NEUFELD, E.P.

Bank of Canada Operations 1935-54

Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1955. (Fabricoid) Very good plus. 221pp. Canadian Studies in Economics No.5.

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Book number: 109707

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Keywords: Economics, Banking - Canada

XENOPHON; WEDDERBURN, ALEXANDER D.O. & COLLINGWOOD, W. GERSHOM / TRANSLATION

The Economist of Xenophon

New York, Burt Franklin. 1971, reprint. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xlvi, [2], 141pp. 12mo. Originally published in 1876. Red buckram, gilt title to spine. Includes preface by editor John Ruskin. The cover shows light markings; else is clean, tight, bright, solid.

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Book number: 126852

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Keywords: Economics, Greek History, Philosophy

ROBINSON, H.W.

A History of Accountants in Ireland

(Dublin), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. 1964. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 485pp. Frontispiece, illus. ports. Very little and light shelf wear to wrapper. A few slight pencil marks within.

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Book number: 109698

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Keywords: Accounting

ROSS, HOWARD

The Elusive Art of Accounting; A Brash Commentary on Financial Statements

New York, The Ronald Press Company. 1966. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. ix, 205pp. 8vo. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Clean, crisp, tight and bright.

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Book number: 126396

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Keywords: Accounting, Accounting, Finance

ROTSTEIN, ABRAHAM

Rebuilding from Within; Remedies for Canada's Ailing Economy

Toronto, James Lorimer & Company, Publishers. (ISBN: 0-88862-711-4). 1984. (hardcover) Fine. xiv, 114pp. 8vo. To clarify, bound in dark brown-red leather (unusal), and not cloth. Title stamped in gilt to spine. Inscribed by author to the front free endpaper. Tables. Figures. Fine copy.

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Book number: 131326

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Keywords: Economics, Canadian Economics, Economic Policy 0888627114

SCHULL, JOSEPH; GIBSON DOUGLAS

The Scotiabank Story; A History of the Bank of Nova Scotia, 1832-1982

Toronto, Canada, MacMillan of Canada. (ISBN: 0-7715-9609-X). 1983. (hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. xv, 421pp. 4to. DJ shows light edgewear, but remains clean. Denim blue cloth with gilt design to front, titles to spine. Clean, solid, bright.

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Book number: 124977

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Keywords: Banking, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Business, Canadian History, Scotiabank 077159609X

SCHUMPETER, JOSEPH A.

Business Cycles; A Theoretical, Historical, and Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process

New York, Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.. 1939, 7th printing. (hardcover) Very good plus. xvi, 448pp; ix, [1], 449-1095pp. Two (2) volumes; uniform. 8vo. Bound in maroon cloth boards, single-ruled border blindstamped to front covers, title compartment in black leatherette on the spine, lettering in gilt. Light rubbing to boards, more pronounced to the front cover of vol.II. Spine ever-so lightly sunned. Each copy with previous owner's signature neat to ffep. Else internally bright and clean. 7th printing, with "VII" stated on copyright page; no edition stated on title page. A handsome set of this seminal work.

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Book number: 127223

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Keywords: Economics, Capitalism, Statistical Analysis

STEPHENS, HUSTCRAFT

Italian Book-Keeping, Reduced into an Art: Being an Entire New and Compleat System of Accompts in General. Demonstrated in a Chain of Consequences from Clear and Self-Evident Principles. To Which Is Added, the Greatest Variety of Merchants Accounts, with an Explanation of All the Terms of Art, Which Have Commonly Been Made Use of. Together, with Proper Reflections on the Whole

London, W. Mears. 1735. (boards) Good. Ex lib. Boards considerably worn. Rubber stamp to pastedown, title-page, last page, pocket etc to rear pastedown. No endpapers. Insect damage. Top thirds of Dedication page and ditto first page of Preface missing. Squarish pieces removed from middle of xiii / xiv, xv / xvi. Bottom half of p6 missing. Pages 27 through 168 slashed, surgically, across centre. Piece (bearing title?) removed from otherwise apparently blank 1st leaf of subsequent section: IV pages. LEDGER A.No.1: 18 pages. MEMORIAL BOOK, D No.2: 15 pages. JOURNAL, B.No.2: 24 pages. ALPHABET, B. No.2: 4 pages. LEDGER, B. No.2: 20 pages. "Some BOOKS Printed for W. MEARS, at the Lamb on Ludgate-Hill", advert: final page. No rear endpapers. Stains throughout. Preface, "shewing the Nature and Usefulness of this Art". Preface by James Weir.

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Book number: 109699

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STIGLER, GEORGE J

Essays in the History of Economics

The University of Chicago Press/Phoenix. [no date]. (Mass market paperback) Very good.

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Book number: 126914

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Keywords: Economics, Economic Development, Economics, Essays

SUPPLE, BARRY

The Royal Exchange Assurance; A History of British Insurance 1720 - 1970

London, U.K. Cambridge University Press. (ISBN: 0-521-07239-5). 1970. (Folio paper covers) Very good. xvii, 584pp. 8vo. Colour fold-out frontispiece, B / W pltes, figures, tables. Light smudging to edges; else is clean, bright and solid.

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Book number: 124983

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Keywords: Business/Economics, Assurance, British History, Economics, Insurance 0521072395

THOMAS, HARRIET HARTLEY

From Barnacle to Banff; A Story of the Rising of the Rockies from the Depth of the Ocean to the Height of a World Famous Resort

Calgary, John D. Mcara Limited. 1958, revised. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 84pp. 8vo. Wrappers; saddle-stapled. Wrappers rubbed; front cover lightly faded towards spine. Small toned spot (presumably from previously removed sticker) at top corner of verso-front cover. Else internally clean. B&W photos, illus. map. The first edition of "From Barnacle to Banff" in microfilm was carried to the top of 9030 foot Mount Eisenhower on August 28, 1957 and there deposited under a cairn with other papers, by Jack and Agnes Verwoerd, Canadian photographers and naturalists. -rear cover. Scarce true 1st printing also available, $45.

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Book number: 123833

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Keywords: Banff, Alberta, Alberta, Canadian Prairies, Travel

THOMPSON, WILLIAM

An Inquiry into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth Most Conducive to Human Happiness (1824)

New York, Augustus M. Kelley, Bookseller NONE. 1963. (hardcover) Very good. xxiv, 600pp. 8vo. Ex-lib. with sticker residue at the base of the spine, stamps, pocket at rear. Internally clean and bright. Solid. Black denim cloth, gilt title in red title bock to spine. Very good copy of this reprinted economic classic. Reprints of Economic Classics.

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Book number: 130192

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Keywords: Economics, Distribution of Wealth, Economic Analysis, Economic History, Political History

VEBLEN, THORSTEIN

The Engineers and the Price System

New York, The Viking Press, Inc.. 1933, 3rd edition. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. [6], 169pp. 12mo. Smooth black cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine; it appears as though someone has tried to re-colour the gold lettering. Some faint, superficial surface soiling to cloth. Else with only shelfwear. Edges foxed. Toning early and late, most heavily pronounced to eps. Internally clean.

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Book number: 128597

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Keywords: Economics, Economic Analysis, Economic History, Economic Science, Economic Theory, Society

VEBLEN, THORSTEIN; RIESMAN, DAVID (INTRO.)

The Higher Learning in America; A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men

Stanford, California, Academic Reprints. 1954, 3rd edition. (hardcover) Good to very good, no dust jacket. xx, [2], 286pp. 12mo. Blue cloth boards. Spotting to spine; some surface soiling to cloth. Dust jacket lacking, flaps have been clipped and pasted to front eps. Internally clean. American Culture and Economic Series No. 3.

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Book number: 128598

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VEBLEN, THORSTEIN

The Instinct of Workmanship; And the State of the Industrial Arts

New York, B. W. Huebsch. 1918. (hardcover) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 355pp. 12mo. Green cloth boards, lettering in gold to spine, top board with simple single-rule border in blind, publisher's device at centre in blind. Light rubbing, shelfwear. Fore-edge and bottom edge roughcut. Ex-lib, with only evidence being a period inscription on the ffep: "East Huron Teachers' Institute Library". Foxing to Eps. Else internally clean.

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Book number: 203169

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Keywords: Economics, Economic Analysis, Economic History, Economic Science, Economic Theory, Society