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Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1961. 438 pages with index. First edition, first printing. From the library of American economist, former Director of the Vanguard Group, and author of the best seller, and Wall Street classic, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton G. Malkiel. Neatly signed on front free endpaper by Burton G. Malkiel, presumably as a younger man when he still had a legible signature; interestingly his unique 'k' in his signature has stayed the same for the last 70+ years, while much of the rest of his signature has loosened and devolved. Of note, while Burton Malkiel was a Ph.D candidate at Princeton, he was under the supervision of Baumol, at which time Baumol published this now-classic, in 1961. In 1992, Gerald L. Stern wrote of this title, in the 1960s and 1970s, nearly every economics department offered a course in operations research methods in economics, and the usual textbook used was Economic Theory and Operations Analysis by W. J. Baumol. An entire generation of economics students was familiar with this book. As for this copy of Baumol's classic, the book is bright, tight and clean. There is neatly written annotation in red ink in the margins, with check-marks, and underlining, presumably by Markiel. This aside, the book is tight and nice. Binding and hinges are sound. Light shelf-rubbing along edges. Original, uncommon DJ is attractive with one or two tiny edge chips. A tight, attractive copy of the classic text in the first printing, in its original DJ, from the library of noted economist, Wall Street heavyweight, and best selling author, Burton G. Malkiel.VG/VG+. Seller Inventory # 003928
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