A fascinating survival from the Taishō Democracy, a period of liberal reform and political renewal in Japan lasting from 1912 until 1926, which ul...

An early statement of the Utility Theory. Condillac made his name both with economic and with philosophical writings. His most important economic w...

The first dated and earliest procurable edition of the Praise of Folly, Erasmus' most enduring work. The scarce first dated edition of Erasmus' Mor...

George Dodd (1808- 1881) was a journeyman author employed in supplying Victorian publications with the type of factual article for which there was...

An excellent example.Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur (1695-1774) was a French economist and statistician. In this, his major work, he provide...

The new york stock exchange in 1936. Two fine photographs of the American Stock Exchange.In 1908, the New York Curb Market Agency was established, ...

An uncommon volume that contains both parts of Priestley's letters and Levi's replies. By featuring both men's letters, this interesting sammelban...

Icon of Modernism. An iconic image of Wall Street and a turning point in modern photography.Wall Street depicts a scene of everyday life in Manhatt...

Very rare First Edition of this legal treatise on trade and commerce dedicated to America and the colonies.Marquard (1610-68) was Mayor of Lübeck ...

Exchange rates at the end of the Bourbon Restoration. A rare chart giving the currency exchange rates for 60 cities and 36 countries across the wor...

Pioneering work on statistics. In 1790, as an elder in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835) launched the id...

Official document concerning the Amerindian slaves on the Honduran coast.Folio (32 x 20 cm); 3pp., unbound as issued, light fold mark to centre.

A collection of issues of the official periodical by the Shanghai Zionist Federation.The Israel's Messenger was established in 1904 by a 'Baghdadi...

Subscribers edition. Rare and important manual for trading.Richard Wyckoff (1873-1934) is one of the legends of Wall Street. At the turn of the twe...

First edition. The first edition of Samuel Webber's exhortation against wool running — the unlicensed export of raw wool abroad.Like many of his co...

As mentioned in the preface, this Introduction makes generous use of the works of Grotius, and focuses on the period from 1550 to 1648, in particu...

A photo for every moon mission. A group of six original NASA photographs representing the six Apollo lunar landings, with each photograph including...

An 'astonishing act of creativity'. An original NASA print of the most iconic photograph taken during the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin walking on...

South sea bubble. The now notorious South Sea Company was established in 1711 in an attempt to replicate the success achieved by the East India. Un...

The Scottish Enlightenment. An attractive copy of the first edition of Stewart's major study of the history of philosophy.'In his work on the histo...

A search for the 'origine of Mankind'. A posthumously published compilation of 'loose tracts' by Richard Cumberland (1632-1718), the bishop of Pete...