The first and only yearbook/almanac issued by the Japanese-American Commercial Weekly (Nichibei Shuho, later Nichibei Jiho). While similar in format to the yearbooks and directories published at the time on the West Coast, this book is much more focused on the import-export businesses that were located on the East Coast.....

First edition. A commodities market thriller. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

First Edition. 399 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Wildavsky to another scholar of British politics, "To Peter Stansky, best wishes, Aaron Wildavsky."

A terrific and dramatic home front propaganda poster encouraging lumber production published by a lobbying group of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association (now the National Forest Products Association). The poster depicts Uncle Sam, illustrated in a wood-cut style, holding an ax and pointing toward forested mountains. An article in the.....

First Edition. Testimony before Congress on the possible effects of taking the US off the gold standard, which happened a few weeks later. Scarce. The witness was John Janney, Chairman of the Executive Board of the American Society of Practical Economists, who spoke to Congress on "a bill to protect the.....

Two pages (single sheet). 8 by 10 inches, on ruled paper. A nice California business letter. This letter details a number of speculative business ventures in Southern California, and the writer and the recipient appear to be partners in a number of investments. There is a lengthy discussion of the purchase.....

First Edition. 31 pages. A Southerner argues that a revived foreign slave trade was crucial to the Southern economy. Spratt believed that importing new slaves from Africa would reduce the price of slaves in the United States, lower labor costs, and bring slaves within the economic reach of the average.....

First Edition. 33 pages. Statement of John Janney, Chairman of the Executive Board of the American Society of Practical Economists. Testimony before Congress on the possible effects of taking the US off the gold standard, which happened a few weeks later. This separate publication does not appear to be catalogued on.....

159, [1] pages. Printed front cover; blank rear cover. Stapled signatures; no separate covers, as issued. Transcripts of hearings on the falling price of silver (which would hit a record low of 25 cents per ounce by the end of the year, resulting in Roosevelt's nationalization of silver and a federal.....