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1895réf. 4098Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies of which this is copy number 78. Royal octavo. Pp. xxx 414. Printed on laid paper title in red and back frontispiece and 25 wood-engraved plates numerous initials ornaments and vignettes. Bound in half brown morocco over cloth boards spine divided into six panels with double gilt rules framing each compartment gilt lettering direct marbled endpapers top edge gilt others with deckle edges. Minor rubbing to extremities occasional traces of marginal foxing to leaves deckle edges browned but overall a very nice copy. Archibald Constable & Co hardcover
1978réf. 23368Copenhagen Editions I. Chr. Sørensen 1978. 4to. Uncut with orig. wrappers in orig. slipcase. Unopened. 72 pp. With 8 original lithographed plates in colour all signed by Mandeville. No 463 of 700 copies "sur papier a la Main Scripta". unknown
1997réf. SONG0872203751HACKETT PUB CO INC 1997-11-15. Abridged. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. HACKETT PUB CO INC hardcover
1988réf. SONG0865970726Liberty Fund 1988-12-31. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.10x3.00x9.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Liberty Fund hardcover
1957réf. 23283Mexico Mexico City: La Flecha 1957. Fine. La Flecha Mexico Mexico City 1957 16 x 23.50 cm broché First edition of the Spanish translation freely established by Alfonso Reyes. Spine faded marginal tears to boards handsome interior condition. Rare. La Flecha hardcover
2010réf. DADAX1170438717Gale Ecco Print Editions 2010-05-29. paperback. New. 7.44x0.76x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Gale Ecco, Print Editions paperback
1953réf. 105220London: The Hakluyt Society 1953. Texts and translations by Malcolm Letts. In two volumes. Pp. lxiv224last colophonxii225-5542colophon blank 4 plates 1 coloured 2 maps 1 folding appendix glossary bibliography index; demy 8vo; blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind a trifle flecked and marked edges lightly rubbed bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised both volumes Volume II boards a trifle warped with small fracture at foot of spine; uncut and partly unopened; tiny piece torn from top fore-corner of lower free endpaper Volume II a couple of spots of foxing; The Hakluyt Society London 1953. Second Series Nos. CI & CII. The Hakluyt Society unknown
1725réf. 728381725. Executions and the Causes of Crime Mandeville Bernard 1670-1733. An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn: And A Proposal for Some Regulations Concerning Felons in Prison And the Good Effects to be Expected from Them. To which is Added A Discourse on Transportation And a Method to Render that Punishment More Effectual. London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts 1725. xvi 55 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 5". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent plain wrappers. Moderate toning to interior light foxing finger smudges and minor tears to a few leaves some soiling to half-title which has an early label reading "Pag. 5 No. 19" and verso of final leaf. $1500. Only edition. Mandeville's vivid account of the wretched state of public executions in England and the causes of crime introduced several themes that would be explored further by Henry Fielding Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson. Mandeville was an Anglo-Dutch social philosopher political economist and satirist. His most important work and the source of his fame is The Fable of the Bees 1714 an allegorical study of social behavior. OCLC locates 3 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress University of Iowa Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T61379. unknown
réf. 0865970734.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 080144084X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2006réf. DADAX0801473349Cornell University Press 2006-06-26. 1. paperback. New. 6.12x0.94x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cornell University Press paperback
réf. SONG0866982736Brand: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance S 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance S hardcover
1727réf. 244219London: Woodman Lyon and C. Davis 1727. Reissue of the 1725 edition with cancel title-page. xvi 8 384 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half dark brown polished calf and cloth red leather spine label. Title and final leaf backed title page a little toned otherwise a clean crisp copy. Reissue of the 1725 edition with cancel title-page. xvi 8 384 8 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Translation of a French manuscript of Mandeville's Itinerarium. and for centuries a standard book for travellers. "Mandeville is said to have set out on his travels in 1322 and after visiting Egypt Palestine Tartary India the Indian isles etc. returned home in 1355. His death is set at 1371." Cox I 319. This is the second issue of the "best English edition" Lowndes and "the completest edition up to date" Cox. Woodman, Lyon and C. Davis unknown
réf. 88673Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985. 8° X 183 S. Kart. Rücken min. beschienen Stempel a. Innendeckel erste 10 S. m. Unterstreichungen tlw. in roter Tinte Ausschnitt des OUs auf hint. Innendeckel montiert. EA. = Ideas in Context. 010 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1985 unknown
réf. 89265New Brunswick Transaction Books 1987. 8° VI 248 S. OLwd. m. OU Stempel a. Innendeckel 3 S. m. Anstreichungen meist in Blei- tlw. in Farbstift Ausschnitt des OUs auf hint. Innendeckel montiert. Erstausgabe. 010 New Brunswick, Transaction Books, 1987 unknown
1696réf. H2NF22FJOYPMLondon: Richard Chiswell Benjamin Walford Matthew Wotton George Conyers printing probably shared by 2 printers one possibly Samuel Roycroft 1696. Gold-tooled red goatskin morocco by Robert Riviere in London ca. 1875/80 with 5 false bands on the spine each board with a double frame of double and triple fillets and 2 different sets of 4 corner pieces author and title in gold in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments the others with gold-tooled decorations and the date and place of publication at the foot gold-tooled turn-ins gold fillets on board edges straight-combed endpapers gilt edges stamped on the back of the free marbled endleaf in sans-serif capitals: "Bound by Riviere". 4to 19.5 x 15.5 cm. With a woodcut ship on the title-page with a griffin on the sail and about 60 woodcut illustrations in the text mostly about 5.5 x 8 cm plus about 10 repeats each with a thick-thin border. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic. A rare 17th-century English edition with about 60 different woodcut illustrations of a classic and partly fictional 14th-century account of travels presented as voyages of Sir John Mandeville through Turkey Egypt Ethiopia Syria Persia Arabia India and the East Indies. It was originally written in French and is thought to have been compiled from various sources by Jehan d'Outremeuse 1338-1400 of Liege. It includes many well-known stories and illustrations of monstrous people and animals in exotic lands: a man with only one enormous foot that he can use as a parasol a dog-headed man a man with his face in his chest a girl who turns into a dragon griffins nine-meter giants ants that gather gold diamonds that mate and give birth to baby diamonds and much more that spoke to the imagination. The book also includes genuine descriptions of the regions covered and gave many Europeans their first notions of the Near East Middle East India and East Indies. The part on Arabia includes an account of the birth of Mohammed.With early owner's inscription and bookplates along with a loosely inserted signed autograph letter ca. 1900. 8 leaves with their margins extended at the fore-edge and foot the title-page and last page somewhat worn and dirty but further in good condition with a few minor fedects. The spine is slightly faded but the binding is still very good.l Arber Term catalogues II p. 593 item 8; ESTC R217088 5 copies; J.O. Halliwell ed. Voiage and travaile of Sir John Maundevile 1866 p. xvi item 2 from the Grenville library; Wing M417 same 5 copies; cf. for the story in general: Cambridge history of English literature 1976 pp. 78-87. Richard Chiswell, Benjamin Walford, Matthew Wotton, George Conyers, [printing probably shared by 2 printers, one possibly Samuel unknown
1860réf. 11159Flushing L.I.: published by the Home Lecture Committee of 1857-8 1860. First edition 12mo 180pp. frontis. and 9 lithograph plates depicting Flushing landmark buildings; original brown embossed cloth faded with light wear to extremities minor fraying to lower spine end two small holes in cloth at upper joint scattered light foxing. A scarce fragile work in remarkably good shape. With a directory of Flushing businesses at pp. 179-180. Sabin 44230. published by the Home Lecture Committee of 1857-8 unknown
1991réf. SBBIH-H3LQIIFG63MVAthlone Pr 1991. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Athlone Pr paperback
1988réf. 3581546668Liberty Fund 1988. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Complete 2 volume set. A clean copy in excellent condition appears unread. Volume two still wrapped in plastic. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Liberty Fund hardcover
1729réf. 11Barnard Mandeville published a pamphlet on "the Grumbling Hive" in 1705. This was then included in "The Fable of the Bees" in 1714 which itself went through six editions and important additions A second volume was published in 1729 in the form of a dialogue between Horatio and Cleomenes and presents a proposed history of civil society based upon Mandeville's views of human nature. Mandeville was a leading public intellectual of the early 1700's. His influence continues as an a icon of Libertarianism Hayek himself a follower. In the eighteenth century his respondents and critics is a long list including Adam Smiith and Rousseau. His thesis that Vice was a productive force in the economic wellbeing of a comunnity seems harmless on its face but Mandeville presented his view while critiqueing his own society both in its moral hypocricy and the failure to produce results Vol. of this set isthe sixth and last edtion wih all the added essays etc from the precedin geds. Then in 1729 Maneville published Fable of the Bees Part II. These six dialogue were quickly reprinted. This is Vol ii of this set and completes Mandevilles authorized text. This set is the final definitive edition of Mandevilles unfolding editions of the Fable vol 1, Tonson; vol 2.Roberts hardcover
réf. mon0000258041Cornell University Press 31/03/2016 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 3.2995 in x 24.6193 in x 14.9746 in. Cornell University Press hardcover
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