Foundations Economic Analysis by Samuelson Paul Anthony, First Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing. xii, 447 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Lacking dust jacket. Copy of Elmus R. Wicker, a noted historian of banking panics and monetary policy; his signature on title page and the text has a few of his brackets and notes in margins. Spine a bit dulled, upper corners bumped, light foxing to edges. Sturdy binding. Very Good condition overall. A milestone in the history of economics, showing the value of the field's adoption of advanced mathematics.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 447 pages in very good condition; edges slightly yellowed. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Burgundy cloth with gold titles on the spine. Very light wear on the corners, head/tail of spine. Beige DJ with brown titles. Spine and edges darkened. Tears and chips on the corners, head/tail of spine. VG+/FAIR. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing of Samuelson's classic work on economics, in RARE dust jacket. Original red cloth with bright gilt lettering at spine, Near Fine, sun fading at top edge of spine, slight toning at gutters. In a Very Good dust jacket, 1/4" loss of paper at head of spine, small chips at base of spine, spine faded yet title still legible, 2" tears at front spine crease with horizontal tear just below title. Harvard Economic Studies No. 80. Samuelson was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for having written considerable parts of economic theory. "Fifty years after it was written, the Foundations (together with Hicks' Value and Capital) is still one of the most inspiring classics of general equilibrium economics (Niehans, History of Economic Theory, 423). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Crimson library binding with white lettering. Good condition. No jacket. An ex-library copy, rebound with typical library stamps, plates, etc. Clean text and sturdy binding. A reading copy of the first appearance of Nobel Prize laureate Paul Samuelson's extremely influential work.

First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "This book was written for economists like Roman Weil, Paul A. Samuelson, AB Chicago '35. MIT, June 2001". Weil (1940-2023) was a faculty member of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago from 1965 to 2008, where he was especially known for his work on bond duration. He has inserted a pencilled slip, noting, "His textbook & my freshman Yale teacher, G. G. Gaul, turned me on to economics. I didn't look at this till I was a graduate student in the mid 1960s. Didn't mean much to me then or now. Still 1st book by 1st USA Econ. Nobelist, RLW 07/01". Samuelson's inscription refers to his graduation from Chicago in 1935. Foundations is the Nobel prize-winning economist's first book, based on his Harvard doctoral dissertation, which established mathematics as the foundation of economics. "More than anyone else he [Samuelson] bears responsibility for the mathematical bent of economics in the late 20th century" (Pressman, pp. 162-3). Samuelson shows that the common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics is based on a set of basic principles: the optimizing behaviour of agents and the stability of equilibrium for economic systems. Fundaburk 2039; Mattioli 3186. Steven Pressman, Fifty Major Economists, 1999. Octavo. Tables, graphs, and formulas in the text. Original red cloth, spine lettered and with publisher's device in gilt, covers panelled in blind. Housed in custom brown quarter cloth solander box. Spine very slightly sunned, extremities very slightly rubbed, contents clean and unmarked. A very good copy.

First edition, first printing, with a loosely inserted slip signed by Samuelson at MIT in 1979, and formerly belonging to Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007), a key founder of development economics, with his ink signature on the front free endpaper. In 1947, Nurkse had just joined Columbia University as an associate professor of economics. Interestingly, Samuelson does not appear to have been sympathetic to development economics, warning in 2004 that continued economic integration of global markets would damage high-wage jobs in more highly developed countries. Foundations is the Nobel Prize-winning economist's first book, which established mathematics as the foundation of economics, rather than an addendum. It is based on Samuelson's doctoral dissertation at Harvard. "Regarded by most economists as providing the mathematical foundations for contemporary economics. more than anyone else he bears responsibility for the mathematical bent of economics in the late 20th century" (Pressman, pp. 162-3). Samuelson demonstrates that the common mathematical structure underlying multiple branches of economics is based on a set of basic principles: the optimizing behaviour of agents and the stability of equilibrium for economic systems. Fundaburk 2039; Mattioli 3186. Steven Pressman, Fifty Major Economists, 1999. Octavo. Tables, graphs, and formulas in the text. Original red cloth, spine lettered and with publisher's device in gilt, covers panelled in blind. Short pencil annotation on p. x. Cloth bright, minimal bumping and rubbing, faint toning to spine, minor browning and foxing to outer leaves: a very good copy indeed.