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Galbraith, John Kenneth (SIGNED). The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1958.
Price: US$39.50 + shipping
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Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, 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, 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$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.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Inscribed to Joey Smallwood [the last Father of Confederation] who served as the first Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador's for nearly 23 years. Joey Smallwood signed the agreement December 11, 1948 that united Newfoundland into the Confederation of Canada. 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'. He seemed to have underlined a few sentences inside the book for him. '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). 8vo. 368 pp. A near fine copy in brick coloured cloth, black morocco - style label with gilt titles to the spine, (some hand notations throughout from Galbraith), in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some minimal use. A great gift.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
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.