================= HES POSTING ================= Folks, Do you know of any dealers in out-of-print books who have significant lists in history of economics and related subjects? We hope to describe such dealers on the HES website, with active links if and when they put catalogs online. Paradigms by yours truly are attached: two dealers in metro Boston, with description and example listings from their most recent catalogs for economics. As a first-round effort, let us use the list to pool the knowledge dispersed among us. For any reference you provide, please include - dealer's name, address, phone, fax, internet - whether a Rare Books specialist - whether you have a recent catalog at hand - whether, on the next round, you might prepare a description similar to the paradigms below But more description is welcome. What have I forgotten? Send comments to improve the effort. ----Paul Wendt, Watertown MA HES e-info services, asst. editor ==== Two dealers near Boston: Western Hemisphere, Inc. (general secondhand) P.O. Box 178 Stoughton, MA 02062 ph 617 344-8200 fax 617 344-8739 Robert H. Rubin Books (rare and general secondhand) P.O. Box 267 Brookline, MA 02146 ph 617 277-7677 fax 617 731-5941 Descriptions of their most recent catalogs for economics, with example listings. ==== Western Hemisphere, Inc. P.O. Box 178 Stoughton, MA 02062 ph 617 344-8200 fax 617 344-8739 MC/Visa, all items returnable Small. Margaret O'Connell, Bookseller, compiles photocopy lists by subject, approximately annually. Browse the inventory by appointment. Economics lists are mainly out-of-print "reading copies" rather than antiquarian/rare; many prices $10-50. Lists include two with much HET: - Money and Banking (most recent "MONEC 1/96", 255 items) - Economic Theory and the History of Economics ("HET 4/96"). I have misplaced that one; HET 4/95 includes 337 items. Example listings from "HET 4/95" (almost two years ago): CAIRNES, J.E. Some leading principles of political economy newly expounded. NY, Harper, 1874. 421pp. plus pub. list, orig. cl. Light/moderate wear to extremeties. *1st Am.Ed. $60.00 CLARK, JOHN MAURICE. Economic Institutions and Human Welfare, 1st Edition, NY, Knopf, 1957. 285pp. cl. $25.00 At a glance, I see that HOPE Annual Supplements 22-23 and 25-26 were all available, $20 or $25. Other lists include European Economics & Business History (9/95), General Business History (2/96), Company Histories and Business Biographies (2/96). ==== Robert H. Rubin Books P.O. Box 267 Brookline, MA 02146 ph 617 277-7677 fax 617 731-5941 net 30 days, payable in US funds; all items returnable "We specialize in Economics, Law, and Americana." "We are particularly interested in acquiring books in the HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT, such as are represented in this catalogue. . . ." In the 1990s, Rubin has moved from photocopied typescript lists to catalogs and, for Rare Books, on to nice catalogs: indexed, large format, with ample descriptions of the books and their content (frequent references include Blaug, DAB, DNB, Dorfman, ESS, IESS, Kress, Palgrave, New Palgrave, and Schumpeter). It seems that the Rare Books catalogs are updated annually, but the most recent general, moderate price catalog for economics is 1992 (not a "nice catalog"). Rubin informs me that another general, moderate price catalog for economics will appear soon. For now, GENERAL, MODERATE PRICE. most recent HET is catalog #37, 1992, "Economics and Related Subjects". Many 1992 prices $25-75. Update to appear soon. Example Listings from #37 (1992) Cannan, Edwin. MODERN CURRENCY AND THE REGULATION OF ITS VALUE. London, King, 1931. 112pp. Cl., v.g. First edition. "Review copy." Cannan was "one of the most strident advocates of the old-fashioned quantity theory" --New Palgrave. $50.00 Clark, John Bates and John Maurice Clark. THE CONTROL OF TRUSTS. Rewritten and enlarged. N.Y., Macmillan, 1914. xi,202p.cl. Reprint of the 1912 ed.; a blue-print for anti-trust policy. $35.00 RARE BOOKS, EXPENSIVE. most recent HET is catalog #48, 1996, "Economy and Society -- History of Ideas & A Miscellany of Subjects". Many prices $200-$2000. This has been updated annually. Example Listings from #48 (1996) A superlative copy Pareto, Vilfredo. LES SYSTEMES SOCIALISTES. Paris, Giard, 1902-03. Two volumes. An exceptionally fine set in the original publisher's cloth; bright, fresh, and flawless. Housed in handsome separate folding boxes of deep blue 1/4 morocco, marbled sides, red leather labels. $3500.00 First edition. One of Pareto's earliest and most important books; also one of his scarcest. In this condition it is rare. Pareto is one of the founders of modern sociology, and his social and economic thought remains influential to the present day. In this early, seminal work Pareto developed the idea, fundamental to his systematic sociology, that societies are really about instinct and emotion rather than reason. He also challenged the notion that socialist societies are unable to achieve the economic efficiency of capitalism. In developing this argument, Pareto produced a brilliant analysis of socialist theory as propounded by Marx and the English "Ricardian socialist." A superb copy of a rare book. "The American Huskisson" Lee, Henry. REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS OF BOSTON AND VICINITY OPPOSED TO A FURTHER INCREASE OF DUTIES ON IMPORTATIONS. Boston, Nathan Hale, 1827. 196pp. A very fine copy, uncut in contemporary wraps. $250.00 . . . [the discussion oriented to content is about twice as long as for Pareto, just above] The entries in the "nice catalog" of Rare Books are comparable to those in a good annotated bibliography. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]