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London : Wildwood House, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Time on the Cross, Vol. 2. Physical description: ii-xviii,286p : ill, maps ; 22cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Slavery Economic aspects United States; USA; Economy.

Wildwood House Ltd, 1974-09-26. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean text, sound binding.

Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. Controversial Bancroft Prize-winning study asserting that the system of slave agriculture in the American South before the Civil War was economically viable, and that enslaved persons were, on the whole, not treated much worse than free laborers of the day. Fogel went on to share a Nobel Prize medal in economics. Hardcovers in jacket, as pictured; volume 1 is a stated third printing, volume 2 the first. Light wear to books, just a bit of foxing to volume 1; jackets show some rubbing and minor edgewear with short tears, light creaing, tiny chips. Text clean, no names or marks; xviii, 286; xi, blank, 267 pages; index, notes, bibliography, equations & many charts. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo. Set.

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1974. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: xviii, 286 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has a few tiny tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed and signed by Robert William Fogel to Theodore W. Schultz (1902-1998). Schultz was the winner of the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with W. A. Lewis. Fogel was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics jointly with Douglass C. North. The inscription reads "To T. W. Schultz With deep appreciation for your many helpful comments and criticisms on the book and for all you have done to make the Economic History Workshop the exciting intellectual forum that it has been during the past several years. Affectionately, Bob. Chicago August 8, 1974." The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Vol. II: xii, 267 pages of text. Hardcover binding… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes are signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, "RW Fogel 3/18/10." Each are near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Sarah L. Bindari. Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking books reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books).

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974. First edition of this work which attracted widespread attention in the media and generated heated controversy and criticism for its methodology and conclusions. Octavo, original brown cloth, 2 volumes. Both volumes are inscribed by both authors to the same recipient. Volume one is near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine tips. Volume two is near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sarah L. Bindari. Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking books reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books).

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974, 1975. First edition. 1974 SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF NOBEL LAUREATE ROBERT FOGEL'S HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL TIME ON THE CROSS AND CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF ITS FALLOUT EXPLAINING SLAVERY IN AMERICA. 1) Robert William Fogel & Stanley L. Engerman. Time on the Cross: two 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover volumes, brown cloth binding, gilt title to spines, Vol. I, inscribed on front flyleaf, "To Simon Kuznets: These volumes are given with continuing admiration from a steadfast disciple/ affectionately, Bob Fogel/ Cambridge April 20, 1974." xviii, 286 pp; Vol. II ("A Supplement"), xi, 267. Near fine with very good dust jackets (a few small closed edge tears). 2) Reviews of Time on the Cross: 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown faux leather binding, spine gilt with title and John P Frank bottom of spine, containing two long reviews extracted from contemporary journals with issue covers bound in, each signed R W Fogel on title page: Paul A. David & Peter Temin. Slavery: The Progressive… Read More