THE ART OF INVESTMENT by Gaines, Morrell W - 1922

Paris, Agricole, n.d. (ca. 1860). Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 472. With over 180 engraved illustrations to the text, one folding. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, cracked inner hinge, decorative spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. Scarce. B-2

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992, first printing. 8vo., xxi+602pp., illustrated. "'In Reserve' presents the history of banking in Australia. The post-war period in particular has seen dramatic changes in the control and subsequent deregulation of Australia's financial industry and this book gives a detailed account of monetary and economic policy since that time. "In Reserve" chronicles Australia's changing involvement with the international monetary system and the evolution of central banking in a small, open economy; the rise and decline of a system of monetary regulation; the formation of economic and monetary policy since World War II; interaction between Bank and Government and the powerful personalities such as Dr H.C. Coombs and Sir Roland Wilson who shaped post-war policy and institutions." Fine in fine dust jacket. Out of print. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1915. Paperback. Good. 251, [5] p.: tables; 19 cm. Paperback with plain brown wrapper and black cover titles. Publisher's catalog on final 4 unpaginated pages. Printed pastedown on front cover from the United Mine Workers of America to a newspaper editor urging the paper to use the information in this book when writing about the negotiations for the next anthracite wage agreement. Stamped over the pastedown and on the title page: "Editorial Page Library" (newspaper not identified). Attached to the inside of the front wrapper is a folded sheet with detailed information about the agreement, which was set to expire on March 31, 1916. Very scarce in paperback with the United Mine Workers additions. In Good Condition: lacking wrapper over spine; chipping along edges of wrapper, with partial loss of title on front wrapper; back wrapper is detached but present; front wrapper almost detached; tape residue along spine from old repair; minor loss from… Read More

Leipzig: Duncker & Humbolt, 1908. First Edition . Original Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 782pp. FIRST EDITION. Insignificant marginal outside wear. Extremely clean and fresh.

This is a rare first edition copy of this famous text by Herbert Simon and colleagues. Ex-library with some stamps and markings. The book shows age and wear but is overall in good condition without markings in the text. Red/burgundy cloth with some wear. Gold lettering. Hardcover, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition.

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1992, first printing. 8vo., xxi+602pp., illustrated. "'In Reserve' presents the history of banking in Australia. The post-war period in particular has seen dramatic changes in the control and subsequent deregulation of Australia's financial industry and this book gives a detailed account of monetary and economic policy since that time. "In Reserve" chronicles Australia's changing involvement with the international monetary system and the evolution of central banking in a small, open economy; the rise and decline of a system of monetary regulation; the formation of economic and monetary policy since World War II; interaction between Bank and Government and the powerful personalities such as Dr H.C. Coombs and Sir Roland Wilson who shaped post-war policy and institutions." Fine in fine dust jacket. Out of print. Scarce. . 1st. Hard.… Read More

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1915. Paperback. Good. 251, [5] p.: tables; 19 cm. Paperback with plain brown wrapper and black cover titles. Publisher's catalog on final 4 unpaginated pages. Printed pastedown on front cover from the United Mine Workers of America to a newspaper editor urging the paper to use the information in this book when writing about the negotiations for the next anthracite wage agreement. Stamped over the pastedown and on the title page: "Editorial Page Library" (newspaper not identified). Attached to the inside of the front wrapper is a folded sheet with detailed information about the agreement, which was set to expire on March 31, 1916. Very scarce in paperback with the United Mine Workers additions. In Good Condition: lacking wrapper over spine; chipping along edges of wrapper, with partial loss of title on front wrapper; back wrapper is detached but present; front wrapper almost detached; tape residue along spine from old repair; minor loss from… Read More

Leipzig: Duncker & Humbolt, 1908. First Edition . Original Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 782pp. FIRST EDITION. Insignificant marginal outside wear. Extremely clean and fresh.

This is a rare first edition copy of this famous text by Herbert Simon and colleagues. Ex-library with some stamps and markings. The book shows age and wear but is overall in good condition without markings in the text. Red/burgundy cloth with some wear. Gold lettering. Hardcover, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition.

Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition, but some tears are noticeable along bottom edge of front, and some wear on top edge on the back. Dust jacket will be wrapped in Mylar upon purchase for protection.