954. 1st American edition. VG In slightly worn dust jacket. Second impression. $4.95

30. Rosa, De Gabriele. CARTEGGI PARETIANI, 1892-1923.. Rome: Sotto Gli Auspici, 1962. VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $36.00

31. Samuels, Warren J. RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND METHODOLOGY. Volume 2-1984.. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1984. This is volume 2 on in the series. Slight shelf wear. $12.95

32. Schneider, Erich. EINFUHRUNG IN DIE WIRTSCHAFTSTHEORIE. (Introduction to Economic Theory). Four volumes, or parts.. Tublingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) , 1964. 1st American edition. Volumes I & IV are hardbacks in d.j. Volumes II & III softcover. Some wear to edges, else volumes near VG. Volume IV has tape reinforcement to the edges of the dust jacket. This set is divided into four volumes, with each volume representing one part. The parts are titled as follows: -Teil 1 (Part I). "Theorie Des Wirtschaftskreislaufs" (Theory of Economic Cycles) -Teil 2 (Part II). "Wirtschaftsplane und Wirtschaftliches Gleichgewicht in der Verkehrswirtschaft" (Planning and Balance in Economic Transactions) -Teil 3 (Part III). "Geld, Kredit, Volkseinkommen und Beschaftigung" (Money, Credit, Commerce(?) and Employment). -Teil 4 (Part IV). "Ausgewahlte Kapitel der Geschichte der Wirtschaftstheorie" (Selected Episodes and Accounts of Economic Theory) Please pardon the weak translation from German to English. $40.00

33. Smith, Paul F. ECONOMICS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS.. Illinois: Richard D. Irwin, 1971. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else near VG. Spill stain affects bottom edges of some pages. $5.50

34. Smyth, R. L. -editor. ESSAYS IN ECONOMIC METHOD. With an introduction by T.W. Hutchison.. London: Gerald Duckworth, 1962. First American edition. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. Essays by Senior, Jevons, Ingram, Sidgwick, Cunningham, Bonar, Nicholson, Bastable, Wicksteed, Cannan, Bowley, Ashley & Price. $10.00

35. Spargo, John. THE SUBSTANCE OF SOCIALISM.. New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1909. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $9.00

36. St. Clair, Oswald. A KEY TO RICARDO.. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn else near VG dust jacket. A few pages have light underlining in red ink. $14.50

37. Sturges, R.P. ECONOMISTS' PAPERS, 1750-1950: A GUIDE TO ARCHIVE AND OTHER MANUSCRIPT SOURCES.. Durham, NC: Duke University, 1975. Shelf wear to spine and corners, else near VG in edge-worn dust jacket. Dust jacket has tape reinforcement to the edges, flaps & spine. $14.50

38. Torrens, Robert. ON WAGES AND COMBINATION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY SERIES.. Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1971. Slight shelf wear. $22.50

39. White, Trumbull. SILVER AND GOLD, OR, BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD.; a Symposium of the Views of All Parties on the Currency Question.. Publisher's Union, 1895. 556 pages. Grey cloth covers show quite a bit of shelf wear to the edges. The spine edges are worn, with a couple of small chips to the cloth at the top of the spine. The corners are bumped. There is some discoloration to the covers. The hinges and text block are sound and the pages are clean tightly bound. $20.00

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