The Economics of Stationary States by Pigou, A. C - 1935

Paris, Agasse, 1802. Hardcover. .. Five volumes. Crown octavo. Pp. cxxvii (Preface), 368; 493; 564; 556; 588. With the famous engraved frontispiece by Benoît-Louis Prévost to the first volume. All half-titles present. Extended comprehensive index, footnotes. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in handsome contemporary half polished calf and speckled boards; spines gilt ruled, each with a cherry-red, gilt morocco title-label, and oval, gilt-and-black morocco volume-number label, set within gilt-embossed wreath, embroidered ribbon marker to each volume. Paper over inner hinges of volume I split, not affecting binding which remains firm and tight; some annotations in light coloured pencil in one volume. In about fine condition. A very handsome set. ~ The present set is the corrected issue, published without the now redundant 5 errata slips (one to each volume) and conforms to Einaudi's 5340 description. Adam Smith's (1723-1790) work is the first major expression of organized study of social… Read More

Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 499, (3) notes, (2) errata (verso blank). Engraved device to title, engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and dated in gilt, bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear, a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title, small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, uncommon in the original, unaltteredd state, and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan (1736-1803), a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228, which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT

Berlin, Duncker, 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 49, (1) publisher's ad. Full-page table. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper label to spine; small chip to paper on upper board, corner of first free endpaper finger-soiled, stamp to title. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. A very scarce original copy of Schulze-Delitzsch's attack on Lassalle's "Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, der ökonomische Julian, oder: Capital und Arbeit" (1864) (see here). Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch (1808-1883) was a German jurist, member of the Prussian National Assembly, Chamber of Deputies, and the German Reichstag. He advocated free-trade, unrestricted competition, and self-help rather than state-help. In 1863 he wrote "Capitel zu einem deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus", borrowing his fundamental principles in the main from Bastiat. Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), a German… Read More

Londres et se trouve à Paris, Lejay fils & Et Maradan, 1789. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 336.Half-title present. Attractive engraved head-piece; publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome patterned boards, spine with red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt, blank paper label to upper cover. In fine condition. ~ Second French edition. Translated by H. G. Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, sometime attributed to E. Rumare (Cf. British Library). John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), English politician. Having served in the Army, he entered the House of Commons in 1780. In 1803 he was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture. He was a great authority on farming and a leading economic authority of his time. In 1792, "A brief examination of Lord Sheffield's observations on the commerce of the United States", by Tench Coxe, was published as a reaction to Holroyd's book. B-1

1821. SAY, Jean Baptiste. LETTERS TO MR. MALTHUS, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY; PARTICULARLY ON THE CAUSES OF THE GENERAL STAGNATION OF COMMERCE. THE PAMPHLETEER, VOL. XVII, PAM. NO. XXXIV. London; "Translated for the Pamphleteer exclusively," 1821. [2] + pp. [291] - 345 + [1] blank. 8vo., sewn printed wrappers, paper spine, front cover bearing title and publication data, inside front cover being an advertisement for the pamphlet and announcing the publication elsewhere of the new edition of Malthus' Principles of Political Economy. The rear cover is blank. There is minor creasing to the bottom corner, and there is occasional neat graphite pencil underlining and margin markings/notes, on only a few pages. Very good overall. All five of Say's letters are included; the translator is not named, but is likely John Richter. See Kress C776 for the (subsequent?) book version, published the same year. Rare.

Paris, Agasse, 1802. Hardcover. .. Five volumes. Crown octavo. Pp. cxxvii (Preface), 368; 493; 564; 556; 588. With the famous engraved frontispiece by Benoît-Louis Prévost to the first volume. All half-titles present. Extended comprehensive index, footnotes. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in handsome contemporary half polished calf and speckled boards; spines gilt ruled, each with a cherry-red, gilt morocco title-label, and oval, gilt-and-black morocco volume-number label, set within gilt-embossed wreath, embroidered ribbon marker to each volume. Paper over inner hinges of volume I split, not affecting binding which remains firm and tight; some annotations in light coloured pencil in one volume. In about fine condition. A very handsome set. ~ The present set is the corrected issue, published without the now redundant 5 errata slips (one to each volume) and conforms to Einaudi's 5340 description. Adam Smith's (1723-1790) work is the first major expression of organized study of social… Read More

Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 499, (3) notes, (2) errata (verso blank). Engraved device to title, engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and dated in gilt, bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear, a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title, small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, uncommon in the original, unaltteredd state, and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan (1736-1803), a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228, which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT

Berlin, Duncker, 1866. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Small octavo. Pp. 49, (1) publisher's ad. Full-page table. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, paper label to spine; small chip to paper on upper board, corner of first free endpaper finger-soiled, stamp to title. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. A very scarce original copy of Schulze-Delitzsch's attack on Lassalle's "Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, der ökonomische Julian, oder: Capital und Arbeit" (1864) (see here). Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch (1808-1883) was a German jurist, member of the Prussian National Assembly, Chamber of Deputies, and the German Reichstag. He advocated free-trade, unrestricted competition, and self-help rather than state-help. In 1863 he wrote "Capitel zu einem deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus", borrowing his fundamental principles in the main from Bastiat. Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864), a German… Read More

Londres et se trouve à Paris, Lejay fils & Et Maradan, 1789. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 336.Half-title present. Attractive engraved head-piece; publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome patterned boards, spine with red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt, blank paper label to upper cover. In fine condition. ~ Second French edition. Translated by H. G. Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, sometime attributed to E. Rumare (Cf. British Library). John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), English politician. Having served in the Army, he entered the House of Commons in 1780. In 1803 he was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture. He was a great authority on farming and a leading economic authority of his time. In 1792, "A brief examination of Lord Sheffield's observations on the commerce of the United States", by Tench Coxe, was published as a reaction to Holroyd's book. B-1

1820. [MALTHUS] SAY, Jean-Baptiste. LETTRES A M. MALTHUS, SUR DIFFERENS SUJETS D'ECONOMIE POLITIQUE, NOTAMMENT SUR LES CAUSES DE LA STAGNATION GENERALE DU COMMERCE. Paris: Chez Bossange, 1820. First edition. [4] + 184 pp. 8vo., original paper covered boards, half calf with gilt ruled spine, with new gilt tan leather spine label. Ex-library with usual markings and owner's name in red pencil on title page. Occasional light foxing to margins within. Letters written by Say upon reading Malthus' PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. Kress C 617, Einaudi 5115, Goldsmiths 22780.