Adam Smith Mculloch (3 results)
Published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1863
- Hardcover
Seller: Westwood Books, Cramlington, United KingdomWestwood Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1863 New Edition. Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1863. Hard cover, Brown Boards, gilt titles. Book Condition : Very good. Clean unmarked text. Book has not been read as many pages are still joined together.This is a New Edition Revised, Corrected and Improved. A life of the author, an in…troductory discourse, notes and supplemental dissertations. Binding exposed at front. Repairable. Previous owners signature forepages dated 1916. mild spotting forepages. Covers have minor shelf wear. This is an original not a reprint. Heavy book may require extra postage. N/A (illustrator). N/A.
More imagesPublished by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1859
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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near fine. Fifth Edition. Octavo, lxvi, [2], 685pp. Publisher's original brown cloth with embellishments stamped in blind on covers. Title in gilt on spine. Stated "Fifth Edition, Corrected and Improved" on title page. Solid text block, light rubbing to covers, faint sunning to spine, bumped top edge of spine.…Includes two portraits of Adam Smith, both with tissues covers. Internally fine. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, edited by John Ramsay M'Culloch, fifth edition published in 1859. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by and Longman, Brown, Brown, Green & Longmans, London, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black;, 1850
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Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star seller(8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches). Half-title, Title, [vi], [i]-lxvi, [1]-685, advertisement leaves. Largely uncut and unopened. Illustrated with two portraits of Smith by Scottish engravers, Robert Charles Bell (1806-1872) and John Kay (1742-1826). In brown cloth with decorative blind tooling, spine gilt. Slight wear to the top and botto…m of spines. Few works cast as long and enduring a shadow as Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in the pantheon of economics theory and beyond. Originally authored in the throes of the Enlightenment, Wealth of Nations remains an intellectual colossus, a foundational treatise that paved the pathways of modern economics. Its exploration of market dynamics, the "invisible hand," and the division of labour presents core concepts that weave through the epochs of economic thought. The present edition published in Edinburgh in 1850 contains contributions by John Ramsay M'Culloch an economist and a luminary of his own time. In his 'Introductory Discourse,' M'Culloch, comprehensively contextualized Smith's magnum opus with portraits of political science before the time of publication, upon publication, and after the publication of Wealth of Nations, thus emphasising its discipline-defining significance and connecting eras of economic contemplation. In his analysis of the "Progress of economy since the publication of the Wealth of Nations," M'Culloch demonstrated how the work reverberated with his own era's questions and dialogues by responding to his contemporaries such as Thomas Robert Malthus, Jean-Baptiste Say, and David Ricardo. In doing so M'Culloch reminded readers of the enduring value of Smith's work to serve as a guide to the ever-present and ever-pressing dilemma: how to make a capitalist economy more humane and more meaningful.
