Edmund Phelps Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Trade paperback, fading, light wear to exterior; tape marks on front cover; former owner's address label on inside front board; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. ISBN-10 : 0-393094960.

479pp. + booklist. 8vo Occasional line diagrams. Trade Paperback. Contributors include: W.S. Vickrey, P.A. Samuelson, J. de V. Graaf, K.J. Arrow, I.M.D. Little, Immanuel Kant, J. Viner, H. Sidgwick, M. Fleming, J.C. Harsanyi, P.K. Pattanaik, John Rawls, Ayn Rand, A.B. Atkinson, E. Sheshinski, E.S. Phelps, & J. Tobin. Light cover wear/soil, first 40 pages have occasional marginalia in pen & pencil: VG- 0-14-08.0876-0.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($10.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Although not marked as such in any way, this book came from the library of poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, from his estate in Stonington, Connecticut.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 232 pp., ix. NAP. Following the Preface and Introduction, Contents divided into 10 Essays in three Parts (with Comments at the end of each Part): PART 1 [1] Kenneth J. Arrow, "Gifts and Exchanges"; [2] Roland N. McKean, "Economics of Trust, Altruism, and Corporate Responsibility"; [3] William J. Baumol, "Busines Responsibility and Economic Behavior"; Guido Calabresi, "Comment"; Thomas Nagel, "Comment"; PART 2 [4] James M. Buchanan, "The Samaritan's Dilemma"; [5] Edmund S. Phelps, "The Indeterminacy of Game-Equilibrium Growth in the Absence of an Ethic"; [6] Wilfried M.A. Pauwels, "A Mathematical Note"; [7] Peter Hammond, "Charity: Altruism or Cooperative Egoism"; Edward F. McClennen, "Comment"; Karl Shell, "Comment"; PART 3 [8] William Vickrey, "Private Philanthropy and Public Finance"; [9] Burton A. Weisbrod, "Toward a Theory of the Voluntary Non-Profit Sector in a Three-Sector Economy"; [10] Bruce R. Bolnick, "Toward a Behavioral Theory of Philanthropic Activity"; Amartya Sen, "Comment"; Index, pp. 229-232. Black cloth with brilliant silver lettering on spine; tan endpapers. Light green dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Title lettering in large black letters on top half front cover; Editor name lettering in black a cross bottom front cover. Small triangular piece (7/8" x 5/8") missing from lower left front cover corner and one (5/8" x 1/2") top right rear cover corner; trapezoidal bit missing from top left front cover (5/16" x 1/2"); thin piece missing across 3/4 foot of spine; small wear and tears at top spine corners; odd intermittent perforation down much of rear cover gutter, which nearly failed to reach book gutter itself (nugatory "shadow" piercing), long ago covered with thick, clear tape: all imperfections now backed by Archival tape: dw now in Brodart mylar which forgives sins kindly. Book itself has strong binding (NO cracks); corners sharp (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; Previous owner name inked out with black marker, else Clean text: Solid, well-protected copy, essentially Fine (dustwrapper did its job), with usage showing to dustwrapper. Fine innovative collection at the time, still timely: Classic work, edited by distinguished Scholar.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 440 pages. 9.84x0.59x5.91 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 592 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 428 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1408 pages. 9.75x6.75x6.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 8.82x5.98x0.71 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.