8vo. xxxviii, 266 pp. Index; partially unopened. Printed wrappers; spine a fragment, disbound, otherwise very good. Rare. "Antoine-Augustin Cournot, (born August 28, 1801, Gray, France?died March 31, 1877, Paris), French economist and mathematician. Cournot was the first economist who, with competent knowledge of both subjects, endeavoured to apply mathematics to the treatment of economics. His main work in economics is Recherches sur les principes mathematiques de la theorie des richesses (1838; Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth). His primary concern was the... View More...
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Boston:, Boston Public Library, 1975. : 1975
Seller ID: BL2230
ISBN-13: 9780890730034
8vo. [i], 51, (52) pp. Frontis. port. of Lydia Estes Pinkham, illustrations. Printed wrappers and mounted into a protective library folder with cloth spine. Burndy bookplate. Near fine. ISBN: 0890730032 View More...
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Edinburgh:, Adam and Charles Black; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. : 1849
Seller ID: BL4683
8vo. xxiv, 646, 23, [1] pp. Publisher's ads (rear). Original blind-embossed mauve cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, by John Gray, Edinburgh [his binder's sticker at rear]; spine faded, corners showing, rear hinge mended with kozo ? additionally reinforcing inner joints. Ownership signatures of two persons (one unreadable; other name is excised, leaving a hole in the front fly leaf. Ex-library rubber stamps title verso & recto; perforated. Good (internally fine). Goldsmiths' 36180. View More...
8vo. xii, 538 pp. Occasional foxing. Original paper-backed boards, printed paper spine label; spine rebacked with kozo, spine label chipped (a remnant) all extremities worn. Rubber-ownership stamp of Henry R. Wagner. Binding needs work; internally very good. Third edition of this classic work on political economics. This edition includes his chapter "On Machinery," which reconsidered the role of labor and the effect machines had on the labor force. ". . .in Ricardo's view, it is a choice between the potential for detrimental effects on labor from the use of new machinery versus even worse eff... View More...
Publisher:
London:, Printed for J. Murray [etc., etc.], 1811. : 1811
Seller ID: BL4629
Small 8vo. Collation: [a]4[-1], B-I8, K7 vii, [1], 141, [1] pp. Lacks blank prior to title. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, leather spine label. Title both perforated and rubber-stamped, see also p. 31, 131. Fine. First edition. "Ricardo was very active in the "Bullion Controversy," his first printed work was "The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes" which were a series of letters that appeared in the Morning Chronicle 1809. Their reception led Ricardo to expound his theories further resulting in a tract of the same title in 1810. In these Ricardo explained t... View More...
8vo. iv, 128, [2], 129-152, [8] pp. Ads at rear (dated Dec. 29, 1825). Original plain boards, printed paper spine label; spine joints reinforced with neat kozo. Very good. Rare. First edition. Written in response to a banking crisis and a collapse in both the economy and of a number of British banks, Tooke quickly sought to influence party policy with his viewpoint on economics. ". . . the pamphlet, Considerations on the State of the Currency (1826), was sparked by the collapse of the London financial market in late-1825. This financial crisis was accompanied by bank collapses, widespread ba... View More...
