THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIC TREATISE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET

KEYNES, John Maynard. General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London, 1936.

First edition of Keynes' last major work, considered the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century, rarely found in the original dust jacket. $18,500.

“MEN… GO MAD IN HERDS”

MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. London, 1841. Three volumes.

First edition of this highly entertaining and exceptionally influential early study of crowd behavior, a long-standing and classic guide to both popular psychology and the stock market. $17,000.

“THE FIRST AND GREATEST CLASSIC OF MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT”

SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London, 1786. Three volumes.

1786 edition (fourth edition overall) of Smith's landmark work on the individual's right to the free exercise of economic activity—"the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM)—this edition published only ten years after the very rare first edition, handsomely bound. $9500.

"THE FIRST JEWISH AUTHOR TO HAVE A LAW BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES"

MONTEFIORE, Joshua. Commercial and Notarial Precedents. Philadelphia, 1803.

First American edition of the groundbreaking work by Montefiore, the Jewish attorney born in England but long barred from practicing except as a notary public, this rare edition containing his substantial revisions to the 1802 English edition in his notes "scattered throughout… exclusively useful" to American legal principles, published less than ten years before he traveled to America and later made it his home, with Jefferson possessing a copy of an 1804 three-volume edition issued with a first American edition of Montefiore's Commercial Dictionary (1804), in contemporary full brown sheep. $7800.

INSCRIBED BY PETER DRUCKER

DRUCKER, Peter F. Effective Executive. New York, 1966.

First edition of this analysis of "the practices the executive must master in order to be truly effective," inscribed by Drucker on the front free endpaper, "To S— M. S—- in old friendship. Peter F. Drucker. With an autograph note from Drucker, on his printed stationery, that reads in part "effective executives have more urgent things to do than to read this book—and whether it'll help the others, I very much doubt… PD." $7500.

“AMONG THE HALF DOZEN OR SO MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE LONG HISTORY OF ECONOMICS”

MARSHALL, Alfred. Money, Credit & Commerce. London, 1923.

First edition, by one of the most important turn-of-the-century economists, in the rare original dust jacket. $7500.

FIRST EDITION OF THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY, INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY MURRAY ROTHBARD

ROTHBARD, Murray. Ethics of Liberty. Atlantic Highlands, N.J. 1982.

First edition of Rothbard's "second magnum opus… a pillar of the Rothbardian system" in its bold pursuit of principles introduced in Man, Economy and State, inscribed in the year of publication by Rothbard, the father of libertarianism: "To L— & L— F— Warmest regards to two genuine and uncompromising radical (i.e. genuine) libertarians. Murray Rothbard." $7200.

“IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID BEING THE HERO OF MY OWN STORY”

HANWAY, Jonas. Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea. London, 1754. Four volumes.

First edition of Hanway's engaging narrative of his "perilous adventures" in the Caspian mercantile trade through Europe, Russia and Persia, illustrated with engraved frontispieces in each volume, nine folding maps, 15 full-page engravings of views, persons and architecture, and numerous historiated headpieces. $5800.

IRVING FISHER’S “STARTLINGLY ORIGINAL PH.D. THESIS,” INSCRIBED BY FISHER TO ECONOMIST OTTO GRESSENS

FISHER, Irving. Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices. New Haven, 1926.

Photo-engraved later printing of Irving Fisher’s groundbreaking doctoral dissertation at Yale, presentation/association copy, with numerous diagrams for the design of a hydraulic mechanism demonstrating equilibrium prices in a multi-market economy, inscribed to a famous economist: “To Mr. O. Gressens with the compliments of Irving Fisher. February, 1927.” $5500.

AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY

(GRANT, Ulysses S.) YOUNG, Edward. Labor in Europe and America. Washington, 1875.

First edition, association copy belonging to President Ulysses S. Grant, inscribed to him while in office by the author on the front flyleaf: “His Excellency the President of the United States, with the respectful compliments of the Author,” and lettered on the spine in gilt “The President of the United States.” $5500.