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
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
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. 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 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
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
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
Edited by W. P. D. Wightman and J. C. Bryce with Dugald Stewart's Account of Adam Smith. Edited by I. S. Ross, D. D. Raphael and A. S. Skinner. Pp. x+22(last blank)+358, index; med. 8vo; laminated boards; top fore-corner of a few leaves lightly creased, occasional pencilled marginal scoring; Clarendon..... More
Pp. x+198, notes, index; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, leaves slightly browned; Profile Books, London, 2006. First edition. More
Pp. xvi+410(last blank), 8 coloured and black & white plates, notes, bibliography, index; qr. grey paper, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, fore-corners slightly bruised, upper board lightly marked; dust wrapper; some light foxing and soiling to edges and a few margins of leaves, top fore-corners of several leaves..... More
An Enlightened Life. Pp. xx+348, frontispiece, 16 coloured and black & white plates, text illustrations 1 full and 2 double-page maps, notes & sources, bibliography of works cited, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in white, lower fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn; Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London..... More
Pp. xxii+282, notes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; faintly scuffed; Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London, 2002. First UK. edition. *Joseph Stiglitz received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001. More
Pp. [x]+340, index; a couple of faint bruises to edges of boards, the lower board slightly scratched; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the lower wrapper slightly creased; two small rust marks near top edge of upper pastedown, the endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Robert Hale..... More
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency's command. Pp. 12(including wrappers); f'cap. folio; stabbed & tied; partly unopened; a couple of spots of foxing; John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1865-6. More
Continuation of powers bill. Together with the proceedings of the committee and minutes of evidence. Pp. [10](including wrappers); f'cap. folio; stabbed & tied; edges a trifle faded; Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon, Printers, Melbourne, 1874. More