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réf. CNAP087San Francisco: The Arion Press 2009. New. Kiki Smith. The book is 13-7/8 inches square with 16 printed panels and two blanks in concertina format. The paper is Mohawk Superfine cover. The type is Scotch Roman handset using 24-point for the text and other sizes for display and subsidiary material printed by letterpress. The graphic art was printed by photo-offset lithography in tri-tone: brown-black tan and yellow-orange inks. The boards and box containing the book are covered in Japanese cloth of an iridescent brown with gold titling. The edition is limited to 75 numbered copies for sale. All copies are signed by the artist. "I Love My Love" a ballad by Scottish-born poet Helen Adam is based on a traditional Celtic interpretation of the Medusa theme. The book features sixteen images by artist Kiki Smith derived from her own hair. Helen Adam would have been 100 years old in December 2009. She was a prominent member of the San Francisco literary scene that profoundly altered the course of American poetry in the 1950s and 1960s. Among the avant-garde she was seen as an anomaly seemingly old-fashioned but regarded as a direct link to ancient poetic tradition. In Adam’s unsettling ballad the bridegroom is first embraced then ensnared by his bride’s lavish golden tresses. After he murders her the hair continues to grow and avenges itself upon the guilty bride-groom who tried to free himself from the constrictive bonds of love. The book is bound in concertina format in an accordion-fold of eighteen panels. Images of the artist’s hair are printed lithographically in three colors alternately above and below the text with the hair flowing outward from the left margin of each panel. The result is an artist book that stretches out flat to over twenty feet. It can be displayed on a shelf or table spread out to twelve feet or less in the accordion mode. It can also be viewed two pages at a time as in a conventional codex. The artist’s hair has been used to create a graphic parallel to the poetry. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press unknown
réf. CNAP087San Francisco: The Arion Press 2009. New. Kiki Smith. The book is 13-7/8 inches square with 16 printed panels and two blanks in concertina format. The paper is Mohawk Superfine cover. The type is Scotch Roman handset using 24-point for the text and other sizes for display and subsidiary material printed by letterpress. The graphic art was printed by photo-offset lithography in tri-tone: brown-black tan and yellow-orange inks. The boards and box containing the book are covered in Japanese cloth of an iridescent brown with gold titling. The edition is limited to 75 numbered copies for sale. All copies are signed by the artist. "I Love My Love" a ballad by Scottish-born poet Helen Adam is based on a traditional Celtic interpretation of the Medusa theme. The book features sixteen images by artist Kiki Smith derived from her own hair. Helen Adam would have been 100 years old in December 2009. She was a prominent member of the San Francisco literary scene that profoundly altered the course of American poetry in the 1950s and 1960s. Among the avant-garde she was seen as an anomaly seemingly old-fashioned but regarded as a direct link to ancient poetic tradition. In Adam’s unsettling ballad the bridegroom is first embraced then ensnared by his bride’s lavish golden tresses. After he murders her the hair continues to grow and avenges itself upon the guilty bride-groom who tried to free himself from the constrictive bonds of love. The book is bound in concertina format in an accordion-fold of eighteen panels. Images of the artist’s hair are printed lithographically in three colors alternately above and below the text with the hair flowing outward from the left margin of each panel. The result is an artist book that stretches out flat to over twenty feet. It can be displayed on a shelf or table spread out to twelve feet or less in the accordion mode. It can also be viewed two pages at a time as in a conventional codex. The artist’s hair has been used to create a graphic parallel to the poetry. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy volume and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press unknown books
réf. 05978Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book One Year in the Life of a Young Man Depicted in Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First edition. Folio 13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x264 mm. Lithograph title-page and seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Some occasional light marginal foxing plate 10 with two neatly repaired small closed tears to lower blank margin. All plates with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. Small circular library stamp of Bernard Franck at foot of title-page and also on front free endpaper. Contemporary quarter dark-green scored calf over green paper boards. Smooth spine ruled in gilt tan morocco label lettered in gilt board edges worn. With the bookplate of celebrated collector Bernard Franck on front free endpaper. An excellent example of a very rare suite of hand-colored lithographs by Victor Adam. Victor Adam 1801-1865 is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" Ray. A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. Bernard Franck 1849-1924 Born in Paris Franck was a veteran of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War during which he was awarded the Medaille Militaire. He was an industrialist specializing in the manufacturing of military equipment. His success in business enabled him to become an inveterate collector. He amassed his vast collection over 45 years from 1875 to 1920. The collection consisted of 18th Century and early 19th Century objects - miniature portraits many emphasizing military subjects medals and decorations armory uniforms paintings engravings a variety of bibelots. Besides the miniature portraits especially noteworthy was Franck's collection of Carnets de Bal dance cards. He sold this collection to J.P. Morgan around 1910. Before doing so he had the collection reproduced in an album entitled "Collection de 124 carnets de bal du XVIIIe siecle/formee par M.Bernard Franck a Paris de l'annee 1875 au 23 avril 1902". Only 20 albums were produced of which one is in the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum and one in the Morgan Library autographed by Franck to Morgan. Franck died in 1924. The collection that follows has been held within the family since that time. me. The Plates: 1. J'arrive! I arrive! 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. I do not recognize myself anymore. 3. C'est superbe! It is superb! 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! She's looking at me! God what happiness! 5. C'est une femme honnête. She is an honest woman. 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. I couldn't walk. 7. C'est à qui m'aura. Who's going to get me 8. Comment Docteur! How Doctor! 9. Jasmin!.elle avait l'air si ingénu!! Jasmine! . she looked so ingenuous !! 10. Quel guignon! What a mess! 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. Memories! Fi then. 12. Je le savais. I knew it. 13. St. Pelagie.charmant séjour! St. Pelagie. lovely stay! 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! What inhumans! Kick me out! 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. To great ills great remedies. 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. The simpiternal would be my grandmother. 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. We must make an End! I marry him. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, , 1824 unknown
réf. 05978Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book One Year in the Life of a Young Man Depicted in Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First edition. Folio 13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x264 mm. Lithograph title-page and seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Some occasional light marginal foxing plate 10 with two neatly repaired small closed tears to lower blank margin. All plates with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. Small circular library stamp of Bernard Franck at foot of title-page and also on front free endpaper. Contemporary quarter dark-green scored calf over green paper boards. Smooth spine ruled in gilt tan morocco label lettered in gilt board edges worn. With the bookplate of celebrated collector Bernard Franck on front free endpaper. An excellent example of a very rare suite of hand-colored lithographs by Victor Adam. Victor Adam 1801-1865 is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" Ray. A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. Bernard Franck 1849-1924 Born in Paris Franck was a veteran of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War during which he was awarded the Medaille Militaire. He was an industrialist specializing in the manufacturing of military equipment. His success in business enabled him to become an inveterate collector. He amassed his vast collection over 45 years from 1875 to 1920. The collection consisted of 18th Century and early 19th Century objects - miniature portraits many emphasizing military subjects medals and decorations armory uniforms paintings engravings a variety of bibelots. Besides the miniature portraits especially noteworthy was Franck's collection of Carnets de Bal dance cards. He sold this collection to J.P. Morgan around 1910. Before doing so he had the collection reproduced in an album entitled "Collection de 124 carnets de bal du XVIIIe siecle/formee par M.Bernard Franck a Paris de l'annee 1875 au 23 avril 1902". Only 20 albums were produced of which one is in the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum and one in the Morgan Library autographed by Franck to Morgan. Franck died in 1924. The collection that follows has been held within the family since that time. me. The Plates: 1. J'arrive! I arrive! 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. I do not recognize myself anymore. 3. C'est superbe! It is superb! 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! She's looking at me! God what happiness! 5. C'est une femme honnête. She is an honest woman. 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. I couldn't walk. 7. C'est à qui m'aura. Who's going to get me 8. Comment Docteur! How Doctor! 9. Jasmin!.elle avait l'air si ingénu!! Jasmine! . she looked so ingenuous !! 10. Quel guignon! What a mess! 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. Memories! Fi then. 12. Je le savais. I knew it. 13. St. Pelagie.charmant séjour! St. Pelagie. lovely stay! 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! What inhumans! Kick me out! 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. To great ills great remedies. 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. The simpiternal would be my grandmother. 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. We must make an End! I marry him. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, , 1824 unknown books
réf. 51-5965Amsterdam: Chez Michel Charles le CeÌne libraire chez qui l'on trouve un assortiment general de musique. MDCCXXVII. 1727. Folio 314 x 193mm. 2 vols. contemporary calf spines gilt with morocco lettering labels spines rubbed with small loss to 2 labels and spine ends; half-titles privilege leaf engraved additional pictorial title titles printed in red and black engraved portrait 44 engraved plates maps and plans 31 folding one of Goa with a few old paper repairs on verso and very small loss to one corner a few small damp spots on one plate large engraved illustrations one shaved in the text pp.134/5 slightly shorter and re-inserted occasional light spotting or page toning . Cordier Sinica 2077; Cordier Japonica 367-68; Lust 343. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:30797326: Half title v. 1 : Voyages du Sr. Jean Albert de Mandelslo considerablement augmentez en cette derniere edition et divisez en deux parties Vol. 2 : Voyages du Sr. Jean Albert de Mandelslo. Tome secondEdition statement follows "Divisez en deux parties."Translation of: Morgenländische Reise-Beschreibung / Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo. Schleszwig : J. Holwein 1658. Wicquefort's translation appeared first as the 2nd part of "Relation du voyage de Moscovie Tartarie et de Perse . tr. de l'allemend du Sieur Olearius augmenteÌe de plus d'un tiers particulierement d'une 2de partie contenant le Voyage de Jean-Albert de Mandelslo ." Paris 1659 and Leyde P. van der Aa 1719. The present edition consists of the same sheets as the Leiden van der Aa 1719 edition with a new title page cf. NUC pre-1956 v. 358 p. 434Vol. 1: 28 p. 440 columns 4 p. 28 leaves of plates some folded; v. 2: 445-808 columns 72 p. 13 leaves of plates some folded.Errors in pagingSignatures: -3â´ 5² A-Zâ´ 2A-2Zâ´ 3A-3Nâ´ 3Oâ´ -3O4Vignette on title pages.Some leaves of plates form two-page. illustrations.Includes index. Amsterdam: Chez Michel Charles le CeÌne, libraire, chez qui l'on trouve un assortiment general de musique., MDCCXXVII. [1727] unknown
réf. 58068Venedig, Johann von Köln u. Johann Manthen, 27. August 1478. Fol. Mit eingemalten Alinea-Zeichen alternierend in Rot und Blau sowie eingemalter Kopfzeile in Rot und Blau. 228 nn. Bll. (das erste weiß; Rom. Type mit griech. Einsprengseln, 37 Zeilen, Blindgepr. Ldr. d. 20. Jhds. auf 5 Bünden m. goldgepr. Rückentitel.
réf. 2196-21London Strahan u. Cadell 1786. The fourth edition. 3 vols. 8°. VIII 499; VI 518 3 ll.; V 465 pp. 25 ll. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgeprägten Rückenschildchen u. Bandnummer. Kapitale leicht berieben Ecken bestoßen. Stellenweise wasser- bzw. stockfleckig.Titelbll. je mit Namenzug in Tinte. vgl. Carter-Muir 408; Kress B1129 - Vierte dreibändige Auflage von Adam Smiths 1723-1790 berühmtem ökonomischen Hauptwerk das erstmal 1776 erschienen ist. "An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations" gilt als Grundlage für die englische Nationalökonomie. " Smith describes the evolution through feudalism into a stage of society requiring new institutions such as market-determined rather than guild-determined wages and free rather than government-constrained enterprise. This later became known as laissez-faire capitalism; Smith called it the system of perfect liberty". Encyclopedia Britannica "Adam Smith". Dritter Band mit Index und Begriffsbeschreibungen. "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM. London, Strahan u. Cadell 1786. unknown
1794réf. 177518Breslau: Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn 1794-96. The Wealth of Nations in the German Enlightenment First edition of the German translation by Garve 1742-1798 the second overall after Schiller's edition of 1776-8. Of the two this second was arguably the more influential in disseminating Smithian economics throughout the German-speaking world as it built on a wider overall familiarity with Scottish philosophy. Garve was a prominent Enlightenment philosopher in his own right and a respected opponent of Kant. 4 vols bound in 2 octavo 204 x 119 mm. Tables in the text woodcut headpieces. Contemporary half sheep spines ruled and lettered in gilt and with yellow morocco labels marbled sides and pastedowns edges green. Light wear to extremities minor browning and foxing short tear to head of spine of first volume contents otherwise clean: a very good copy. Tribe 52. Vanderblue p. 26. Kenneth E. Carpenter: Dialogue in Political Economy 1977 p. 46. unknown
réf. 51-6279Paris: Chez F. Buisson an XIII 1804. Original wraps and labels; backstrip mainly gone on the atlas.Very good.3 volumes atlas. xvi 412; 4 431; 4 473. Text in French. 8vo 20.5 x 13.3 cm 8x5¼" . Atlas volume: 58 engraved plates several folding including maps views botanical and zoological illustrations. 36 x 28 cm 14 x 11".OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 2609762.Bory de St-Vincent effectue un voyage de reconnaissance géographique à bord de la corvette Le Géographe. Il réside tout d'abord à l'île de France et ensuite à l'île de La Réunion du 12 août au 5 décembre 1801 avant de retourner en France. En 1804 il publie la relation de son séjour sous le titre "Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mer d'Afrique Fait par ordre du gouvernement pendant les années neuf et dix de la République 1801-1802" imprimé par F. Buisson à Paris en 1804. Les trois volumes de texte sont accompagnés d'un atlas de 58 planches. Quand Bory de Saint-Vincent débarque à l'île de France en mars 1801 il offre ses services au gouverneur le général Magallon de la Morlière qui l'envoie à La Réunion. Bory de Saint-Vincent passe quelques mois à visiter l'île et dessine les sites les plus pittoresques de l'île.Harvard: The Friedman Lab.Evolutionary History andPlant Development:Jean Baptiste Genevieve Marcellin Bory de Saint Vincent Bory was a vocal and important French supporter of materialist transformist thought in the early 19th century. In keeping with the biographical norm for many of the most influential 19th century naturalists Bory served as the naturalist on board a naval expedition later publishing a travel narrative Voyage dans les quatre principals iles des mers d’Afrique 1804. Bory’s astonishment at the high levels of animal and plant endemism in the Mascarene Islands led him to muse on the possibility of an evolutionary world asking “How did greenery come to shade an isolated volcano” .Much of what is known of Bory’s evolutionary thought is revealed in his entries in the multivolume Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles which he edited in the 1820s. Bory was a frequent contributor to the Dictionnaire writing on such topics as “Creation” “Natural History” “Geography” “Man” “Orang” “Instinct” and “Intelligence.” Of particular interest is the fact that Bory’s Dictionnaire is known to have been on board the Beagle with Charles Darwin.Unlike other evolutionists such as Leopold von Buch 1825 and Charles Darwin who concluded that islands are colonized by long distant transport of species from neighboring mainlands Bory explicitly rejected this possibility. Instead he proposed a theory of multiple “modern creations” of life on isolated islands that involved instances of spontaneous generation from which more complex life forms then developed via Lamarckian transformism. Importantly for Bory the process of evolutionary innovation involved “individual aberrations” which become permanent and give rise to new species. Thus variation is central to his evolutionary speculations. Bory also argued that evolutionary advances must take place within a strict order or ecological succession in which early-appearing “primitive species” prepare the ground for “newer” more complex species which rely on these pioneers for their own survival.Bory’s transformist views did not go unnoticed. In an 1805 anonymous review of Voyage dans les quatre principals iles des mers d’Afrique published in the Edinburgh Review the author describes Bory’s theory of multiple spontaneous creations as “unphilosophical” and “by no means countenanced by fact.” It is interesting to note that the subsequent 1805 English translation of Voyage Voyage to and travels through the four principle islands of the African seas lacks many of the evolutionary bits of its original French . Paris: Chez F. Buisson, an XIII (1804) paperback
réf. 110201The second edition corrected. London Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Basset 1669. Folio. 20 316 6 232 9 1 blank pp. Additional engraved title-page. 2 engraved portraits. 6 engraved folding maps 2 with neatly repaired tear. Contemporary vellum. Red labels. Joints skilfully repaired. New endpapers. . Originally published in 1662. This is the second English edition. hardcover
réf. 13502:4Breslau Korn 1794-1796. XIV 2 476 4; 4 274 1; 4 451; 4 484 S. 4 Bde. goldgepr. HLdr. wen. stockfl. . -- Borst 340. Humpert 12751. Vanderblue 26. - "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" London 1786. - Zweite deutsche Ausgabe erste Auflage der Übersetzung von Christian Garve und A. Dörrien; "Die erste gute Uebersetzung des Smith'schen Nationalreichthums ." Roscher 603. Breslau, Korn, 1794-1796. unknown
1829réf. 9273Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1829 - 1833 ; 2 tomes reliés en 3 volumes in-folio atlantique (53 x 35,3 cm) ; demi-chagrin maroquiné à coins grenat, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets fins à froid, titre doré en lettres majuscules, filets à froid sur les plats, armes poussées à froid sur le premier plat de chaque volume, ex-libris Belton House (Grande-Bretagne), tête dorée, tranches juste ébarbées (reliure de l’époque) ; [4], 4, 9, [1 bl.], 50 pp. ; [4], pp.51-143, [1 bl.] pp.; [4], 143, [1bl.] pp. et en tout 254 lithographies hors-texte tirées sur Chine contrecollé sur vélin fort (quelques unes le sont directement sur la feuille), par Taylor, Fragonard, Eugène Isabey (17), Jorand, Deroy, Bourgeois, Sabatier, Bouton, Jaime, Athalin, Adam, J.D. Harding, Dauzats, Daguerre, Regnier, Brascassat, Ciceri, Bichebois, Tirpenne, Goré, Nouveaux, Villeneuve, Hubert, Monthelier, Alcaux, etc... ; 15 dessins in-texte lithographiés, 3 grandes lettrines de style celtique.
1614réf. 31198AB1614. Herbornæ Nassoviorum Herborn 1614. Octavo. 16 423 p. Hardcover / Original very decorative 17th century binding in full leather with coat of arms supralibro of Danish Statesman and Diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke to boards. Binding with some minor cracks to spine but still holding boards slightly rubbed and partially with minor loss to leather but with the original spine-label intact and the binding overall still in splendid glory / Extrem seltene Publikation des Wetteraner Mediziners Johannes Pincier Professor in Herborn und Marburg sowie Leibarzt in Dillenburg und Braunfels. Aus der Bibliothek des dänischen Oberhofmarschalls am Hof in Kopenhagen Adam Gottlob Moltke 1710 - 1791. Lenz / Müller-Jahncke p. 198 Wetteraner Mediziner des 16.Jahrhunderts: "Das Werk stellt eine Uebersicht ueber die Anatomie des menschlichen Koerpers in lateinischen Hexametern dar." / Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 26 1888 S. 148-149 Online-Version hardcover
réf. 121311London Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1791. . Sixth edition; 3 vols; 8vo 22 x 14 cm; old binder and bookseller's tickets to front pastedown of vol. I textblock a little toned vol. I 2K2 paper flaw with slight loss to upper margin not affecting text; contemporary mottled calf by Hookham & Carpenter of Bond Street contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces to spine sympathetically rebacked preserving original spines with areas of in-fill lettering-pieces with slight loss of gilt to vol. 3 corners rubbed very good; x 499 1; vi 518 6; v 1 465 51pp. The first posthumous edition of Smith's masterpiece the 'first and greatest classic of modern economic thought' PMM. As the title explains the work is fundamentally an investigation into what makes certain nations prosperous. Smith's originality lies in locating the roots of this comparative wealth in the specialisation of labour which had occurred in developed economies for the 'annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations' Introduction. '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 elementswages profit and rentand these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy Smith passes to its matter'stock'which compasses 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' PMM. ESTC T95383; Tribe 41. London, Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791. unknown
1796réf. 187836London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies 1796. The foundation of modern economics Eighth edition of Smith's masterpiece "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM following its first publication in 1776. "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. 3 vols octavo 206 x 126 mm. Contemporary tree calf red morocco spine labels board edges tooled in gilt. Ownership stamps and signatures of historian Kenneth Porter Kirkwood 1899-1968. Spines dry and cracked restoration to ends loss to head of vol. II printing error to vol. II sig. T7r loss to outer margins of vol. II sig. Z3 and vol. III sig. G7: in very good condition. Goldsmiths' 16558; Kress B.3289; Tribe 58; Vanderblue p. 4. unknown
1796réf. 180931Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson 1796. In an unrestored binding from the early years of the republic Second American edition of the "greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM a key influence on the founding fathers and the development of the young republic. First published in 1776 the Wealth of Nations includes several sections focusing on specifically American concerns. The work analyses the deteriorating British-American relationship at length and reflects approvingly on several aspects of American life most particularly the colonial separation between church and state. The work consequently won praise and attention from the founding fathers: Madison included it in his list of core items for the proposed congressional library while Jefferson judged it "the best book extant" on political economy quoted in Fleischacker p. 903. For Fleischacker the influence was still more fundamental: "America has a Constitution that in the functions it gives to government the structure its sic provides for the military and the strict separation it proclaims between religious and secular powers fits Smith's conception of politics better than any government of his day" p. 924. 3 vols duodecimo 172 x 103 mm. Contemporary tree sheep spines ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels. Light wear front joint of Vol. I cracked slight loss to spine ends minor browning foxing and offsetting to contents: a very good copy. ESTC W13002; Evans 31196; Kress B3288; Vanderblue p. 20; not in Tribe. Samuel Fleischacker "Adam Smith's Reception among the American Founders 1776-1790" William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 59 No. 4 Oct. 2002. unknown
1748réf. 152859Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis 1748. Adam Smith's first appearance in print First edition of Hamilton's poems edited and with a preface by Adam Smith marking his first appearance in print. Hamilton 1704-1754 had been an army officer in the Jacobite risings during which time his poetry aroused considerable interest. His poem 'Ode to the Battle of Gladsmuir' set to music by McGibbon became a popular Jacobite ballad. Hamilton went into exile in France after the failure of the risings. A group of his friends likely including Adam Smith's patron Lord Kames feared that his sudden fame would lead to pirated and shoddy editions and consequently prepared the current collection see preface. Smith then twenty-five years old was entrusted with its editorship his first enterprise in publication which indicates that his circle held his literary taste in high regard following his lecture series of 1748-9 lectures given at the suggestion of Kames. When Hamilton was pardoned and returned to Scotland in 1750 he and Smith became intimate friends. In 1758 Foulis published a second edition giving the author's name for which Smith added the dedication to the poet's great friend the Glasgow merchant William Crawford. Octavo 158 x 98 mm. Contemporary calf red morocco label. Bookplate and shelflabel to front pastedown. Joints and extremities neatly restored light rubbing. Front endpaper with small chips at foot repaired 7 cm closed tear at foot of title contents otherwise fresh; a good copy. ESTC T42625; Gaskell 110; Vanderblue p. 46. See Rae Life 3841; Simpson Ross Life p. 96. unknown
1791réf. 104689Leipzig: In der Gräffschen Buchhandlung 1791-95. First complete German translation of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments the second German translation overall volume II providing a translation of the additional material contained in the English sixth edition published shortly before Smith's death in 1790. The first German translation of 1770 was made from the third edition of 1767. "The Kosegarten translation of 1791 had more impact than the 1770 one partly because of its timing and also because it did provide some contextualization for work and author" Tribe. 2 vols bound in one octavo 197 x 120 mm. Contemporary half sheep and sprinkled boards spine ruled gilt in compartments morocco spine label edges stained red. Corners and extremities slightly rubbed occasional light spotting; an excellent copy. Tribe 40 & 54; Vanderblue p. 42 listed but not apparently held although Harvard locates 3 copies in its various libraries. hardcover
réf. 51-6028London: Printed for A. Millar J. and R. Tonson J. Rivington R. Baldwin W. Johnston L. Hawes W. Clarke and R. Collins T. Longman J. Dodsley and R. Horsfield. MDCCC LXIV. Folio. 26.5 x 41cm. 2 volumes. Rebound by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov in full goatskin in 2 brown textures. Original spine labels preserved.2 volumes. x xxxiv 4 500; 2 433 1 126 4 111 1 5 pp. Three folding maps.Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762 Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise but a history of the political industrial and social development of all civilised countries and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" DNB. "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." Sabin. Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:863535986: xxxiv 4 500 pages 3 folded leaves of plates; 2 433 128 111 6 pages : maps ; folio. London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, T. L unknown
1978réf. 426j3027USA: The Institute for Historical Review I.H.R. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First English Edition. Paperback. "Although his health was broken in Hitler's concentration camps Paul Rassinier 1906-1967 French socialist pacifist and highly decorated member of the resistance would not bear false witness against his captors by exaggerating their crimes. Neither could Rassinier keep silent about the lies of fellow survivors who fabricated gas chambers and other atrocity stories in the fevered postwar atmosphere. His devotion to the truth even about his former enemies led him to undertake the first systematic study of the alleged Nazi 'Holocaust' from a skeptical standpoint. His training as a historian and his experience in the camps enabled Rassinier to formulate a devastating critique of concentration camp 'eyewitnesses' and 'Holocaust' historians alike. The half-dozen books which Rassinier completed before his untimely death in 1967 have earned him the title of 'Father of Holocaust Revisionism'. This book combines the major portions of his most important writings on the camps and the 'Holocaust.' Here is the unvarnished account of the author's time at Buchenwald and Dora his searching analysis of the most important literature on the concentration camps and his debunking of the most systematic presentation of the Exterminationist case ever made Raul Hilberg's Destruction of the European Jews." - back cover. "The only authorized edition available in the English language." - Publisher's Note. "In a 1964 article entitled 'Zionist Fraud' in The American Mercury American historian Harry Elmer Barnes wrote 'The courageous author Rassinier lays the chief blame for misrepresentation on those whom we must call the swindlers of the crematoria the Israeli politicians who derive billions of marks from nonexistent mythical and imaginary cadavers whose numbers have been reckoned in an unusually distorted and dishonest manner." - Wikipedia. Includes the major portions of Le Passage de la ligne Le Mensonge d'Ulysse Ulysse trahi par les siens and Le Drame des Juifs europeens in a single volume. xviii 447 p. Index. Tight square and unmarked with moderate wear. A rare and sound example. Singerman 1324.; 8vo . 1978. 0939484269 . The Institute for Historical Review (I.H.R.) paperback
1966réf. mon0000055220Abingdon Press 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Worn. Abingdon Press hardcover
2002réf. 88323PPP Editions 2002-01-01. Paperback. Like New. #10/50 signed limited oversized string bound softcover in black clamshell as issued. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. PPP Editions paperback
1913réf. 1304021913. First Edition. Signed. SHORTT Adam and DOUGHTY Arthur G. editors. Canada and Its Provinces. A History of the Canadian People and Its Institutions by One Hundred Associates. Toronto: Edinburgh University Press for the Publishers' Association of Canada 1913-14. Twenty-three volumes. Quarto original full dark green levant morocco gilt raised bands front covers with elaborate gilt armorial centerpieces top edges gilt uncut. $4800.First ÒAuthorÕs EditionÓ number 714 of only 875 sets on handmade paper of this comprehensive chronicle of Canadian historyÑthe Òmost authoritativeÉ for half a centuryÓÑillustrated with over 275 plates portraits facsimiles charts and maps including numerous double-page color maps beautifully bound in publisherÕs deluxe levant armorial morocco-gilt.""Canada's past through brief compared with that of the Motherland or other European countries is full of interest instruction and even romance. The story of the early centuries is fascinating and dramatic. It has its conspicuous examples of high endeavour and brave accomplishmentÉ and may be presented as to awaken not only the interest but the patriotic pride of every intelligent citizen"" Introduction. The first five volumes comprise a history of Canada from its early exploration and colonization by the French and British through the creation in the mid-19th century of a united Canada. The next three volumes trace the Canadian Dominion's political development focusing on the establishment of the new government Indian affairs and fishing and territory treaties. This history is followed by two volumes on industrial development two volumes on Canadian arts and letters and ten volumes on specific provincial histories. The last volume is a general index. ""The most authoritative history of Canada available for half a century familiar to generations of students it stands as one of the most ambitious and successful private publication projects complete in Canada"" Fleming and Lamonde History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918 177. ""The Authors' Edition the first was printed and bound by T. and A. Constable of the University of Edinburgh Press in a deluxe formatÉ Each volume was carefully finished to the highest quality possible to give this prestige edition of 875 sets 'a noble and enduring attire'É With monies realized from the sale of the first edition a less elaborate Archives edition was publishedÉ as well as another deluxe edition the Edinburgh for sale only in the United States and BritainÉ For all editions volume 23É was delayed by war until 1917"" Fleming and Lamonde 176. Signed by printer T.A. Constable on the limitation page in each volume. Without rare original dust jackets. A fine wide-margined set splendidly printed and beautifully bound. hardcover
1913réf. 1304021913. First Edition. Signed. SHORTT Adam and DOUGHTY Arthur G. editors. Canada and Its Provinces. A History of the Canadian People and Its Institutions by One Hundred Associates. Toronto: Edinburgh University Press for the Publishers' Association of Canada 1913-14. Twenty-three volumes. Quarto original full dark green levant morocco gilt raised bands front covers with elaborate gilt armorial centerpieces top edges gilt uncut. $4800.First ÒAuthorÕs EditionÓ number 714 of only 875 sets on handmade paper of this comprehensive chronicle of Canadian historyÑthe Òmost authoritativeÉ for half a centuryÓÑillustrated with over 275 plates portraits facsimiles charts and maps including numerous double-page color maps beautifully bound in publisherÕs deluxe levant armorial morocco-gilt.""Canada's past through brief compared with that of the Motherland or other European countries is full of interest instruction and even romance. The story of the early centuries is fascinating and dramatic. It has its conspicuous examples of high endeavour and brave accomplishmentÉ and may be presented as to awaken not only the interest but the patriotic pride of every intelligent citizen"" Introduction. The first five volumes comprise a history of Canada from its early exploration and colonization by the French and British through the creation in the mid-19th century of a united Canada. The next three volumes trace the Canadian Dominion's political development focusing on the establishment of the new government Indian affairs and fishing and territory treaties. This history is followed by two volumes on industrial development two volumes on Canadian arts and letters and ten volumes on specific provincial histories. The last volume is a general index. ""The most authoritative history of Canada available for half a century familiar to generations of students it stands as one of the most ambitious and successful private publication projects complete in Canada"" Fleming and Lamonde History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918 177. ""The Authors' Edition the first was printed and bound by T. and A. Constable of the University of Edinburgh Press in a deluxe formatÉ Each volume was carefully finished to the highest quality possible to give this prestige edition of 875 sets 'a noble and enduring attire'É With monies realized from the sale of the first edition a less elaborate Archives edition was publishedÉ as well as another deluxe edition the Edinburgh for sale only in the United States and BritainÉ For all editions volume 23É was delayed by war until 1917"" Fleming and Lamonde 176. Signed by printer T.A. Constable on the limitation page in each volume. Without rare original dust jackets. A fine wide-margined set splendidly printed and beautifully bound. hardcover books
réf. 165739Various cities: RAM / Whitney Museum / Steidl / Nash Editions 2005. Hardcover. Limited Edition complete in three volumes one of a numbered edition of 55 this being No. 42 with an original print SIGNED by the artist. Each volume additionally SIGNED by the artist on the half-title page. Text in English and German. Each volume Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning along the jacket spines. Print Fine in publisher's paper folio. Print and volumes housed together in publisher's white hard plastic slipcase. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. RAM / Whitney Museum / Steidl / Nash Editions unknown
