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1805948F37Glasgow: R. Chapman 1805 . First edition. Hardback. Good. 8" by 5". None. The scarce first Scottish edition of Adam Smith's enormously influential work of classical economics the first edition of this work to feature a portrait of the author. A scarce first Scottish edition complete in four volumes and in the publisher's original boards.This is the first edition to have been published in Smith's native Scotland and is the first with a portrait of the author.Published in Glasgow the city where Smith studied as a young man and held posts at the University including as Professor of Logic in 1751 and then as Professor of Moral Philosophy until 1764. Based upon the the text of the fourth edition of 1786.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I.Smith's work is widely held as perhaps the most influential and foundational text in the field of economics laying the groundwork form modern economic thought and policy and discussing matters including division of labour and the free market and introducing the metaphor of 'the invisible hand'.An important edition of the first modern work to treat economics as a comprehensive system and as an academic discipline. In the publisher's original paper covered boards with paper spine labels. Losses of paper to back strip heads and tails with ink volume numbers to back strip heads of volumes II-IV. Handling marks to boards. Spine labels age toned with small losses. Joints starting with rear board of volume IV a touch tender otherwise firmly held. Volume I endpapers renewed. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type with spots throughout. Good R. Chapman hardcover
Z1-S-003-02909Manchester Metropolitan University. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Manchester Metropolitan University unknown
1791053487London: Strahan And Cadell 1791. 5th or later Edition . Full-calf. Very Good. Three Volumes As Issued. Complete With All Preliminary Blanks In All Volumes Cancels X5 And X8 In Volume 3. Contemporary Calf New But Old Style Black Morocco Labels Gilt In All Compartments. 8Vo. The Preeminent Classic Of Economic Thought Now Scarce In All Early Editions. This Is The Sixth Edition One Of 2000 Copies Identical To The Last Revision By Smith And The First Published After His Death. Worn Extremities Rubbed Spines Chipped Away At Top And Bottom Edges Apparently Repaired At Some Time; Leather Recently Conditioned Furbished Minor Repairs To Corners. Corporate Bookplates In All Volumes. A "Printing And The Mind Of Man" Title. Human Greeds Tend To Cancel Each Other Out And Are Dangerous Only When Government Interferes On One Side Or Another. Thus Government Has No Role To Play In Using Military Force Or Diplomatic Resources To Protect Foreign Trade Although Of Course No Self-Proclaimed Adam Smith Acolyte Politician Would Agree Despite Their Justifications Of Liberalism Free Trade Democracy Etc. : The Greed Of Politicians The Primary Fact Of Modern Life Was Not Fully Anticipated By Smith. The Main Point That Is Usually Cited From Smith'S Long Work 4 Volumes Neglecting 99% Of His Analysis Focuses Only On The Idea That Unrestricted Free Trade Is Better. Modern Interpretations Further Claim That Free Trade Is Always Better And Should Be The Primary Goal- Period That It Is An Absolute Necessity. A Thought Experiment Can Show How That Is Ridiculous. Imagine A World Where A Country Spends Far More On Sex Tourism Overseas Than On Purchasing Anything Else. The Sex Workers Overseas Will Spend Some Money On That Country'S Services And Goods But If There Is An Unbalanced Outflow Most Of The Money In The "Purchasing" Country Will End Up In The "Selling Country". The Purchasing Country Has Nothing To Show In The Long Term For All Those Transitory Pleasures It Purchased And The Country Will Dissolve As It Can No Longer Pay The Normal Everyday Debts Of Government And Private Activity. One Can Listen To Professional Economists That Say That Is Not True But If It Is Not True Why Do The Unfunded Debts Of Federal State And Local Governments Worldwide Keep Going Up And Why Can'T Governments Worldwide Come Up With Working Budgets The Problem Is Not Just In Regulation It Is Also A Problem Of Too Much Consumption. If That Analysis Is Wrong Where Is A Country That Can Provide A Current Budget That Is Based On Receipts Rather Than Expectations And When Have Those Expectations Ever Been Correct Over Say A Century In World History Economists Are Not Historians They Are Bureaucratic Advisors Who Sell Their Advice That Is Not Based On Long-Term Evidence Have Themselves Never Built Anything That Endures Can Point To No Physical Evidence That They Understand How The World Works And Have No Responsibilities When Things Fail. Every Empire And Every Government Fails When It Can No Longer Pay Enough To Sustain And Defend Itself. The Best Interpretation Of The Free Trade Argument Is That Free Trade Is Better For Most Businesses That Make Money From Selling And That In Itself Is Better For Society. If That In Itself Is Better Than Not Having Free Trade If Free Trade Is The Highest Principle In And Of Itself Then Slavery Imperialist Warfare Dictatorship Poisonous And Unhealthy Food Pollution And The Destruction Of Every Natural Thing Become Acceptable So Long As Free Trade Exists. We May Look Forward To Seeing Articles From Economists That Defend That Position And Also To Detailed Budgets For National State And City Governments That Is Within The Boundaries Of Their Receipts. Absent That We Must At Least Consider That Whatever Professional Advisors Say There Is An Issue In The Real World Of "Government Budgets" And We Are Left To Consider What Is The System Of Trade Laws That Make It More Likely That We Will In The Foreseeable Future Have Balanced Them. <br/> <br/> London: Strahan And Cadell unknown
4757247In Russian. Schwappach Adam Friedrich. Guide to forest management. St. Petersburg: 1886 type. V.S. Balashev The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4757247 unknown
54285Niedzica Castle 1978. Vintage gelatin silver print ca. 1983 12.5 × 17.8 cm. Inscription by the artist to the right side of the print in flack felt tip pen. Very good. A live restaging of the Pieta motif this work is part of the Living Images series created by Adam Rzepecki b.1950 in 1978. Working under the slogan "I pretend to be an artist" Adam Rzepecki b. 1950 studied Art History at the Jagellonian University in Krakow his later artistic work continually referring to the history of art re-working tweaking and thereby commenting on artistic practice. In his student days Rzepecki created a series of photographs "Living Images" re-staging famous paintings from the history of art a signature practice of Lódź Kaliska which he co-founded in 1979 after meeting Marek Janiak a year earlier at the Poznań art festival. Their banner "Temple of embarrassing art" stretched over the festival grounds at Osieki 81 would be the first direct attack on Polish neo-avant-garde and signal the arrival of neo-dada. Commenting on gender and gender bending was another important feature of Rzepecki's work. His 1981 "Statue of the Polish Father" depicting a Rzepecki breastfeeding an infant recalls the imagery of Madonna and Child. Similarly his 1983 cover of the first TANGO contains a postcard of Madonna and Child Our Lady of Częstochowa with the image "desecrated" by a drawn-on mustache in a manner similar to Ducham's treatment of the Mona Lisa. In the Polish context Rzepecki's act was art-historical as well as political - part of Kultura Zrzuty distancing itself from both the state-sanctioned art and the artistic and political dissidents supported by the Catholic Church. unknown
2011C93996Damiani. As New. 2011. Hardcover. 886208174X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. Description: " 'Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957-2010" is the first comprehensive survey of the work of the legendary French furniture designer whose work has attracted clients and collectors from around the world for decades. Pergay is most renowned for her use of stainless steel which she began exploring in 1968 with the now iconic Flying Carpet Daybed and the Ring Chair. Since 1957 Pergay has worked with everyone from Pierre Cardin to the Saudi Royal family designing an extravagant Turtle Sofa for the couturier and the interiors of the Al Hada palace in Riyahd. In the late 1980s and through the 1990s the designer received important commissions from Russia and continued to pursue her innovative work in stainless steel combining it with materials such as mother of pearl lacquer and precious woods to striking effect. Since her major New York exhibition in 2006 Pergay now 80 has exhibited internationally and has continued to create pieces for major collectors. Compiled with the designer's collaboration Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957-2010 covers more than 50 years of creation. As the only authoritative reference catalogue on the designer's work it presents detailed factual descriptions of more than 300 of Pergay's designs accompanied by contemporary and vintage photographs many of which have never previously been reproduced. Maria Pergay was born to Russian parents in Romania in 1930 emigrating to France at the age of seven. Pergay designed her first collection of contemporary silver objects in 1957 opening her own shop on Paris' Place des Vosges in 1960. In 1968 her first group of stainless steel furniture was exhibited at Galerie Maison Jardin and gained her instant success. Pergay has since been sought after by sophisticated collectors for private commissions around the world including Saudi Arabia and Russia. Since her major New York show in 2006 Pergay now in her eighties exhibits internationally while continuing to create pieces for a growing audience of major collectors." -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Damiani hardcover
1732398561732. Amsterdam Janssonico-Waesbergios 1732 8° 12 179 19 1 Erores pp. mit 28 Frontisp. = 1.Taf. 1617 2223 Doppeltafeln Ledereinband d.Zt; feines Expl. Seltene und frühe lateinische Ausgabe der "Anatomischen Tabellen" des bekanntesten Kompendium der Anatomie des 18.Jhdts. Dieses Werk "stellte den ersten erfolgreichen Versuch dar den Wissensstoff der Anatomie der in den vergangenen zwei Jahrhunderten seit dem Erscheinen des Buches von Andreas Vesals "De corporis humani fabrica" im Jahre 1543 gewaltig angewachsen war in übersichtlicher und leicht lernbarer Form zusammenzufassen und mit Bildern zu erläutern." H.Goerke Die Beziehungen Japans zur europäischen Medizin im 18.Jhdt. J.Jap.Soc.Med.Hist. 20 1974 p.418-388 Johann Adam Kulmus 1689-1745 aus Breslau war Schüler von Herman Boerhaave 1668-1738 und des Anatomen Bernhard Albinus 1833-1721 in Leiden. Nach einer Studienreise durch Holland war er als Arzt in Danzig tätig und Professor für Medizin und Physik am Gymnasium in Danzig und hatte dort für seine Schüler und für Wundärzte die "Anatomischen Tabellen" verfaßt. Durch holländische Seefahrer gelangte sein Werk auch nach Japan und wurde übersetzt und unter dem Titel "Kaitai shinsho" von R. Mayeno herausgegeben. Dieses Buch war der Grundstein westlicher Medizin in Japan. Foundation of western Medicine in Japan! The rare Latin edition printed in Amsterdam of "Die Anatomische Tabellen". The Compendium became very well-known and wide-spread and it was the first anatomical compendium of modern medicine v. Goecke. The first edition is extremely rare since it was only designed for the use of Kulmus' students. The "Anatomische Tabellen" were even translated into Japanese. After the Japanese physicians MAYENO RYOTAKU 1723-1804 GENPAKU SUGITA 1733-1817 and JUN'AN NAKAGAWA 1739-1786 had convinced themselves the 4th of March 1771 in Kotsukappara near Edo by the dissection of an executed about 50 years old Japanese woman Aocha-Baba Mother Green Tea that those "Tabellen" presented the true anatomical relations thus demonstrated that anatomy as it had been taught in Japan up to that time was false. "The book in no way differed from what we saw before us. If we could translate parts of this Tâheru Anatomia we could gain a clear understanding entirely and advance medicine beyond its present level." Genpaku Sugita Rangaku katohajime 1815. So Kaitai Shinsho New Book on Human Dissections was the first complete translation of a medical work which originated on a German text. It represented an empirical approach to nature which was undermining the prestige of Chinese medicine in Japan. It took about 4 years and eleven attempts to translate it and was edited by GENPAKU SUGITA in 1774. The translator MAYENO RYOTAKU didn't sign it because of his extreme modesty. -cf. Hirsch-H. III 632; Heinrich Vianden Die Einführung der deutschen Medizin in Japan der Meiji-Zeit p.23ff.; Y. Fujikawa Der Arzt in der Japanischen Kultur p.58. Vorgebunden / bound in the front: DOUGLAS James 1675-1742. Bibliographiae anatomicae specimen: sive catalogus omnium pene auctorum qui ab Hippocrate ad Harveaum. Leiden: Gisbert Langerak 1734 8° Title printed in red and black 24 263 13 pp. Second edition enlarged of "the first attempt at a systematic medical bibliography" Garrison-Morton 6745 1st ed. 1715. This bio-bibliography which is also the first bibliography of anatomy describes about 2000 titles. Nachgebunden / bound in the back: DEL PAPA Giuseppe 1648-1735: De praecipuis humoribus qui humano corpore reperiuntur deque eorum historia qualitatibus et officiis exercitatio . . . Accedit Hieronymi Barbati exercitatio de sanguine et eius sero. Leiden: Conrad Wishoff 1736 8° 4 203 1 pp. Work on humoral pathology first published in 1733 also reprinting the 1667 tract on the blood by Girolamo Barbato announcing the discovery of serum. See Hirsch I 284. unknown
2014128016NGC. New. 2014. Hardcover. 0888849257 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - . NGC hardcover
1729173121Nuremberg: Johann Georg Lochner 1729. Currency conversion First edition of this manual of the law and practice of currency exchange in the Holy Roman Empire including a striking frontispiece showing a busy exchange office overseen by Mercury the patron of trade. It covers promissory note and bills of exchange and demonstrates the strictness of imperial exchange law. Quarto 208 x 166 mm pp. 8 512. Engraved frontispiece folding table title page printed in red and black. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt red edges. Very slight soiling and rubbing to binding light browning and foxing to contents. A very good copy. hardcover
279361800-1816. Set of four aquatints depicting the four home nations as dancing female figures colour printed and finished by hand. The English Scottish and Irish engraved by Piercy Roberts and J.C. Stadler the Welsh by Platt and Stadler. The English image published by William Holland in 1800 the others with the imprint of T. Palser 1816. Each framed and glazed. Some minor wear to frames light damp stain to "Hibernia In A Jig". A very attractive set. Adam Buck 1759–1833 was an Irish neo-classical portraitist and miniature painter. 1800-1816 unknown
1811166402Edinburgh: for Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling and 6 others in London and York 1811. In original boards Third Edinburgh edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM unrestored in original boards. First published in 1776 and in Edinburgh in 1806 the second Edinburgh edition in 1809 "the Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading critical and adulatory long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry" ODNB. 3 vols octavo. Uncut in original boards printed paper spine labels. Late 19th-century library stamp of Leonard Jaques to title pages vol. I spine label chipped and consolidated light wear at extremities joints of the same cracked with front joint weak but still holding contents spotted. A very good copy. Tribe 101. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221 first edition. hardcover
1811178413London: printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811. The foundation of modern economics A well-preserved copy in the original boards of this early edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM first published in 1776. The text of this edition is a reprint of the fifth edition of 1786 the last published in Smith's lifetime. The life and the essay by Germaine Garnier 1754-1821 the translator of the Wealth of Nations into French were first included together in 1806. 3 vols octavo. Tables in the text. Uncut in the original boards neatly rebacked to style. Housed in custom-made cloth solander box. Neat contemporary ownership signature "Hutchins" to title pages. Light wear to edges inner hinges reinforced repair to closed tear on front free endpaper of vol. I contents spotted and partly unopened. A very good copy. Tribe 102; Vanderblue p. 4. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221 first edition. hardcover
1811125010London: printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811. The foundation of modern economics Later London edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM. The text of this edition is a reprint of the fifth edition of 1786 which was the final edition to be published in Smith's lifetime. The life and the essay by Germaine Garnier 1754-1821 translator of the Wealth of Nations into French were first included together in 1806. "Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work. The Wealth of Nations is not a system but as a provisional analysis it is completely convincing" PMM. 3 vols octavo 219 x 140 mm. Tables in the text. Contemporary half calf gilt rules to spine black morocco labels marbled sides. Spines and extremities worn front joint of volume 2 cracked but still holding spine label to vols 2 &3 chipped scattered light foxing; withal a very good copy. Tribe 102; Vanderblue p. 4. unknown
1811121185London: printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811. In original boards Later London edition in the original boards of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" Printing and the Mind of Man. It reprints the text of the fifth edition 1786 the last to be published in Smith's lifetime and which was itself based on the text of the third edition the last to which Smith made any significant changes. The Life and the essay by Germaine Garnier translator of the Wealth into French were first included together in 1806. 3 vols octavo 215 x 125 mm. Tables to the text. Uncut in the original boards buff paper spines blue sides paper spine labels printed in black. Contemporary ownership inscription of William Petherick to front boards with his gift inscriptions to the front pastedown and title page of each volume "Presented to the St Austell Public Library by Mr Petherick of St Austell" and the St Austell library stamp to several leaves. Petherick was involved with the mining and engineering communities in Cornwall. Extremities worn with some loss to head and foot of spines boards soiled and dampstaining to front board of vol. 3 contents browned with some foxing dampstaining and the occasional marginal annotation overall a very good set. Tribe 102; Vanderblue p. 4. hardcover
1795187211Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Wogan Byrne J. Moore and 5 others in Dublin 1795. Cementing the Smithian legacy First Dublin edition published the same year as the first. The Essays combines seven mainly pre-Moral Sentiments works by Smith with one of the earliest and most influential Smithian biographies by the prominent philosopher Dugald Stewart. Before his death in 1790 Smith arranged for some 16 volumes of his papers to be destroyed but he specifically selected the works in this collection to be spared for posthumous publication. The Essays range across philosophy aesthetics and the history of science remnants of an abandoned project to compile a comprehensive history of human philosophy. Many of them were conceived during Smith's brief period as a freelance teacher at Edinburgh in the 1750s but held back in the hope of publishing them as part of a much wider work. Among these pieces Roy Campbell highlights the History of Astronomy as "a truly remarkable piece of work. confirming the quite astonishing range and level of intellectual activity which Smith sustained in this period" p. 81. Stewart 1753-1828 a committed follower of Smith spoke extensively with those who had known him well: his Account of the Life and Writings pp. ix-cxxiii "continues to shape our understanding of Smith's character" Phillipson p. 275. Octavo 208 x 121 mm pp. ccxxiv 332. Contemporary tree sheep spine ruled and decorated in gilt and with later red calf label. Bumping and wear loss to spine ends foot of front joint and head of rear joint split but holding firm boards bowed paper flaws to e6-7 touching several words but sense recoverable contents otherwise crisp: a good copy. ESTC T33501; Jessop p. 172; Kress B.3037; Tribe 56; Vanderblue p. 43. Roy Campbell Adam Smith 1982; Nicholas Phillipson Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life 2010. hardcover
179362455London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell. Very Good. 1793. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes published in 1793 three years after his death; still stiff to open with bright crisp pages with very occasional age spot; in full contemporary tree calf still in very good condition; front board of volume one detached and nearly so to volume 3; unmarked but for name and bookplate to each volume. Spines are numbered with gilt decoration and red and black labels. Photos on request. . A. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1813334151Edinburgh: J. Hay 1813. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. 8vo full tan diced calf with raised bands leather labels; marbled end-papers. Edinburgh: J. Hay 1813. A few pages bent at corners else clean with light scattered foxing.<br/> <br/> Smith's first book originally published in 1759 laid the groundwork for his better-known The Wealth of Nations.<br/> <br/> J. Hay unknown
18931517061893. hardcover. Illustrated title page. Many beautiful full-page color lithographs mostly depicting various mechanical components of the piano-forte. Printed primarily in yellow red brown & metalic silver and gold. Oblong 4to original blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt with decorative endpapers cloth is well-rubbed and edgeworn; interior is flawless. N.Y.: Wessell Nickel & Gross 1893.<br/> <br/> Very scarce and interesting book with gorgeous printing by Lindner Eddy & Clauss lithographers.<br/> <br/> unknown
8989386Short description: In Russian. Smith Adam. Study on the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Moscow; Leningrad: State Social Economy Publishing House 1931. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU8989386 unknown
201297961Wesleyan. New. 2012. Hardcover. 0819569143 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 332 pp. ; 64 illus. 12 in col. . -- with a bonus offer-- . Wesleyan hardcover
201194675Museum. New. 2011. Hardcover. 1931867003 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 90 pages; 35 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum hardcover
201194814MOCA. New. 2011. Hardcover. 1931867178 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 58 pages; 47 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . MOCA hardcover
2011103659Brepols Publishers. New. 2011. Paperback. 3721207769 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German and English. 120 pages; many color and 2 black and white images. -- with a bonus offer-- . Brepols Publishers paperback
201294134Gallery. New. 2012. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 20 works catalogued and illustrated in color. Among the artists represented: Roelof Van Vries; Salomon Leonardus Verveer; David A. C. Artz; Bernardus Johannes Blommers; and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery paperback
2014109111Lund Humphries. New. 2014. Paperback. 184822138X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . Lund Humphries paperback
