A rollicking tale of Swiss bank accounts and money-making adventurers in the roaring '90s. Pp. [xii]+356, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; light blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; text block slightly browned; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2006. First edition. *The story of the Australian media network wars of the..... More
Think-Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution 1931-1983. Pp. x+390, 8 plates, printed endpapers, appendices, reference notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bump to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1994. First edition. *'The story of how the economic liberals regrouped and..... More
A reforming life. Pp. x+420(last blank), 16 plates, text illustrations, notes, references, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper; name & date (2005) in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2002. First edition. *Biography of Herbert Cole..... More
Foreword by Bill Emmott. Pp. xx+1020, frontispiece portrait, plus 31 plates (one double page) appendices, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, the backstrip faintly faded, piece torn from bottom fore-corner of front panel extending into front flap; faint damp stain..... More
An Expose of The Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949. Pp. xxiv+278(last blank), selective bibliography, select documentary sources, selected documents, index; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn and split; endpapers slightly offset and foxed, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Delacorte Press, New York, 1983. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David..... More
Pp. 126+[2], frontispiece, text illustrations, appendices, bibliographical note; signature on upper free endpaper; The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Victorian Branch, Melbourne, 1978. More
Pp. xii+418, full page pictorial headpieces, pictorial endpapers, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, small bump to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; William Collins, Sons & Company, London, 2015. First edition. More
A biography. In three volumes. 1. Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920. Pp xxiv+448(last blank), 16 plates, bibliography and sources, references, dramatis personae, index; med. 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, tiny bruise to top edge of lower board; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip faded; 2. The Economist as Saviour, 1920-1937..... More
Offprint of The Economic Record,May, 1955. Pp. 77-89, stapled, edges slightly chipped; [University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 1955]. *Inscribed and initialled by the author at head of first page. More
The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance. Pp. x+288(last blank), text figures, notes, references, index; tall demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled; upper free endpaper a trifle marked; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1999. Second printing. *An..... More
Some brief sketches of American life toward the close of the last century. Pp. xvi+208(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 10 plates; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and worn, edges slightly split; Heinemann, n.d.[c.1945]. *Autobiography of the American banker and philanthropist, who succeeded J. P. Morgan as head of the Morgan..... More
Edited from the Bowood Papers by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Pp. xxxii+344(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 2 plates, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Augustus M. Kelley, Publishers, New York, 1967. Reprints of Economic Classics series. *First..... More
Pp. 190(last blank), index; med. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, the backstrip faintly discoloured; name & date (1991) in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the lower free endpaper slightly creased, small surface graze to bottom fore-corner of lower pastedown; Hodder & Stoughton, London..... More
Pp. xxxiv+872(last colophon)+[4](advertisements, last blank), text figures, appendices, index; demy 8vo; dark blue/green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth lightly scuffed and marked, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and creased, with signs of small sticker removal front panel, edges chipped and split, the backstrip browned..... More
The Origins of the Modern Economy. The Graz Schumpeter Lectures. Pp. xiv+404(last blank), references, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2017. *'During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across..... More
The story of economic genius. Pp. xvi+560 (last blank), 16 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; cream cloth, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper, small surface graze above barcode on back panel; Fourth Estate, London, 2011. First U.K. edition. *'The story of an idea that was born in the golden age..... More
The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy. Pp.xii+344last blank), text figures, appendix, models, notes, references, index; tall demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in blue, boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1999. First edition. More
Economic relationships in the 1950s. Pp. [x]+202, index; edges of boards a trifle worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1962. First edition. More
Or, Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand. By a Bank Official. Pp. xii+180(last colophon), full page facsimile, tailpiece decorations; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards with blind rule borders, worn and lightly soiled, with a couple of small damp stains to lower board..... More
A New History of Power. Pp. x+332(last blank), appendix, table, notes, further reading, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London, 2012. First edition. *Argues for the predominance in any society of one of three broad value systems - that of..... More
Pp. x+294(last blank), notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. dark blue paper, spine lettered in gilt, white papered boards; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2001. First edition. *'A brilliant analysis of the new economy and how it is affecting our lives, for better and for..... More
Six essay on the elements of political Economy. Pp. [ii]+xxviii+186+[2](colophon, verso blank), half-title page decoration, appendices; demy 8vo; dark blue calf, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the boards slightly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and spine lightly faded; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown..... More
Twenty-five letters to a working man of Sunderland on the laws of work. Pp. xii+212(last blank), half-title page decoration, appendices; demy 8vo; dark blue calf, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the boards lightly worn, spine slightly faded; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown, the..... More
Translated by H. A. Fields. Introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Pp. 204; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; fore and bottom edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly discoloured; fore-edge of a couple of pages slightly stained; W. W. Norton &..... More
Selected essays. Pp. xviii+446, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, backstrip slightly faded; the half-title page faintly creased; Macmillan, London, 1993. First edition. *Essays 'on subjects including the Commonwealth, the uses of history and the economic decline of Britain and on..... More