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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
2009Embry 183053Harriman House 2009. Two tiny marks to upper edges else fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Introduction and Notes by Jonathan B. Wight. Harriman House, 2009. unknown books
110826Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone Chamberlaine Watson et al. 1776. 3 vols. 8vo viii 1-391; viii- 1-524 3 ads; iv 1-412 pp. Diced calf with gilt rules recently rebacked. Lady Davy’s bookplate and inscription in each vol. purple ink signature of a later owner upon each bookplate occasional marginal staining closed tear to p.259 of vol. 3. Preserved in an archival clamshell box. § The Adam Smith-John Playfair-Humphry Davy copy an incomparable association. First Dublin edition the only edition printed in the same year as the first London 1776. Lady Davy’s copy with her bookplate and ink inscription in each volume stating the books were given by Adam Smith to John Playfair. As a tangible record of the connections between these three influential Enlightenment figures this book is intriguing. Adam Smith 1723-1790 who established the foundations of modern economics with this book and John Playfair 1748-1819 the mathematician and geologist were friends in later life. They both belonged to the Oyster Club in Edinburgh and each owned copies of the other's books. Smith’s library catalogue lists a presentation copy from Playfair and the sale catalogue 1820 of Playfair’s library includes books by Smith but not this one. Jane Davy formerly Apreece 1780-1855 was a well-known and widely-travelled literary hostess. As a young wealthy widow she rejected a proposal of marriage from John Playfair in favour of Humphry Davy 1778-1829 whom she married in 1812 a few days after he had received his knighthood. The binding style with wove paper endpapers and diced calf boards postdates Smith’s death in 1790. The first volume has the binders ticket ‘Lycett Nelson Street City Road’ and records show that the firm was declared bankrupt in 1829 making it possible that Jane Davy received the book perhaps as a gift from Playfair during their courtship or on his death. Both Playfair and Davy visited London and could have commissioned the binding.This copy is the only evidence we have that Smith owned a copy of this Dublin edition which appeared in the same year as the first and is the only other edition printed in that year but surely Lady Davy's attestation suffices. The copy has a small ink correction to page 368 in vol. 3. This correction was not made to the printed text until the 4th edition. Smith was known to make authorial marginal notes in books; though the hand that made this correction cannot be known it is unlikely that anyone else would have felt emboldened to emend the great man's text. More about the relationships between Adam Smith and John Playfair and John Playfair and Jane Davy remains to be discovered stimulated by the discovery of this extraordinary association copy. A fascinating copy of a great Enlightenment text. PMM 221. Printed for Messrs. Whitestone hardcover books
110446London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776. 2 vols. 4to 12 x 9.25 inches or 305 x 240 mm large-paper top edge just trimmed other edges untrimmed; 12 510 pp.; 4 587 588 ads pp. Volume I: A4 a2 B-Z Aa-Zz 3A-3S4 T4 -3T4 blank as usual; Volume II: A2 B-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz 4A-4E4 4F2. With the usual cancels: M3 Q1 U3 2Z3 3A4 and 3O4 in volume I cancels D1 & 3Z4 in volume II. In vol. 2 p. 288 is misprinted as 289. Old speckled calf recently rebacked edges untrimmed and substantially larger than 2 copies recently sold as in “original boardsâ€. Copious annotations in ink in a neat early hand. Some soiling to a few leaves in the press and occasional spotting or foxing as usual. § First edition the issue without the Edinburgh imprint of W. Creech as copies with his imprint have cancel titles those lacking the Edinburgh imprint such as this probably have priority of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought. 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. The records of copies at auction and through the trade in the last several years all show copies measuring at least an inch shorter and narrower than this copy -- the Schiff copy alone was almost as tall the Bradley Martin copy an inch shorter. The annotations are “memory aids†clearly written by an attentive reader who wanted to be able to refer back quickly to the key points of interest to him or her; they are not attempts to dispute or correct the text or even comment on it and one might surmise the reader to have been a high-level student or more likely a teacher. The two suggested errata have both been corrected by a different hand. ESTC T96668; Goldsmith 11392; Kress 7621; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897. W. Strahan hardcover books
1804011225Oliver D. Cooke 1804. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1804 2 Volume EditionNew Edition. Beautiful Contemporary Leather with 6 Raised Bands.Internally Very Fresh.Very Rare Edition.Gorgeous Copy With Red Labels. Oliver D. Cooke Hardcover 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
2010USISHON00DGRandom House 2010. Fine. Sisman Adam. An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper. New York: Random House 2010. 643pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with a small red remainder mark on the bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping to edges. Random House hardcover books
1967428353Augustus M. Kelley 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile of the 1801 London edition. 4 vol. set. 4to. Brown cloth. Some wear and soiling to exterior. Light soiling to the textblock edges. Very good no jacket. Augustus M. Kelley hardcover books
38715ANDERSON Adam. AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL DEDUCTION OF THE ORIGIN OF COMMERCE. Two Volumes. London: A. Millar J. and R. Tonson and others 1764. Folio. Contemporary quarter calf marble papered boards. x xxxiv iii 500 pages; ii 434; Chronological Index 126; Postscript 4; Appendix 111; Index 5 pages. Fir edition. According to the title page it contains the "Origin of commerce from the earliest accounts of time to the present time. Containing an history of the great commercial interests of the British Empire. To which is prefixed an introduction exhibiting a view of the ancient and modern state of Europe; of the importance of our colonies; and of commerce shipping manufactures fisheries &c. of Great Britain and Ireland: and their influence on the lande interest. With an appendix containing the modern politico-commercial geography of the several countries of Europe." There are regular references the colonies. Those for Virginia begin with Sir Walter Raleigh's attempt to establish a colony in the New World in 1584 up to references in 1740 to tobac shipments to England from both Virginia and Maryland. Copies of the book wer in Virginia libraries including those of John Mercer of Marlborough Lord Botetourt the royal governor of the colony Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Wormeley in Rosegill Plantation in Middlesex County. Jefferson and Wormeley owned the later 1790 octavo edition of this popular work. While many copies but not all of this edition of Anderson's work have up to three folding map in the first volume there is no evidence our copy was ever bound in the eighteenth century with maps. Being that it is an untrimmed copy it probabl was never intended to have plates. Bookplates of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation library on the inside of the front boards of both volumes. Hinges cracked. Lacks the three folding maps however copies of the three maps are loosely laid-in. Text collates complete with untrimmed leaves. Boards worn along edges. unknown books
2009011762Kelly-Winterton Press 2009. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. PRESENTATION COPY from artist van Doren to arhcitect Cesar Pelli inscribed by van Doren on the half title "To Cesar with admiration. Best Adam 1/31/17" With a ANS on a correspondence card with envelope of van Doren as lecturer residential college seminars at Yale: "Jan 31 2017 Dear Cesar. Many thanks for sharing your memories of Yale. Best Adam" Limited edition 500 copies signed by van Doren on the colophon. Ten colored plates of van Doren's paintings. AS NEW IN SLIPCASE. Kelly-Winterton Press hardcover books
1930011139Munich: F. Bruckmann AG 1930. Soft cover. Good. Warmly inscribed by artist Adam to an American society lady on a trans-Atlantic crossing; "For my neighbor at the / Captains table on board/ S.S. Europe/ Mrs L. Y. Dunlop/ from Richard B. Adam/ S/S/ Europe/ December 15-21/ 1930" Dark brown paper covers worn/stained. large chip upper front corner some loss to paper over spine at ends. F. Bruckmann AG unknown books
2000287084Boston: Little Brown 2000. First. hardcover. near fine/fine. His Battle for Chicago and the Nation. Illus. 614pp. 8vo black cloth d.w. Boston: Little Brown 2000. Near Fine<br/><br/> Book has remainder marks.<br/><br/> Little Brown unknown books
2012189559Osprey Publishing 2012-09-18. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Osprey Publishing paperback books
199217642np: Carleton University 1992. First edition. 40 pp. Fine in stapled printed wrappers. (np): Carleton University, unknown books
1995119071Chicago Illinois: Alice Adam Ltd 1995. Softcover. VG. Dark blue wraps; Unpaginated approx. 30 pp.; 21 color and duotone plates. Features 21 new acquisitions by the gallery including works by Max Beckmann James Ensor Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Emil Nolde Kurt Schwitters and more; Price list included. Alice Adam, Ltd unknown books
2001176108Kansas City MO: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2001. Hardcover. VG. Color illustrated paper over boards black spine with white lettering unpaginated profusely illustrated with large colorful illustrations. Exhibition tour Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy Andover MA April 7-July 31 2001 and others. Includes bibliographical references. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hardcover books
2002280249Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2002. hardcover. fine. Katz Alex. Introduction by Eric de Chassey. 26 color plates. 87pp. tall thin 8vo pictorial boards. Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 2002. A Fine copy.<br/><br/> Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
200550006New York: Rizzoli 2005 . First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: Rizzoli 2005 . First American edition. Signed by Lewis and Hadley. Copious full color illustrations. 271 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper covered boards. A nice copy in a very good dust wrapper. Very good/Very good. Rizzoli hardcover books
2005406402New York: Rizzoli 2005. New in shrinkwrap. 12.25 x 9.25 inches. 271 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. "Here in his own words is the first complete look at the career of Albert Hadley legendary interior designer. A lavishly illustrated celebration of more than half a century of stunning interiors work the book explores Hadley's personal and professional influences. It traces the path of a career that brought him into contact with all of the major figures in twentieth-century design: First as a student and then a professor at Parsons School of Design where he became a close friend of Billy Baldwin and was by turn a student friend and colleague of Van Day Truex; to his working with Eleanor Brown at McMillen Inc.; to his influential partnership Parish Hadley with the venerable Sister Parish; to his current work as the head of Albert Hadley Inc. Exploring Hadley's design philosophy and process in great detail the book covers the rooms that made design history from the magnificent Rosedown Plantation to the Kennedy White House to Mrs. Vincent Astor's library. Enriched with dozens of new and archival images as well as Hadley's acclaimed sketches and a catalogue raisonne listing every major article and book written about Hadley's work Albert Hadley is the definitive exclusive look at one of the most brilliant designers this country has ever seen" the publisher. <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover books
200549952New York: Rizzoli 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The Story of AmericaÕs Preeminent Interior Designer. New York: Rizzoli 2005. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the subject Albert Hadley. Numerous full color photographs. 272 pp. Hardcover. Large 4to. Black paper covered boards. Head heel and corners very lightly rubbed. Else a very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Rizzoli hardcover books
1970142048Stockholm Sweden: Nationalmusei 1970. Red stapled wraps with black lettering. 28 pp. with 7 bw images. Exhibition catalogue no. 334 from January-February 1970: Current Trends in French Graphics. Text in Swedish. Lists the 119 works in the exhibition by artist with brief information about each artist. Nationalmusei paperback books
