‎Album Mariani‎
‎M. T. Johnson‎

‎ Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie - Conte- Traduit de l'anglais, par Samuel Johnson . ‎

‎ 1840 Copie manuscrite, ou mise au propre ? vers 1840, de la traduction du célèbre roman philosophique de Samuel Johnson par une main anonyme. Volume in -12 de 1 feuillet de titre, 1 feuillet blanc et 224 pages, d'une écriture fine et très lisible sans aucune rature, à l'encre brune. Reliure en plein veau brun époque, filet doré et large guirlande à froid encadrant les plats, dos plats orné de filets dorés cernés de flets à froid et de fleurons à froid avec petit point central doré, titre doré "Histoire de Rasselas", coupes guillochées, tranches dorées.‎

‎ Ni les traductions de Mme Belot (1760), ou celle de Donnant, sous le titre : La Vallée heureuse, ou le Prince mécontent de son sort, par Johnson (1803), ou de Gosselin (1822), ni celle de Mme de Fresne en 1832, ne correspondent à la présente traduction, qui présente quelques maladresses. Il s'agit vraisemblablement de la mise au propre d'une traduction inédite, par une main anonyme. Le conte de Jonhson eut du succès dès sa parution et tout au long du 19e siècle, il est légitime de penser que plusieurs traductions anonymes aient circulé. Reliure frottée aux coins et coupes, coins émoussés, début de fente sur 3 cm à la charnière supérieure, manque à la coiffe supérieure. Exemplaire resté agréable. (Reu-Bur) ‎

‎The life of Samuel Johnson, volume I and II‎

‎London 1968 The folio society Hardcover ‎

‎Langue: anglais. La vie de Samuel Johnson, volume I et II Relié, demi-cuir avec impression dorée, avec cassette 255 x 160 mm Volume I : 568 pg Volume II : 682 pg en très bon état‎

‎Behaviour of the Firm under Regulatory Constraint. - [THE AVERCH-JOHNSON EFFECT]‎

‎[No place], The American Economic Association, 1955. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""The American Economic Review"", Vol. VII, December, No. 5. Entire issue offered. Light wear to extremities, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 1052-69. [Entire issue: (5), 996-1258 pp. + advertisement].‎

‎First printing of Averch and Johnson's seminal paper in which they introduced in what was to become known as the ""Averch-Johnson effect"". The paper was one of the most cited and influential papers in microeconmocs during the 60ies. ""The Averch-Johnson effect is produced when fair rate of return regulation encourages a firm to invest more than is consistent with the minimization of its costs. This can happen when the allowed rate of return exceeds the cost of capital, since the difference between the two represents pure profit. Detailed descriptions of actual regulatory processes may be useful in suggesting guides for action, since actual outcomes depend as much on political and bureaucratic necessity as they do on economic analysis and 'rational' benefit-cost estimates."" (The New Palgrave).""Averch and Johnson's famous paper from the early 1960s asks the simple question: If we assume that regulation acts to instantaneously adjust prices so as to maintain a constant target return on a firm's capital stock, what incentives does the firm have to choose an efficient combination of inputs? Averch and Johnson show, using fairly straightforward maths, that if the regulator sets the regulatory rate of return above the firm's true cost of capital, the regulated firm has an incentive to choose too much capital relative to labour - that is, there will be an inefficient capital-labour ratio. This observation sparked off a large empirical and theoretical literature exploring what came to be known as the 'Averch-Johnson' or 'A-J' effect.The Averch-Johnson model assumed an extreme form of what is known as 'rate of return' or 'cost of service' regulation in which prices are continuously and rapidly adjusted so as to yield the desired return on capital stock. In reality, rate of return regulation as it was historically practiced in the US always involved an element of 'regulatory lag' - that is, a period of time before prices were adjusted to reflect changes in costs. This regulatory lag gives rise to some desirable incentives, as discussed furtherbelow. Even in 1962 it was recognised that allowing higher ex post rates of return was necessary to induce desirable incentives. Averch and Johnson note: ""We have been told by representatives in both the industry and in regulatory agencies that justification exists for allowing a return in excess of cost to give firms an incentive to develop and adopt cost-saving techniques. If the firm is left only indifferent as among a wide range of activities it has no positive incentive to minimize costs for any given activity.""Averch and Johnson's paper was, for a while at least, very widely cited, often incorrectly. The A-J effect later came to be synonymous with 'gold-plating' and with general inefficiency of the regulated firm. But these ideas cannot be strictly attributed to Averch and Johnson. Averch and Johnson only highlighted a potential tendency towards an inefficient mix of capital and labour - but they made no mention of the tendency to simply spend too much on all inputs - so-called 'x-inefficiency' as discussed further below."" (biggar, The Fifty Most Important Papers in the Economics of Regulation).‎

‎Carol Cooper. Mother and Child. Encyclopedia by Johnson Johnson. In Russian /Ke‎

‎"Carol Cooper. Mother and Child. Encyclopedia by Johnson Johnson. In Russian /Kerol Kuper. Mat i ditya. Entsiklopediya ot Johnson & Johnson. ACT, Astrel. 2007. 288 pp. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb55b7516eb80ea91f."‎

‎Collezione Johnson di Medaglie. 3 volumes‎

‎Johnson, Cesare & Rodolfo Martini: Collezione Johnson di Medaglie. 3 volumes. Milan: Edizioni S. Johnson, 1990. I. Sec. XV-XVI-XVII. II. Secolo XVIII. III. Sec. ZXVIII (Stierle-Z). 1064 pages, illustrated throughout in black & white. Edition limited to 400 copies. Hardcover. 30x23cms.‎