Recent Acquisitions
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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...
£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...
£190
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HICKS, J. R.
The Theory of Wages.
London, MacMillan and Co, 1932.
First edition, scarce on the market,...
£200
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SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Works … in ten Volumes …
Stratford-on-Avon, The Shakespeare Head...
The handsome ‘Stratford Town’ Shakespeare,...
£1250
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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’...
£600
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[CATHERINE the Great of Russia]. BETSKOY, [Ivan]; [Nicolas-Gabriel LE] CLERC, translator; [Denis DIDEROT, contributor].
Les plans et les statuts, des différents...
Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1775.
First edition in French, translated...
£4000
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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...
£5000
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MORGAN, Lewis Henry.
Ancient Society or Researches in the Lines...
New York, Holt, 1877.
First edition. Morgan’s influential...
£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...
£575
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COMBE, George.
Phrenology applied to Painting and Sculpture.
London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1855.
First edition, scarce in commerce....
£350
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COMTE, Auguste.
Cours de philosophie positive.
Paris, Au Siège de la Société Positiviste,...
A facsimile reprint of the first edition...
£350
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[PRATT, Samuel].
The regulating Silver Coin [sic], made...
London, Bonwick, 1696.
First and only edition. William...
£575
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KÜLPE, Oswald.
Grundriss der Psychologie. Auf experimenteller...
Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1893.
First edition of this important work...
£400
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GILBRETH, Frank B.
Motion Study. A Method for increasing the...
New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911.
First edition, rare, of this pioneering...
£550
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COMTE, Auguste.
Cours de philosophie positive.
Paris, Bachelier, 1830–1842.
First edition, an attractive set, of...
£1600
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CAREY, Henry Charles.
The Past, the Present and the Future.
Philadelphia, Carey & Hart, 1848.
First edition. Carey vigorously...
£375
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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...
£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...
£900