Search results for: 'BAGEHOT, Walter'
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BAGEHOT, Walter. Economic Studies.London : 1880
First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author's widow on the half-title: "From Mrs Walter Bagehot". Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) married Eliza Wilson (1832-1921), who was the eldest daughter of James Wilson, the founder of The Economist, in 1858. The couple first met when Bagehot was commissioned by James Wilson to write a series of articles... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 143386
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BAGEHOT, Walter. Lombard Street, a Description of the Money Market.London : 1878
Later edition of Bagehot's Lombard Street, originally published in 1873. Described by J. M. Keynes as "an undying classic", Lombard Street analyses the operation of the British financial system, focusing on the economic role of the Bank of England. Bagehot's recommendation that the Bank alter gold reserves based on economic cycles was highly influential,... Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 140910
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BAGEHOT, Walter. Economic Studies.London : 1880
First edition. "Consequently, when in the mid-1870s Bagehot set out to write a major treatise on political economy, he aimed to make his analysis concrete and empirical and to avoid claims to universal validity. By criticizing abstraction in economic theory, he anticipated behaviourist theories that explain economic events in terms of actual behaviour,... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 143444
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BAGEHOT, Walter. Lombard Street:New York : 1873
First US edition, published the same year as the first UK edition and bound to the same design except for the publisher's name in gilt at the foot of the spine. Scarce in commerce and described by J. M. Keynes as "an undying classic", Lombard Street analyses the operation of the British financial system, focusing on the economic role of the Bank of... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 127113
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BAGEHOT, Walter. Lombard Street:London : 1873
First edition. Described by John Maynard Keynes as "an undying classic", Lombard Street analyses the operation of the British financial system, focusing on the economic role of the Bank of England. Bagehot's recommendation that the Bank alter gold reserves based on economic cycles was highly influential, and "the wonderful clearness of Bagehot's power... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 133872
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BAGEHOT, Walter. The English Constitution.London : 1867
First edition in book form of the most influential exposition of the British (not in fact solely English) constitution. Bagehot conceptualized the constitution as split between "dignified" and "efficient" elements, the former the monarchy and parts of the aristocracy with all their associated pomp and circumstance, the latter the actual machinery of... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 138712
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(MARSHALL, Alfred.) BAGEHOT, Walter. The Postulates of English Political Economy.London : 1885
First edition with Marshall's preface of Bagehot's text discussing the transferability of capital and labour. This is the UK "student" edition, also published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York. It first appeared as an article in the Fortnightly Review in 1876 and was later reprinted as part of Economic Studies in 1880. Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 119646
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MACKINTOSH, Sir James. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations.London : 1835
Later edition of the Scottish politician and jurist's famous public lecture on international law, first published in 1799. "In November 1798 Mackintosh proposed a lecture series to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in which he would make public his change of opinion towards Burke. However, like Burke, certain benchers remained wary of a speaker... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 114168
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JEVONS, William Stanley (witness). Report from the Royal Commission on International Coinage; Together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix.London : 1868
First edition of this important report. The International Monetary Conference held in Paris in 1867 recommended the establishment of an international coinage system. "This recommendation led to the appointment of a Royal Commission" (Fetter & Gregory, p. 44). Jevons gave lengthy evidence (pages 95-103), and together with Walter Bagehot strongly advocated... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 116221
