THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR by Von Neumann, John, and Oskar Morgenstern - 1963

Paris, Guillaumin, 1887. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 85. Printed on thick paper. Original stiff printed wrappers, bit dust-soiled, spine panel trifle frayed; faint dampmark in lower margin throughout. In good condition ~ FIRST EDITION. In the same year, an English translation, "The Bimetallic Par: Notes Submitted to the Gold and Silver Commission" was published in London by P. S. King; and a German translation, "Das bimetallische Pari. Der Gold- und Silver-Commission in London unterbreitete Bemerkungen" appeared in Köln by J. P. Bachem. Henri Cernuschi (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist, best known for his publications on financial questions, more especially bimetallism. Of the latter he was an ardent champion, and the word itself is commonly supposed to have originated with him - at least in its English form it is first found in his "Silver Vindicated" (1876). I-4 IN

Edinburgh, William Tait; London, Simpkin, Marshall; Dublin, John Cumming, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xxiii, (i) blank, 419, (1) blank. Plus lithograph frontispiece portrait, from an engraving made by C. Fox after H. W. Pickersgill, printed by the lithographer S. Leith of Edinburgh, with facing tissue-guard. Half-title present. Index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, embossed in blind, spine gilt; first inner hinge cracking but very firm, lower joint mended, wear at head of spine, cloth bit dull. Good copy, preserved in the original state, with rather fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Republished in 1844, and recently in 1998. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English social philosopher whose influence on the development of economic thought and theory was very great. Burton was an Edinburgh lawyer and a professional writer for literary journals. He established his name as an author with the "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846), in which he threw… Read More

P. S. King & Staples. Ltd. London. ND.,1937. Sixth (Fourth) Edition. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). Definitive edition. The original edition was first published in 1901, and is based on lectures delivered at the London School of Economics in the five years after it was founded in 1895. This edition uses the revised text of the fourth edition, published in 1920, but with supplements explaining the Authors, and others, work in the interim years. Illustrated throughout with many diagrams, some on fold out pages. A fine copy in a fine early binding of full blue calf by Morrell of London. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Double ruled gilt borders to both boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Gilt stamped arms of Queen Mary College, University of London, on the front board. Neat prize labels, dated 1944, to the front blank endpaper. A fine copy in a lovely, highly decorative, leather binding. :

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. Near Fine, SCARCE publishers notice tipped in at front endpage "The D. Van Nostrand Company intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price, and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow of discount.", book plate front paste down that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. Prior owner name and address front endpage, cloth lightly rubbed, contents are clean tight, and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Xi, 179 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. All Publishing Information Shows Cambridge University Press, 1960, Sheets Printed In The Usa, Dj Price Clipped At Bottom Of Front Flap And With (American) $3.75 Price Stamped At Top Corner Of Front Flap. No Indication Of Later Printing, No Reviews On Dj. A Classic Of Cold-War Economics. Book With Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks. Dj With Some Wear, A Few Short Tears And With Some Very Small Losses At Corners, Spine A Little Faded. Small Original Pasadena Bookseller's Tab (Vroman's) On Front Endpaper, Thus First Purchased New In Pasadena.

Paris, Guillaumin, 1887. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 85. Printed on thick paper. Original stiff printed wrappers, bit dust-soiled, spine panel trifle frayed; faint dampmark in lower margin throughout. In good condition ~ FIRST EDITION. In the same year, an English translation, "The Bimetallic Par: Notes Submitted to the Gold and Silver Commission" was published in London by P. S. King; and a German translation, "Das bimetallische Pari. Der Gold- und Silver-Commission in London unterbreitete Bemerkungen" appeared in Köln by J. P. Bachem. Henri Cernuschi (1821-1896), Italian politician and economist, best known for his publications on financial questions, more especially bimetallism. Of the latter he was an ardent champion, and the word itself is commonly supposed to have originated with him - at least in its English form it is first found in his "Silver Vindicated" (1876). I-4 IN

Edinburgh, William Tait; London, Simpkin, Marshall; Dublin, John Cumming, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xxiii, (i) blank, 419, (1) blank. Plus lithograph frontispiece portrait, from an engraving made by C. Fox after H. W. Pickersgill, printed by the lithographer S. Leith of Edinburgh, with facing tissue-guard. Half-title present. Index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, embossed in blind, spine gilt; first inner hinge cracking but very firm, lower joint mended, wear at head of spine, cloth bit dull. Good copy, preserved in the original state, with rather fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Republished in 1844, and recently in 1998. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English social philosopher whose influence on the development of economic thought and theory was very great. Burton was an Edinburgh lawyer and a professional writer for literary journals. He established his name as an author with the "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846), in which he threw… Read More

P. S. King & Staples. Ltd. London. ND.,1937. Sixth (Fourth) Edition. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). Definitive edition. The original edition was first published in 1901, and is based on lectures delivered at the London School of Economics in the five years after it was founded in 1895. This edition uses the revised text of the fourth edition, published in 1920, but with supplements explaining the Authors, and others, work in the interim years. Illustrated throughout with many diagrams, some on fold out pages. A fine copy in a fine early binding of full blue calf by Morrell of London. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Double ruled gilt borders to both boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Gilt stamped arms of Queen Mary College, University of London, on the front board. Neat prize labels, dated 1944, to the front blank endpaper. A fine copy in a lovely, highly decorative, leather binding. :

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. Near Fine, SCARCE publishers notice tipped in at front endpage "The D. Van Nostrand Company intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price, and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow of discount.", book plate front paste down that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. Prior owner name and address front endpage, cloth lightly rubbed, contents are clean tight, and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Xi, 179 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. All Publishing Information Shows Cambridge University Press, 1960, Sheets Printed In The Usa, Dj Price Clipped At Bottom Of Front Flap And With (American) $3.75 Price Stamped At Top Corner Of Front Flap. No Indication Of Later Printing, No Reviews On Dj. A Classic Of Cold-War Economics. Book With Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks. Dj With Some Wear, A Few Short Tears And With Some Very Small Losses At Corners, Spine A Little Faded. Small Original Pasadena Bookseller's Tab (Vroman's) On Front Endpaper, Thus First Purchased New In Pasadena.