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Strength and Weakness of Socialism, The


Ely, Richard T.

Hardcover. Cleveland, Chautauqua Press, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in black, 264 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, pencil marking to first 15 pages, otherwise clean.

Record # 412222


Price: $24.00 

 

TNT - These National Taxeaters


Harding, T. Swann

Hardcover. New York, Ray Long & Richard Smith, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, The case against taxation and government waste and abuse during Depression. Fold-out chart in back. Cover lettering chipped.

Record # 51104


Price: $15.00 

 

Trade and Dominion: The European Overseas Empires in the Eighteenth Century


Parry, J.H.

Hardcover. New York,New York , Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1971, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 408 pages.64 pages of black and white plates along with 7 maps. Author covers development of European oversees empires in the eighteenth century. Former owner's embossed stamp inside. Repaired tear to dust jacket.

Record # 512287


Price: $20.00 

 

Twenty-six Centuries of Agrarian Reform: A Comparative Analysis


Tuma, Elias H.

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 309 pages. Light tanning, wear, and some spotting along spine of dust jacket. Chipping, including closed tear in rear, along top edge of dust jacket covers. Dust jacket price clipped. Minor foxing on top edge. Underlining in pen throughout. Good reading copy.

Record # 856233


Price: $15.00 

 

Two Strikes and Out


McMahon, William E.

Hardcover. NY, Country Life Corp., Rep., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib end paper markings. An indictment of Mexico's policy on fiscating foreign property in the 20's and 30's.

Record # 59026


Price: $12.00 

 

Vermont Farms


N/A

Softcover. Essex Junction VT , Vermont Bureau of Publicity, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Extensive tables of data throughout. Front cover lose. Previous owners marking on back cover. Foxing to some pages. All pages clean and legible.

Record # 857266


Price: $35.00 

 

Voices From the Dark Years: The Truth About Occupied France 1940 - 1945


Boyd, Douglas

Hardcover. Gloucestershire, UK, Sutton Publishing, First Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 298 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright, illustrated dust jacket in very good condition. Clean & unmarked copy with black & white illustrations.

Record # 6670050


Price: $19.00 

 

Window of Opportunity, A


Humphrey, Chris

Softcover. WINDSOR ON, CANADA, Cranberry Tree Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages, minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 457774


Price: $15.00 

 

Women and the Labor Movement


Henry, Alice

Hardcover. New York , George H. Doran, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages, green cloth covers with black lettering. Part of The Worker's Bookshelf Series. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 407194


Price: $25.00 

 

World Communism - The Disintegration of a Secular Faith


Lowenthal, Richard

Hardcover. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, First US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with white printed titles to cover & spine. Dust jacket with age toning, chips and light wear to edges., now protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751490


Price: $13.00 

Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia
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Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black boards with gilt lettering, black and white photographs in center pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom page block. Record # 468441
Price: $12.00 

Capitalism Russian-Style by: Gustafson, Thane
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Capitalism Russian-Style by: Gustafson, Thane

Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book provides a progress report on one of the most important economic experiments going on in the world, the building of capitalism in Russia. It describes Russian achievements in building private banks, companies, stock exchanges, new laws and law courts. It analyzes the role of the Mafia, the new financial empires, entrepreneurs, business tycoons, and the shrinking Russian state. Thane Gustafson tells how the Soviet system was dismantled and the new market society was born, and examines the prospects for a Russian economic miracle in the twenty-first century. Clean copy. Record # 33979
Price: $12.00 

Colonial Architecture of Salem, The by: Cousins, Frank
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Colonial Architecture of Salem, The by: Cousins, Frank

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, hardcover. Covers are in very good condition, despite minor bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Top edge gilt. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book explores the rich history of colonial architecture in Salem, Massachusetts. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the city's architecture. It discusses the economic and political factors that influenced the design of these buildings, and how the architecture reflected the values and aspirations of the people who lived in Salem during the colonial era. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34257
Price: $30.00 

Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments by: Rogowski, Ronald
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Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments by: Rogowski, Ronald

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some sticker residue at the bottom of the spine, but is still in very good condition overall. Red cloth covers with gilt text on the spine and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps and tables throughout. In this book, Rogowski applies the economic Stolper-Samuelson theorem to political science. The theorem states that international trade benefits owners of a country's abundant production factors and harms owners of scarce factors. Rogowski argues that as trade expands or contracts, these economic shifts predictably alter domestic political power. Clean copy. Record # 34616
Price: $14.00 

Communist Entrepreneurs: Unknown Innovators in the Global Economy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kiser, John W. III
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Communist Entrepreneurs: Unknown Innovators in the Global Economy [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Kiser, John W. III

Hardcover. NY, Franklin Watts, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 225 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Author's inscription reads: "To Kathrine - a budding (non-communist) entrepreneur." -John W. Kiser III. This book relates the lives and achievements of a number of inventors and reformers from Soviet-bloc nations. Clean copy. Record # 33967
Price: $30.00 

Deviants and the Abandoned inn French Society: Selections from the Annales: Economies, Societes, Civilisations by: Forster, Robert & Ranum, Orest
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Deviants and the Abandoned inn French Society: Selections from the Annales: Economies, Societes, Civilisations by: Forster, Robert & Ranum, Orest

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st ed., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Foxing to edges. Some fading to spine and cover. Otherwise, tight clean copy. Record # 855544
Price: $12.00 

 

Dynamics of Ascent: A History of the American Economy by: Brownlee, W. Elliot

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 381 pages. Very good pictorial boards have some fading. Spine is slightly cocked. Record # 804040
Price: $12.00 

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge
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Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469276
Price: $12.00 

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge
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Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469284
Price: $12.00 

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto, The (Great Books in Philosophy) by: Marx, Karl
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto, The (Great Books in Philosophy) by: Marx, Karl

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. US, Prometheus Books, reprint , 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Creasing and edge wear to covers. Underlining and notes throughout. A tight reading copy. Record # 466944
Price: $12.00 

 

Economic Development of the U.S.S.R., The by: Munting, Roger

Softcover. Palgrave Macmillan, Reprint, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages. Light wear to covers, slight sunning to spine. Nice, clean copy. Record # 453346
Price: $12.00 

Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession in the United States, Britain, and France, 1890s to 1990s by: Fourcade, Marion
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Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession in the United States, Britain, and France, 1890s to 1990s by: Fourcade, Marion

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 386 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W graphs and tables throughout. This book is a part of the Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. It systematically compares the profession of economics in the United States, Britain, and France, to explain why economics, far from being a uniform science, differs in important ways among these three countries. Clean copy. Record # 34160
Price: $60.00 

Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale
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Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale

Hardcover. Hillsdale, NY, Pendragon Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers in very good condition, clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The journals of the New Hampshire family that became the best-known musicians of the day chronicle not only their performances and adventures first hand, but explore the social, economic and cultural life of the time. Clean copy in original vacuum-sealed plastic. Record # 33669
Price: $32.00 

Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale
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Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale

Hardcover. Hillsdale NY, Pendragon Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers in very good condition, clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The journals of the New Hampshire family that became the best-known musicians of the day chronicle not only their performances and adventures first hand, but explore the social, economic and cultural life of the time. Clean copy. Record # 33668
Price: $30.00