Recent Acquisitions
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[ALMANACK.]
The Daily Journal. Or, the Gentleman's...
London, R. Baldwin, 1761.
An interesting and extremely rare account...
£850
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MILL, John Stuart.
A System of Logic ratiocinative and inductive,...
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer,...
Presentation copy, with Mill’s autograph...
£1000
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LE PLAY, Frédéric.
Les ouvriers européens. Tome premier [-6me].
Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1879.
Second, greatly enlarged edition. This...
£750
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KEYNES, John Maynard.
The General Theory of Employment, Interest...
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936.
First American edition (includes the Erratum...
£300
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MURDOCH, Iris.
Sartre. Romantic Rationalist.
Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1953.
First edition, the first published book...
£200
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[BANK OF SCOTLAND.]
Act of Parliament for erecting a Bank in...
Edinburgh, printed by the heirs and successors...
Very rare edition of the Act of Parliament...
£650
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LAUDERDALE, James Maitland.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of...
and London, T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.
First edition. Lauderdale ‘was the first...
£900
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MANDEVILLE, Bernard.
The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices,...
London, Wishart and Co., 1934.
First edition thus. Mandeville’s Fable...
£190
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HICKS, J. R.
The Theory of Wages.
London, MacMillan and Co, 1932.
First edition, scarce on the market, of...
£200
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CAMPANELLA, Tommaso.
La città del sole. Traduzione del latino.
Lugano, G. Ruggia, 1836.
Rare first Italian translation of Campanella’s...
£500
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CARNEGIE, Andrew.
The Empire of Business.
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.
First edition (with ‘April, 1902’ statement...
£600
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MALTHUS, T. R.
An Essay on the Principle of Population;...
London, John Murray, 1817.
Fifth edition, ‘with important additions’,...
£2200
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MALTHUS, T. R.
Principles of political Economy considered...
London, John Murray, 1820.
First edition of Malthus’s broadest treatment...
£5000
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MORGAN, Lewis Henry.
Ancient Society or Researches in the Lines...
New York, Holt, 1877.
First edition. Morgan’s influential work...
£400
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HOWARD, John.
An Account of the Principal Lazarettos...
Warrington, Eyres, Cadell, Johnson, Dilly...
First edition of Howard’s study of quarantine...
£575
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COMBE, George.
Phrenology applied to Painting and Sculpture.
London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1855.
First edition, scarce in commerce. George...
£350
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[PRATT, Samuel].
The regulating Silver Coin [sic], made...
London, Bonwick, 1696.
First and only edition. William Lowndes...
£575
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COMTE, Auguste.
Cours de philosophie positive.
Paris, Bachelier, 1830–1842.
First edition, an attractive set, of Comte’s...
£1600
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FERGUSON, Adam.
An Essay on the History of Civil Society.
Edinburgh, A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1768.
Third edition, corrected: the edition owned...
£700
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MARINO, Giambattista; Gasparo MURTOLA.
La Murtoleide fischiate del cavalier Marino...
‘Norinbergh’ [i.e. Venice], Ioseph...
Rare first edition of these Baroque burlesque...
£900