An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations von Adam Smith, Erstausgabe (35 Ergebnisse)

First edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). The first edition is thought to have had a press run of either 500 or 750 copies (Tribe). In his Wealth of Nations, Smith "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. 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" (PMM). "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). Einaudi 5328; Goldsmiths' 11392; Grolier, English 57; Kress 7621; Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Rothschild 1897; Tribe 9; Vanderblue, p. 3. 2 volumes, quarto (273 x 208 mm). Contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered to style, spines richly gilt with twin black morocco labels, new endpapers. Housed in custom-made brown quarter morocco solander box by J. & S. Brockman. Bound with terminal blank leaf in Volume I and half-title in Volume II. Extremities restored, light scuffing to covers, light staining in gutter of early leaves, some foxing to contents: a very good copy.

First edition; 2 vols, 4to (31.5 x 24.5 cm); contemporary marginal annotations in pen, with half-title to vol. II, ad. for 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' to title verso vol. I, publisher's ad. to vol. II 4F2 verso, errata vol. II [A2] verso, cancels vol. I M3, U3, 2Z3, 3A4 and 3O4, and vol. II D1 and 3Z4, vol. II p.288 misprinted 289; contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, rebacked but retaining original red and green morocco lettering-pieces, bottom and fore-edges untrimmed, wide margins (circa 6.5 cm), occasional spotting and soiling, minor marginal tears, mostly repaired, internal joints reinforced with tape; [12], 510; [4], 587, [1]pp; signatures: A4 a2 B-3T3 (bound without terminal blank); [A]2 B-4F2. The first edition of the 'first and greatest classic of modern economic thought' (PMM). Smith (d.1790) spent ten years writing and perfecting The Wealth of Nations, the popularity of which surpassed its publisher's expectations upon release; the estimated supply of between 500 and 750 first edition copies was exhausted within the first six months of printing, and four further editions were issued within Smith's lifetime. As the title explains, the work is fundamentally an investigation into what makes certain nations prosperous. Smith's originality lies in locating the roots of this comparative wealth in the specialisation of labour which had occurred in developed economies, for the 'annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniencies of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always, either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations' (Introduction). Our copy with contemporary marginal annotations summarising Smith's arguments as the text progresses. These aides-mémoire include key observations such as the 'Principle of division = the propensity to exchange.' (p.16), and that 'labour is the real measure of exchangeable value' (p.35). 'The 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. Labour represents the three essential elements wages, profit and rent and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy, Smith passes to its matter 'stock' 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' (PMM). ESTC T96668; Kress 7261; Rothschild 1897; PMM 221.

First edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto, 2 volumes, bound in full brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, front and rear panels, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Remarkably clean throughout with some light toning. Housed in a custom half morocco calf clamshell box, elaborately gilt decorated spines. An exceptional example of this landmark work. "First published in 1776, Adam Smith's masterpiece The Wealth of Nations, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. It took Smith ten years to produce An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations. His commentary during such an incremental time, the first years of the Industrial Revolution, sought to reform outdated theories of mercantilist and physiocratic economic thought with broader concepts that we are all familiar with today, such as the division of labor, productivity, and free markets. An important theme that persists throughout the work is the idea that the economic system is automatic, and, when left with substantial freedom, able to regulate itself. This is often referred to as the â invisible hand.â The ability to self-regulate and to ensure maximum efficiency, however, is limited by a number of external forces and â privilegesâ extended to certain members of the economy at the expense of others. The 1776 publication of An Inquiry into The Wealth of Nations was the first of only five editions that were published in Adam Smithâ s lifetime and greatly influenced a number of economists and philosophers of his time and those that followed, including Jean-Baptiste Say, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Malthus, and Ludwig von Mises. "The 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.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages, profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy, Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses 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 Wealth of Nations is not a system, but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM).

First Dublin edition, published the same year as the first of Adam Smithâ s magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Uncommon. Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. "The 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.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages, profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy, Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses 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 Wealth of Nations is not a system, but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM).

Zustand: Near Fine. First American Edition. First American edition of the author's magnum opus. [6, blank], 412; [4, blank], 430, [2, blank]; [2, blank], 387, [1, blank], [53, index], [3, blank] pp. Bound in full contemporary sheep, rebacked to style. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Complete in three volumes, 12mo. Near Fine with tanning to end sheets with contemporary ownership "Joseph Hall 1793 at each title; a separate former contemporary owner of W. Hamilton each volume, on top margin of advertisement in volume I, on title-page of volume II and on Contents page of volume III. Light notations. Contents lightly toned with sporadic foxing. A handsome set of the first American edition of Smith's unequivocal groundbreaking work on economic philosophy. Published thirteen years after the first edition and based on emendations and revisions made for the fourth edition, this first American edition of The Wealth of Nations significantly appeared in a momentous year in the history of the United States, which saw the convention of the first United States Congress as well as the inauguration of the country's first president. Prior to the 1789 publication, only a select and limited audience in America would have had access to copies of previous editions of The Wealth of Nations; it is therefore almost a certainty that, in the new United States, this was the first book to disseminate in a serious way Smith's important economic theories. Printed by Colonial Philadelphia printer Thomas Dobson who was most famous for the earliest printed Encyclopaedia Britannica and the first published complete Hebrew Bible in the United States.

Third edition, with additions. An uncommon but particularly interesting and important edition of "Wealth of Nations," whose first edition was 1776. Smith made several additions for this edition, including a new chapter "The Conclusion of the Mercantile System." It was this particular edition (the first in octavo format) which so impressed Thomas Jefferson when he acquired a set for his own library while in France between 1784 and 1789. Adam Smith's groundbreaking treatise rejected the mercantile system and instead recognized and promoted an economics based on human nature, the division of labor, and the flow real goods and services without centralized market direction. The mercantile system had measured a nation's wealth by the physical stocks of gold and silver in its treasury, whereas Smith's radical notion was to recognize that precious metals were only the medium of exchange--that wealth actually resided in the production and exchange of goods and services in an open market. Near fine. All three volumes were rehinged and given sympathetic gilt-stamped spines, likely in the early 20th century. Original speckled calf boards retained. Mild extremity wear to board fore corners. A couple of endpapers show slight separation along inner hinges but bindings remain sturdy. Interiors nearly free of foxing. A handsome and impressive set of this important Enlightenment work. Speckled calf over boards. Octavos. 1) viii, 499; 2) vi, 518, Appendix [5]; and 3) v, [blank], 465, [blank], Index [45], [1 (ad)] pages.

[Economics] FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, also the first triple-decker (previously published as two quartos in 1776 and 1778), being the third edition overall. Three volumes, complete. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 499; [1], blank; pp.vi; 518; [5], Appendix; [1], blank; pp.vi; 465; [1], blank; [49], Index; [1], Advertisement. Original full polished brown calf, expertly re-spined to style. Contents clean, but for some minor expected reading marks. Engraved armorial bookplates to each pastedown, boards nicely aged, spines as new. A fine example of this scarce and important edition of Adam Smith's pioneering work on political economy, with significant new material including a new chapter entitled "The Conclusion of the Mercantile System.".

First edition. [4], 290pp, [2]. With a final publisher's advertisement leaf (not recorded by ESTC). Contemporary dark green calf-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, loss to head of spine. Head of title page shaved (sadly, to remove an early ownership inscription), foxed. The rare first edition of the first work of economics, in English, consciously intended for use as a textbook. As the author himself notes in a preliminary 'advertisement' which heaps justifiable praise on the magnum opus of Adam Smith, the work was designed to be 'found convenient as a text book in those institutions of liberal education, in which the "Wealth of Nations" makes an essential branch of their letters'. A lucid abridgement by English radical Jeremiah Joyce (1763- 1816) of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith's monumental Wealth of nations, it condensed the two thick quartos of the original edition (London, 1776) - or the by then well-known bulky triple-decker octavo editions of the late eighteenth-century - into a single convenient octavo volume. As Joyce himself notes in a footnote to the final page of text, the developments suggested by Smith relating to alleviating the national debt (by introducing the British system of taxation to 'all provinces of the empire') were superseded by events in America during the 1770s, and, any hope for the 'discharging of the national debt' brought even more into doubt by the 'present melancholy situation of Ireland'. ESTC locates only 11 copies in the UK, and just 12 further elsewhere. ESTC T95379. Size: 8vo.

An attractive set of Smith's two key works, uniformly bound in contemporary russia, comprising the ninth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, and the first Playfair edition of The Wealth of Nations, together offering a coherent and unified system of economic and moral philosophy. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, first published in 1759, "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). It is in The Theory of Moral Sentiments that Smith first uses his famous "invisible hand" concept, a metaphor that he repeated in the Wealth of Nations: that self-seeking men are often "led by an invisible hand. and thus without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society" (vol. I, p. 386). The Theory of Moral Sentiments laid the groundwork for The Wealth of Nations, which is universally recognized as the foundation of modern economics; "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). "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). The work was first published in 1776. This edition, the eleventh overall, is the first to be edited by William Playfair (1759-1823), a writer on political economy best known as the inventor of three fundamental forms of statistical graph (the time-series line graph and the bar and pie charts). Playfair paired sharp criticism of Smith's ideas with supplementary material bringing the work up to date. Theory of Moral Sentiments: Tribe 74; Vanderblue, p. 38. Wealth of Nations: Goldsmiths' 19009; Kress B.4976; Tribe 84. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Jürg Niehans, A History of Economic Theory: Classic Contributions, 1720-1980, 1994; Henry William Spiegel, The Growth of Economic Thought, 1991. 2 works in 5 volumes, octavo (212 x 126 mm). Contemporary straight-grain russia, smooth spines with wide-gilt bands forming compartments lettered and ornamented in gilt, double gilt fillet and blind border to covers, grey endpapers, marbled edges. Bound with half-titles, and terminal advertisement leaf at end of Wealth of Nations; leaf 2I7 in Wealth vol. III bound preceding 2I3. Slight rubbing and wear around joints and extremities, all bindings holding firm; terminal binder's blank with loss in Theory of Moral Sentiments vol. II; Wealth of Nations with foxing to contents, short closed tear at head of vol. I leaf N1, and short closed tear at head of terminal leaves. A very good set.

First Playfair edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM); a superlative copy in the original boards, and with an excellent provenance, coming from the library of free-market Nobel Laureate George Stigler, with his bookplate loosely inserted. George Stigler (1911-1991) was, like Smith, a lifelong advocate of free market economics, and a leader of the Chicago School. In 1947, he co-founded, with Hayek, the Mont Pelerin Society, the intellectual vanguard of the neoliberal counter-revolution against encroaching government control, later serving as its president from 1976-78. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982 "for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets, and causes and effects of public regulation". George Stigler received a stock of personalized bookplates in his lifetime, but did not use them; they were loosely inserted into his volumes after his death by his family. The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776, with this the eleventh edition overall, and the first under Playfair's editorship. "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). The editor William Playfair (1759-1823), a writer on political economy best known as the inventor of three fundamental forms of statistical graph (the time-series line graph and the bar and pie charts), paired sharp criticism of Smith's ideas with supplementary material bringing the work up to date. Goldsmiths' 19009; Kress B.4976; Tribe 84. 3 volumes, octavo. Uncut in original boards. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box with dark red leather label. Contemporary engraved ticket and a few botanical specimens loosely inserted; neat contemporary ownership signature of G. Stachemberg on front pastedowns of vols I and II and front free endpaper of vol. III, with "Le Comte de Stachemberg" bookplate loosely inserted. Slight loss at foot of spines, occasional light foxing, generally in superb condition: fresh, unpressed copies.

First Playfair edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM), the eleventh overall following its first publication in 1776. A writer on political economy best known as the inventor of three fundamental forms of statistical graph (the time-series line graph and the bar and pie charts), William Playfair (1759-1823) paired sharp criticism of Smith's ideas with supplementary material bringing the work up to date. In his Wealth of Nations, Smith "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. 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" (PMM). "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). Goldsmiths' 19009; Kress B.4976; Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Tribe 84. 3 volumes, octavo (204 x 125 mm). Contemporary calf, twin red morocco labels, smooth spines gilt in compartments, gilt rule and blind floral roll border to covers, brown speckled edges. Bound without half-titles, with terminal advertisement in vol. III. Neat ownership signature "A. Crawford 1824" to front free blank, pencilled annotation to vol. I p. 274. Slight scuffing to calf, slight stain to vol. I p. 306 and to fore edge of vol. III pp. 513-30, contents otherwise clean. An attractive copy.

Fifth edition. Three volumes. 8vo. x, 499, [1, blank]; vi, [6, Index], 518; v, [1, blank], 465, [1, Index], [50, Index] pp. Contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked to style with flat spines elaborately panelled in gilt, second and fourth panels lettered in gilt on red and black morocco labels, the rest with decorative gilt stamps, marbled endpapers, yellow edges (neat contemporary initialed ownership inscriptions 'J.M.G.' pencilled inventory numbers to title pages of Vols. I and III, otherwise generally internally clean; rebacked, neat restoration to corners, covers slightly scuffed, still a very attractive copy). London, A. Strahan and T. Cadell. The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought, '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). Originally published in 1776, the fifth edition was the final edition to be published within Smith's lifetime. The text is the same, apart from some minor alterations necessitated mainly by the printer's misreadings, as the important third edition, which represented Smith's final version. Provenance: neat presentation bookplates to front pastedowns of each volume to the German bank manager Dr Wilfried Guth (1919-2009) on the occasion of his retirement from Sir Evelyn de Rothschild in his capacity as Chairman of The European Association for Banking History. Goldsmiths', 13794; Kress, B.1722; Tribe, 33; PMM, 221 (first edition).

First McCulloch edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, morocco spine labels, raised bands, frontispiece to volume one. In near fine condition. An exceptional set of this classic work. Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. "The 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.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages, profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy, Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses 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 Wealth of Nations is not a system, but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. viii, [9]-412; vi, [7]-430; v, [1]blank, [7]-387, [1]blank, [53]index. contemporary tree sheep (head of spines chipped, scattered foxing, paper toned). Second American Edition. The first American edition, also published by Dobson, was issued in 1789. ''Although Adam Smith did not create the study of political economy, The Wealth Of Nations, coming at a point when 'natural liberty' was being debated, had a decisive influence both on the study of national economy and on the freeing of economic policy from the artificial restraint of the mercantilist system. Smith's statement that labour is the source of a nation's commodities and that the variations in 'stock'' values are due to the interaction of wages, profits, and rent, formulated the doctrine of the classic school of economic thought, and round it all modern economic discussion has revolved."' (PMM) "Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith s The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America s founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America." (Princeton University Press on Glory M. Liu s Adam Smith s America: How A Scottish Philosopher Became An Icon Of American Capitalism ) Evans 31196. Kress B.3288. Smith 82305. Vanderblue p. 20. cfPMM 221.

First Playfair edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM), the eleventh overall following its first publication in 1776. A writer on political economy best known as the inventor of three fundamental forms of statistical graph (the time-series line graph and the bar and pie charts), William Playfair (1759-1823) paired sharp criticism of Smith's ideas with supplementary material bringing the work up to date. In his Wealth of Nations, Smith "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. 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" (PMM). "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). Goldsmiths' 19009; Kress B.4976; Tribe 84. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221. 3 volumes, octavo (211 x 128 mm). Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt in compartments with black label, brown speckled edges. 19th-century bookplate to front pastedowns and ownership signature to title pages of one John S. Livingston, page of notes on terminal leaf of vol. III in same hand. With half-title in vol. III, without in vol. II, not issued in vol. I; with terminal advertisements in vol. III. Joints and extremities neatly repaired, some foxing to contents. A handsome copy.

[Economics] Complete in three volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), [Vol.I] pp.[iv]; iv; lvi; 360; [Vol.II] pp.[ii]; iv; vi; 512; [4], Appendix; [Vol.III]; pp.[11]; ii; 448 [52], Index. Contemporary brown acid-stained patterned calf boards, re-backed to style circa 1890s in brown calf, with gilt titles to red and black labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Contents clean, free from ownership marks, bindings gently aged, gilt to spine a little rubbed. An attractive, natural set. An important Scottish printing (with a Glasgow imprint), being the first edition to contain "The Life of the Author", preceding the more familiar Edinburgh edition with The Life (printed for William Creech), published the following year.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, fine condition. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations- Vols. I, II Special Collection by Adam Smith. Published by Yushodo in 1976. Hardcover. This facsimile edition is issued to commemorate the bicentary of the first edition of The Wealth of Nations. Planned cooperatively by English, American and Japanese firms, it is published by Yushodo Booksellers Ltd. Tokyo. One thousand copies have been printed of which 981 copies are for sale. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Full Calf. Zustand: Near Very Good. Fifth Edition. Volume 1 only. Book measures 21.5x13.5.cm. xiii,498pp, half title present. Bound in period mottled calf, flat gilt bands, leather title labels. At some time the spine has been relaid. Calf rubbed, top hinge joint has a short split. Generally a very nice binding. Internally, pages clean. A very nice volume. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition THUS, First Printing. New ed. with a life of the author. Incomplete, Volume I and II of the five volume set. Brown cloth, borders in gilt, decorated spine, title label to spine, grey end pages, marbled pattern to text block. Vol I contains, Life of the author ; The Theory of Moral sentiments ; A dissertation on the origin of languages. Vol II, contains the first part of An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, advertisement for the Third edition and then this the fourth edition preceding the main text. Tight binding, clean pages, two vols complete. . These belonged to the Irish antiquarian, folklorist and archaeologist Thomas J. Westropp, and are signed to the title pages by him.

Full Calf. Zustand: Good Plus. Ninth Edition. Volumes 2 & 3 only. Books measure 21.5x13.5.cm. Collation, vi, 518pp, [5],pp appendix, vii, 465pp, [50],pp index. Bound In full period mottled calf, gilt bands, centre stamp, leather labels. Calf rubbed, scuffed, worn, hinge joints split, but boards holding. Internally, some light spotting, mainly to first few pages in each volume, some light browning. Pages in good clean condition. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 vols. 12 x 9", full leather(ette?), 510pp; 587pp + ads, spines a little wrinkled and worn, in a rubbed and unevenly sunned cloth slipcase, but still a nice, clean, fresh copy of the original 1776 Strahan First Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes contained in publisher's slipcase. Still in the original shrinkwrap - as such presumed a first impression of this edition from 2008. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations. Introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Publisher's cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated. Unread. A 'Fine' set. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Heavy - shipping to be advised.

Full Calf. Zustand: Good Plus. Tenth Edition. Volume 2 only. Book measures 22x14.cm. vi, 518pp, 5pp appendix. Bound in period full calf, gilt tooling, gilt dentells. Calf rubbed, scuffed, worn, starting to split along spine. Internally, previous owners bookplate and name. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy. Size: 8vo.

Original Cloth. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 1st printing in this Edition1904. Two volume edition in the Oxford World Classics series.Very scarce in the deluxe binding. Bound in the half vellum paper and cloth. The books are good and quite bright. Spine labels with small loss and wording is very feint. Spines lightly soiled and marked. Contents good. More digital images can be taken upon request.Ref16443.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Both volumes Fine in wraps. Both volumes shrinkwrapped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st edn thus. ~TITLE CONTINUES: 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. ~No ownership marks. Front endpaper split at gutter but neatly and soundly glued back. Hinges sound. Original purple cloth, spine slightly faded. No dustwrapper. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Size: xxx, 429pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Soft Cover (leather binding). Zustand: Very Good Plus. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1910. First published in 1776, this is the first Everyman edition. Introduction by Professor Edwin R.A. Seligman. Two volumes. Matching set. Flexi-covers; dark-red full leather; gilt lettered and full decoration to spines. Rounded corners. Patterned end-papers. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Tight, bright and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xiv), 441, (v), 455 pages. Bibliography. Index. This book is the first classic of modern economic thought, and many regard as the greatest. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets. It is the second most cited book in the social sciences published before 1950, behind Karl Marx's 'Capital'. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. Dent Everyman Library Nos. 412, 413. Size: Small Octavo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, lii, 423 pp; viii, 594 pp. Original cloth. A lightly marked ex-library set (no title page markings), else Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 590pp. Full brown leather, gilt titles on spine, gilt decorative elements on front and back boards. Six raised bands on spine. Gilt page ends. Silk moire endpapers, sewn in silk bookmark. Introduction by Paul Samuelson. "Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society.". 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus. Volume 1 and 2, i-viii, 66 pp followed by the text of the third edition 947 pp with Appendix, Textual Schedules and Index. Blue cloth, previous owner's neat blind stamp on each front free end paper together with a small ink personal reference, some toning to the closed edges and lightly on the title page of Volume 1 but a very good set in bright, un- price clipped dust wrappers.