Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence On Morals and Happiness

Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo; 463/554/346 pages; G+; Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering on red spine labels; Rubbing to corners and along edges, bending and slight tearing along spine edges, bumping to corners, fading to text on spine of volume 1, black mark on spine of volume 2; Textblocks have age toning, volume… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Bioren and Madan, 1796. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First US Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two (2) volumes in brown original? tree calf with recased spine with black leather spine label gilt. xvi 362 pp, viii 400 pp. First US edition from the corrected 2nd UK. Staining to endpapers. Mild sporadic spotting to a… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Bioren and Madan 1796, 1st American from the second London edition corrected. (Hardcover set) Very good. 362, 400pp. Nicely bound in 3 / 4 calf. A rather tempting signature of Geo. Washington (with unintelligable last name), New York on the preface page -- not the founding father, but the signature is close. Some spotting to… Read more about this item

London,: G.G. And J. Robinson:, 1798. Third Edition Corrected. (iii)-lvi and 463, (iii)-ix and 554 pages, lacking half titles. Extremely nice copy of the final version of Godwin's most important political work, espousing "one of the earliest, the clearest, and the most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Bioren and Madan, 1796. First American Edition. Two volumes; contemporary (likely original) tree calf with red morocco spine title labels; gilt spine decoration; contemporary ownership signature at the top of each title page; one blank marginally torn; occasional spotting, with a larger ink stain on the last few leaves of the second volume. Generally in excellent condition, the… Read more about this item

London: Robinson, 1796. 2nd edn. corrected. 8vo, pp. xviii, 464; x, 545. Bound with the half titles in new 3/4 calf and marble boards binding. A clean set. CBEL II, 655; Printing and the Mind of Man #243. Godwin published three editions of Political Justice, the first in 1793, the second in 1796 and the third in 1798. "There… Read more about this item

London: Printed For G.G And J.Robinson, 1796., 1796. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xxii, [1 leaf]errata, 464; 1 p.l., [v]-ix, [1]errata, 545. half-titles wanting. contemporary calf, gilt backs (rubbed, front joint of Vol. I partly cracked & spine bit chipped). Second Revised Edition of this famous and influential work, which established Godwin as the chief philosophical representative of English… Read more about this item

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Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.