Theory of Committees and Elections by Duncan Black (1958) was reprinted in 1986 (ISBN 0-89838-189-4 $49.50) by Kluwer Academic Pubs. P.O. Box 358 Accord Sta. Hingham, MA 02018-0358 Part II of the book (pp. 156-188 is entitled- History of the Mathematical Theory of Committees and Elections (excluding Proportional Representation). Pages 159-180 has Black's interpretation of Condorcet's method. ----- Condorcet, Selected Writings edited by Keith Michael Baker (1976) (paperback) ISBN 0-672-60381-0 $12.81 MacMillan Pub. Co. 200 Old Tappan Rd. Old Tappan, NJ 07675 Mr. Baker translates Condorcet's various works into English. Pages 32 et seq has Condorcet's Essay on the Application of Mathematics to the Theory of Decision-Making (1785). Pages 53-57 and 61-62 has Condorcet's comments about what is now called Condorcet circular ties (Condorcet called such ties *contradictory*). Of interest also in Baker's book is Condorcet's proposal for a representative constitution before the French Revolutionary Convention. However, the Convention factions went crazy (the Terror) and ended up with Napoleon and a restored reactionary monarchy in 1815. Condorcet died in 1794 in prison as one of the many victims of the Terror. ---- When time allows I will post some of Black's comments and Baker's translation relating to circular ties.
