New Rochelle: Arlington House c. 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 8 in. Faux blue morocco baords gilt spine lettering. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers like new spine excellent. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked with heavy felt-tip crossing out of name on front pastedown and one mark of same to side of text block. Hist. Stax. New Rochelle: Arlington House hardcover
London - J. Maynard and F.Zinke 1811 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A smart uniformly bound collection of scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith'smagnum opus. Fifth edition. 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. Through reflection over the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution the book touches upon broad topics as Division of labour productivity and free markets. Originally published in 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution it influenced a number of authors and economists as well as governments and organisations. For example Alexander Hamilton was influenced in part by The Wealth of Nations to write his Report on Manufactures in which he argued against many of Smith's policies. Interestingly Hamilton based much of this report on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert and it was in part Colbert's ideas that Smith responded to with The Wealth of Nations. Complete in three volumes. Condition: Rebound in tree calf bindings with handwritten calf spine labels. Externally boards are sound but with rubbing to extremities and spines. Two spine labels are slightly lifting. All hinges are very slightly strained. Internally firmly bound bright and generally clean aside from light spotting to endpapers. Overall: VERY GOOD. London - J. Maynard and F.Zinke hardcover
Glasgow - J. & J. Scrymgeour 1805 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A nice clean set of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. Bound in half calf with gilt lettering. Rebound with new endpapers. The first Glasgow edition. Some slight damage to the spine of volumeone as picturedwhich isreadily repairable. Contains a biography of the author in volume one. Adam Smith 1723-1790 was a moral philosopher and political economist. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Adam Smith and was first published in 1776. It is an account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution as well as a rhetorical piece written for the generally educated individual of the 18th century - advocating a free market economy as more productive and more beneficial to society. 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. - DNBCondition: The bindings are tight and firm. The hinges are cracked. There ismild wear to the extremities including bumping and some loss. Internally the pages are bright and cleanwith the very occasional scattered foxing only. Overall the condition is very good. Glasgow - J. & J. Scrymgeour hardcover
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors P Ltd 2008. Hardcover. New. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a compelling account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution as well as a rhetorical piece written for the generally educated individual of the 18th century advocating a free market economy as more productive and beneficial to society. The work is hailed as a watershed in history and economics owing to its comprehensive largely accurate characterization of economic mechanisms that survives in modern economics and effective use of rhetorical technique including structuring the work to contrast real world examples of free and fettered markets. Like all great books The Wealth of Nations is the outpouring not only of a great mind but of a whole epoch. Adam Smith laid the foundation of the laissez faire philosophy by criticizing governmental regulation of trade commerce and economic activity. The subject matter is divided into five books. Book I deals with the concept of division of labour and its impact on the productivity of labour. Adam Smith divides the society into three social classes: capitalists owning capital; landlords owning land and obtaining their income as rent on land; and workers getting their income as wages from selling their labour in the market. Book II deals with capital accumulation and economic growth and is considered to form the cornerstone of Wealth of Nations. Book III contains a long historical narrative of the development of agriculture in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. Book IV deals with Adam Smith s critique of both Mercantilism and Physiocracy which dominated economic thinking in Europe especially in Western Europe for nearly three centuries prior to the publication of this book. In Book V Adam Smith develops a theory of public finance that has effectively influenced all conservative thinking on public finance almost until today. In comparatively recent years especially after the bicentenary celebrations of the publication of The Wealth of Nations a renewed interest in classical economics has turned the attention of many economists to re-examine Adam Smith`s contributions to political economy. In this edition of the Wealth of Nations the superb and scholarly introduction by Robin Ghosh will re-ignite discussions and re-interpretations of Smith s path-breaking work. It will prove immensely useful to the students and teachers of economics researchers in this field as well as economists and policymakers. Printed Pages: 576. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37353 ISBN : 8126909374 9788126909377
Atlantic Publishers & Distributors P Ltd 2008. Hardcover. New. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a compelling account of economics at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution as well as a rhetorical piece written for the generally educated individual of the 18th century advocating a free market economy as more productive and beneficial to society. The work is hailed as a watershed in history and economics owing to its comprehensive largely accurate characterization of economic mechanisms that survives in modern economics and effective use of rhetorical technique including structuring the work to contrast real world examples of free and fettered markets. Like all great books The Wealth of Nations is the outpouring not only of a great mind but of a whole epoch. Adam Smith laid the foundation of the laissez faire philosophy by criticizing governmental regulation of trade commerce and economic activity. The subject matter is divided into five books. Book I deals with the concept of division of labour and its impact on the productivity of labour. Adam Smith divides the society into three social classes: capitalists owning capital; landlords owning land and obtaining their income as rent on land; and workers getting their income as wages from selling their labour in the market. Book II deals with capital accumulation and economic growth and is considered to form the cornerstone of Wealth of Nations. Book III contains a long historical narrative of the development of agriculture in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. Book IV deals with Adam Smith s critique of both Mercantilism and Physiocracy which dominated economic thinking in Europe especially in Western Europe for nearly three centuries prior to the publication of this book. In Book V Adam Smith develops a theory of public finance that has effectively influenced all conservative thinking on public finance almost until today. In comparatively recent years especially after the bicentenary celebrations of the publication of The Wealth of Nations a renewed interest in classical economics has turned the attention of many economists to re-examine Adam Smith`s contributions to political economy. In this edition of the Wealth of Nations the superb and scholarly introduction by Robin Ghosh will re-ignite discussions and re-interpretations of Smith s path-breaking work. It will prove immensely useful to the students and teachers of economics researchers in this field as well as economists and policymakers. Printed Pages: 440. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37355 ISBN : 8126909382 9788126909384
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