Recent Acquisitions

  1. LAUDERDALE, James Maitland.

    An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of...

    and London, T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.

    First edition. Lauderdale ‘was...

    £900

  2. MANDEVILLE, Bernard.

    The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices,...

    London, Wishart and Co., 1934.

    First edition thus. Mandeville’s...

    £190

  3. HICKS, J. R.

    The Theory of Wages.

    London, MacMillan and Co, 1932.

    First edition, scarce on the market,...

    £200

  4. SHAKESPEARE, William.

    The Works … in ten Volumes …

    Stratford-on-Avon, The Shakespeare Head...

    The handsome ‘Stratford Town’ Shakespeare,...

    £1250

  5. CAMPANELLA, Tommaso.

    La città del sole. Traduzione del latino.

    Lugano, G. Ruggia, 1836.

    Rare first Italian translation of Campanella’s...

    £500

  6. CARNEGIE, Andrew.

    The Empire of Business.

    New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.

    First edition (with ‘April, 1902’...

    £600

  7. MALTHUS, T. R.

    An Essay on the Principle of Population;...

    London, John Murray, 1817.

    Fifth edition, ‘with important additions’,...

    £2200

  8. MALTHUS, T. R.

    Principles of political Economy considered...

    London, John Murray, 1820.

    First edition of Malthus’s broadest...

    £5000

  9. MORGAN, Lewis Henry.

    Ancient Society or Researches in the Lines...

    New York, Holt, 1877. 

    First edition. Morgan’s influential...

    £400

  10. HOWARD, John.

    An Account of the Principal Lazarettos...

    Warrington, Eyres, Cadell, Johnson, Dilly...

    First edition of Howard’s study of...

    £575

  11. COMBE, George.

    Phrenology applied to Painting and Sculpture.

    London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1855.

    First edition, scarce in commerce....

    £350

  12. COMTE, Auguste.

    Cours de philosophie positive.

    Paris, Au Siège de la Société Positiviste,...

    A facsimile reprint of the first edition...

    £350

  13. [PRATT, Samuel].

    The regulating Silver Coin [sic], made...

    London, Bonwick, 1696. 

    First and only edition. William...

    £575

  14. KÜLPE, Oswald.

    Grundriss der Psychologie. Auf experimenteller...

    Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1893. 

    First edition of this important work...

    £400

  15. GILBRETH, Frank B.

    Motion Study. A Method for increasing the...

    New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911.

    First edition, rare, of this pioneering...

    £550

  16. COMTE, Auguste.

    Cours de philosophie positive.

    Paris, Bachelier, 1830–1842. 

    First edition, an attractive set, of...

    £1600

  17. CAREY, Henry Charles.

    The Past, the Present and the Future.

    Philadelphia, Carey & Hart, 1848.

    First edition. Carey vigorously...

    £375

  18. FERGUSON, Adam.

    An Essay on the History of Civil Society.

    Edinburgh, A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1768. 

    Third edition, corrected: the edition...

    £700

  19. MARINO, Giambattista; Gasparo MURTOLA.

    La Murtoleide fischiate del cavalier Marino...

    ‘Norinbergh’ [i.e. Venice], Ioseph...

    Rare first edition of these Baroque...

    £900