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	1 SMITH. ADAM.; . AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. London.,1802  THREE VOLUMES. 8vo.(8.7 x 5.6 inches). The tenth edition. Finely bound, without the half titles in recent bindings of full panelled sprinkled brown calf. Spines with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. Red title labels, gilt. Boards with blind double ruled panels with lighter brown frames. Floral corner pieces. Double blind ruled borders on boards. A very good set in attractive leather bindings.:  Price: 1650.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 SMITH.ADAM.; . AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. A new edition,to which is prefixed,An account of the life of the Author,and a view of his doctrine compared with that of the French economists. Printed for Cadell and Davies,F.C.&.J.Rivington.......London.,1812  THREE VOLUMES.8vo.Previous owners(Thos. Dewhirst,Spinner & Manufacturer.Bradford) small neat ink stamp to the title pages.Clean,bright set in late twentieth century bindings of half brown mottled calf.Spines with raised bands ruled and decorated in blind.Twin red labels,lettered in gilt.Dark brown cloth on boards.Marbled endpapers.Complete,with half titles in volumes 2 and 3,not called for in volume one.A few neat marginal notes made in soft pencil but overall a very bright clean copy of this major work.:  Price: 950.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 SMITH.ADAM.; . AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. With a life of the Author,Also a view of the doctrine of Smith,compared with that of the French economists;with a method of facilitating the study of his works;from the French of M.Garnier. Printed for J.Maynard and F.Zinke.London.,1811  THREE VOLUMES.8vo.Lovely clean,crisp copies bound in recent half brown calf,spines with double blind ruled bands.Red labels,decorated and lettered in gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Bound without half titles.A fine set of this classic work.:wph.  Price: 1350.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	4 SMITH.ADAM.; . AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. With a Life of the Author,an introductory discourse,notes,and supplemental dissertations by J.R.M'Culloch,Esq.Foreign Associate of the Institute of France. Adam and Charles Black.Edinburgh.,1863  NEW EDITION.Revised,Corrected and improved.Large 8vo (9.2 x 6.2 inches).4,lxvi,669pp.Text in double column.Two full page portraits of Smith and vignette engraving of his tomb.A very good,clean copy in recent binding of full brown morocco.Boards with single gilt ruled borders.Spine with raised bands,decorated in gilt.Red and green labels.Compartments decorated,ruled and lettered in gilt.Top edge gilt.A very good attrctively bound copy.---An important new edition,the first since 1838,of this classic work.Updated and with notes concerning the economic impact of the Gold rushes in Australia and Califonia,the Potato famine in Ireland and the American Civil War which had been fought for almost two and a half years when this work was sent to print.Reference is also made to the repeal of the corn laws & the Currency change act of 1844 and its suspensions in 1847 and 1857.:  Price: 750.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart