May 05, 2022 - Sale 2603

Sale 2603 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
[Economics] Becker, Gary Stanley (1930-2014)
Five Titles.

1) Human Capital: a Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education, New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1964, first edition, octavo, in publisher's blue cloth and original dust jacket (some tears, stains to jacket), 9 x 6 in.

2) [with Gilbert R. Ghez], The Allocation of Time and Goods over the Life Cycle, New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, distributed by Columbia University Press, 1975, first edition, octavo, near fine in a near fine dust jacket, 9 x 5 3/4 in.

3) A Treatise on the Family, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981, first edition, octavo, near fine in near fine jacket, 9 1/4 x 6 in.

4) Economic Theory, New York: Knopf, 1971, stated first edition, a textbook in boards with photo images tinted in orange, pen underlining, 9 1/4 x 6 in.

[and] 5) The Journal of Political Economy: Investment in Human Beings, University of Chicago Press, October 1962, Vol. LXX, No. 5, part 2, with a number of essays, including Becker's, "Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis," in publisher's printed wraps, sun-faded, signature to front cover, some marginal ink marks, 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (5)