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1978TB31761Franklin Center Penn.: Franklin Library 1978. Collector's Edition. Fine in bright full bright red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments and gilt designs on both boards. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 inches with gilt on the three edges of the text block black silk end sheets and a black silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. 683 pages of text including an extensive index. One of the volumes in the Franklin Library's collection of The Great Books Of The Western World. A very bright clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Franklin Library hardcover books
1796140940161London: A. Strahan; and T. Caddell jun and W. Davies 1796. Eighth Edition. Very Good. The Eighth Edition. Complete in three volumes bound with half-title present by Pigge of Lynne with a small circular binder's label to front pastedown of each volume; in contemporary full tree calf with smooth spines divided into compartments with double gilt rule lettered on new red goatskin labels and numbered in a new small circular green goatskin label with gilt stamped urns of trophies to top compartment. Binding worn at corners and spine ends; outer joints cracked though binding remains firm. Previous owner names at front pages toned occasional crease occasional foxing heaviest at preliminary and terminal pages. Small dampstain to upper corner of last few pages of Volume II. An early set published in the late 18th century in a charming contemporary binding. A. Strahan; and T. Caddell jun and W. Davies unknown books
1811AS006London: Printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811 Early edition. Three volumes. Finely bound in full contemporary brown tree calf boards and spines decoratively ruled in gilt black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt blue marbled text block edges. A near fine set with some light wear to extremities superficial cracking to the backstrips bookplates to front pastedowns Vol. II with a three-inch scratch to the rear board Vol. III with front hinge lightly starting but still sturdy. Overall a beautiful set. First published in 1776 The Wealth of Nations has been hailed as "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." The book is Smith's meditation on the influence of labor on economic development the relationship of a nation's economy to its national development and the intellectual underpinnings of a self-regulating free-market economic system. A groundbreaking text The Wealth of Nations had immediate widespread impact and continues to be a pillar of economic theory today. Indeed the authors of Printing and the Mind of Man aver that "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." PMM 221. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: Printed for J. Maynard and F. Zinke hardcover books
178932679Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1789. viii 9-412; vi 7-430; v 1 blank 7-387 55 pp. Volumes I and II with the ownership signature of Joseph Hopkinson prominent Philadelphia and Jersey lawyer who defended Justice Samuel Chase in his impeachment trial and the Whiskey Rebellion defendants; son of the Signer Francis Hopkinson. Volume III with the ownership signature of "J.P. Cilley 1873". The three volumes bound in original calf the first two volumes with gilt borders rebacked with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Minor wear clean text Very Good.<br/><br/> The first American edition. 'Printing and the Mind of Man' describes this work as "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." <br/>Evans 31196. PM 221 London 1776. Kress 3288. Thomas Dobson unknown books
179630670Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 412; 430; 387 1 blank 53 1 blank pp. Contemporary tree calf some chipping rebacked with remnants of original spines laid down. Scattered toning generally light foxing lightly worn. Good. <br/><br/> The second American edition the first having issued in 1789 also published by Dobson. 'Printing and the Mind of Man' describes this work as "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." <br/>Evans 31196. PMM 221 London 1776. Kress 3288. Thomas Dobson unknown books
179568261Adam SmithÃs Posthumously Published Essays SMITH Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects. To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author; by Dugald Stewart.London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. 1795. First edition. Quarto 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 273 x 215 mm. xcv 1 blank 244 pp. Contemporary speckled calf. Board edges ruled in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Edges speckled brown. Green silk page-marker. Board edges a bit rubbed and corners bumped. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page not affecting text. Occasional minor foxing or staining. Otherwise an excellent copy. A posthumously published collection of essays mainly of a scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed lis literary editors Joseph Black and James Hutton to destroy almost all of his manuscript material amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors perceived them to ìbe part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant artsî even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive. The essays illustrate the diversity of Adam SmithÃs interests and comprise: ìThe Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; illustrated by the History of Astronomy;î ìThe Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Physics;î ìThe Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Logics and Metaphysics; ìOf the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts;î ìOf the Affinity between Music Dancing and Poetry;î ìOf the Affinity between certain English and Italian Verses;î ìOf the External Senses.î ESTC T33499 . Goldsmiths' 16218. Kress B. 3038. Rothschild 1902. HBS 68261. $9500 Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc. unknown books
179566518First Edition In Contemporary Boards Uncut SMITH Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects. To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author; by Dugald Stewart. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies etc. 1795. First edition. Quarto. xcv 244 pp. Contemporary boards rebacked. Small library stamp on title and verso and on last page a small ink smudge on title previous owner's bookplate. Overall a very good large paper copy totally uncut. A posthumously published collection of essays mainly of scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed his literary editors Joseph Black and James Hutton to destroy almost all of his manuscript material amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors perceived them to "be part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts" even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive. HBS 66518. $10000 Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc. hardcover books
179367815ìThe First and Greatest Classic of Modern Economic Thoughtî SMITH Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In Three volumes. The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1793. Seventh edition. Three octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x 130 mm. x 499 1 blank; vi 518 5 appendix 1 blank; v 1 blank 465 1 blank 49 index 1 colophon pp. Full contemporary speckled calf. All board edge stamped in blind. Each volume with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt and a small green morocco volume number label printed in gilt. Top edges dyed brown others speckled red. Outer hinges of each volume with a few tiny wormholes. Boards a bit rubbed. Inner hinges of volume III a bit cracked but firm. Paper flaw to lower outer margin of leaf T4 of volume III but not affecting text. Overall a very good and internally very clean set. Adam Smith 1723-1790 spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of The Wealth of Nations. ìThe book succeeded at once and the first edition was exhausted in six months.Whether it be true or not as Buckle said that the ëWealth of Nationsà was ëin its ultimate results probably the most important that had ever been writtenÃ.it is probable that no book can be mentioned which so rapidly became an authority both with statesmen and philosophersî D.N.B. ìThe history of economic theory up to the end of the nineteenth century consists of two parts: the mercantilist phase which was based not so much on a doctrine as on a system of practice which grew out of social conditions; and the second phase which saw the development of the theory that the individual had the right to be unimpeded in the exercise of economic activity. While it cannot be said that Smith invented the latter theory . . . his work is the first major expression of it. He begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange . . . From the working of the economy Smith passes to its matter -- ëstockà -- which compasses all that man owns either for his own consumption or for the return which it brings him. The Wealth of Nations ends with a history of economic development a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control . . . The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thoughtî Printing and the Mind of Man. Einaudi. Goldsmiths' 15565. Kress 2618. Printing and the Mind of Man 221. Sabin 82303. HBS 67815. $3000 Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell hardcover books
179648831Philadelphia PA: Thomas Dobson 1796. Second American edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Philadelphia PA: Thomas Dobson 1796. 3 vols. Second American edition. 412; 430; 387; Index pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Professionall y rebound in period style full brown calf; spine elaborately decorated in gilt with contrasting lettering labels; front and back covers with central blind-stamped devices. Marbled endpapers. New additional endpapers; interior quite toned throughout. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Thomas Dobson hardcover books
1981033897Indianapolis: Liberty Classics 1981. Edited by R. L. Meek et al. viii 610p. stiff wrapeprs. Reprint of the 1978 edition The Glasgow edition of the works and correspondence of Adam Smith 5. Liberty Classics unknown books
1896140940980Oxford: Oxford at the Claredon Press 1896. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original burgundy cloth ruled in blind with spine stamped in gilt; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth rubbed and lightly spotted. Offsetting to free endpapers. Owner name effaced with some abrasion from front paste down and small vintage bookseller label partially removed from rear paste down. The first publication of major lectures of Adam Smith from notes taken by his student at the University of Glasgow circa 1863-4. These lectures contain the formative ideas he later worked into The Wealth of Nations. Oxford at the Claredon Press unknown books
81058hardcover. 335pp 8vo cloth-backed boards. New York: Summit Books 1981. Very good in price clipped dust jacket.<br/><br/> unknown books
19752275972Random House 1975. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book club edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1975 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xi 1 418 pp. 8vo. "The author describes his participation in and observations of a variety of mind-expansion and mind-control experiments. Random House hardcover books
1968123736London: Michael Joseph 1968. Early printing of this classic work. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Michael Joseph hardcover books
18171335432Boston: Wells and Lilly 1817. Early American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xii 262 2 250 2; VG-; bound in publisher's blue-gray boards paper spine; some wear and rubbing to boards some chipping and cracking to spine most of the titling has worn off; text block uncut; mild foxing primarily to extremities; ownership name in ink to the title page; with half-title two title pages; two volumes in one; scarce; shelved case 10. Mizuta: TMS25;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> The first American edition was published in 1817 by Anthony Finley in Philadelphia. This edition came out later that year.;. 1335432. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Wells and Lilly hardcover books
1808109787Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute W. Laing and Mundell Doig & Stevenson 1808. Rare example Adam Smith's first book bound in the original boards. Octavo 2 volumes bound in original boards edges uncut. In near fine condition contemporary name to the title pages. Scarce in the original boards. Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments his first book is "one of the truly outstanding books in the intellectual history of the world" Amartya Sen. First published in 1759 it laid the foundation for Wealth of Nations and proposed the theory repeated in the later work: that self-seeking men are often "led by an invisible hand. without knowing it without intending it to advance the interest of the society." "The fruit of his Glasgow years. Moral Sentiments would be enough to assure the author a respected place among Scottish moral philosophers and Smith himself ranked it above the Wealth of Nations. Its central idea is the concept closely related to conscience of the impartial spectator who helps man to distinguish right from wrong. For the same purpose Immanuel Kant invented the categorical imperative and Sigmund Freud the superego" Niehans 62. Basing moral sentiment on "the power one man has of putting himself in the place of another" in contrast to Hume's idea of self-interest "Smith was henceforth recognized as one of the first authors of the day" DNB. With Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations Smith created "not merely a treatise on moral philosophy and a treatise on economics but a complete moral and political philosophy in which the two elements of history and theory were to be closely conjoined" Palgrave III:412-13. To Smith when man pursues "his own private interests the original and selfish sentiments of Moral Sentiments he will in the economic realm choose those endeavors which will best serve society. Herein lies the connection between the two great works which make them the work of a single and largely consistent theorist" Paul "Adam Smith" 293. In his Theory of Moral Sentiments Smith develops an ethics based on a "unifying principle--in this case of sympathy--which would shed light on the harmonious and beneficial order of the moral world. As such it was of considerable interest to Smith's contemporaries who were groping for an ethics that would flow from man's impulses or sentiments rather than from his reason from 'innate ideas' or from theological precepts. If Smith had written only The Theory of Moral Sentiments he would enjoy in the philosophers hall of fame a niche not unlike that reserved for Shaftesbury or Hutcheson." Both Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations reflect Smith's "attempt to anchor the new science of political economy in a Newtonian universe mechanical albeit harmonious and beneficial in which society is shown to benefit from the unintended consequences of the pursuit of individual self-interest. There is thus a considerable affinity between the structure of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and that of The Wealth of Nations. Each work is integrated by a great unifying principle. What sympathy accomplishes in the moral world self-interest does in the economic one. Either principle in its respective realm is shown to produce a harmony such as the one that characterizes Newton's order of nature. Smith's ethics is one of self-command or self-reliance just as is his laissez faire economics. Smith's ethics and his economics are integrated by the same principle of self-command or self-reliance which manifests itself in economics in laissez faire" Spiegel Growth of Economic Thought 229-231. Printed for Bell and Bradfute, W. Laing, and Mundell, Doig & Stevenson hardcover books
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1976046251Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1976. Selected by John Haggarty; edited and with an introduction by Benjain A. Rogge. 233p. dj. Liberty Fund unknown books
1791140940981Leipzig: In der Graffschen Buchhandlung 1791. First Edition Thus. Very Good. 463 pp. First edition of this second German translation overall of The Theory of Moral Sentiments made from the fifth English edition; no other German translation was published until 1926. Contemporary calf over speckled boards. Very Good. Binding lightly rubbed and marked spine with two small paper shelf tickets. Upper joint started but binding remains firm. Pages a little toned and with occasional foxing. In der Graffschen Buchhandlung unknown books
179854493Paris: F. Buisson 1798. 2 volumes 8vo pp. viii 466; 4 51 1; sporadic foxing; pencil notes in the top margins of C6v and C7r in volume I and K5r in volume II; paper flaw in C4 of the second volume affecting 4 or 5 letters; F1 in volume II with blank corner torn no loss and the second A gathering in volume II substantially toned; all else quite nice in contemporary brown calf-backed marbled boards with vellum tips; smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in three compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; very pretty marbled edges green silk bookmarkers; near fine. There's a wonderful abstract of an article on line compliments of Laurie Breban and Jean Dellemotte at the Sorbonne which "aims at providing a critical analysis of Sophie de Grouchy's translation and commentary of Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments . This paper focuses on Sophie de Grouchy's translation of the Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759 published in 1798." At that time her translation was not the first attempt to spread Adam Smith's moral philosophy in France. However the two previous translations did not succeed there. The first one from Marc-Antoine Eidous and entitled Metaphysique des moeurs 1764 was unanimously criticized because of its bad quality. Smith himself looked at it as responsible for the bad reception of his work across the Channel. As for the second translation 1774-75 from Jean-Louis Blavet it seems to have been poorly disseminated. This contrasts with the reputation of Grouchy's translation which was praised from the very moment of its publication for its accurateness with respect to the original text. The success was such that it has been viewed for two centuries as the definite French translation of the Theory of Moral Sentiments. And Grouchy is even sometimes considered as "Smith's best-known contemporary translator." <br/><br/> F. Buisson hardcover books
193917100517San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Davenport W. R. One of 500 copies folio size 44 pp. inscribed by Alfred Sutro Adam Smart. Alfred Sutro 1869-1945 a lawyer residing in San Francisco was an avid book lover and collector and was president of the Book Club of California in San Francisco; "Words at Play" was published under his pseudnym Adam Smith. Printed by the Grabhorn Press this anecdotal book of children's rhymes was conceptualized by Alfred Sutro for his grandchildren and includes drawings by W. R. Davenport whose charming illustrations accompany the poetry's playfulness and wordplay.<br/><br/>This volume warmly inscribed by Alfred Sutro on the front free endpaper: "To Al and Enid Tanner who even / if not grandparents are of / books for children with many / Christmas Greetings from / Alfred Sutro / Dec. 23 28 1938 ". <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter rose cloth with white and red decorative paper boards gilt lettering on the spine fore- and bottom edges uncut author's inscription on the front free endpaper as set forth above title page printed in rose and black twenty-two illustrations by W. R. Davenport in black and pink used as borders for the text; Benedictine linotype machine-made paper folio size 12.25" by 9" pagination: 44 unnumbered pages all versos blank one of 500 copies unnumbered. In a plain brown laid paper dust wrapper.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is near fine with clean boards straight corners a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; some rubbing to the corners and top edges of the board else fine. The dust wrapper is very good clean overall with minor soiling overall edge wear with some chipping to the spine and hinges.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Grabhorn Bibliography no. 308. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply please inquire for details. <br/><br/>Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. [The Grabhorn Press] hardcover books
1937WAS22636Adam Smart and Co. San Francisco 1937. Good. 9 x 11 inches unnumbered pages boards with cloth spine corners lightly bumped slight wear to spine extremities Owner's lengthy inscription in ink. Printed by the Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. Adam Smart and Co., San Francisco hardcover books
1939303512San Francisco Privately Printed 1939 1939. First edition. Small folio. 22 two-tone illustrations by W.R. Davenport. Original 1/2 gilt stamped light brown cloth over tan and red patterned boards corners bruised uncut. Very good. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. No other signatures or bookplates. One of 500 unnumbered copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Presentation copy with a card signed and inscribed by Alfred Sutro laid in loose. Heller & Magee 308. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [San Francisco, Privately Printed, 1939 hardcover books
2001Embry 124342Farrar Straus and Giroux 2001. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. First U.S. edition. unknown books
2010USISHON00HMRRandom House 2010. Very Good. Sisman Adam. An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper. New York: Random House 2010. 643pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with subtly bumped edges and shallow scratches in rear panel. Random House hardcover books
