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183760627<p>lithograph EXTREMELY RARE. View from "Atlas Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Esperance pendant les années 1824 1825 et 1826"; pl. 30; REFERENCE: Borba de Moraes I p. 115; Sabin 6874; cf. Ferguson 2236; Ferguson 1204; cf. Hill p. 31; Numa Broc Oceanie 89; cf. Nissen ZBI 483; Howgego B50. Condition: with light foxing in margin.</p> Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
1820EYBnaSEY64Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1820. 1820. 8vo. pp. xv vi 7-455 1errata 4ads. with half-title. 69 tables on 24 folding leaves. A fine uncut copy in original wrs. First Edition of the French Translation by C.A.Scheffer of this detailed statistical study on the trade and commerce revenues and expenditures of the American federal government. The author a noted physician chemist and mineralogist served as a congressional representative Democrat from Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1815 and again from 1817 to 1819; it was during this period that he gathered the data for the present book. First published in English at Philadelphia in 1818. Goldsmiths' 22782. Howes S-309. Kress C.619. Sabin 79632. F. Paris: Brissot-Thivars, 1820. unknown
1821189658Vienna Austria: Gedruckt und im Verlage bei J.B. Wallishausser 1821. Hardcover. VG corners rubbed to boards. leather spine edges rubbed; ends rubbed; spine top small tear. gutter papers beginning to split hinges firm. name-only ex-libris plate to front pastedown. brown & yellow marbled boards w/ green leather spine; four bands w/ gilt design & printed compartments. 296 pgs w/ 11 bw plates one fold-out. Text in German. Two volumes in one. Pages remain fairly bright with text dark and detailed. Instances of foxing to pages though primarily to page edges. Remains a handsome and highly readable copy. Plate pages have multiple illustrations with total of 131. Gedruckt und im Verlage bei J.B. Wallishausser hardcover
1821192541Vienna: Wallishausser 1821. Hardcover. VG corners and edges rubbed to boards; spine strip is detached fully on one end and somewhat detached on the other side; tape remnant on spine and into cover; covers are loose; pages are age-toned and foxed; text block edges show heavy shelfwear and darkening; inscription on end page facing title page; text block is solid but mildly cockled without damp staining. Brown marbled boards w/ brown cloth spine; four bands w/ black lettering on the spine; VII 287 pp. untrimmed. Text in German. This is first volume of two. Wallishausser hardcover
1881543841881. Paris Berger-Levrault 1881 8° 72 pp. feiner Pappband. Erstdruck! unknown
1890325891890. Wien. med. Wschr. 40/20-21. - Wien Moritz Perles 1890 4° Sp.833-904 Broschur. unknown
1828471181828. Jb. k.k. polytech. Inst. 12. - Hrsg. Johann Joseph Prechtl. - Wien Gedruckt und verlegt bei Carl Gerold 1828 8° VI 383 1 3 gefalt. Kupfertafeln orig. Broschur. Erstdruck! unknown
1890024221UK 1890. First Edition . Paper. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An Original Letter written and Signed by Paul Auguste Marie Adam C1890. A business letter to the Bristol Times with regards to his book 'A Village Match Affair' Paul Auguste Marie Adam 1862-1920 was a French novelist who became an early proponent of Symbolism in France and one of the founders of the Symbolist review Le Symboliste. Size is 175mm x 110mm. Condition is quite good. Light folding creases and edge rubbing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16873 <br/> <br/> unknown
18098948Philadelphia: Printed by order of the Committee 1809. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. Removed from volume stapled and respined in archival tape. Six-digit number rubber-stamped on the title page; rust from staples; chipping and closed tears to the bottom corner of the first two leaves with small loss that affects a few words on one page without loss of meaning. Seybert a medical doctor issues a rallying call for progress in developing national industry to rival that of Europe: all the raw products are present for clothing glassmaking smelting and much more. Shaw & Shoemaker 18591; Rink 2973. Printed by order of the Committee unknown
1819879F13London: William Allason; J. Maynard; W. Blair 1819 . Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A very smart early nineteenth century edition of Adam Smith's enormously influential work of classical economics. An attractive 1819 three volume edition of this work which was first published in 1776.This edition includes a biography of the author - described by some as both 'The Father of Economics' and 'The Father of Capitalism' - and an essay in which 'A View of the Doctrine of Smith' is compared with that of the French economist Germain Garnier.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'.A smart early nineteenth century edition of Smith's magnum opus the first modern work to treat economics as a comprehensive system and as an academic discipline. In half calf bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Light fading to back strips with light rubbing to joints and board perimeters and a minor chip to the head of volume III back strip. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned throughout with significant spotting to first and last few leaves of each volume and most concentrated throughout volumes I and II. Light tide marks to fore edge and tail of first nine leaves of volume II. Very Good William Allason; J. Maynard; W. Blair hardcover
18051707386497BWCPrinted by and for R. Chapman 1805. Hardcover. Good. 1805. New Edition. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Volume IV only. Full title: An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations. Book has been rebound. Pages are moderately tanned with some foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced foxing to endpapers and pastedowns with faint dust markings. Mild cracking to hinges exposing binding thread. Binding throughout remains firm. Top text block edge slightly darkened. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Small splits to joints with minor loss to spine ends. Leather peeling to edges and corners with noticeable scuffing overall. Marks and scratches overall. Minor burn marks to both boards. Gilt lettering to spine is darkened. Printed by and for R. Chapman hardcover
18051707386451BWCPrinted by and for R. Chapman 1805. Hardcover. Good. 1805. New Edition. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in brown leather. Volume III only. Full title: An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations. Book has been rebound. Pages are moderately tanned with some foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced foxing to endpapers and pastedowns with faint dust markings. Mild cracking to hinges exposing binding thread. Binding throughout remains firm. Top text block edge slightly darkened. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Small splits to joints with minor loss to spine ends. Leather peeling to edges and corners with noticeable scuffing overall. Marks and scratches overall. Minor burn marks to both boards. Gilt lettering to spine is darkened. Printed by and for R. Chapman hardcover
180123364Dublin: P. Wogan Gilbert Hodges W. Porter J. Moore B. Dornin 1801. Full calf. Very Good. Very early Irish editions of "The Wealth of Nations" both volumes published out of Dublin in mixed states. Vol. I is the 1801 "sixth edition with additions"; and Vol. II is the 1785 "fourth edition with additions". Thick uniform octavos both volumes bound identifically in their contemporary-to-the-period full calf with professionally handsomely rebacked spines ansd new endsheets. The original text and bindings have held up very well: solid and VG with bright crisp pages. Only the original title page of Vol. I shows notable wear with creasing several small closed tears and soiling along the top-edge. Originally published out of London in 1776 this elegant early set out of Dublin though mismatched editions remains very presentable and deeply historic. P. Wogan, Gilbert, Hodges, W. Porter, J. Moore, B. Dornin unknown
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
180585307h<p>Glasgow: R. Chapman 1805. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Four volumes complete set lately bound in handsome brown half-morocco over marbled paper boards. New endpapers. Speckled edges; new endpapers. Collates complete. viii304;iv286;iv2844appendix;iv280pp. Portrait frontispiece in Volume I. Some varied staining and toning to text. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked and internally bright. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. .</p> R. Chapman hardcover
1836mon0001583993Charles Knight 1836. Hardcover. Good. . Charles Knight hardcover
1806996Y39Edinburgh: William Creech 1806. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Complete in three volumes the Edinburgh edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus an economical treatise on building a nations' wealth. Commonly known as the Edinburgh edition. Complete in three volumes. First edition to be printed by and for William Creech. With a life of the author. Uniformly bound in half diced calf with cloth boards. Renewed endpapers. Lacking two pages of advertisements to the rear of Vol. III.The Wealth of Nations offers one of the first accounts of what builds nations' wealth established as a fundamental work in classical economics and described as the "first formulation of a comprehensive system of political economy".A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution the treatise offered a critical examination of the mercantilist policies of the day shaping the field and providing a theoretical foundation for free market capitalism that prevailed in the 19th century. It also influenced several authors and economists such as Karl Marx as well as governments and organisations setting the terms for economic debate and discussion for the next century and a half.From Scottish economist philosopher and pioneer in the field of political economy Adam Smith named the "father of economics" or the "father of capitalism". Uniformly bound in half diced calf with cloth boards. Renewed endpapers. Externally joints to Vol I and II are tender. Rubbing to the extremities notably to the spines. The odd minor mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spotting usually found to the first and last couple leaves. Good William Creech hardcover
1811954Edinburgh 1811. Third Edinburgh Edition. Fine Leather Bindings. Near Fine. A complete three volume set in near fine condition an early reback retaining the original boards. Small amount of rubbing to leather. Binding and hinges are excellent pages are bright and clean without marks and minimal foxing. Books measure 8.5"x5.5". Third Edinburgh Edition 215 years old. A beautiful set in remarkable condition especially for its age. . unknown
18704651London: Ward Lock and Co Limited c 1870. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. Bookplates for gift to the Reverend W Curzon-Siggers Vicar of St Mathews Dunedin 1901. Some faint pencil marks seen. Rear cover loose. 831 pages . 3 volumes from 1812 reprinted into one volume. Blue and brown buckram cloth with gilt title tofront and spine. Deckle cut pages are nice and white - no foxing to pages gilt stamped World Library of Standard Books logo to spine. Circa 1870 <br/><br/> Ward Lock and Co Limited hardcover
1812678L9London: Cadell and Davies 1812. Hardback. Good Only. 9" by 5.5". None. A new edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus very scarce in its original boards. Adam Smith the Scottish philosopher and economist is best known for this work which was first published in 1776. Top edge remains unopened to first few gatherings to volume III. Half titles to volumes 2 and 3 as called for. Very rare in original boards and unopened. To this work Smith offers one of the first descriptions of what builds nations wealth. It is regarded as a corner stone of classical economics. This fundamental study reflects on economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution whilst discussing productivity free markets and division of labour. 'The Wealth of Nations' was formed of almost two decades of notes by Smith his earlier works and an observation of conversations among economists at the time. It took Smith almost a decade to write. This 'New Edition' has an account of the author's life for the first time in addition to studies on the author and the French economists. This edition retains Smith's original introduction and has his advertisements for the third and fourth editions. Five editions of this work were published during Smith's lifetime. In the original paper covered boards. Externally sound with rubbing to the joints and extremities. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Rear hinge to volume I is weak and held by one cord only. Front hinge and joint to volume III is tender with cords showing. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Good Only Cadell and Davies hardcover
1806666P26Edinburgh: William Creech 1806. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None. A smartly rebound three volume set of Adam Smith's influential and popular work on economics 'The Wealth of Nations' a work which went on to shape economics theory. Rebound in a smart quarter crushed morocco binding with paper to the boards with new endpapers. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Volume III. Complete in three volumes. With a life of the author. 'The Wealth of Nations' was one of the world's first work discussing what builds nation's wealths. The author discusses the division of labour productivity and free markets. The work is divided into five parts titled 'One the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labor' 'Of the Nature Accumulation and Employment of Stock' 'Of the Different Progress of Opulence in Different Nations' 'Of Systems of Political Economy' and 'Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth'. The work is still a fundamental reference in classical economics and provided the foundation for future politicians economists thinkers biologist and mathematicians. In fact the work showed the clear shift that was happening in the field of economics. In this work the author aimed to offer a practical application for reformed economic theory. They were intended to replace the prevalent economic theories of the time due to the coming industrial progress. In this work Adam Smith introduced his theory of absolute advantage meaning the ability of a party to produce a greater quantity of goods than competitors. Written by Adam Smith. This work was his magnum opus being the product of seventeen years of notes and works. He is well known for being a pioneer of political economy as well as being a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He is often nicknamed 'The Father of Economics' and also is credited with laying the foundations of the classical free market economical theory. Rebound in a quarter crushed morocco binding with paper to the boards. Externally smart. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some tidemarks and the odd spot. Very Good William Creech hardcover
18056000078J.&J. Scrymgeour and Mundell & Son 1805. Hardcvoer. Fair/No jacket. 3 volumes. 11th edition the first with a biography of the author by W. Playfair. Cloth bindings worn with the front cover of first volume partially detached. Spines very worn and partially missing. Some foxing at the beginning and end of each volume. As-Is. A perfect candidate for a nice rebinding. J.&J. Scrymgeour and Mundell & Son unknown
