Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in wrappers. This is the booklet that comes with the book. NOT THE BOOK.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, 1978.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Franklin Library signed limited edition. Appears as new, but has a p.o. embossed seal on the first blank leaf. Author's signature on the second blank with a tissue guard.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pa, 1978.
Price: US$32.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light blue leather with all edges gilt. Signed by author on bound in sheet done by publisher. Some scratches on fore-edge pages which protrude out slightly near top because of looseness at spine. No markings. Light blue endpapers have become pink at edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Franklin Mint, 1978.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Leatherbound. Signed by the author.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH.JOHN KENNETH. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY.. FRANKLIN LIBRARY., FRANKLIN CENTER,PA., 1978.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: TIGHT CLEAN COPY IN A HANDSOME DECORATED FULL LEATHER BINDING.MINOR SUN-FADING TO TOP EDGES OF FRONT ENDPAPERS.AEG.SILK BOOKMARK ATTACHED.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slight browning to both front and rear moire endpaper edges but o/w a tight solid sound beautiful unmarked copy. ; Blue leather, gilt dec. Covers, gilt dec. Spine with gilt lettering, raised bands spine, all page edges gilt, moire eps, attached ribbon place marker, index. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED by AUTHOR. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Teal leather/boards; elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All edges gilt; moire end papers with matching place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket; as issued. 384 pp. with no illustrations. Included is a special message from the author to the subscribers and a 25-page introduction. Fine but for age fading to edges of moire end papers. Otherwise, a beautiful, tight, unread copy. Signed by Galbraith on a front free end paper, with tissue guard.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library,, 1978.
Price: US$40.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. Book is in great shape. Limited edition signed copy. Pages are clean and crisp. Textblock edges still shine! Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
Seller: Gardner's Used Books, Inc., Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. Franklin, 1978.
Price: US$44.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. Unread limited edition. Signed by the author on the front free page. No other markings in book. Teal leather/boards; elaborate gilt decoration on covers and spine. Gilt lettering and 3 raised bands on spine. All page edges gilt; silk moire end papers with matching place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket; as issued.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, 1978.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. Limited edition. SIGNED by author. Original owner's bookplate under signature. Full blue leather with vibrant gilt lettering and embellishments. All edges gilt, raised bands on spine, silk bookmark. Light edge wear may be present due to storage. Binding tight, unread.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED. Octavo [23.5 cm] in full decorative gilt-stamped blue bonded leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, and bound-in satin pagemarker ribbon. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, fading to endpapers at edges. Signed by Galbraith on front flyleaf.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Classic economics tome, signed by Galbraith. Teal leather, gilt decorated, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, gilt book mark.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John K.. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, 1978.
Price: US$56.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full leather. Signed by the author. Endpapers faded along edges.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, Franklin, PA, 1978.
Price: US$62.79 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited Edition, this copy SIGNED by AUTHOR John Kenneth Galbraith in As New condition, a stunning collectible; With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in world of the late 20th century and exposes the hazards of individual and societal complacence about economic inequity. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; Signed by Author .
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth.. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania., 1978.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition of this book has been privately printed and individually signed by the author. Blue leather with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt design front and back. Tissue protects the signature and ribbon marker sewn in. Slight fading on the inside front and back. Gold edges on all sides of the pages. Some foxing at the top. Never been read. ; 6 1/2"-9 1/2"; 384 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. 384 pp. From the colophon: "This limited edition .has been privately printed and individually signed by the author" Blue leather with three raised bands and gilt titling on the spine; gilt designs on both front and rear panels; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker sewn in; fabric end-papers. The author has written a short message for subscribers. Tissue guard protects the signature. The front upper corner shows light wear.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full blue leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 6.75 inches). 384 pages with Index. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (John Kenneth Galbraith) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. The modern library ranks this book 46th on its list of the top 100 non-fiction books of the 20th Century. Galbraith is only one of a few Americans to receive both the WWII Medal of Freedom and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service and contributions to science. An exceptionally clean, tight (unread) copy in collector FINE condition Size: Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY. THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, FRANKLIN CENTER, PA, 1978.
Price: US$98.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: LEATHERBOUND, LIMITED EDITION, GILT-EDGES, RIBBON.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Kenneth Galbraith in Fine condition, only some minor scrapes separating the condition from As New; With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in world of the late 20th century and exposes the hazards of individual and societal complacence about economic inequity. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xx], 384, [4] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1978.
Price: US$113.09 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo. Full gilt decorated blue green leather with gilt edges, silk endpapers and ribbon. Signed by the author with a special introduction for this edition. Influential book by the man from St Thomas, Ontario. Fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1978.
Price: US$121.97 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: beautiful autographed limited edition of this work by John Kenneth Galbraith, published by the Franklin Mint, in as new condition, tight and unopened, full leather binding with gilt and silk ribbon intact, no dustjacket (as issued), author's autograph covered by tissue, heavy book, includes booklet of notes
Seller: Marnie Taylor Books & Antiques, NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 384 pp, Signed by JKG. blue moiré e.p.'s have 1" band slight fading all around the edges. 6.4" x 9.4" blue leather, gile Near Fine, binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Replica Library catalog cards laid in loose. Size: Large Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
GALBRAITH, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, 1978.
Price: US$139.48 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered full leather binding. Gilt edges with silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Limited edition, signed by the author. In the original cardboard box, with the booklet. A fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$194.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by the author on a special signature page (signature only). Franklin Library Limited Edition. Full leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, silk ribbon place holder. Silk endpapers have faded slightly along the edges. Looks unread. The classic work that caused America to reexamine its values in the 1950s. He schooled Adlai Stevenson in Keynesian economics, was Kennedy’s Ambassador to India, and helped conceive Johnson’s Great Society program. By the late World War II Medal of Freedom-, Leontief Prize-, Officer of the Order of Canada-, and Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning economist and author of “American Capitalism” and “The New Industrial State”. Rare. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Seller: MostlySignedBooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Full leather gilt. About fine with slightly bumped corners. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed and with a special message by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
John Kenneth Galbraith. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library,, Franklin Center:, 1978.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in full light blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and text in the compartments and with heavy gilt decorations on the boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The edges of the text block are gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 by 6 1/8 inchees. Signed by the author on the fourth free end page. 384 pages of text including an index. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of signed limited books. A very fine, handsome and crisp copy with no prior owner's marks, names, dates or book plates.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by the Author. Publisher's full blue leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt decoration and borders on covers, a.e.g., moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Includes "Notes From the Editors" pamphlet laid in. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. Some mild sunning around edges of endpapers (as usual), else as new. NEAR FINE . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xi), 384 pp. Signed by Author
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR John Kenneth Galbraith in As New condition, a stunning collectible; With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in world of the late 20th century and exposes the hazards of individual and societal complacence about economic inequity. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xx], 384, [4] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [20], 386, [6] pages. Footnotes. Index. Sign by the author. Includes a special message to subscribers from John Kenneth Galbraith. John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 - April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective. Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half a century as a professor of economics. He was a prolific author and wrote four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects. Among his works was a trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967). Galbraith was active in Democratic Party politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as United States Ambassador to India under the Kennedy administration. His political activism, literary output and outspokenness brought him wide fame during his lifetime. Galbraith was one of the few to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom (1946) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) for his public service and contributions to science. The Affluent Society is a 1958 book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. The book sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post-World War II United States was becoming wealthy in the private sector but remained poor in the public sector, lacking social and physical infrastructure, and perpetuating income disparities. The book sparked much public discussion at the time. It is also credited with popularizing the term "conventional wisdom". Many of the ideas presented were later expanded and refined in Galbraith's 1967 book, The New Industrial State. Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich called it his favorite on the subject of economics. The Modern Library placed the book at no. 46 on its list of the top 100 English-language non-fiction books of the 20th century. The "central tradition" in economics, created by Adam Smith and expanded by David Ricardo and Thomas Robert Malthus in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, is poorly suited to the affluent post-World War II U.S. society. This is so because the "central tradition" economists wrote during a time of widespread poverty where production of basic goods was necessary. U.S. society, at the time of Galbraith's writing, was one of widespread affluence, where production was based on luxury goods and wants. Using production, or gross domestic product, as a measure of U.S. society's well-being omits important measures of social and personal well-being. GDP also neglects differences in output. For example, "An increased supply of educational services has a standing in the total not different in kind from an increased output of television receivers." Production has risen to its paramount but unwarranted status because it is held in grace by both Democrats and Republicans. The Franklin Library was a division of The Franklin Mint that produced fine collector edition books over three decades ending in the year 2000. For this reason all Franklin Library editions are now considered "out of print" and are no longer available for sale from the Franklin Mint. The Franklin Library produced books in three different binding styles referred to as full genuine leather, imitation leather, and quarter bound genuine leather. The full leather bound editions were produced through out the Franklin Library's full life span and the other two styles (imitation and quarter bound) were only produced through the 1970's and 80's. Below are some of the characteristics found in all Franklin Library editions along with more detailed information about the different binding styles. All Editions: ⢠High quality paper; ⢠Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding; ⢠Gold gilded page edges on all three sides; ⢠Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. The genuine full leather bound editions are the highest quality of the three. While most characteristics remained constant through out the different series and years of production the style of end papers varied from silk moiré to decorative paper. Some of the characteristics that remained constant: ⢠Full genuine leather binding; ⢠22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers; and ⢠Attached silk page marker.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Fine without dustwrapper as issued. Full leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, silk ribbon place holder. Silk endpapers have faded slightly along the edges. Signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$404.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.