How To Forecast Business Trends: A Special Report to Executives

How To Forecast Business Trends: A Special Report to Executives
Heinz E. Luedicke (Editor)

Book Description: The Journal of Commerce, New York, 1954. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Black cloth boards with gilt title to cover, First Edition 1954. Inscribed by Author "To Hank Ridden Sincerely, Heinz Luedicke April 1954."

Book Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed, back cover has some scratches (see photos), corners gently bumped, light shelfwear, cloth has small ripple (1/2") on spine, endpapers and pages free of marks, binding tight, spine straight. No Dust Jacket.

Contents: Forward, PART ONE: Forecasting Methods, Introduction, Chapter 1: How to evaluate Business Forecasts, Chapter II: How to Determine Business Trends, 1.) Effectiveness of Opinion Surveys, 2.) Measuring the Magnatude of Economic Changes, 3.) The Use of Ratios and Intentions, a.) Inventory Yardsticks, b.) Intentions to Spend, c.) Intentions to Expand, Chapter III: Development of Contemporary Economic Thought, PART II: Business Indicators and What they Can Tell, Introduction, Chapter I: Survey of Indicators, 1.) Short Range Favorites, 2.) Long-Range Favorites, Chapter II: General Business Indicators, 1.) The Gross National Product, 2.) Federal Reserve Board Production Index, 3.) New Orders, 4.) Inventories, 5.) Weekly and Hourly Earnings, 6.) Retail Sales, Chapter III: Price Indicators, 1.) Hazards of Price Predictions, 2.) Prices and Production, 3.) Price Lags, 4.) Interpreting Futures Markets, Chapter IV: Financial Indicators, 1.) Federal Reserve Policy, a) Interest Rates, b) Money Supply Changes, 2.) Bank Debits and G.N.P., b) Deposit Turnover, 3.) Commercial Loans, a) Consumer Credit, b) Debts and Prosperity, 4.) Savings and Dissavings, a) Level of Savings, b) Consumer Assets, c) Liquid Savings, 5.) The Stock Market as Business Barometer. -- Includes numerous charts and tables. 120 Pages. Extremely Scarce title on forecasting business trends.

Status: SOLD to Private Collector in US.

A Theory of Inflation: A Review

A Theory of Inflation: A Review
by A.J. Hagger

Book Description: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia, 1964. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Blue cloth boards with silver title to spine, First Edition 1964.

Book Condition: Good, general shelfwear, corners bumped, some corners slightly frayed to expose boards, covers rubbed, some light fading to spine extremes and edges, slight discoloration to endpapers, light soil to back endpapers, pages lightly tanned otherwise no marks, binding intact but there are a few loose signatures.

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, (in Mylar), small rips and tears, price intact (not clipped), covers rubbed with light soil.

Contents: Preface, 1. Introduction, Bent Hansen's Excess Demand Analysis, 3. Further Policy-Directed Analysis: Smithies' The Control of Inflation, 4. The Mechanism of Creeping Inflation, 5. Inflation Types, 6. Monetary Approach, 7. Behavior of Money Wage-Earnings under Inflationary Conditions, 8. Some Suggestions for Further Work, Bibliography, Index. Includes numerous equations. Includes numerous equations. 238 Pages. Scarce First Edition of this 1964 Inflation title by A.J. Hagger of The University of Tasmania.

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When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Collapse

When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Collapse
by Adam Fergusson

ISBN: 0718302141

Book Description: William Kimber & Co., Limited, London, 1975. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine, First Edition, 1975.

Book Condition: Very Good, corners bumped, spine slightly cocked (1/32"), extremely light shelfwear, small 1/32" blemish to dedication page, otherwise endpapers and pages are clean and bright, no marks.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed and some very light soil, light wear to edges, price intact, no rips or tears.

Contents: Prologue, 1. Gold for Iron, 2. Joyless Streets, 3. The Bill Presented, 4. Delirium of Millards, 5. The Slide to Hyperinflation, 6. Summer of '22 7. The Hapsburg Inheritance, 8. Autumn Paper-chase, 9. Ruhrkmapf, 10. Summer of '23, 11. Havenstein, 12. The Bottom of the Abyss, 13. Schacht, 14. Unemployment breaks out, 15. The Wounds are Bared, Epilogue, Bibliography, Index.

Summary: When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nation's currency depreciates beyond recovery. In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for staples such as bread; a cinema ticket could be bought for a lump of coal; and a bottle of paraffin for a silk shirt. People watched helplessly as their life savings disappeared and their loved ones starved. Germany's finances descended into chaos, with severe social unrest in its wake. Money may no longer be physically printed and distributed in the voluminous quantities of 1923. However, quantitative easing, that modern euphemism for surreptitious deficit financing in an electronic era, can no less become an assault on monetary discipline.

Whatever the reason for a country's deficit necessity or profligacy, unwillingness to tax or blindness to expenditure it is beguiling to suppose that if the day of reckoning is postponed economic recovery will come in time to prevent higher unemployment or deeper recession. What if it does not? Germany in 1923 provides a vivid, compelling, sobering moral tale. (This book was later titled When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany) 256 pages, Scarce First Edition in Very Good Condition with Very Good Dust Jacket, Highly Collectible.


STATUS: Sold 6 May 2011 to Collector in Dallas, TX.

Stoddard's Combined Corporation Record, No. 10

Stoddard's Combined Corporation Record, No. 10
by Celora M. Stoddard

Book Description: Stoddard Incorporating Company, Phoenix, AZ, 1925. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, Brown leatherette boards with gilt title to cover, Two hole binder with removal brass screws, marbled endpapers, sections separated by printed cloth tabs, rounded corners.

Book Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed, moderate shelfwear, corners lightly bumped, title faded, small nick (1/4") to the inside top of the back board that exposes board (see photo), light bio-damage to back loose end paper that's left a 1/16" hole, pages tanned, otherwise no marks to interior.

Contents: This is a stationary product manufactured by "The Manufacturing Stationers Inc." of Phoenix, AZ in 1925. This product was designed to help Arizona Corporations organize their corporate documents. This copy is unused and contains the stock forms and their instruction. The tabbed sections are as follows: Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Minutes of Meetings, Stock Journal, Stock Ledger, Dividend Record, Forms. Included near the front of the book is a printed letter from Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman, Loren Vaughn endorsing this product for use by Arizona Corporations.

About Stoddard: Clera M. Stoddard was a member of the Arizona Senate from 1921 to 1923, and a contender for the Republican nomination for Governor of Arizona in September 1928, but lost the primary to John C. Phillips who later won the Election. The Stoddard Incorporation Company was in business for over 20 years, but it's not clear when the business was folded. It was advertised that additional forms for this book could be purchased by "The Manufacturing Stationers, Inc." Celora M. Stoddard was son of Arizona Lawyer, Politician and Businessman Isaac T. Stoddard. Isaac Stoddard was Secretary of the Arizona Territory in the early 1900's prior to Arizona becoming a state in 1912. In the 1920's, Arizona had "liberal" laws where many corporations found it advantageous to incorporate there. Scarce, 120 pages, Collectible.

Status: SOLD, 2 May 2013 to Private Collector in Arizona.

Rockefeller "Internationalist" The Man Who Misrules the World

Rockefeller "Internationalist" The Man Who Misrules the World
by Emanuel M. Josephson

Book Description: Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Gray cloth boards with blue title to cover and spine, First Edition, 1952.

Book Condition: Very Good, covers rubbed and light soil, corners bumped, lightly shaken, edges tanned, small white blemishes near edges (see photo), moderate shelfwear, top dust dulled, small stain (1/8") to text block, endpapers lightly tanned, pages clean and free of marks, slight hint of tanning to pages, edges of back 5 pages chipped.

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, Price intact, covers rubbed and soiled, red pen marks to cover (see photo), numerous rips and tears to front, back and spine area, edges chipped.

Contents: Frontispiece, The Plot, Emblem of Rockefeller-Soviet Axis, Credits To References, Warning, Chapter I: U.S. Betrayed, II: The Rise of the Rockefeller Empire, III: Meet the Rockefellers, IV: Objectives of Rockefeller "Philanthropies," V: Organization of Rockefeller "Philanthropies," VI: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, VII: Rockefeller's General Education Board, VIII: Rockefeller's Foundation, IX: Rockefeller's Good Government for American "Peasants," X: The Rockefeller's Crusades and The "Oil War," XI: Rockefeller Soviet Axix, XII: Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, XIII: The Council on Foreign Relations, XIV: Some Rockefeller CFR Stars, XV: Rockefeller's Institute of Pacific Relatons, XVI: Rockefeller and Religion, XVII: Rockefeller "Frees" the Press, XVIII: The "Trojan Horse" Rockefeller's Philanthropy Trust, XIX: Rockefeller's "Popular Front" The New and Fair Deals, XX: Supreme Rockefeller Crusade World War II, XXI: Rockefeller's United Nations, XXII: Rockefeller's Marshall Plan and Point 4 Program, XXIII: American Betrayed. What Lies Ahead? What Can We Do About It?, Standard Oil Co. Seeks Control of Schools, A Call to Action in American Schools by Fred H. Johnson, Index.

Summary: Josephson's tome purporting to expose the global conspiracy between the Rockefeller family and the Axis powers. The author makes claims such as that the Rockefeller Institute of Pacific Relations controlled the spy ring responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, and also talks at length about links between the Rockefellers and companies such as IG Farben, which supported Hitler's concentration camps, as well as claiming links between the family and Stalin in an effort to establish a global society. Certainly not all of Josephson's claims are supportable, but it's an interesting and important historical document nonetheless. 448 Pages, Scarce, Collectible First Edition with Dust Jacket.

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Commercial Paper, A Text Book for Merchants, Bankers and Investors

Commercial Paper, A Text Book for Merchants, Bankers and Investors
by Roger W. Babson and Ralph May

Book Description: Babson Statistical Organization, Wellesly Hills, MA, 1916. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Flexible Red Leather covered boards with gilt title to cover and spine, 2nd Edition, 1916. (First Edition was 1912).

Book Condition: Good, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bumped, substantial wear to edges, spine extremes edges worn to expose spine, spine soiled and faded, portions of spine cover rubbed to expose spine, 1/2" tear to back cover near spine, 1/2" tear to front cover near spine, and 1 1/8" tear to front cover near spine, edges extremely worn and chipping, back hinge cracked, end papers tanned, previous booksellers blue stamp to front end papers, pages clean and free of marks, pages show slightest hint of tanning. No dust jacket.

Contents: Preface to the Second Edition, Chapter I: The Service of Commercial Paper, Chapter II: The Selection of Commercial Paper, Chapter III: Lending and Borrowing, Chapter IV: The Analysis of a Financial Statement and Report. Chapter V: Banking, Chapter VI: The Rediscounting of Commercial Paper, Chapter VII: How Interest Rates May Be Forecasted, Index -- Includes 7" x 16" fold out chart of the "Babson Composite Plot of the Summary Barometer Figures for American Business Conditions 1904 to 1916," 286 Pages, Extremely Scarce Title, Collectible.

Status: SOLD to Private Collector in US.