The Best Uses of Economic Resources. Signed by the Nobel prize laureate.

Kantorovich, L.V. [The Best Uses of Economic Resources]. Ekonomicheskii Raschet Nailuchshego Ispolzovaniia Resursov. Moskva, AN SSSR, 1959.8vo, 344 pp., errata p. In original binding.In very good condition, lightly rubbed to edges, small loss at cover. Signed and inscribed by the author on fly-leaf: 'Stanislavu Gustavovichu / Strumilinu / S iskrennim / uvazheniem / Ot avtora' [To Stanislav Gustavovich Strumilin with sincere respect from author]. Books signed by the Soviet Nobel laureates are very rare. First edition. Association copy. One of 3 000 copies printed. The book was signed to Stanislav Strumilin (1877-1974), a government official and economist, author of the 'Strumilin index', and a measure of labor productivity.Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986) was a prominent Russian mathematician and economist. In 1975 Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986) and Tjalling C. Koopmans jointly won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to the theory of the optimum allocatio