Circa [1930].. [1930].. Very good. - Portrait, approximately 5 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide, clipped from a newspaper and mounted on a piece of card 6-5/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Inscribed & signed on the verso in black ink: To / Seymour Halpern / with my best wishes / W H Harvey. There is some minor soiling to the mount & a small area of the surface of its bottom edge is rubbed away. Very good. William Hope Harvey [1851-1936] was an American lawyer, author, politician and health resort owner. Known as Coin Harvey, he is best remembered as a leading promoter of the use of silver as l... View More...
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1925, 1926.. 1925, 1926.. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt. Bumped & lightly rubbed with a few small stains & light staining to Vol. 1 rear cover; tiny hole in cloth of Vol. 2 rear cover; score mark to Vol. 3 front cover. xvii, [i] & 924 pp.; xviii, [i] & 966 pp. plus publisher's catalogue; and xxiii & 849 pp. plus publisher's catalogue. Owner's ink inscription & signature on Vol. 1 front endpaper with stain to flyleaf, light soiling to half-title & page edges slightly darkened; Vol. 2 cracked at p. 464 with tears to paper along front hinge & the r... View More...
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are rubbed & bumped with a few small, light stains. The spine & titling are faded with the head & tail chipped. xvi, [1] l. & 367 pp. & 7-page publisher's catalogue. There is an attractive bookplate on the front pastedown with light offsetting to the endpaper. The book is lightly cracked at p. 254 & there is a short tear to 1 page of the catalogue. Good.
- Octodecimo (18mo), 6-5/8 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. Softcover pamphlet bound into later marbled wraps with new endpapers. 24 pages. The pages are darkened with a stain near the bottom of the first leaf and another smaller stain to the last page. Good. First edition. The Scottish educational reformer and political economist William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815-1880) matriculated at the University of Edinburgh when only 14 years old. He first supported himself by lecturing on literature, education and phrenology before being appointed secretary to the Mechanics' Institute of Liverpool in 18... View More...
- Octodecimo (18mo), 6-5/8 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. Softcover pamphlet bound into later marbled wraps with new endpapers. 68 pages. The pages are a bit darkened with soiling and some light foxing to the first and last few pages. The bottom front corners of the first few pages are creased. Good. First edition. The Scottish educational reformer and political economist William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815-1880) matriculated at the University of Edinburgh when only 14 years old. He first supported himself by lecturing on literature, education and phrenology before being appointed secretary to... View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored self-wrappers. 23 pages plus rear blank. The title page is partially detached & there is some foxing & darkening to its edges. There are 2 horizontal creases to each page where the pamphlet has been folded. There are 3 pinholes down the inside edge of each page where the cord used in the binding is lacking. One cord still holds the pages together. Good Henry Hubbard [1784-1857] was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835. He was elected to the Senate as a Democrat in March 1835, remaining in office until March 1841. Fr... View More...
Riga: Buchdruckerei W. F. Hacker, 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream self-wraps backed with paper tape. The wraps are darkened, chipped & soiled with the corners creased. The head of the spine is torn & the paper tape is chipped with stains around the staples. 74 & [1] pages. The fore-edge and top & bottom edges are stained. The page edges are darkened & their corners & front edges are creased. Good only. "Inaugural-Dissertation zur erlangung der wurde eines Doktors der Staatswissenschaften der hohen Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultat der Christian-Al... View More...
New York: R. C. Forbes Publishing Company, (1929).. (1929).. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BENJAMIN JAVITS - Octavo, tan paper covered boards backed with black cloth. The corners & the rear board are lightly rubbed & there are a few tiny white marks to the boards The spine is faded. 300 pages. Very good. Inscribed at length on the front endpaper to Percy H. Johnston, President of Chemical Bank [1920-1948] and signed in full by the author: ...The intelligent use of credit is the greatest force for good in the world to-day. It seems too bad that we so little understand its use to build thi... View More...
Montreal: J. Theo. Robinson, Publisher, 1882.. 1882.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. There is some white staining to the front cover with a small, white stain to the rear cover. There is a small tear to the head of the spine & the tail is creased. 258 pages. The contents are very good. Good. View More...
New York: McGraw-Hill, (2009).. (2009).. Very good. - Octavo, paper-covered boards in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. vi & 230 pages; Very good.
First edition.
Asgeir Jonsson, Chief Economist at Kaupthing Bank, Iceland's biggest bank before the economic collapse of 2008, gives an inside account of how one of the world's smallest countries became the meltdown's biggest casualty. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Hradec Kralove: Nakladem vlastnim, 1866.. 1866.. Very good. - Octavo, three quarters teal cloth & marbled teal boards with the original green wrappers bound in. There is some light staining to the inner edges of the boards along the spine and the spine is faded. 64 pages. There is scattered foxing. Very good. First edition.Frantisek Cyril Kampelik [1805-1872] was a Czech doctor and author. He participated actively in the revolution of 1848. After the uprising was defeated, a warrant was issued for his arrest and he went into exile for several months. After an unsuccessful run for the state par... View More...
- Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover. A sheet of cream-colored paper printed in brown is folded once to form a 4-page brochure. A full-page photographic portrait of Vivien Kellems is followed by 2 pages of text on Kellems and her lectures, with a page of testimonials on the 4th side. There is some very light soiling with a light paperclip mark to the top margin of the 1st page. There is a tiny chip to the bottom of the fold. Very good. The brochure states that Miss Kellems hopes through her lectures to carry the message of a better theatre throughout America. Among t... View More...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933).. (1933).. Good. - Octavo, blue cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are unevenly darkened with some light spotting to the bottom edge of the rear cover. The spine is spotted. The dust jacket chipped with tears & pieces out and with its spine & extremities darkened. The jacket spine is rippled & discolored from humidity. x & 318 pages plus colophon. There is some light staining to the pastedowns & endpapers. 8 black-and-white plates [portraits of economists] with tissue guards. Good in a fair dust wrapper. First American edition. Advance copy with t... View More...
- Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Black cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are lightly bumped and rubbed with some light stains. 158 pages. There is scattered foxing throughout and the bottom corners of a few pages are creased. Good.
First edition. RARE.
Inscribed "Compliments of the Author, July 26, 1909" by Percy Kinnaird on the title page.
The lawyer and author Percy Kinnaird was the secretary and treasurer of the Fatherland Street Railroad Company of Nashville, Tennessee in 1884. First Edition. View More...
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856.. 1856.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with blind-stamped decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the corners. The head of the spine is heavily chipped with a quarter inch of the cloth having perished. There is a 2 inch split to the cloth along the middle of the rear joint with some corresponding chips to the spine. iv & 503 pages plus a 24-page publisher's catalog, illustrated with numerous textual engravings. A previous owner's name is stamped at the top of the front endpaper and title page. L... View More...
New York: League for Industrial Democracy, (1933).. (1933).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The binding is rubbed, bumped & soiled with some minor foxing & a few small stains. There is a tear to the spine at the top staple & the top half inch of the front wrap is detached. 54 pages. The page corners are lightly bumped. Good. First edition.Harry W. Laidler was the Executive Director of the League for Industrial Democracy, described in an introductory note as "a membership society engaged in education toward a social order based on production for use n... View More...
Kiobenhavn: Thieles Bogtrykkeri, 1858.. 1858.. Good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide]. Original self-wraps bound in brown marbled paper covered boards backed with brown calf with a gilt-lettered brown leather label mounted on the front board. The boards are bumped & rubbed. The spine is chipped with a large piece out of the head & a small piece out of the tail. 68 pages with the text printed within a double frame. There is occasional light foxing & soiling. Probable ex-library with "Athenaeum" stamped in gilt on the front board & a small blue "Athenaeum" sta... View More...
[London]: 26 October 1870., 1870.. Very good. - 55 words penned in black ink on a 6-3/4 inch high by 4-3/8 inch wide sheet of light gray paper with the papermaker's device embossed in blind at top left. Signed "Leone Levi". There is offsetting to the bottom edge caused by a glue stain & paper remnant on the verso where the letter has been removed from an album. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Levi writes to a James Robinson that he is willing to have his name added to a committee as long as he does not have to be responsible for any expenses or attend any meetings. Leone Levi ... View More...
- Letter penned in black ink and filling 2 sides of a sheet of cream notepaper folded to form 4 sides approximately 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Signed Overstone. There is a small hole in the top inner corner of each side, slightly affecting 1 letter of the text on the 2nd side. There is an ink notation by a collector on the 4th side. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Samuel Loyd Jones [known as Lord Overstone after 1850] writes to the Lord Mayor of London, politely declining to join a committee unless the mere listing of his name would be helpful by signifying his approval of the ... View More...
NY: The Viking Press, (1982).. (1982).. Fine. - Quarto, orange cloth backed red paper covered boards titled in red on spine, in red dw. The covers are lightly bumped; the dw is rubbed. 200 pp. Profuse B&W & color illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw. Review copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Bobbie and Lou Goldblatt - With warm regards to former fellow-retailers! Stanley Marcus / 9.24.82 / Chicago". A nice association copy as Lou Goldblatt was among the first cut-price discount retailers.Laid in are four mechancially reproduced pages of biographical informat... View More...
![Image for THE EVOLUTION OF MONEY. [Inscribed "Compliments of the Author"].](https://c2.bibtopia.com/h/195/397/1447397195.0.x.jpg)
