Search results for: 'poems'
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McCULLOCH, [John Ramsay, & Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhães (trans.)] Principios de economia politica.London : [1830?]
Scarce first edition in Portuguese of the author's first major work, first published in English in 1825. OCLC and Jisc locate just three copies, at the Biblioteca de Catalunya, British Library, and Baker Library at Harvard.
The translator, Fonseca Magalhães (1787-1858), served in the Peninsular War with the unit of Coimbra students but, implicated... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 129611
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(DOUGLASS; Frederick; EMERSON, Ralph Waldo; STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence.) The Atlantic Monthly, devoted to literature, science, art, and politics. January 1867.Boston : 1867
The January 1867 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, which includes the first appearance in print of three notable works, all published anonymously: Frederick Douglass's An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage, a plea for equal suffrage between the races in the aftermath of the Civil War; Edmund Clarence Stedman's Pan in Wall Street, a whimsical poem... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 135578
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[MANDEVILLE, Bernard.] The Fable of the Bees:London : 1724 & 1729
Third edition of this "celebrated work, which through Adam Smith, had an immense influence on political economy" (Foxwell), together with the first edition, second state of part II of the Fable. In this state gathering O is "figured" (see Kaye for a full explanation). Part II, which matches the length of the first part, comprises six dialogues in which... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 130767
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[MANDEVILLE, Bernard.] The Fable of the Bees:London : 1714
Rare first edition, first issue, of this "celebrated work, which through Adam Smith, had an immense influence on political economy" (Foxwell). The work originated in 1705 as a poem titled The Grumbling Hive (essentially unobtainable in the market); this is the first edition to contain the 20 "Remarks" which annotate and explain various lines in the... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 138116
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ANDERSON, James. Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of National Industry; chiefly intended to promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Fisheries, of Scotland.Edinburgh : 1777
First edition, in a fine Scott of Edinburgh binding, presentation copy, inscribed from the author on a preliminary blank to William Murray, first earl of Mansfield, whose celebrated library was largely destroyed by fire during the Gordon Riots.
The Scottish agriculturalist and political economist James Anderson (1739-1808) wrote several influential... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 127839
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre Samuel. Philosophie de l'univers. Troisième édition. Augmentée de plusieurs notes et d'une table des matières.Paris : 1799 (Fructidor, An VII)
Third and final edition of Dupont's "treatise attempting to state a philosophy of life" (Saricks), first published in 1792 and addressed to his long-time friend Lavoisier. "From the dates given at the beginning of the book, the Philosophie de l'univers was apparently written between December 20, 1792, and June 10, 1793. With the Philosophie, Dupont... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 113128
