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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 4 volumes 4to (28.5 cm), XI, 414 pp; X, 397 pp; VIII, 397 pp; VIII, 453 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spines (minor shelf-wear, vol. 2 slightly discolored and rubbed at extremities). The Kress Collection of Business and Economics was assembled through the diligent efforts of the British economist Herbert Somerton Foxwell and came into the possession of HBS in the 1930s, thanks to the generous donation by Claude Washington Kress. The collection comprises rare books, pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, and prints, spanning from the earliest imprint in 1474 to a closing date of 1850. Volume 1 of the catalogue (published by Augustus M. Kelley in 1977) covers material published through 1776 and includes data on related items in other Harvard libraries. Volume 2 (Baker Library, 1957) encompasses books printed from 1777 to 1817. Volume 3 (Baker Library, 1964) catalogues books published from 1818 to 1848. Volume 4 (Baker Library, 1967) serves as a catalogue supplement, covering the period from 1473 to 1848.…