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19th century
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Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo., x, 541; viii, 319, [1], 163 pp., large folding map, 2 plans (1 folding), 6 aquatint plates (4 folding), 5 vignettes in text, contemporary calf gilt, morocco labels, spines slightly faded, joints lightly rubbed, light wear and scuffing to covers, a very good set.
£1,500 -
First edition. 4to, ii, 17 pp., inscribed copy, 7 engraved maps (light offsetting), original brown cloth, faded and worn, a good copy.
£4,000 -
Illustrated edition; 8vo (20 x 14 cm); 7 plates, illustrated half-title and title; publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, very minor wear to margins of panels, slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean, a fine copy; xv, [3], 268pp.
£1,500 -
8 vols.; 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); 3 folding maps, engraved portrait frontispiece vol. I; contemporary tan calf, gilt ruled, spine richly gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, very minor wear to extremities and panels, light spotting to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean, a near fine set.
£2,500 -
First edition, second issue, 2 vols.; 8vo (19.5 x 13.5 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper of vol. I, and half-title vol. II, MS note on music loosely inserted to front endpapers, numerous illustrations, half-titles, ads. to title verso of each vol., 16pp. ads. to rear of vol. I, and 16pp ads. rear vol. II, without the errata to verso of title-page of vol. II, and errors in vol. I corrected, light spotting to endpapers, occasional soiling; publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt spine, extremities rubbed, internal hinges cracked but holding; viii, 423, [1], 16; viii, 475, [1], 16pp.
£2,500 -
Second edition, tenth thousand; 8vo (20.5 x 13.5 cm); in-text illustrations, 32pp. of publisher's ads. to rear; publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt spine, extremities rubbed, occasional spotting, internal front hinge split but holding; xv, 519, [1], 32[ads.]pp.
£1,750 -
First edition; 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm); 2 engravings, half-title, final leaf of ads., partially erased ownership inscription in pen to front pastedown, top-right title-page cropped to remove signature; contemporary cloth backed boards, red roan title-piece to spine, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, light spotting, margins toned, corners bumped, minor wear to extremities; [6], xviii, 382, [2]pp.
£450 -
First edition, 2 vols.; 8vo (22 x 14 cm); with half-titles, final leaf of ads. to vol. 2; contemporary tree calf, gilt spine in compartments, contrasting black morocco title-pieces, joints cracked but holding, minor staining to top for-edge margin of vol. 1, occasional offsetting; xxxi, [1], 271, [1]; [4], 349, [3]pp.
£1,500 -
First edition, 2 vols royal 8vo, xiv, 314; xii, 343 pp., 2 etched frontispieces, folding map, 22 etched plates, occasional light spotting, original purple blindstamped cloth gilt, a very good set.
£1,500 -
8vo (19.5 x 14 cm); ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, half-title, with Dugald Stuart's introductory critical essay 'On Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'; period red calf, ruled in gilt, gilt sine, contrasting green calf title-piece, marbled edges, internally clean, extremities with minor wear; [4], xvi, 780pp.
£250