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1807AQ28409London: Printed for J. Johnson.by T. Bensley 1807. In two volumes. xvi 580; vii 484pp 60. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf marbled paper boards contrasting green and tan calf lettering-pieces marbled edges. Lightly rubbed corners exposed. Hinges exposed later inked ownership inscription of Arthur Johnson to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I very occasional light spotting. The fourth edition greatly extended from the anonymous first of 1798 of this cornerstone of early studies of demography and an influential work in the history of political economy. Contrary to the prevailing Whig theory of history English cleric and scholar Thomas Robert Malthus 1766-1834 argued that the agricultural output of modern Britain would not be able to support the rapid population growth witnessed in the eighteenth-century and thus that society would return to earlier subsistence levels following catastrophic outbreaks of disease and famine. The second edition of 1803 was substantially revised and extended to include observations made from European data and most notably the recognition that human agency and especially moral restraint could alleviate the plight of the poorest elements of society. The third edition of 1806 added an appendix in which Malthus replied to his many contemporary critics. This fourth edition incorporates all of the previous revisions and additions. Provenance: Arthur Henry Johnson 1845-1927 historian and chaplain of All Souls College Oxford; author of inter alia The history of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London Oxford 1914-22 and The disappearance of the small landowner Oxford 1909. . Fourth edition. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson...by T. Bensley hardcover
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1995070005The Easton Press. A new leather bound hardcover; still in cellophane wrapping. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory. . New. Hardcover. 1995. The Easton Press hardcover
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1798116955London: J. Johnson 1798. First edition of this cornerstone text of modern economics. Octavo bound in three quarters calf. Laid in is a clipping from an original manuscript signed by Malthus and entirely in his hand which reads in part "If at one time such a given product would make an effectual demand for certain commodities the conditions of the supply of which are supposed to remain the same it would immediately cease to make such effectual." Signed by Malthus in the lower right corner "Malthus." The verso features two further partial lines of text relating to supply and demand. In near fine condition. First editions of Malthus' magnum opus are exceptionally scarce. “Malthus was one of the founders of modern economics. His Essay was originally the product of a discussion on the perfectibility of society with his father who urged him to publish. Thus the first edition published anonymously was essentially a fighting tract but later editions were considerably altered and grew bulkier as Malthus defended his views against a host of critics… The Essay was highly influential in the progress of thought in early 19th-century Europe and his influence on social policy was considerable… Both Darwin and Wallace clearly acknowledged Malthus as a source of the idea of ‘the struggle for existence†PMM 251. J. Johnson unknown
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2008Q-0199540454Oxford University Press 2008-08-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
2007Q-0486456080Dover Publications 2007-07-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
104064London T. Bensley for J. Johnson 1806. . Third edition 2 vols 8vo xvi 501 63; vii 559 pp. contemporary tree calf gilt red morocco labels some pale foxing a very good set.<br /> The first two-volume edition. Contains important additions and corrections to the earlier editions including replies to his critics.<br /><br />'The central idea of the essay -- and the hub of Malthusian theory -- was a simple one. The population of a community Malthus suggested increases geometrically while food supplies increased only arithmetically. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient and the size of the population is checked by 'misery' -- that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine. The Essay was highly influential in the progress of thought in early nineteenth-century Europe' PMM.<br /><br />'His work was an important influence on both Darwin and Wallace in their formulation of the concept of natural selection. It also had a profound influence on the decrease in size of families down to the present time' Garrison-Morton.<br /> Garrison-Morton 1693; Goldsmiths' 19210; Kress B5067; Cf. PMM 251. London, T. Bensley for J. Johnson, 1806. unknown
1826149989London: John Murray 1826. The definitive text in original boards Sixth edition the final lifetime edition and the definitive text with Malthus's final revisions marking a significantly expanded and amended text from the first edition of 1798. The Essay is one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. 2 vols octavo. Original purple cloth-backed drab grey paper boards printed spine labels. Ownership signature dated 1882 to front free endpaper old price label to front cover of vol. II. Spines lightly sunned label of vol. II chipped with loss paper covering on front cover of vol. II peeling around front joint tips a little worn light foxing partly unopened. A very good copy. hardcover
180752022<p>HANDSOME COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BOLDLY SPECKLED CALF<br />2 vols. tall 8vo. iii-xvi 580; iii-viii 484 58 indexpp. contemporary boldly speckled calf smooth spines richly decorated in gilt in panels using two different designs black lettering and russet numbering labels gilt board edges gilt rolled spines a trifle chaffed at headbands some cracking at ends of some joints but overall a very nice copy.<br />Near contemporary pencilled shelf number "D198" of Lord Dunraven of Adare Manor Co. Limerick on endpaper.<br /><br />KRESS B5219<br />This is edition incorporates the substantial revisions and additions which Malthus had made for his third edition of 1806. They are listed and described in full in his preliminary 'Advertisement' to that edition also printed here. The most substantial of the changes made was that "The chapters which were the fourth and sixth of the second book are nearly rewritten on account of an error into which the author had fallen in an attempt to estimate the fruitfulness of marriages and the number born living to be married from the data in registers" 'Advertisement'. Furthermore he added as an appendix here vol.2 p.429-484 his important Reply to the Chief Objections to the second edition of 1803. This appendix he had also published separately in quarto "for the accomodation of the purchasers of the former edition" 'Advertisement'.Malthus recommends that "those who have not the leisure or inclination to read the entire work will find in the appendix such notice of its most prominent arguments as will give them a good general idea of the aim and bent of the whole". In it he writes "My object is to correct some of the misrepresentations which have gone abroad respecting two or three of the most important points of the Essay. . The first grand objection that has been made to my principles is that they contradict the original command of the Creator to increase and multiply and replenish the earth . The next grand objection which has been urged against me is my denial of the right of the poor to support. . and lastly and rather a matter of feeling than of argument. Many persons have accused him of excessive pessimism in throwing a darker shade over our views of human nature and tending particularly to narrow our prospects of future improvement". All of these objections he attempts to refute.<br />From the library of Edwin R. W. Wyndham-Quin Viscount Adare F.R.S. of Adare Manor Co. Limerick.</p> Printed for J. Johnson .. by T. Bensley hardcover
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2011x-1616405708Cosimo Inc 2011. Paperback. New. 610 pages. 8.43x5.51x1.57 inches. Cosimo Inc paperback
1983Q-014043206XPenguin Classics 1983-06-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1999Q-0192837478Oxford University Press 1999-11-11. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
1890226775London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover; large 8vo; 614 pages. Scarce in this edition. Dark red cloth with gilt on spine textured cloth. Rubbed edges. Clean dark blue endpapers. "1890" in pen on title page some small pen marks in very few margins. Bright and clean interior. VG/-- <br/> <br/> Ward, Lock & Co., Limited hardcover
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199254027Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Very good. 392 pp. Octavo. 24 cm. Bound in navy leather with elaborate gilt ornamentation to covers and spine. All edges gilt. Gilt title stamped into spine with raised bands. Gold satin ribbon page marker laid in. Unused bookplate issued by publisher included. Corners slightly scuffed. Some scratching to gilt edges. Becoming increasingly more relevant Malthus' theories of economics outline the ways in which population exponentially increases while resources cannot creating chaos for the future of the human race. Easton Press unknown
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1718149970London: John Murray Eden: London J. Wright 1817 Eden: 1800. An excellent copy in contemporary calf Fourth edition of Malthus's Essay first published in 1798 one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. The second volume is appended with the first edition of Frederick Morton Eden's An Estimate of the Number of Inhabitants in Great Britain an appropriate pairing by the contemporary owner - Eden's population census preceded the first national decennial population census by a year but undershot the official figure by five million. It nonetheless marks like Malthus's Essay an important milestone in the study of population. Two works bound in 2 vols octavo 210 x 128 mm. Bound without half-titles. Contemporary sprinkled calf orange and dark green morocco labels gilt in compartments gilt roll border to covers blind serrated turn-ins marbled endpapers brown speckled edges. Contemporary ownership signature of Thomas Entwisle to title pages later small ink notation to front free endpapers versos. Minor patch of abrasion to rear cover of vol. I joints just beginning to split but holding firm light browning to Eden else contents fresh. An excellent copy. unknown
1809191317Georgetown: J. Milligan 1809. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fair missing covers leather spine heavily worn pages have foxing spots binding split and several pages loose but all appear to be present with minor tears here and there Sold as a reading copy or binding set WAF. Missing covers and worn leather spine. Vol. 1: XVI 510 XXXIV pp. Vol. 2: vii 1 542 pp. This is the first American edition. Volumes 1 2 of a 2 volume set. Includes index. Scarce and worthy of rebinding. J. Milligan hardcover
1806156997London: for J. Johnson by T. Bensley 1806. The foundation text of modern demography Third edition the first edition to be published in two octavo volumes the format which was to remain the standard in Malthus's lifetime. This third edition has important alterations and additions particularly the appendix in which Malthus replied to some of his many critics; it follows the first edition of 1798 in a single octavo volume and the expanded second edition in quarto in 1803. Malthus's treatise on population is one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. "For today's readers living in a post-Malthus era the world's population problems are well known and serious but no longer sensational. It is difficult therefore to appreciate the radical and controversial impact made by the Essay at the time of publication. It challenged the conventional notion that population growth is an unmixed blessing. It discussed prostitution contraception and other sexual matters. And it gave vivid descriptions of the horrendous consequences of overpopulation and of the brutal means by which populations are checked" ODNB. Despite its unpopularity with liberal critics Malthus's principle of population became accepted as a central tenet of classical political economy and Charles Darwin acknowledged Malthus's influence in the development of his theory of natural selection. 2 vols octavo 209 x 128 mm. Bound without half-titles. Recent half calf red morocco label marbled sides. A few contemporary annotations in vol. II. Repairs to closed tears at head of A7 and A8 into text without loss slight sporadic spotting light dampstaining at lower outer corner of vol. II towards rear. A very good copy. Einaudi 3689; Goldsmiths' 19210; Kress B5067. unknown
