Statistics
MONTMORT, Pierre Rémont de; Nicholas Bernoulli; Johann Bernoulli. Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard. Seconde Edition. Revise & augmentée de plusieurs Lettres.Paris : 1713
Second, revised edition of the pioneering study of games of chance, among the first comprehensive studies of probability theory. This edition is the first to publish seven extensive letters from Nicholas and Johann Bernoulli on probability, covering 69 pages in total.
Pierre Rémont de Montmort (1678-1719) devoted his life to resolving the...Learn More
SCHUMPETER, Elizabeth Boody. English Overseas Trade Statistics, 1697-1808.Oxford : 1960
First edition. Schumpeter's meticulous arrangement of the statistics produced a work that remains widely cited and "still provides the most comprehensive statistical analysis of British trade in the eighteenth century" (Giorgio Riello, p. 95). It includes a memorial biography of Schumpeter, noting that she "conceived of this volume as the...Learn More
SAUDI ARABIA. Statistical Summary. Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.Jeddah : 1977
Rare annual report by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) - today's Saudi Central Bank - on economic development in the KSA for the year 1977. We have traced no other copies in OCLC.
SAMA was established in 1952 under King Abdul Aziz. In 1977-78, it was relocated from Jeddah to Riyadh. Regular statistical summaries were issued from...Learn More
ALISON, Archibald. The Principles of Population,Edinburgh : 1840
First edition, inscribed "with the author's compliments" on the first half-title, and in exemplary condition. Alison firmly opposes Malthus's view of population; his rebuttal "hinted at a progressive tory programme of poor relief, diffusion of property, and penal reform" (ODNB).
Alison presents population growth as the stimulus that forces...Learn More
NATHAN, J. E. The Census of British Malaya, 1921.London : 1922
First edition, rare in commerce, of this granular report on the first peninsula-wide census conducted in British Malaya, including dozens of tables and charts. Compared to the Federated Malay States census of 1911, the 1921 survey added new sections on literacy and spoken language proficiency and introduced "complete uniformity for all the states...Learn More
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Annual Departmental Reports for the Year 1920 (As Laid Before the Legislative Council).Singapore : 1922
First edition, rare in commerce, of this collection of over two dozen reports on governance, economics, healthcare, immigration, crime, and education, supported with a wealth of statistical data.
In his summation, Frederick Seton James (1870-1934), the colonial secretary between 1916 and 1924, describes the impact of post-war economic and...Learn More
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Blue Book for the Year 1920.Singapore : 1921
First edition, rare in commerce, of this definitive administrative and economic report, compiled by Straits Settlements civil servants for the Colonial Office. Tables of revenues and expenditures are accompanied by lists of civil servants and those in receipt of pensions, details of gaols and prisons, and tabulated data on types and destinations...Learn More
MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population;London : 1803
The Great Quarto edition, notionally the second edition following the first of 1798, but so substantially enlarged, rewritten, and re-titled as to be effectively a new book. The Essay was one of the most influential works in the history of economic thought, arguing the link between food supply and population size and the inevitability of famine...Learn More
COWGILL, J. V. Report on Revision of Salaries in the Public Services of the Federation of Malaya and the Colony of Singapore.Kuala Lumpur : 1949
First edition, stamped "confidential". This wide-ranging plan and its sensitive conclusions were ultimately rejected by British authorities in Malaya and Singapore, much to the dissatisfaction of contemporary critics, who saw commissions and reports as a "delaying tactic" to maintain the colonial status quo.
Cowgill (1888-1959) served in...Learn More
DINGLE, Edwin John (ed.). The New Atlas and Commercial Gazetteer of China.Shanghai : [c.1917]
Second edition of this enduringly useful atlas, providing detailed maps of every province and incorporating recent surveys of still largely uncharted regions. These are accompanied by maps showing the railway system, forests, and coal resources. The compiler, via his media connections, sourced a large amount of trade and economic output data to...Learn More
GRENVILLE, William - LANSDOWNE, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice. Statement of a Plan of Finance, Proposed to Parliament In the Year 1807;London : 1807
First edition, presentation copy from William Grenville, Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807, inscribed on the title page, "G. Hibbert Esqr. With Lord Grenville's compts", in what appears to be his rather than a secretarial hand. The book comprises the government's financial budget presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice...Learn More
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY. Fourth Report on Progress in Manchuria.Dairen : 1934
First edition of this comprehensive statistical and narrative report, including a large folding map of Manchuria, a map of road construction, and plans of the ports of Rashin and Dairen. Sections convey the expansion of the railway's administrative structure and business interests into all aspects of governance.Learn More
CHINA; RAILWAYS. Railway Rehabilitation South of the Yangtze.Nanjing : [c.1948]
First edition of this pamphlet outlining the damage sustained by the railway network during the Second World War and the government's ambitious post-war reconstruction agenda. We have traced copies at the National Library of Australia and the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics only.Learn More
BERNOULLI, Jacob. Ars conjectandi, opus posthumum. Accedit tractatus de seriebus infinitis, Et Epistola Gallicè scripta de ludo pilae reticularis.Basel : 1713
First edition of the first systematic treatment of probability theory, the source of the law of large numbers, binomial distribution, and Bernoulli numbers. The Ars Conjectandi was the first work to suggest that probability could be applied in civil, moral, and economic matters, and it remains the foundation of much modern practice in such fields...Learn More
PETTY, Sir William. The Political Anatomy of Ireland.London : 1691
First edition of this influential survey by the father of statistical analysis. For McCulloch, it stands as "the best of Petty's works" (p. 211), both for the quality of its statistical reporting and for the incisiveness of Petty's policy recommendations for the country.
William Petty (1623-1687) first went to Ireland in the 1650s as an...Learn More
BARKER, Randolph. Personal Notes on China Trip, October 7-27, 1976.[United States : c.1976]
A rare account of an academic research trip to China only one month after Mao's death, marked "Draft: Not for Quotation" and with the 1977 ownership signature of the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Theodore Schultz. We have traced only one other copy, held by Randolph Barker's home institution, Cornell.
Barker (d. 2022) joined the faculty at...Learn More
MARSHALL, Alfred. Principles of Economics.London : 1890
First edition of the first full exposition of Marshall's theoretical position, the work described by Keynes as inaugurating the modern age of British economics. Running to 750 pages with a hefty book block, Principles is rare in the original cloth. This copy is in exceptional condition.
The Principles refines and develops the various...Learn More
PLAYFAIR, William - JÄGER, Wolfgang, & Jakob Gottlieb Boetticher. A Geographical, Historical, and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia;London : 1800
First edition in English of this Revolutionary Wars-era gazetteer, with a previously unpublished table "intended to shew the state of those countries that have undergone changes from the present war", by the inventor of statistical graphs and diagrams, William Playfair. Compiled and translated almost entirely from Jäger's and Boetticher's...Learn More
RICARDO, David. On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation.London : 1817
First edition of Ricardo's fundamental contribution to economics, establishing a systematic and scientific approach to the discipline and setting forth both the labour theory of value and the theory of comparative advantage. His approach and methods influenced all succeeding generations of economists and provided an enduring foundation of...Learn More
HONG KONG. Xianggang churukou maoyi nianjian (Hongkong Entrepot Trade Yearbook).Hong Kong : 1961
The 1961 edition of this long-running handbook, offering a snapshot of the colony's commercial life and major businesses.
In the 1950s, following the UN trade embargo on China, Hong Kong shifted towards export-led growth, in particular the manufacture of textiles and plastic goods. Between 1951 and 1961, exports as a percentage of GDP grew...Learn More
