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hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

(1973). First U.S. edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Includes essays by R.G. Lipsey, Kelvin Lancaster, Harry Townsend, R.S. Sayers and others. 405 pages; indexed.

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket (price clipped, some light wear to tips of spine, otherwise a very good copy). London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson.  A collection of essays written in honour of the British economist Lionel Charles Robbins (1898-1984), a stalwart of the London School of Economics, where he held the position of Head of the Economics Department until 1960, and 'one of the major academic economists of the interwar period' (New Palgrave). The distinguished list of contributors includes John Richard Hicks, Fritz Machlup, and R.S. Sayers, amongst others.

orig.boards Some rubbing. Light page-edge spotting. VG., dustwrapper. Textual graphs & tables. 22x14cm, viii,405 pp, In a rubbed, soiled and torn dustwrapper. Contains 19 papers. Includes: R.G. Lipsey "The Foundations of the Theory of National Income: An Analysis of Some Fundamental Errors"; K. Lancaster "Operationally Relevant Characteristics in the Theory of Consumer Behaviour" ; L. Foldes "Some Comments on the Theory of Monopoly"; A.T. Peacock " Fiscal Means & Political Ends"; F. Machlup "The Universal Bogey";R. Layard "Economic Theories of Educational Planning"; B.A. Corry " Lauderdale & the Public Debt: A Reconsideration"; J.R. Hicks "Ricardo's Theory of Distribution"; D. Laidler "Thomas Tooke on Monetary Reform"; E.H.P. Brown " Then & Now: The British Problem of Sustaining Development 1900 s and 1960 s"; R.S. Sayers "The Backround of Ratio Control by Central Banks"; G.C. Archibald "On Regional Economic Policy in the United Kingdom";K. Klappholz "Do Monopoly & Near-Monopoly Matter? A Survey of Empirical Studies"; R.E.G. Alford "Indicators of Direct Controls on the United Kingdom Capital Market 1951-1969"; R. Turvey "Marginal Cost Pricing: Then &Now"; M. Peston "Public Utility Pricing: The Case of North Sea Gas"; H. Townsend "Price Theory & Petrol Prices"; W.J. Baumol "The Dynamics of Urban Problems & Its Policy Implications". Some rubbing. Light page-edge spotting. VG., dustwrapper.