Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms
by Smith, Adam
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1896. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original burgundy cloth ruled in blind with spine stamped in gilt; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth rubbed and lightly spotted. Offsetting to free endpapers. Owner name effaced with some abrasion from front paste down and small vintage bookseller label partially removed from rear paste down. The first publication of major lectures of Adam Smith, from notes taken by his student at the University of Glasgow circa 1863-4. These lectures contain the formative ideas he later worked into The Wealth of Nations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940980
- Title
- Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms
- Author
- Smith, Adam
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford at the Claredon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1896
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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