Category: Economics

Condition of the Banks In the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury. 1862

Price: $172.26

Publisher: Washington, DC, House of Representatives : 1862

Seller ID: Books013227

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

211 pages. Annual report on the banks in the United States. "Compliments of Geo. P. Fisher, late mamber of Congress" inked to head of front free endpaper. Fisher was Attorney General of Delaware 1855-60; Congressman '61-'63; and was nominated by Lincoln to the Supreme Court in March of "63 [Wikipedia]. Foxing to first few and final few leaves; paper toned; some predation to cloth; binding is sound.
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Good Advice to Apprentices; or, The Covenants of the City Indenture Familiarly Explained and Enforced by Scripture.

Price: $447.89

Publisher: London, : 1863

Seller ID: Books011920

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

[31] pages. Covers stamped in blind, with gilt titles to front. Cloth stained and faded. Original yellow endpapers; text printed in red and black. No indication of printer or place (London presumed). No indication of date except for the Samuel Wilson's Loan page with date of 8 December 1863 at foot. Binding sound and contents clean.
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Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820:..."An Act Regulating the Currency, Within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain....

Price: $68.91

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton : 1820

Seller ID: Books007222

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Very Good

Full title: Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820: Referred to the Select Committee ... to Enquire Into the Expediency of Continuing in Force, for a Limited Time, "An Act Regulating the Currency, Within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the Crowns of France, and Five Franc Pieces," as Relates to the Gold Coins of Those Countries. [113]. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 4 pages including cover. A clean example.
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Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Second Series - Volume VI. Meeting of May, 1900. Memoires et Comptes Rendus de la Societe royale du Canada

Price: $172.26

Publisher: Ottawa, Toronto, London, James Hope & Sons; The Copp-Clark Co.; Bernard Quaritch : 1900

Seller ID: Books005374

Binding: cloth spine, card covers

Condition: Good

vi, 13, xlix, ix, vi, lxxi, 182, 265, 104, 225 pp. [Sections separately paginated.] Includes 182 page section of Memoires: Literature Francaise, Histoire, Archeologie, etc. in French, Diary of Nicholas Garry, Mexican Colonies traced by language, as well as biological, geological, and economic papers. Cloth spine with paper label and stiff boards showing wear; boards loose but attached; all pages secure. Stamps of a Legislative Library and small bookplates of William Inglis Morse and Ewart G. Morse. Illustrated with plates, tables, photographs and diagrams. A hefty tome.
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The Lognormal Distribution with special reference to its uses in economics

By: Aithchison, J. and J.A.C. Brown

Price: $103.36

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press : 1966

Seller ID: Books006527

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xviii, 176pp. No.5 in The University of Cambridge Department of Applied Economics Monographs; Dustjacket spine sunned, previous owner's name to title page
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The History of the American Working Class

By: Bimba, Anthony

Price: $34.45

Publisher: New York, International Publishers : 1936

Seller ID: Books007731

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

385 pages. Fourth printing. Chipping to head of jacket, now housed in brodart a clear removable archival sleeve. Clean and unmarked in sound binding. Front flap of jacket shows both $1.50 and $2.50 price.
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The Economics of Inflation - A Study of Currency Depreciation in Post War Germany

By: Bresciani-Turroni, Costantino

Price: $357.50

Publisher: Hesperides Press : 2008

Seller ID: Books015044

ISBN-13: 9781443723527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

464 pages. Facsimile issue of the first English edition published by George Allen & Unwin in 1937. "The English edition has been substantially revised by the author". Translated by Millicent E. Sayers, with a foreword by Lionel Robbins. As new, with no inscriptions. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.
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Picking America's Pockets. The Story of the Costs and Consequences of our Tariff Policy.

By: Cohn, David L.

Price: $41.35

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1936

Seller ID: Books000729

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xiv, 256 pages. Sunning to spine, else clean and unmarked.
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Language and Economy

By: Coulmas, Florian

Price: $89.58

Publisher: Oxford, Blackwell : 1992

Seller ID: Books008360

ISBN-13: 9780631185246

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xii, 377 pages. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound and hinges sturdy, with no creasing to spine. Light rubbing only to jacket.
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Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam

By: Crone, Patricia

Price: $89.58

Publisher: Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press : 1987

Seller ID: Books014293

ISBN-13: 9780691054803

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

vii, 300 pages. Browning to front and rear gutter and light foxing to rear endpapers; former owner's name dated '87 in Cambridge; four instances of scoring along margin; else unmarked. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
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Irish Agricultural Production Its Volume and Structure

By: Crotty, Raymond D.

Price: $44.10

Publisher: Cork, Cork University Press : 1966

Seller ID: Books004874

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xv, 384pp. Some pencil notes and underlining, previous owner's name to front end paper, dust jacket worn at extremities.
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Image for Dilworth's Assistant : Adapted to the Commerce of the Citizens of the United States. Being a Compendium of Arithmetic both Practical and Theoretical.

Dilworth's Assistant : Adapted to the Commerce of the Citizens of the United States. Being a Compendium of Arithmetic both Practical and Theoretical.

By: Dilworth, Thomas; James Gibbons

Price: $1,033.60

Publisher: New York, Hurtin & McFarlane : 1798

Seller ID: Books012571

Binding: leather

Condition: Good

x, [4], [1]-228 pages, with folding table. Preface signed: James Gibbons. New-York, August 22d, 1798, in which he acknowledges the superiority of Dilworth's work and its success in America. But, "its usefulness has been somewhat diminished in this great commercial country, by not having been particularly adapted to the federal money, currencies, and commerce of the citizens of the United States." Old paper repair along spine. Front board detached, front free endpaper lacking. Tanned and foxed, but legible. The folding plate has been mis-folded (creased) and has a 2" closed tear. 1" closed tear...
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Land - Value Rating. Theory and Practice

By: Douglas, F.C.R.

Price: $34.45

Publisher: London, The Hogarth Press : 1936

Seller ID: Books002060

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

76pp.
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The Canadian Mercantile Annual for 1874. A yearly publication containing information of daily use for merchants, traders, manufacturers &c., and other matters of general interest to the trade of the whole Dominion

By: Dun Wiman & Co.

Price: $1,625.00

Publisher: Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Halifax, St. John, Dun Wiman & Co. : 1873

Seller ID: Books013331

Binding: limp cloth

Condition: Very Good

215 pages. Cloth lacking at head and foot of spine; binding sound. "The gratifying results and cordial reception given to our first effort to inaugurate the issue of a work exclusively devoted to the interests of Trade and Commerce, distributed broadcast amongst the business community of the Dominion, has encouraged us to present The Canadian Mercantile Annual for 1874." ... "The record of failures of 1873 has had more than usual attention. The figures have been carefully collected, and are pregnant with meaning to all interested in the financial aspects of the trade." [preface]. An uncommon r...
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The Principles of Apprentice Training With Special Reference to the Engineering Industry

By: Fleming, A.P.M. [Arthur Percy]; J. G. Pearce

Price: $310.08

Publisher: London, &c., Longmans, Green and Co : 1916

Seller ID: Books008632

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

xiii, 202 pages and advert leaf at rear. Light wear to covers; ownership signature dated Aug 1916 to front endpaper; else clean and unmarked in sound binding. Uncommon.
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Business Organization and Combination. An Analysis of the Evolution and Nature of Business Organization in the United States and a Tentative Solution of the Corporation an Trust Problems

By: Haney, Lewis H.

Price: $68.91

Publisher: New York, MacMillan : 1914

Seller ID: Books008462

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

xv, 523 pages. "Revised Edition with Additional Chapters" [title page]; published a year after the first issue. Cloth lightly rubbed and dusty; scoring and brief notation throughout. Fold-out at p. 224 in excellent condition. Binding and hinges secure.
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The United States Counterfeit Detector, and Teachers' Guide [Heath's Household Edition]

By: Heath, Laban

Price: $13,092.19

Publisher: Boston, Laban Heath : 1870

Seller ID: Books011905

Binding: Quarter Cloth

Condition: Very Good

32 pages. Title continues: The Only Correct Method of Detecting Counterfeit, Spurious, and Altered Bank Notes, Etc., Etc., Applicable to All Banks in the United States and Canadas, with Genuine Designs. Quarter cloth, printed paper over boards. No date on title page; Entered in the year 1870 on colophon, with no alteration. Unrestored binding is sound; all leaves present including blank at front and at rear, six plates including Casilear's patent advertising card [particularly well preserved], and the four micro-telescopic glass figures. Soil and rubbing to covers (advert text on rear panel ob...
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Maritime Double Entry Bookkeeping

By: Kaulbach, E.

Price: $62.01

Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Maritime Business College : 1941

Seller ID: Books002672

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

204 pp., "An elementary, practical and rational method of presenting the principles and practice of double entry bookkeeping. Arranged for Class and Private Study" . Name of former owner on ffep. and stockroom plan taped to front pastedown. A few unobtrusive notes in pencil. Sound binding.
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