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John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$2.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$5.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1958 3rd hardcover printing w/ alt red-ish board design (368 pgs). Noticeably worn/torn dj/bind w/ sun fading/inscribed flyleaf. Some annotations/underlining.
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1958 edition, no printing indicated. Jacket in Acceptable condition. Name stamped on flyleaf. No markings in text. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. Affluent Society. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1958.
Price: US$7.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book missing dust jacket, otherwise book in good condition.
Seller: Cheryl's Books, Vinemont, AL, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1958.
Price: US$7.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover copy with no dustjacket, first printing, 368 pp
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$8.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$8.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Boston Houghton Mifflin (1958)., 1958.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: VG in G DJ. DJ price clipped, tears. Galbraith contends says current ideas & attitudes were worked out for a different world than today's.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, BOSTON, 1958.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st ed, 1st print, some underlining in text and marks in margins, gilt on cover and spine, previous owners signature on front end paper DATE PUBLISHED: 1958 EDITION: 368
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full cloth binding Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Clean, square and unmarked. 368pp. Dust jacket is good only, corner-clipped, rubbed, with short tears. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full cloth binding Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Clean, square and unmarked. 368pp. Good only jacket shows edge wear Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 13th printing full cloth hard cover with dust jacket. Some toning to endpapers. Clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket is price-clipped, spine sunned. In a protective mylar cover. 368pp., index. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Dj shelf worn around edges with scuffs, scratches, light soiling, sun damaged spine & small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth,. The affluent society.. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1st US 1958 Houghton Mifflin; no dust jacket; stain to top of page edges
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
GALBRAITHE, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 368. Owner's name on flyleaf, o/w VG in somewhat soiled and worn dj. Galbraith's critique on the U.S. habit of investing more in things than in people--still a problem.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated 12th printing. Hardcover with some light age toning. The dust jacket has a faded spine area and some age toning. We ship fast.
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor to moderate wear to corners of cover. Stamp on inner front cover, otherwise pages are clean but lightly age toned. Binding is tight. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request.
Seller: Bay Used Books, Sudbury, ON, Canada
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
CALBRAITH, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1958.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Light orange cloth binding. Silver print on front cover and in black title box on spine. Tight, sound and unmarked. 368 pages including index. Presume, not first; date omitted on title page. Dust jacket has light crushing at top of spine. Is price-clipped. light shelfwear. In mylar
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John K.. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Description: DJ with wear and tears. Part of DJ missing from spine, small stain on DJ flap, name in book. Book Good to Very Good.
Seller: Escape Routes Used Books, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small, neat name to free front endpaper but the rest is fine. Light brown cloth binding, with title to spine on darker ground. No dust jacket. Important book!
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo 368pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "In this important book a literate and versatile economist closely scrutinizes current ideas and attitudes in economics. He shows that they were worked out for a world far different from our own. This was a world of bleak poverty and one in which, except for a favored few, any other condition was unimaginable. Professor Galbraith shows how imperfectly and reluctantly the ideas appropriate to this world have been modified for application to the very different world--The Affluent Society--in which we live." #01356. Book very good: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, offset to endpapers and paste downs, text clean, binding tight. DJ fair: small closed tears, chipping with loss, clipped.
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$22.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Affluent Society by Kenneth Galbraith HCDJ 1958 1st edition 1st printing published by Houghton Mifflin John Kenneth Galbraith's international bestseller The Affluent Society is a witty, graceful and devastating attack on some of our most cherished economic myths. As relevant today as when it was first published over forty years ago, Galbraith's classic text on the 'economics of abundance', lays bare the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. Why worship work and productivity if many of the goods we produce are superfluous - artificial 'needs' created by high-pressure advertising? Why begrudge expenditure on vital public works while ignoring waste and extravagance in the private sector of the economy? Classical economics was born in a harsh world of mass poverty, and has left us with a set of preconceptions ill-adapted to the realities of our own richer age. And so, too often, 'the bland lead the bland'. Our unfamiliar problems need a new approach, and the reception given to this famous book has shown the value of its fresh, lively ideas. 'A compelling challenge to conventional thought' The New York Times 'He shows himself a truly sensitive and civilized man, whose ideas are grounded in the common culture of the two continents, and may serve as a link between them; his book is of foremost importance for them both' The Times Literary Supplement John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was a Canadian-American economist. A Keynesian and an institutionalist, Galbraith was a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and progressivism. Galbraith was the author of 30 books, including The Economics of Innocent Fraud, The Great Crash: 1929, and A History of Economics. "some jacket wear and tear, fading, a little underlining inside"
Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth boards, tight and clean, yellow DJ, price clipped. "W" appears on the copyright page. Galbraith was a close friend and confidant of JFK. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Brown cloth boards, tight and clean, yellow DJ, unclipped, no internal marks or writing, author photo and bio on the rear DJ panel. The author was a close friend and corresponded frequently with JFK. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Printed by Riverside Press, Cambridge - rust colored linen-like cloth on boards with bright title box on spine
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good with clean pages. Dustjacket has some wear-minor stains, chipped, slight creasing. Underlining in pencil throughout. Ink and nameplate front free endpaper. Seventh printing. Published in Boston-1958. 8vo. 368 pages.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1958 Houghton Mifflin hard cover - 1st 1st printing stated - no dust jacket - a few puncture holes at bottom front cover at binding - some staining to page edge - some underlining - otherwise binding strong content fine - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$38.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. First edition, First printing. Jacket in Fair condition with moderate tears. Minor pencil notation on 15 pages. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO., BOSTON, MA., 1958.
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: STATED FIRST PRINTING, UNCLIPPED DJ.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth (SIGNED). The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$39.50 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958. Hardcover, 288 pp. 1st printing (stated). A classic of economics and "a compelling challenge to conventional thought.". Book very good; unmarked and un-bumped, and the binding is solid. The price-clipped dust jacket is worn with small chips, short closed tears, a sunned spine, wrinkles & scuffs, corner chips at both flaps. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.
Seller: Randall's Books, Cathedral City, CA, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Top corners a little bumped, else near fine in attractive very good dust jacket, with a bit of toning on the spine, and other light wear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$45.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Reddish cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket is worn at extremities with multiple old tape repairs across back panel and foxed. Publisher's price of $5.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.6 X 5.8 X 1.1 inches; 333 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company/Riverside Press, 1958.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Printing stated of the economist's landmark work. Octavo original cloth with the titles to the spine and cover in silver. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Dust jacket is chipped along all the edges and spine, back of the dust jacket with light staining. Pages are clean, dust-jacket is not price-clipped ($5.00), first printing of this important economics work. Size: 6" - 8½" First printing.
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth.. Affluent Society.. Houghton Mifflin,, Boston:, 1958.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first printing. Foxing on top edge, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear, fading along the spine) dust jacket.; 368 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. BOSTON, MA HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO PUB 1958., 1958.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. "SIXTEENTH PRINTING" STATED ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN A SLIGHT SURFACE ABRASION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT COVER. D.J. HAS A TRACE OF CORNER AND SPINE-END WEAR, SPINE PANEL LIGHTLY SOILED, A COUPLE OF SHORT EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS ECONOMICS CLASSIC. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth.. The Affluent Society.. Houghton Mifflin Comp.,, Boston,, 1958.
Price: US$82.30 + shipping
Description: Erstausgabe. 8°, XII, 1 Bl., 368 S., ZUSTAND 1 / Schutzumschlag ZUSTAND -1. OLwd,.Original-Schutzumschlag (OU/SU)
Seller: Hans Lugmair, Wien, Austria
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1958 Houghton Mifflin first printing first edition in price intact ($5) lightly shelf worn jacket. Ownership ink to front paste down and flyleaf and ink and pencil to text. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 368 p. ; 22 cm. Rust colored cloth over boards, silver lettering to spine and front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends bumped else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Chipped with some loss at spine and tips, fading to spine, wear to extremities with a nic to the edges here and there.
Seller: DuBois Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$99.06 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston,, 1958.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover with price clipped DJ. First edition, 12th printing. A little edge wearing to the cloth. Little sunned and wearing to the jacket. Else, great. Clean fresh unmarked internally. 368pp
Seller: GoldBookShelf, Burlington, ON, Canada
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$109.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear. Economist's landmark work. Owner address sticker to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition; Octavo; VG-/G+; Yellow spine with black and grey text. DJ has Brodart cover jacket, foxing present, general shelfwear, edge wear, small open tears along edges, price clipping to front flap; Boards have light rubbing to edges, bumping to corners, apart from that, clean, binding strong; Textblock has foxing to fore edge and free end papers, has personal inscription in ink by previous owner on front free end paper and signature on half title page, otherwise, clean, free of marks on pages; pp 368. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1249973. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1958.
Price: US$114.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. Light stain on side text block edge. Tape along panel edges. Light bumping on spine.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$119.60 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very good hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, 1958. Dust jacket has some tears, chips, and blemishes. Dust jacket price clipped.
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fourth Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, spine a little sunned, tiny chips on top front corners.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping at spine crown/heel. Rubbing, open tearing along flap folds.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$154.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$178.08 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition; original orange-red cloth, upper board and backstrip locked and lettered in silver and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Above average copy of one of Galbraith's most influential testaments, written long before the reality of today's consumer economies.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth (1908-2006). The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing (so stated) of the Harvard economist's celebrated examination of America's post-World War II consumer economy and political culture. Demy 8vo: xii,[2],368pp. Publisher's bronze-colored cloth stamped in silver and black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-cut; yellow typographic jacket lettered in black and silver and priced $5.00, with author's photo on back panel. Near Fine or better (spine ends a touch frayed); better than Very Good jacket (spine lettering lightly faded, flap folds and spine ends professionally restored, though not affecting lettering or design). Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction, 46. NYPL Books of the Century, p.145. Galbraith "saw as perilous the modern economy's focus on ever-increasing production. Such a focus increased the violence of boom-bust cycles and inflation, Galbraith argued, and masked growing social imbalance." (NYPL) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1959 Hamish Hamilton (UK) hard cover 1st edition 3rd printing - inscribed and signed by Galbraith "To the Bunkers with all the best. John Galbraith New Dehli April 1959" no dust jacket - minor staining to page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - a nice collectible - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, 1958.
Price: US$222.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A well preserved copy of the first edition (fourth printing) of this classic text: '. a literate versatile economist closely scrutinizes current ideas and attitudes in economics'. The pink cloth-bound boards retain their colour, straight edges and sharp corners and have no marks, scratches, dents or bumps (after 64 years !). The text block is square and tightly bound; internally the pages are spotless and without marks of former ownership apart from a former resale price in pencil on the ffep. The dust jacket is intact and retains the original publisher's price ($5.00), though there is some soiling and a small number of closed tears. See five photos of this book.
Seller: Bekiaris Books, Reading, BERKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition (stated). 368 pages including index. A near fine copy with some adhesive residue present to the bottom of the boards and the free endpapers where an old dust jacket protector was once applied in a near fine (price clipped) dust jacket. 4BR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo., 566pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to spine ends and top front tip. little or no wear. Very attractive clipped wrapper has some chipping at the crown and some fairly mild wear to edges and tips. Light soiling. Spine paneled toned. Still fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy of a fairly uncommon title in high-grade with a small print run of only 3000 copies.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. xii, [ii], 368pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Classic of American Economics. Downs, R. B. "Books that Changed America" Chapter 24 Brown cloth. Fine in yellow unclipped slightly chipped dust jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1958.
Price: US$268.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in jacket with couple small chips and edgewear to jacket. Also some darkening to jacket. Half-inch tear to cloth at top of spine. $5.00 price on jacket. Stated "First Printing". Bookplate to front pastedown.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Near Fine Spine Faded Price Clipped Jacket First Edition 1958/1958 Excellent Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's brick-red cloth stamped in silver with spine titles blocked in black. Near Fine with light dimpling to spine, former owner name to front paste down and pages lightly toned. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with edge wear and light chipping, light soiling and light sunning to the spine panel. A much nicer copy than usually encountered.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. 1/4 inch open tear at top of rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Scuff on spine and title page. Glue marks on top/bottom rear side of FEP. Ex-libris markings.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [9], x-xii, [3], 2-368, [2] pp. Orange cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. ANB, Alexander J. Field, "Galbraith, John Kenneth". The Affluent Society is Galbraith's best-known book. It builds on one of his early publications, titled American Capitalism. In The Affluent Society, Galbraith describes what was then the American economy: an economy which prioritized the production of consumer and military products by the private sector. Galbraith also discusses the advertising industry, a tool which he saw as increasing consumer wants for such products. He also elaborates on the credit system, which helped corporations increase and manage the volume of their sales. Ultimately, this economy increased consumerism, but reduced the ability of the household to save extra income. The author laments the U.S. Government of the post-war era, as he saw them preoccupied with military expenditures rather than investment in schools, arts, and public services. Galbraith's books are accessible to educated readers, not just economists. His poignant insight into the American economy made him one of the most important intellectual figures of the twentieth century. He was an economic advisor to every Democratic President from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. A Keynesian, Galbraith argued against tax cuts, and believed that a government should invest in its citizens' infrastructure, health, art, and even in research and development for new and helpful technologies. His opponents often referred to his views as radical, but he is largely remembered as a progressive economist who acutely understood the institution that is the American private sector. A Near Fine book with a small concavity to the crown of the spine; jacket is price-clipped with a few hints of edge wear and rubbing.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Galbraith on the front flyleaf. Early book club edition. Covers edgeworn. Front hinge cracked. Dust jacket edgeworn, with a patch missing at the bottom of the spine.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Galbraith on a bookplate. First printing stated. Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket. The jacket spine faded and price-clipped with small chips and tears; the book unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Page edges soiled and spotted; edgewear, small chips, closed tears, faded spine and light soiling to dust jacket with $5.00 price intact; o/w VG/VG; signed by Galbraith on bookplate which is loosely laid in
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 368 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Landmark work on the American economy, reasoned and unpolitical, facing a future in pursuit of goods rather than investing in people. It is perhaps truer today than than the day published. Unclipped dust wrapper $5.00 price, pristine almost as new copy. Orange brown cloth, front cover lettered in silver, black spine label lettered in silver. Fine
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. Signed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Inscribed to Joey Smallwood. 8vo. 368 pp. First Edition, early impression, (14th), of this landmark work, depicting a consumer culture gone wild, rich in goods but poor in the social services that make for community. "One of those rare works that forces a nation to re-examine its values" - The New York Times, April 30, 2006, nicely Inscribed by John Kenneth Galbraith to Premier Joey Smallwood of Newfoundland on the front free endpaper. 'For the honourable J.R. Smallwood, with my warm regards, John Kenneth Galbraith'. 'Then I had a long and close association with the most notable figure in Newfoundland history and one vital in that of Canada as well. That was Joseph Robert Smallwood. Joey Smallwood, one of the most diversely alert and interesting political leaders of this century and a central figure in the anniversary celebrations of these days. Joey Smallwood was several times in touch with me in Cambridge called me here to St. John's on one or two occasions for meetings, was one of the most interesting (and I must say unpredictable) political figures of his time. I now tell of something which until this moment is still unknown. He once pressed me hard and seriously to return to the land of my birth as head of this university. Under the arrangement that would be proposed I would retain a part-time commitment to Harvard. Not without difficulty I persuaded him that this would not be good for this university, would be unacceptable at Harvard and possibly questionable for Galbraith. Had I accepted, there would have been one certain and sad result: I would not today be receiving an honorary degree. Excerpted from the Convocation address by Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith at Memorial University Of Newfoundland - 75th anniversary of the founding of Memorial University College in 1925. (A long association well-documented). A near fine copy in brick coloured cloth, black morocco - style label with gilt titles to the spine, (some hand notations throughout), in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some minimal use.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. The Affluent Society. Houghton MIfflin, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Walter Heller's copy, with his stamp on front endpaper, "Please Return to Walter W. Heller." Heller was a leading American economist, a University of Minnesota professor and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under Kennedy and Johnson. Galbraith was probably the best known economist in the world during his lifetime. In The Affluent Society, his most famous book, Galbraith coined the phrase "the conventional wisdom," and argued for increased government spending on public projects and social programs, which no doubt influenced Heller to propose the "war on poverty" program to LBJ in 1963. Galbraith and Heller were good friends, both Keynesians and close advisors to JFK and LBJ, but they disagreed sharply over Heller's historic tax cut in 1964, widely credited with fostering the economic boom of the sixties. About fine in dustjacket with yellow background uniformly faded on spine panel, else very good, with shallow chipping and wear at spine ends, price-clipped. Signed by Galbraith on laid in publisher's slip. Under "With the compliments of the author," Galbraith has crossed out "the author" and signed it "Ken Galbraith."
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,, 1958.
Price: US$2300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. First printing. Inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper: For C L. Pawlowski / with all good wishes / John Kenneth Galbraith / 1969. A near fine copy, square and unread. A little bumping to the head and foot of the spine. Mild traces of offsetting to the pastedowns and endpapers, causing a slight mark to the bottom of the ffep. In a bright, near fine and unclipped dust jacket. The spine slightly sunned. A tiny, .25 closed tear at the top of the front panel, with a bit of dried tape adhesive at the same point to the verso. A beautiful copy overall, scarce inscribed. Housed in a custom marbled box. The Harvard economists most influential work, selected by The Modern Library as one of the greatest non-fiction books of the 20th Century. Galbraith challenges conventional wisdom against the new realities of post-war America, which he describes as rich in the private sector and relatively poor in the public sector. He argues that all essential consumer needs have been satisfied, and that a new system want creation has emerged, created by vested corporate interests. This endless devotion to consumption and economic growth - a more is better mentality - is at the expense of the public good and generally a threat to economic security. Though many of Galbraiths ideas were met with strong criticism by other economists - notably by F.A. Hayek - The Affluent Society would influence the counter culture movement of the 1960's, as well as liberal politics of the time, which promised to reallocate affluence to public causes.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the economist's landmark work. Octavo, original cloth with titles to the spine in silver. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Laid in this book is an autographed signed letter to Mr. James English, President of The Connecticut Trust Company dated December 19, 1966. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with light wear. A very sharp example of this book. John Kenneth Galbraith's breakthrough as a best-selling author came with "The Affluent Society" for which he was honored with the American Economic Association's prestigious presidency. The book also influenced both the Great Society program and the rise of the American "counterculture" in the 1960's. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Galbraith's ideas often addressed the influence of the potential market power of large corporations (Dunn and Pressman, 2005). He believed that corporations could become price makers, rather than price takers, by weakening the accepted principle of consumer sovereignty (Galbraith, 1970). This, in turn, allowed corporations to efficiently increase the production of their goods.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing with dated title page. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine, with light wear to corners and spine ends, bookseller ticket to front free endpaper and pages toned. In a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped but with a circular sticker over price, toning, light soiling, light wear at the spine ends and a gentle vertical crease down the spine panel. A fantastic copy, signed by the renowned economist.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.