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AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. A careful reprint of edition, 3 vols. 1812.
by Adam Smith, LL.D. F.R.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alex. Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C., 1871 781 plus 2 pages of adverts and colophon at the back. Yellow endpapers with binder's 'ticket' (Jarrold & Sons, Norwich) on paste-down endpaper. Owner's contemporary pencil signature on front free endpaper (Chater, 29th January 1872). Mild foxing on a number of pages. 14 x 19 cm. Original purple embossed cloth. Spine with gilt lettering within gilt and embossed ruled compartments (slightly faded and some minor wear to the head and tail). Upper and lower covers with proprietary embossed decorative emblem & lettering ("Murray's Reprint"). Corners very slightly bumped and extremely mild shelf wear. Overall in very good condition & an uncommon survivor. Alexander Murray & Son published reprints of classics, poetry, history and moral philosophy for just 3 years from 1868-71. Chater probably refers to the accountants Chater's of Cambridge, that was founded in the early 1870's. This is a very good original condition reprint of a world renowned and highly collected text that is not now often offered for resale.. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4369
- Title
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. A careful reprint of edition, 3 vols. 1812.
- Author
- Adam Smith, LL.D. F.R.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alex. Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C.
- Date Published
- 1871
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My book expertise came with four years as Chairman of London P.B.F.A. , many more years of exhibiting at monthly London Rare Book Fairs & owning my own bookshops continuously since 1984.
Every book here was valued by the person who first bought it and will be just as prized by the person who buys it now from my shopping website.
I am an accredited professional & a full member of the ABA, ILAB and the IOBA, "Setting the standard. The books you want...from booksellers you can trust".
You can meet me on my stand at Firsts 2024, London's Rare Book Fair, at the Saatchi Gallery, London SW3 4RY, 16-19 May 2024.
I also am joint owner of Burley Fisher Books , an independent bookshop offering new and secondhand books.
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