(Jellicoe, Charles; Brown, Samuel; Hodge, William Barwick; Younger, Samuel; Sprague, T.B.; et al)

The Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries. Vol. VII. Part I. April, 1857 - Vol. VII. Part 4. January, 1858 and Vol. VII. Part 6. July, 1858. (Nos. XXVII-XXX and No. XXXII) (5 Issues)

London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1857-1858. 1857-1858. London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1857-1858. 1857-1858. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & foxed with the issue numbers handwritten in the top left corners of the front wraps. The spines are darkened & chipped with small pieces out. The Part 6 spine is torn & the lower third of each wrap is detached. Title, [1] leaf & pages [1]-60 plus index & ads; title, [1] leaf & pages [61]-120 plus ads; title, [ii] & pages [121]-180 plus ads; title, [ii] & pages [181]-240 plus ads; and title, [ii] & pages [301]-360 plus ads. Partially unopened. Illustrated with tables & with a folding diagram in Part I. There is some light foxing & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

The Institute of Actuaries was founded in 1848 and contributed to the study of the theory of life contingencies, enabling an exchange of ideas between its members and bringing about a greater consistency in their methods. Its aims were advanced by the publication of its Journal, originally called The Assurance Magazine, which first appeared in September 1850. The magazine was founded by two well-known actuaries, Charles Jellicoe and Samuel Brown, and was adopted as the organ of the Institute of Actuaries in 1852. Jellicoe continued as its editor until 1867 when he was succeeded by T. B. Sprague. Good .

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Book number: 13208

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; PERIODICAL; THE ASSURANCE MAGAZINE; JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES; CHARLES JELLICOE; SAMUEL BROWN; T. B. SPRAGUE; SAMUEL YOUNGER; WILLIAM BARWICK HODGE; THEORY OF LIFE CONTINGENCIES; TABLES; ACTUARIAL TABLES; NINETEENTH CENTU

Nearing, Scott. (1883-1983). American radical economist, political activist and an advocate of simple living.

Autograph Letter Signed by Radical Economist Scott Nearing Inviting His Correspondent to Visit.

Harborside, ME: August 4th, 1972. 1972. Harborside, ME: August 4th, 1972. 1972. Very good. - Letter penned in blue ink and filling most of one side of a sheet of Social Science Institute letterhead, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Signed "Scott Nearing". There is some light creasing to the paper. Folded twice for mailing. Together with the mailing envelope addressed in an unknown hand. Very good.

Nearing is replying to an Arthur W. Manchester in Boston, inviting him to visit the Institute. "Some of us here are working on idological & agricutural problems. If you are up this way, why not look in on us and share a meal & some ideas - ".

Scott Nearing [1883-1983] was a radical economist, educator, writer, political activist and an advocate of simple living. Very good .

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Book number: 34750

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; AMERICAN ECONOMIST; POLITICAL ACTIVIST; SIMPLE LIVING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY RADICAL ECONOMIST SCOTT NEARING; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE; AGRICULTURE.

Aldrich, Nelson W

Banking Reform in the United States: An Address by Nelson W. Aldrich, Before the Academy of Political Science. October 15, 1913

[New York?]: (1913). (1913). [New York?]: (1913). (1913). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are bumped with small stains at the staples & some very light foxing. The spine & extremities are darkened. The head of the spine is torn with a piece out & the tail is chipped. 67 pages. A few top page corners are bumped. Very good.

First edition.

Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island played a leading role in the creation of a United States central bank. Aldrich conducted a nationwide campaign for sweeping banking reforms "with a view to creating a flexible currency that would expand and contract in volume as the necessities of business might dictate..The campaign was brilliantly successful. In November 1911, the Convention of American Bankers, in session at New Orleans, indorsed the Aldrich Plan. A bill based upon it was drawn up by the Monetary Commission and submitted to Congress." Unluckily for Aldrich, in the 1912 election the Democrats took possession of the House. "The bill of the Monetary Commission was quietly set aside..Thereafter, he could do nothing but stand aside while the victorious party, laboring hard to make the country believe they were not continuing his work, brought the reform movement to a conclusion by establishing the system of the Federal Reserve. It was not altogether a conclusion he could approve.." [Quotations from DAB]. In this address to the Academy of Political Science, Aldrich expresses his reservations about the Democrats' bill.

Rare. Very good .

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Book number: 16850

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; BANKING; UNITED STATES CENTRAL BANK; FEDERAL RESERVE; BANKING REFORMS; NELSON W. ALDRICH; SENATOR; BANKING REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES; DEMOCRATIC BILL; ADDRESS; SPEECH.

Roebling, Mary. (1905-1994). American banker. First woman to serve as president of a major U.S. bank and first woman governor of the American Stock Exchange.

Typed Letter Signed by American Banker Mary Roebling, First Woman President of a U.S. Bank.

Trenton, NJ: September 9, 1976. 1976. Trenton, NJ: September 9, 1976. 1976. Fine. - 84 words typed on a sheet of cream-colored 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide National State Bank letterhead with 'Mary G. Roebling / Chairman of the Board" printed at the top below a vignette of a sailing ship. Signed "Mary Roebling". There is a small pencil notation at top right. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine.

Roebling writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern, regretting that she cannot attend the signing of the new Declaration of Independence for children. "I am sure the affair will be most successful. Certainly it is in behalf of a most worthwhile effort. Child abuse and child neglect is appalling and daily the newspapers tell of more and more cases."

Mary Roebling [1905-1994] was an American banker. After the death of her second husband Siegfried Roebling in 1936, she took his seat on the Trenton Trust Company board. She was elected president of the board in January 1937, the first woman to serve as president of a major U.S. bank. When the bank merged with National State Bank in 1972, she chaired the combined banks until 1984. From 1958 to 1962 she was governor of the American Stock Exchange, their first woman governor.

The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co- sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Fine .

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Book number: 34977

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; BANKING; BANKER; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN BANKER MARY ROEBLING, FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF A U.S. BANK; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; TRENTON TRUST COMPANY; NATIONAL STATE BANK; FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR OF THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE; DEC

Bard, William (1778-1853),

A Letter, to David E. Evans, Esquire, of Batavia, on Life Insurance; from William Bard, President of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Co. December 1st, 1832,

New York: Print of William Van Norden, 1832. 1832. New York: Print of William Van Norden, 1832. 1832. Very good. - Small octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover, printed self-wraps. Disbound, removed in the distant past from a larger collection of pamphlets. 17 & [3] pages. Illustrated with 3 full-page tables. There is a small stain to the title with offsetting to the following leaf. Very good.

First edition.

Bard was a pioneer in life insurance and his company was the first to make it a specialty. In this pamphlet, he replied to public suspicion and current criticism of insurance and predicted a rapid development for it.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 13180

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; LIFE INSURANCE; WILLIAM BARD; NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST; PAMPHLET; A LETTER, TO DAVID E. EVANS, ESQUIRE, OF BATAVIA, ON LIFE INSURANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Bex, Brian L.

The Hidden Hand a Staff Study. Illustrated with Photographs.

Spencer Indiana: Owen Litho Service, Inc. (1975). (1975). Spencer Indiana: Owen Litho Service, Inc. (1975). (1975). Very good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in silver on the spine, laid into a color pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed & soiled with minor staining along the very top edge and a couple of tiny chips. 376 pages with black and white textual drawings and a separate 28 page section, including photographs, on glossy paper. There are a couple of minor spots of foxing to the book's fore edge. Very good. First edition, promotional copy with a presentation slip mounted on the front endpaper "So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? The Hidden Hand is basically a staff study by American Communications Network on the subject of Control. Control over you, the American citizen, through the control of your money!" - from the dust wrapper copy. Very good .

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Book number: 98561

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; THE HIDDEN HAND A STAFF STUDY; BRIAN L. BEX; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; OWEN LITHO SERVICE, INC.; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; CONTROL; MONEY.

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin.

A Chronicle of One Hundred & Fifty Years: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 1768-1918.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 1918. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The top edge is gilt. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The spine & its gilt titling are faded. xvi, [1] leaf & 311 pages. Illustrated with 24 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard. There is a strip out of the front edge of the illustrations list. The front edges of a few other leaves are chipped where they have been roughly opened. Good. First edition. The previous owner's name, John V. Jewel, is stamped in gilt on the front cover. He was elected to membership in the Chamber in 1903. Good .

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Book number: 95272

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; NEW YORK STATE; TRADE; BUSINESS; A CHRONICLE OF ONE HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS: THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1768-1918; JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; CIVIL WAR; HISTORY OF THE NYS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; RAPID TRANSI

Black, R. D. Colison

A Catalogue of Pamphlets on Economic Subjects Published between 1750-1900 and Now Housed in Irish Libraries

Belfast: The Queen's University, 1969. 1969. Belfast: The Queen's University, 1969. 1969. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in dw. Bumped, cocked & slightly dusty; dw soiled, lightly chipped & slightly darkened with small stains & a tear to the front panel. 632 pp. Very good in a good dw.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 7078

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; PAMPHLETS; CATALOGUE; IRISH LIBRARIES; R. D. COLLISON BLACK; REFERENCE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Economics). A CATALOGUE OF PAMPHLETS ON ECONOMIC SUBJECTS published between 1750-1900 and now housed in Irish Libraries. Black, R. D. Colison.

Blaine, James G.

An Irredeemable Paper Currency: Speech of the Hon. James G. Blaine, in the House of Representatives, February 10th, 1876.

[Washington, DC?]: 1876. 1876. - Octavo, unbound, as published. Two sheets of paper are folded once to form 8 pages, including 7 pages of text & a rear blank. The page edges are darkened with the front edges of the last 2 leaves chipped. The corners of the pages are creased & the top edges lightly chipped. The rear blank is soiled. Good. First edition. No place of publication or printer are indicated. James G. Blaine [1830-1893] was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876 and served as Speaker of the House from 1869 to 1875. Blaine led the fight in Congress for a strong dollar. After the issuance of 150 million dollars in greenbacks--currency not backed by gold--the value of the dollar stood at a low ebb. A bipartisan group of inflationists wished to allow the Treasury to continue to issue greenbacks and even to use them to pay the interest due on pre-war bonds. Blaine held that such a move would be a repudiation of the nation's promise to investors which was made when the only currency was gold. He was especially concerned for the laborers and pensioners who would suffer most from inflation. He pointed out that the greenbacks had only been an emergency measure to avoid bankruptcy during the war. Blaine and his hard money allies were sucesssful but the issue remained alive until 1879 when all remaining green backs were made redeemable in gold. Fair .

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Book number: 36822

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; PAPER CURRENCY; GREEN BACKS; GOLD; SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMERICAN STATESMAN; JAMES G. BLAINE; AN IRREDEEMABLE PAPER CURRENCY; STRONG DOLLAR; INFLATIONISTS; INTEREST ON PRE-WAR BONDS; PAMPHLET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY

Block, Maurice

Les Progres de la Science Economique Depuis Adam Smith. Revision Des Doctrines Economiques Par Maurice Block, Membre de L'Institut. 2e Edition Considerablement Augmentee. (2 Volumes)

Paris: Guillaumin et Cie. 1897. 1897. Paris: Guillaumin et Cie. 1897. 1897. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed tan wraps. The front cover of the first volume is deatched. The spines and covers are quite chipped with early tape reinforcing the spine. 679 pages; and 581 pages respectively. The volumes are shaken with some pulled signatures. Possible ex-library with the following statement "Dokumentatie A.C.W. / Documentation L.N.T.C", stamped in red on the title page of the first volume and half- title of the second volume and a number taped to the bottom of the spines. Despite the bindings, the pages are bright and clean. Good.

The revised expanded edition. Good .

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Book number: 11914

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; FRENCH; MAURICE BLOCK; LES PROGRES DE LA SCIENCE ECONOMIQUE DEPUIS ADAM SMITH; REVISED; EXPANDED; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL; WORK; METHOD; LAW; BANKING; CREDIT; MONEY.

(Carey, Henry Charles; 1793-1879). Baird, Henry Carey

Retlaw on the Greenback

Philadelphia [PA}: Henry Carey Baird & Co. 1875. 1875. Philadelphia [PA}: Henry Carey Baird & Co. 1875. 1875. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream self-wrappers sewn with cream cord. 15 pages plus a 1-page publisher's catalog. The page corners are bumped with creases to the top page corners. There is some light staining to the title page & catalog. Good.

First edition.

A defense of the economic ideas of Henry C. Carey, possibly written by his nephew, Henry Carey Baird who popularized his ideas [DAB].

Rare. WorldCat locates four copies in the U.S. and one in Europe. Good .

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Book number: 27012

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMIST; HENRY CHARLES CAREY; HENRY CAREY BAIRD; RETLAW ON THE GREENBACK; DOLLAR; PAPER MONEY; MINING; BANKING; LABOR; PAMPHLET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Burleigh, George William (1870-1940). Director of the Lackawanna Steel Company and Colonel in the New York National Guard who commanded the Ninth Coast Defense.

Typed Letter Signed by the Director of the Lackawanna Steel Company George William Burleigh Regretting That He Won't Be Able to Serve on the Honorary Reception Committee for Maurice Maeterlinck.

New York, December 29th, 1919. 1919. - Over 60 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "Delafield, Thorne and Burleigh" law office stationery. Addressed to James B. Pond, Burleigh regrets that he'll be out of town and thus "will not be able to serve on the Honorary Reception Committee at M. Maeterlinck's opening lecture at Carnegie Hall on that evening". Signed "George W. Burleigh" in black ink. The letter is folded horizontally and vertically for mailing with minor chipping near the top left corner. Very good. A director of the Lackawanna Steel Company, George William Burleigh (1870-1940) served as a Colonel in the New York National Guard commanding the Ninth Coast Defense during the First World War. James B. Pond, the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau, brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd, 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result, the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides. Very good .

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Book number: 94931

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; MILITARY; GEORGE WILIAM BURLEIGH; DIRECTOR LACKWANNA STEEL COMPANY; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; JAMES B. POND; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; COLONEL IN THE NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD; NINTH COAST DEFENSE; WWI; FIRST WORLD WAR; MA

Stammhammer, Josef; compiler and editor

Bibliographie Der Finanzwissenschaft

Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1903. 1903. Jena, Germany: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1903. 1903. Very good. - Octavo, original printed orange wraps bound into three-quarter green calf & marbled boards titled in gilt on spine. Wraps lightly soiled; boards lightly bumped & rubbed with slight fraying to top corner of rear board. Title, [1] leaf, 415 & [1] pp. Very good.

A bibliography of trade, finance and taxation. The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 7076

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC LITERATURE; TRADE; FINANCE; TAXATION; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; JOSEF STAMMHAMMER; GERMAN. (Economics). (Reference). BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER FINANZWISSENSCHAFT. Stammhammer, Josef; compiler and editor.

Creamer, Daniel; editor

Bibliography on Income and Wealth 1937-1947

Cambridge, U.K.: Bowes & Bowes, (1952). (1952). Cambridge, U.K.: Bowes & Bowes, (1952). (1952). Good. - Square octavo, rust brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped & lightly soiled with a stain to the rear cover; the spine & gilt titling are faded. xvi & 184 pp. The endpapers & page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

The first volume in a series of works on the subject. Good .

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Book number: 6976

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; INCOME; WEALTH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; DANIEL CREAMER. (Economics). BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INCOME AND WEALTH 1937-1947. Creamer, Daniel; editor.

Cromwell, James H. R.; and Czerwonky, Hugo E

In Defense of Capitalism: An Explanation of the Functioning of Our Capitalistic System of Today and of Specific Measures Which Would Correct Its Defects. Written for Business Men

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Charles Scribner's Sosn, Ltd. 1937. 1937. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Charles Scribner's Sosn, Ltd. 1937. 1937. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped & the spine is faded. xvii & 373 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Illustrated with 7 folding color diagrams. Good.

First edition.Inscribed by Cromwell on the front endpaper and signed "Jim".

Laid in is a 16-page prospectus for the book, bound in printed yellow wraps, and containing a summary of the contents. Good .

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Book number: 11922

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; IN DEFENSE OF CAPITALISM; JAMES H. R. CROMWELL; HUGO E. CZERWONKY; MONEY; DEBT; FEDERAL RESERVE; BANKING SYSTEM; TAXATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; OLD AGE PENSIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; PUBLIC WORKS; COLLECTIVE BARGAINING; TARIFFS; DIAGRAMS; FOLDIN