You know and love Rothbard’s History of Economic Thought as a modern classic, and now you can marvel at the hand-bound leather edition. We’ve made only 200 sets of these, as a way of celebrating the reappearance of these books.
Note: this is not “bonded leather” but actual cowhide, full top grain leather, which is thicker and matches old-world quality–like the books in Jefferson’s and Menger’s libraries. This leather wears the same way as the best shoe leather. It is soft, supple, and exhibits subtle hues and textures.
The look and feel of these volumes are nothing short of spectacular, even breath taking. We spent months picking out the leathers and working with the bindery. When they first arrived at the Mises Institue the staff gathered to see the final product. When we pulled off the tissue, there were audible gasps of awe in the air. We knew that it had turned out just right.
They are produced by hand at Grimm Bindery, a German company founded in 1854 in Madison, Wisconsin. The founder of the company learned the craft from his father Gelasius Grimm who immigrated in 1849. You can read more about the bindery at the Grimm website
We also enjoy the irony that these leather volumes are priced lower than the original run of these books by the original academic publisher!
Even if you have never owned high-end leather books, these are a great start. As for the contents, these are books for the ages, Rothbard’s masterpiece of intellectual history. We admit to feeling a great sense of pride to have the Mises Institute as publisher of volumes we know you will treasure–you and the generations from now that will enjoy reading the same works.
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As a collector of antique books, I must say that those editions are spectacular
jeffrey,
The strikethroughed “retail” price and the final price are both $220. Im wondering if thats a bug or a feature.
It’s an admin error. Fixed.
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