Social Dimensions of Development: proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the WA Inter-University Consortium for Development Studies by Jayasuriya, Laksiri, and Lee, Michael - 1994

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 299, (1) publisher's ad of "The History of British India". HARDCOVER, contemporary full smooth calf, rebacked with handsome mottled calf, new endpapers, all edges sprinkled; original leather slightly rubbed at extremities. The 3 points in the Errata have been corrected in minute, very handsome contemporary hand in the appropriate places, of which two are on the same page. In fine condition, surprisingly bright interior. ~ Second, revised and corrected edition, by the "Author of The History of British India", an attribution which was removed in later editions. James Mill (1773-1836), British historian, philosopher, and economist. The first edition of "Elements of Political Economy", "Mill's masterpiece", appeared in 1821. According to his son, John Stuart Mill, it originated in 1819 in instructions given to him by his father during their daily walks. The abstracts of… Read More

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

Wien, Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1860. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. xv, (i), 792. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, later three-quarter light green cloth and marbled boards, gilt morocco label bit rubbed; light dampmark and sporadic foxing to first few leaves, old private ownership stamp to endpaper. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Theorie und Geschichte der National-Oekonomie 2. Teil. "During the last generation, American readers of German appear to have relied, as a rule, for information about early phases of German economic thought, chiefly upon two writers, Kautz ("Die Geschichtliche Entwickelung der National-Oekonomik und ihrer Literatur") and Roscher. Of Kautz, it is enough to say that he was of the rear guard of the rhetoricians. His book is wonderfully plausible, if not lucid, reading. Its early pages appear to express methodological conclusions which the maturest scholarship has not superseded." - Albion W. Small, "The Cameralists: The Pioneers… Read More

Amsterdam, n.p., 1762. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two works in 4 parts bound in one. Octavo. Oeuvres diverses: Two parts. Pp. (ii) blank, half-title, (iv), 70; 175, (1) blank. Charming engraved illustration to title, title printed in red and black. [BOUND WITH:] L'anti-financier: Two parts. Pp. (ii) half-title (Explication de l'estampe on verso), 60; 107, (3) blank. Plus handsome allegorical frontispiece. Decorative head-pieces, footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in full speckled calf, spine gilt extra in compartments between raised band, 2 gilt lettered crimson morocco labels, gilt French fillet to sides, gilt inside dentelles and boards' edges, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker; leather bit chafed and blemished in places, corner-tips worn, neat contemporary manuscript inscription to first blank prelim, small old stamp to title-page. Overall a handsome copy in a very good condition. ~ First issue of the first edition of "L'anti-financier". It comprises of 2… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966 From the author's preface: "When I first started writing this book, my major purpose was to provide an introduction to money and banking that would be clear and readable for student and layman alike. Its success in this respect has been heartening, and revision provides an opportunity not only to update, but also to make the material conform even more closely to the needs expressed by its users. The most important of these changes are listed below. The book's orientation, however, remains the same; in examining the role that money plays in a modern economy, its ultimate objective is to add to an understanding of monetary policy and its effect on both national income and the standard of living of the individual. Policy, however, rests on the twin foundations of institutions and theory, and both of these, in turn, are illuminated by history as well as by current developments. The book, then, has four themes: history, institutions, theory, and policy.… Read More

London: MacMillan and Co, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. xvi, 231 p.; 17 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. Black endpapers. Bookplate of the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was given to the college in 1891 by G. E. Mills, chair of the Book Committee. Embossed Dickinson College Library stamp on title page. Mary Paley Marshall (1850-1944) was part of the first class (of 5 women) at Cambridge's Newnham College in 1871. She taught economics at Newnham and was asked to write a book based on her lectures. Her husband, Alfred Marshall, also contributed to The Economics of Industry before publication. It was popular and reprinted many times. When his larger work The Principles of Economy first appeared in 1890, he opposed any further printings of The Economics of Industry, indicating that this was presumably the final printing. Extremely scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; call number written in white and… Read More

"O Jevrejskom Pitanju" - On the Jewish Question – The first translation in Serbian language. By Karl Marx
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This translation is extremely rare, there is a total of 6 copies in public Libraries in Serbia (according to COBISS online register) and one copy in the National University Library of Ljubljana. There are no other copies known of this edition in any other European or western library.
As the publisher of the translation was an institution (Arhiv za pravne i društvene nauke), and it wasn't printed en masse since it was considered ideologically controversial. The number of copies printed is most probably 100 and likely under 50. There is a total of 7 surviving known copies besides this one. O Jevrejskom pitanju is a first Serbian translation of the famous Marx's work Jewish Question where he argues whether are the Jews and their capital is indeed a danger for society. The origin of Marx's attitude toward Jews and money is traced to his early life experiences. While Marx's 1st paper attacked… Read More