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172 SCHUMPETER, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1942] First edition, extremely scarce with the dust jacket. Schumpeter’s most important and controversial book is a philosophical analysis of economics and history, in which he coined the term “creative destruction”. Blaug, calling this his masterpiece, notes that Schumpeter “paradoxically rejected the
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173 SEUSS, Dr. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971 DR SEUSS’S ENVIRONMENTAL FABLE First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “With Best Wishes from Dr. Seuss” on the front free endpaper verso. This copy has all the first printing requirements: the cover lists 32 titles, three lines of copyright are present on the dedication page and there is a highlighted yellow panel on the back cover.
Marxian diagnosis of the imminent breakdown of capitalism and, at the same time, predicted the almost inevitable arrival of socialism as a result of the betrayal of capitalist values by the intellectuals of the western world” ( Great Economists Before Keynes , p. 216.) Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, corners very lightly rubbed. First gathering a little loose, dust jacket with loss to spine and front panel, neatly restored and lined with Japanese tissue; a very good copy in the rare dust jacket. ¶ Swedberg S.011. £6,750 [152914]
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