‎Adam‎

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.‎

‎London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776. 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 His commentary during such an incremental time the first years of the Industrial Revolution sought to reform outdated theories of mercantilist and physiocratic economic thought with broader concepts that we are all familiar with today such as the division of labor productivity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 “invisible hand.†The ability to self-regulate and to ensure maximum efficiency however is limited by a number of external forces and “privileges†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 Smith’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. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell unknown‎

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‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1409939448.G ISBN : 1409939448 9781409939443

‎SMITH, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Volumes I and II only of three.‎

‎Edinburgh:: Printed for Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling. 1811. contemporary half calf and marbled sides. The joints are cracked but the cords are still barely holding the covers on. Endsheets lightly foxed; contents otherwise fine. 8vo. Printed for Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling.... unknown‎

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‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 508 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.15 inches. Independently published paperback‎

Bookseller reference : __1081232404 ISBN : 1081232404 9781081232405

‎Smith, Adam (Author)‎

‎An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations: Complete Five Unabridged Books‎

‎Chump Change 1776. Hardcover. New. 452 pages. 6.14x1.13x9.21 inches. Chump Change hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : x-1640321039 ISBN : 1640321039 9781640321038

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations The Glasgow Edition of the Works & Correspondence of Adam Smith Vol. 1 & 2‎

‎Liberty Fund Inc 1982-02-28. paperback. Good. 6x3x9. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Liberty Fund, Inc paperback‎

Bookseller reference : SKU0600387 ISBN : 0865970084 9780865970083

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 336815351X.G ISBN : 336815351X 9783368153519

‎Smith, Adam (w/Buchanan, David)‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations; in Three Volumes. With Notes and an Additonal Volume by David Buchanan.missing‎

‎Edingurgh: Oliphant Waugh & Innes 1814. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3vol.set: Missing the Buchanan Volume; 525542&482pp.index; HBs quarter-bound; blue w/beige&blk.-original boards&paper spines; heavy rub w/heavy stain; covers detached; corners&edges worn; some lt.fox&tan on pages; extensive annotations and underlining in red pencil. "In this fourth edition I have made no alterations of any kind. I now however find myself at liberty to acknowledge my very great obligations to Mr Henry Hope of Amsteram. <br/> <br/> Oliphant, Waugh & Innes hardcover‎

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‎SMITH, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.‎

‎London: printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1786. An uncut copy Fourth edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM an uncut and partly unopened copy in a contemporary binding a reprint of the third edition of 1784 with minor variations. 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. "The 'Advertisement to the Fourth Edition' announces that no alterations of any kind have been made. Cannan noted some small variations which can be attributed to small misreadings or unauthorised corrections by the printers. The division between volumes is identical to that in the 3rd Edition and Vol. II Bk. IV Ch. 8 is this time included in the Table of Contents" Tribe. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Talbot of Gonvile's Hall in Wymondham Norfolk to each front pastedown; earlier ownership signature of B. C. Hingham dated June 1787 above. Binder's note in ink on front blank endpaper of vol. I: "3 V. 0.18.0 in hf bind." 3 vols octavo 228 x 138 mm pp. Complete with the conjugate blank leaf before title in vol. III the top edge unopened. viii 499 1; vi 518 6; v iv-v 1 465 1 50 index. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards red morocco spine labels. Housed in a brown leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. Spines with some surface wear and vertical cracks consolidated at the head one joint partly cracked but sound minimal loss of the marbled paper covering; very occasional light spotting and the odd short marginal tear; a lovely example of a modest provincial binding entirely uncut and partly unopened. Goldsmiths' 13148; Kress B.1129; Tribe 30; Vanderblue p. 3. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Loudon J. H. James Scott and William Scott bookbinders Scolar Press 1980. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 173725

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Unabridged Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 1602069026.G ISBN : 1602069026 9781602069022

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3752385022.G ISBN : 3752385022 9783752385021

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎Oxford University Press Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Oxford University Press, Incorporated unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 8990069-6 ISBN : 0198281846 9780198281849

‎SMITH, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.‎

‎Basel: Printed and sold by James Decker; Levrault Freres Paris 1801. In the original wrappers An attractively printed continental edition of Smith's masterpiece "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM the first Basel edition to include the 1793 English translation of Turgot's Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses. The first Basel edition of 1793 did not include Turgot's work which had a considerable influence on Smith. McCulloch described it as "the best work on the science published previously to The Wealth of Nations" p. 49. The preface to its inclusion here notes that "as they are affirmed by the Marquis de Condorcet Turgot's biographer to be the germ from which Mr. Adam Smith formed his excellent treatise on The Wealth of Nations it is hoped the curious reader will not be displeased to find them here in an English dress". The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776: this edition reprints the text of the fourth edition of 1786. 4 vols octavo. Original blue paper wrappers spines with printed paper labels printer's waste endpapers edges uncut. Manuscript shelf-mark to front cover of Vol. 1. Bumping rubbing and chipping minor foxing to endpapers and contents text otherwise crisp: a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 18148; Kress B4447; Printing and the Mind of Man 221 first edition; Tribe 76; Vanderblue p. 20. John Ramsay McCulloch The Principles of Political Economy 1849. unknown‎

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‎Smith, Adam (Author)‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎Left of Brain Books 2024. Paperback. New. 738 pages. 5.25x2.01x8.00 inches. Left of Brain Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : x-1396325921 ISBN : 1396325921 9781396325922

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1778. Two volumes complete - Volume One - 9 2-510pp and Volume Two - 9 2-589pp 1. Full contemporary calf smooth back divided into six panels by gilt rule title label to second panel contrasting volume label to third. Rebacked with original back strips laid on volume label of first volume chipped with some loss some wear to outer joints with a couple of minor splits corners bumped. Closed tear to fore edge margin of G1 in volume one O-P2 lightly foxed a few notes in pencil to margins former owner's name and address in ink to ffep William Philip Haslewood. Signature N in the second volume is lightly foxed the bottom corner of 3U4 is torn away not affecting text and there is a minor worm trail to lower pastedown and rear free endpapers. Half title to volume two only as called for but both volumes lack the final blank. With a modern cloth slipcase. An attractive copy one of five hundred printed of the second edition of Smith's magnum opus the only other quarto edition after the first of 1776. Smith did slightly revise this edition with Todd noting "a number of alterations large and small some providing new information some correcting matters of fact some perfecting the idiom and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" Todd 'The Text and Apparatus' in volume one of the 1976 edition of the 'Wealth of Nations' page 62. Einaudi 5329; Goldsmith's 11663; Kress B.154; see PMM 221 for the first edition. Second Edition. Hardback. Good. 4to. W. Strahan and T. Cadell Hardcover‎

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‎Smith, Adam,‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes Of the Wealth Of Nations‎

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‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes Of the Wealth Of Nations‎

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‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes Of the Wealth Of Nations‎

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‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

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Bookseller reference : 6057876709.G ISBN : 6057876709 9786057876706

‎Smith, Adam;‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎Düsseldorf 1986. Klassiker der Nationalökonomie Zwei Bände Goldgeprägter Ledereinband Nr. 806 v.1000 Exemplaren. Guter Zustand Faksimile nach der 1776 erschienenen Erstausgabe Wirtschaft u.Finanzen GmbH 8°. Hldr. Oekonomie unknown‎

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‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.‎

‎London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell In the Strand 1979. Bicentenary edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto 2 volumes bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands marbled endpapers. One of one thousand copies this is number 492. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Accompanied by a small booklet printed in Japanese by W.B. Todd and K.E. Carpenter titled 'Bibliographical Story of The Wealth of Nations' laid in and the original numbered shipping box. 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 “invisible hand.†The ability to self-regulate and to ensure maximum efficiency however is limited by a number of external forces and “privileges†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 Smith’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. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, In the Strand hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 147731

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎Simon & Brown. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2011. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 193604188X . Grey covers with yellow lettering and white panel designs. A tight and clean copy. Reprint of the 1776 edition. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 482 pages . Simon & Brown paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 90734 ISBN : 193604188X 9781936041886

‎Smith, Adam‎

‎An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations‎

‎London: Printed for A. Strahan Printers-Street; for T. Cadell Jun. and W Davies in the Strand 1802. 10th. Thick 8vo 3 volumes xii 499 vi 518 3 vii 465 45 index pp. original grey paper over original publisher boards recent grey cloth spines with red and gilt leather spine labels lower outside corners of all 3 volumes with recent neat grey cloth boards with a few stains bindings very good original book sticker inside volume one pastedown of 'A. and I. Black and L. I. Parry / Leadenhall Strt Street' typescript note on provenance and rebacking of set tipped into volume one 'W. Fitch 1803' in ink top of titles. "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published first published in 1776 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. Absolutely fine copy of Smith's classic work in economics in original publisher's boards untrimmed and volumes 2 and 3 unopened with a recent grey cloth spines and gilt on red leather spine labels contents clean with scattered foxing throughout all three volumes very good set. Printed for A. Strahan, Printers-Street; for T. Cadell Jun. and W, Davies, in the Strand hardcover‎

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