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Edinburgh: Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling, 1811. Third Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Volume Two of the third edition; original boards NOT present; substitute boards are present but detached and slightly too large for the book (binding copy). Some backstrip present, Light occasional foxing. Florentined endpapers. Smith's famous economic treatise. 8vo. 360 pp. Would rebind nicely. VOLUME TWO ONLY.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. With a life of the Author, Also a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier by SMITH. ADAM
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AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. With a life of the Author, Also a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier
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Printed for William Allason and J. Maynard. London, and W. Blair. Edinburgh. 1819. THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.5 inches). Some minor browning to the first and last couple of leaves of each volume otherwise very good copies bound, without the half titles, in fine recent bindings of contemporary style full sprinkled antique style brown calf. The spines with five raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt. Red title labels, gilt. Boards with floral roll borders in gilt. All edges marbled. Generally this is a very good, tight set in attractive bindings.
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also, a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier. VOLUME TWO only
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations with a Life of the Author also, A View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists; with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works; from the French of M. Garnie
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Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Peter Brown, 1835. Book. Good. Hardcover. Another Edition. 230mm Tall, 8vo. In one volume, the treatise on economics that became the foundation of free market economics, still rather popular today; includes a Short Account of the Life and Writings of Dr. Adam Smith. 404 paginated pages. Plain boards with quarter green cloth. Top 10mm of spine missing. Wear to cover corners at to base of spine. Foxing on front pastedown, prelims and title page..
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also, a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier. VOLUME ONE only
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Edinburgh: Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling, 1811. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Volume One of the third edition in the original boards, which are present but detached (binding copy). Backstrip present and title visible, but well worn, with a two-inch piece at top detached but present. Very light occasional foxing. Florentined endpapers. Smith's famous economic treatise, here updated with details of the author's life. 8vo. 360 pp. Would rebind nicely. VOLUME ONE ONLY.
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also, A view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works... 3 Vols.
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London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1811. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage.; All Vols: brown leather half-binding; binding tight, but leather on spine flaking slightly. Blk + red panels at head of spine; gilt titling. Brown marbled boards, bright. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers; marbled foredges. pp still quite supple. Contains the text of the Fourth Edition, with "A Life of the Author, as well as A View of the Doctine of Smith, Compared with that of French Economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his works; from the French of M. Garnier".; 8vo (6" x 9"); xl+360; vi+514; v+448+Index pages .
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith Compared with that of the French Economists: With a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works: From the French of W. Garnier. In Three Volumes.
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William Creech et al. Edinburgh. 1806. William Creech. 1806. Third edition, thus. In three volumes. 6, v [i], lxiii, 360; vi, 512, [iv] appendix; v [i], 448, [50] index and [2] adverts. Bound in full mottled brown calf gilt, contrasting lettering pieces, those of vols. I and III, creased and slightly torn and frail. Vols. I and II lack numbering labels. Spines faded and rubbed, leather to upper joints partially split but joints are sound, edges rubbed and slightly worn. Ownership signature to each volume to pastedown. Pages browned and occasionally foxed otherwise a clean and sound set.
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1932, Very Good Softcover, 53 pages, 5" x 7.25", crease on front cover, slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight. John A. Hobson (1858 - 1940), was an English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
by William R. Gillis
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Grand Hotel
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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Another Part of the Forest
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Worlds Revealed - The Dawn of Japanese and American Exchange
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Tokyo: Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. very good condition, except for remainder of small price label on front. Ships from Hawaii. In collaboration with the Peabody Museum, this publication and exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercial contact of America with Japan. Few know that in 1799 an American ship called "Franklin" docked in Nagasaki and engaged in trade. The ship was constructed in Salem, home of the Peabody Essex Museum. Captain Devereaux brought back with him a a large number of Japanese works of art, thus initiating an ongoing exchange and appreciation of Japanese culture and art. Show less.
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Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Golden Shape 1st Ed. "A")
by Moss, Jeffrey
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Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Sesame Street Golden Shape 1st Ed. IMPRESSION "A", Western Publishing) RARE. Used. VG Paperback. Written by Moss, Jeffrey. Features Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets. Rare/Scarce.
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The Chartreuse of Parma
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Stendhal: The Chartreuse of Parma. Translated from the French by The Lady Mary Loyd. Published by D. Appleton & Co., NY. 1901 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. States 1 on the last page. Black cloth boards. Paper title label is present on spine but has darkened over time. Used. Good condition/ No DJ is included. A clean, solid copy. Green decorative endpapers are intact. Summary: The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendahl published in 1839.Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, Andre Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James. It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese."
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