Malthus Rev T R (27 results)

Condition: New. In.

Reprinted from the last edition revised by the author. With a biography of the author, full analysis and critical introduction by G. T. Bettany. xlii, 614 pp + 16 pp ads. Book I - Of the checks to population in the less civilised parts of the world and in past times, Book II - Of the checks to population in the different states of Modern Europe, Book III - Of the different systems or expedients which have been proposed or have prevailed in society, as they affect the evils arising from the principle of population, Book IV - Of our future prospects respecting the removal or mitigation of the evils arising from the principle of population. Hinges cracked. Binding loose. Deep red cloth boards with black lettering on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Cloth lifting from boards at edges. Boards damp stained. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Overall condition Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

hardback, 8vo, liv,446pp, pages browning, otherwise clean and sound.,no inscriptions, blue cloth, gilt titles, slightly rubbed and marked, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. COVER A LITTLE RUBBED AND SCUFFED. SPLIT TO JOINT AT FRONT. MINOR FOXING HOWEVER PAGES APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

reprint hardback in original cloth Nice copy small octavo viii + 285pp., index, Everyman's Library. Comprises Book III & Book IV. A nice copy.

1890. Ward, Lock & Co. Hardback. Book - Good. Ex-lib. (The Macaulay Library of Great Writers).

Condition: Fair. 1872. Seventh Edition. 551 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Deckled text block edges. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Slightly more pronounced towards the start and end of the book. Binding remains firm. Ownership plate belonging to G W Evans to front pastedown. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Splits to spine ends with minor fraying, and some loss to top edge. Water staining to front board. Visible marks with faint water drops to rear board. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Condition: Fair. London: Reeves and Turner, 1888. 9th edition. Sm 4to Hardcover. 551pp. Tables. Poor Ex-Library book. Heavy edgewear. Boards and preliminary pages detached, but present. Pages age toned. Slight dampstaining to the boards and top-edge. With usual library markings. In polypropylene bag. (population, sociology, social science, history) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 X 6 INCHES WITH 42 + 614 PAGES + PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. SOME MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL MINOR FOXING TO PAGES, MINOR RIPPLES TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY WITH MOST PAGES CLEAN & BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With browning of the end papers, otherwise a VG 1890 printing from the last edition revised by the author. In a brown faux leather binding. 614 pages plus catalog. This is Joseph J. Spengler's copy with his pencil underlines and notes, but he did not sign this copy. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. "Principles of Political Economy" by Rev. T.R. Malthus. William Pickering, Londo, 1836 second Edition with considerable additions from the author's own manuscript, a little foxed, ex-library copy with one or two ink stamps and label to front pastedown (beneath laid-down front free endpaper), original cloth, paper label, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends with label chipped, split to lower joint, [Einaudi 3681; Goldsmiths' 29340; Kress C4188]. Rare copy.

Ninth Edition. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 551 pages. Later fine polished calf. Dark blue and green spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Binder Stamp ('Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England') on verso of front free end paper. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Joint and hinges started to crack. Internally bright and clean. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. One of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought. The central idea of the essay - and hub of the Malthusian theory - was a simple one. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient, and the size of the population is checked by 'misery' - that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine. Malthus recognises two other possible checks to population expansion: first 'vice' - that is, homosexuality, prostitution, and abortion (all totally unacceptable to Malthus); and second 'moral restraint' - the voluntary limitation of the product of children by the postponement of marriage" (PMM). "For today's readers, living in a post-Malthus era, the world's population problems are well known and serious, but no longer sensational. It is difficult therefore to appreciate the radical and controversial impact made by the Essay at the time of publication. It challenged the conventional notion that population growth is an unmixed blessing. It discussed prostitution, contraception, and other sexual matters. And it gave vivid descriptions of the horrendous consequences of overpopulation and of the brutal means by which populations are checked" (ODNB). Despite its unpopularity with liberal critics, Malthus's principle of population became accepted as a central tenet of classical political economy and Charles Darwin acknowledged Malthus's influence in the development of his theory of natural selection. Carpenter XXXII (1); Einaudi 3667; Garrison-Morton 1693; Goldsmiths' 17268; Kress B3693; McCulloch, pp. 259-60; Norman 1431; Printing and the Mind of Man 251. Octavo (212 x 130 mm) (Peter Harrington). Sprache: english.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, London, UK. 1806. Two Volumes, xvi, 505 pgs; vii, 559 pgs. Third Edition. Bound in gilt ruled fine calf leather with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly rubbed and worn). Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Third edition, the first to be published in 2 volumes and the first published after the Great Quarto edition of 1803, of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economic thought. The third edition contained numerous revisions, among which was a text entitled, A Reply to the Chief Objections which have been urged against the Essay on the Principle of Population, which was also published separately so that it might be bound with earlier ones. As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks in the form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Original full tree calf, gilt on burgundy title label mounted on upper spine. Rubbed along edges, some surface cracking/crazing, rubbed joints and spine extremities. Foxed endpapers, some toning and scattered foxing to interior but otherwise intact, with firm binding. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf. viii,472 pp. Exceptionally scarce first American edition, issued a year after the first (British) edition of 1820. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First Edition. viii + 261pp., 8vo, rebound in 3/4 red leather, gilt-lettered spine; (half-title expertly repaired, otherwise fine). London: John Murray, 1827. First Edition. Near fine. A critique of the terms used by French economists Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, James Mill, David Ricardo, J.R. McCulloch and Samuel Bailey, followed by the author's classification. Kress C. 1924. NCBEL III 1294. Palgrave II p.677.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1872, 23x16 cm., tela, XV+551 págs.+ 4 h.

47, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Third edition. Third edition. 47, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kress B 6539; Goldsmith 21179 Disbound, with paper strip on spine, pale dampstain to upper margin throughout not affecting text.

First edition, 8vo, vi, 601, (1) pp. Contemporary black half calf, a little rubbed, covers very slightly damp stained and bowed, gilt spine and red label. "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time. more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment, and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place." (ODNB). Goldsmiths 22767. Kress C577.