Contemporary Discoveries

Adam Henry and Emily Mae Smith b. 1974 and b. 1979 The Explanation Replaced One Enigma by Another signed Adam Henry and Emily Mae Smith and dated 2017 (on the reverse); signed HENRY + SMITH and dated 2017 (on the overlap) synthetic polymers and oil on linen 38 by 30 in. 96.5 by 76.2 cm. Executed in 2017.

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the explanation replaced one enigma by another

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 1

Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 volumes, 4to (269 x 220 mm). Half-title in volume II only as called for, publisher's advertisement on last page of volume II, terminal blank in volume I, with all the usual cancels (volume I: M3, Q1, U3, Zz3, 3A4 and 3O4; volume II: D1 and Zzz4); title in volume I with some offsetting to lower margin, some intermittent light spotting to margins, but generally a crisp, clean copy. Contemporary marbled calf, with gilt foliate board edges, red morocco labels; upper joint of first volume starting and somewhat tender, usual light rubbing to joints, but a particularly handsome and unsophisticated copy.

View 1 of Lot 211: Smith, Adam | The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary

smith, adam | the wealth of nations, on its 250th anniversary

Adam Parker Smith b. 1978 Beautiful Ones VII resin, steel and urethane 35.6 by 35.6 by 20 cm. 14 by 14 by 7⅞ in. Executed in 2019.

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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 volumes, 4to (295 x 235 mm). Uncut. Half-title in Vol. II only as called for. Closed tear repaired to margin of one leaf. Expertly bound to style in paneled calf, titled in gilt. First edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). "Every individual ... generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention" (IV, chap. 2). In a work with few rivals in its time or after, Smith 'begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange... it ends with a history of economic development, a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system, and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control... Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work' (PMM). By undermining mercantilist theory, Smith makes the strongest economic argument against the suppression of the American colonies. REFERENCE Goldsmith 11392; Grolier, English 57; Kress 7621; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897; Sabin 82303

smith, adam | "... led by an invisible hand..."

Norton Museum of Art 2022 Benefit Auction, Palm Beach County, Florida

Adam Parker Smith b. 1978 Pink Heart Resin, fiberglass, chrome and jute Edith 3 of 10 + 2 AP 13 x 15 x 8 in. (33 x 38.1 x 20.3 cm) Stand: 10 x 10 x 2 in. (25.4 x 25.4 x 5.1 cm) Executed in 2021. Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Norton Museum of Art (the “Norton”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the Norton. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the Norton so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.

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Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, in Second Street [No. 41, S. Second Street], 1789, 1796, 1789 3 volumes, 8vo (172 x 103 mm). Preliminary leaf in vol. 1 with "Advertisement to the Third Edition" (recto) and "Advertisement to the Fourth Edition" (verso); browning and scattered marginal soiling. Contemporary tree sheep, spines ruled in compartments with double gilt fillets, red morocco title labels; extremities rather rubbed, some joints tender. Half brown morocco folding-case gilt. Early American edition, comprising the first American edition of volumes 1 and 3, and the second American edition of volume 2; the whole reprinted from the fourth London edition (hence the designation "A New Edition" on the title-pages). Whether by coincidence or intent, Dobson first issued his edition in the year of George Washington's inauguration as first president of the United States. For a summary of the influence of Smith's Inquiry on the American Founders, please see lot 13 in Part 1. Despite the second volume here deriving from the 1796 edition, the present set has long been an integral unit and was probably so issued. Not only are the attractive American bindings absolutely uniform, but the volumes share an eighteenth-century American family provenance. REFERENCES: Evans 22148, 31196; Sabin 82305; ESTC W12864, W13002; Kress B.1721, B.3288 PROVENANCE: Francis Lasher (contemporary signature on advertisement leaf in vol. 1) — Jacob Lasher (signature, 1798, on title-page of vol. 2)

View 1 of Lot 1084: Smith, Adam | First American edition of "The Wealth of Nations"

smith, adam | first american edition of "the wealth of nations"

Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 volumes, 4to (269 x 219 mm). Half-title in vol. 2, publisher's advertisement on last page of vol. 2, terminal blank in vol. 1, with all the usual cancels (M3, Q1, U3, Zz3, 3A4 and 3O4 in vol. I, and D1 and Zzz4 in vol. II.); some light browning to text block, scattered foxing, 1H1 with closed marginal tear just into text, some light offsetting to 1B1v, 1Iiv, 2[A]1r, 2B1v, 24F2v, evidently from stacking of unbound sheets. Contemporary speckled calf; handsomely rebacked to style with red and green morocco labels, corners and board edges restored. Brown cloth slipcase. First edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Smith, a Scottish professor and tutor and the patron saint of free markets, "is generally credited with the formulation of the liberal economic doctrine of free enterprise: ‘for the first time an incoherent mass of empirical maxims was codified into a definite system and elevated to the dignity of a science'" (Dunn, p. 330, quoting Leslie Stephen). The Wealth of Nations is divided into five books, and its most enduring therom appears in the second champer of Book IV, "Of Systems of Political Oeconomy": "Every individual … generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention" (IV, chap. 2). In a work with few rivals in its time or after, Smith "begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange … it ends with a history of economic development, a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system, and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control. … Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work" (PMM). By undermining mercantilist theory, Smith made the strongest economic argument against the suppression of the American colonies. Indeed, the significance of Smith's Wealth of Nations for the United States extends far beyond its publication date, which preceded that of the Declaration of Independence by just over four months. In many ways the two texts have since been intertwined; certainly, the American Founders embraced Smith’s Inquiry—which discussed taxation, proposed a fiscal union to defuse the foment of revolution, and defended standing armies—before Europe did, and by 1789 the work was reprinted in an American edition, published in Philadelphia by Thomas Dobson. The pseudonymous authors of The Federalist—James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay—invoke Smith and his ideas in several polemics, and "Federalist 10," Madison’s influential discussion of the harmonization of apparently competing interests or factions in both economic and political spheres, owes much to Smith’s argument that permitting a proliferation of religious sects, rather than establishing a state-sanctioned religion, would allow for "candour and moderation" and, so, "publick tranquility." The Wealth of Nations had an even more profound influence on Alexander Hamilton—and, by virtue of his position as the first Secretary of the Treasury—even greater impact on the nation. Glory M. Liu writes that for Hamilton, Smith’s opus "served as an encyclopedic guide to the science of wealth creation. He refashioned and used its summary of the physiocratic doctrine, its history of banking practices, and its theory of economic growth to scaffold a forward-looking agenda of political and economic nationalism" (pp. 66–67). Indeed, according to Liu, portions of Hamilton’s major Treasury reports—which included "Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit," 1790; "Second Report on the Further Provision Necessary for Establishing Public Credit," 1790; and "Report on the Subject of Manufactures," 1791—were "simply cribbed from The Wealth of Nations." While traveling as the tutor to the Duke of Buccleuch in the mid-1760s, Smith met Benjamin Franklin, and the two must have discussed their mutual interest in theories of population growth. Another Philadelphian, Benjamin Rush, quoted Smith in an address delivered to the American Philosophical Society, 1786. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both owned two copies of The Wealth of Nations. Thomas Jefferson sold his copy of the third edition (3 volumes; London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784), with most of the rest of his library, to the Library of Congress in 1815 to replace the books lost when the British burned the Capitol during the War of 1812; the set remains in the Library of Congress today. Jefferson subsequently acquired a replacement copy for his own shelves, a two-volume edition published in Hartford, Connecticut, by Cooke and Hale in 1818. Smith’s work is mentioned frequently in Jefferson’s correspondence. In a letter written to his son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., 30 May 1790, advising him on a course of reading for the study of the law, Jefferson made an assessment that still holds true today: "In political oeconomy I think Smith’s wealth of nations the best book extant" (Papers 16:448–50). REFERENCES: Goldsmiths' Library 11392; Grolier, English 57; Kress 7621; Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Rothschild 1897; Sabin 82303; cf. David Bromwich, The Intellectual Life of Edmund Burke: From the Sublime and Beautiful to the Declaration of Independence (Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2014); William Clyde Dunn, “Adam Smith and Edmund Burke: Complementary Contemporaries,” in Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan. 1941):330–346; Samuel Fleischacker, “Adam Smith’s Reception Among American Founders, 1776–1790,” in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 59, no. 4 (2002):897–924; Glory M. Liu, Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism (Princeton University Press, 2022) PROVENANCE: Two sets of cancelled pressmarks: I.1.22[23] (G); E 4 30[31].

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smith, adam | "… led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."

Friedrich von Hayek: His Nobel Prize and Family Collection

ADAM SMITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. LONDON: J.M. DENT & SONS, 1911 2 volumes, 8vo, Everyman's edition, reprint, underlining, marginalia and minor annotations throughout, including Hayek's own paper book marks throughout the volumes, grey green cloth, spine gilt, printed endpapers Hayek’s underlining includes phrases from the first paragraph of Chapter II which reads “This division of labour, from which so many advantages are derived, is not originally the effect of any human wisdom, which foresees and intends that general opulence to which it gives occasion. It is the necessary, through very slow and gradual consequence of a certain propensity in human nature which has in view no such extensive utility; the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another.” (p.12) and later “it is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” (p.13). As the father of economics, Smith laid the foundations not just for the free market economy, but the study of economic theory itself. Hayek later wrote in his 1948 work Individualism and Economic Order, “The main merit of the individualism which [Adam Smith] and his contemporaries advocated, is that it is a system under which bad men can do least harm. It is a social system which does not depend for its functioning on our finding good men for running it, or all men becoming better than they now are, but which makes use of men in all their given variety and complexities, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes intelligent, more often stupid.” To view shipping calculator, please click here.

adam smith, wealth of nations, 1911, hayek’s copy with underlining and marginalia

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. For W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784 8vo, 3 volumes, third (first octavo) edition with additions, one of 1,000 copies, lacking title page of volume 2, boards detached, some foxing and spotting, edges of binding bumped and worn, spines chipped or defective There are a number of alterations to this edition, including the addition of a new chapter in Book IV, "Conclusion of the Mercantile System", and the section "Of the Publick Works and Institutions which are necessary for facilitating particular Branches of Commerce". LITERATURE: Goldsmiths' 12554; Kress B789; Rothschild 1901

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smith, adam | an inquiry into the...weath of nations, third edition, 1784, 3 volumes

Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 vols., 4to (280 x 216 mm). Half-title to vol. II only, as issued, with final blank in vol. I, publisher's advertisements at end of vol. II, cancels as usual (vol. I: M3, Zz3; vol. II: D1, Zzz4); instances of scattered toning and foxing, faint offsetting, a few stray stains and smudges, vol. I leaves L1 and L2 dampstained, small paper flaws to Mm2 and Mm3 costing one letter, vol. II with a few short closed tears not affecting text, instances of pencil markings. Contemporary calf bordered in gilt with fleurons, spines with raised bands in six compartments, remnants of original gilt-lettered leather spine labels to second and third compartments; upper cover and front free endpaper to vol. I detached, upper hinge to vol. II weak with cords just holding, others exposed, repair to corner of lower cover of vol. II, extremities rubbed and bumped, covers lightly scuffed, remnants of spine labels to vol. II laid in. First edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM), commemorating its 250th anniversary this year. Arguably the most important work in the history of economic literature, Smith's prescient The Wealth of Nations was instrumental in shaping the course of the quarter-millennium since its publication in 1776. Smith's principles of free market competition, specialized labor, and the "invisible hand" continue to influence global economic policy; indeed, the work is arguably more relevant now than ever, in a political moment dominated by debate surrounding global networks of capital and trade. Smith argued that individual industry is responsible for historical progress and improving conditions at large: "Every individual ... generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention" (Book IV, Chapter II, p. 35). REFERENCES Goldsmiths' 11392; Kress 7621; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897; Sabin 82303 PROVENANCE Anne Schlumberger, Houston — thence by descent to the present owner

View 1 of Lot 390: Smith, Adam | First edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"

smith, adam | first edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online

SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry into the Nature and the Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Printed for A. Stahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell), 1796 3 volumes, 8vo, eighth edition, half-titles, contemporary sheep, spines with red and green morocco labels gilt, minor spotting, rubbed The eighth edition reprints the introductions to the third and fourth editions. LITERATURE: ESTC T95381; Sabin 82304 PROVENANCE: The Chisholm, bookplate Please see Shipping Calculator Link: Click Here

smith, an inquiry into the nature and the causes of the wealth of nations, 1796, 3 volumes

Adam Parker Smith b. 1978 Hell Raiser resin, steel and urethane, on artist's plinth sculpture: 64.1 by 50.8 by 30.5 cm. 25¼ by 20 by 12 in. plinth: 95.2 by 27.9 by 27.9 cm. 37½ by 11 by 11 in. Executed in 2019.

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Smith, Adam The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1759 8vo (202 x 120). Half-title, errata on verso of final leaf (Nn4); some light browning and marginal soiling, lower fore-edge corner of Gg4 restored, small hole to fore-edge margin of Kk1, upper fore-edge corners of final ten leaves restored, the last leaf a bit more extensively affecting about six letters or numerals. Modern red morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments. First edition of Smith's first book, which had a recorded print run of 1,000 copies and is now scarce. The first edition includes on pages 205–06 a passage on the Atonement, which is suppressed in all later editions. “The fruit of his Glasgow years, … The Theory of Moral Sentiments would be enough to assure the author a respected place among Scottish moral philosophers, and Smith himself ranked it above the Wealth of Nations. … Its central idea is the concept, closely related to conscience, of the impartial spectator who helps man to distinguish right from wrong. For the same purpose, Immanuel Kant invented the categorical imperative and Sigmund Freud the superego” (Niehans, A History of Economic Theory [Johns Hopkins, 1990], p. 62). REFERENCES: ESTC T141578; Kress 5815; Goldsmiths' Library 9537; Higgs 1890

View 1 of Lot 1083: Smith Adam | The first book by the author of "The Wealth of Nations"

smith adam | the first book by the author of "the wealth of nations"

Age of Wonder

Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 vols, 4to (270 x 215 mm). Half-title in Vol. II only, as called for (not issued in Vol. I); some spotting and offsetting, a few marginal pencil markings, small tear to lower corner of Cc4 of Vol. I, B1-2 of Vol II with faint misprinting not obscuring text, small hole or paper flaw to C4 of Vol. II, old crease to D4 of Vol. II just affecting text, printing flaw to Ff of Vol. II., 4C2-3 Vol II misbound but all pages present. Contemporary calf, spines with raised bands in six compartments, red and black morocco labels to second and third, edges stained red; expert restoration to extremities including joints and spine ends. First edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). "Every individual ... generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention" (IV, Chapter 2). In a work with few rivals, Smith "begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange ... it ends with a history of economic development, a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system, and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control ... Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work' (PMM). Economic growth is one of the defining features of a modern world—something Smith advocates for through his landmark work—and this growth is often hastened by an advancement in the technologies at hand. In broad strokes, Smith’s account of history describes human civilization as moving through four different stages: the periods defined by nations of hunters; nations of shepherds; agricultural nations; and, lastly, commercial societies. For Smith, each society is deemed superior to the previous one, and this progression natural. Smith writes: "Each individual becomes more expert in his own peculiar branch, more work is done upon the whole, and the quantity of science is considerably increased by it" (Book I, Chap. I). This statement is made early on in Wealth of Nations, as Smith extolls the virtues of the division of labor. The articulation of this logic proved influential to Karl Marx and a host of others. It also also lays the foundation stones for what would later be called social science, which could be viewed as a companion to the natural sciences. And yet, Wealth of Nations also left its mark on the natural sciences. Darwin’s debt to Smith is considerable. Indeed, while at Cambridge, Darwin wrote: “My studies consist in Adam Smith and Locke.” When he set sail in late 1831, beginning his nearly five-year voyage on Captain Robert FitzRoy's HMS Beagle (see lot 1010), Smith's influence was apparent. Upon visiting one of Brazil's rainforests, Darwin decided to apply Smith’s notion of division of labor to “specialized” species in an ecosystem. This choice was undoubtedly influenced by the work of the French zoologist, Henri Milne-Edwards, whom Darwin read while on the Beagle. Milne-Edwards argued that Smith’s idea of the division of labor could be applied to the organs of the human body. This concept was again utilized by Darwin in On the Origin of Species (see lot 1022), when he articulates the diversification inherent in nature alongside the economic principle of the division of labor: “The advantage in each group becoming as different as possible, may be compared to the fact that by division of labor most people can be supported in each country” (Darwin 457). A handsome copy of a foundational work. REFERENCE: Darwin, On the Origin of Species (London: 1859), ; Goldsmith 11392; Grolier, English 57; Kress 7621; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897; Sabin 82303 PROVENANCE: Sir Henry Wilson (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns)

View 1 of Lot 1002: Smith, Adam | "... led by an invisible hand ..."

smith, adam | "... led by an invisible hand ..."

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 2 vols. 4to (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 270 x 210 mm.). Blank leaf 1:3T4 present, cancels apparent at 1:M3-4, Q1, U3, Zz3-4, 3A4 and at 2:D1 and 3Z4, half-title in vol. 2 only, as issued, publisher's advertisement on 2:4F2v; some mostly marginal foxing in latter half of first volume and on pp. 101-105 in second volume, small holes in 1:191, 205, 229 affecting only the page numbers, dampstain and small tear in upper margin of pp. 1:347, 351, and 2: 415-417. Contemporary polished calf, gold-stamped red leather title labels on spines, in a brown cloth box; head and foot of backstrips mended, joints cracking, hinge of box loose.

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations... Vol. I (-II). The second edition. W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1778

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English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations

8vo, second edition, with first blank leaf, owner's name on title (and another name erased), modern half calf, rather spotted and browned

the theory of moral sentiments. london: a millar, and edinburgh: a. kincaid and j. bell, 1761

3 volumes, 8vo, sixth edition, original blue boards, paper labels, scattered spotting and tears, very minor loss, a few hinges starting, bindings soiled with light wear, neatly rebacked

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. london: printed for a. strahan and t. cadell, 1791

8vo, third edition, with final blank leaf, contemporary calf, occasional slight spotting or browning, rebacked retaining original spine

the theory of moral sentiments, to which is added a dissertation on the origin of language. london: a. millar, and edinburgh: a. kincaid and j. bell, 1767

8vo, 3 volumes, FIRST DUBLIN EDITION, vol. 1 with half-title, and manuscript notes concerning the book's provenance on the front endpapers, dated 1878, vol. 2 with 3pp. advertisements at end, and text slip bound in, dated 1879, contemporary calf, flat spines with red and black morocco labels, minor staining, browning and spotting, scattered worming, hinges starting, rebacked, light wear to binding

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. dublin: whitestone, chamberlaine, w.watson, potts, etc., 1776

i) The Theory of Moral Sentiments...sixth [revised and enlarged] edition. Dublin: for J. Beatty and C. Jackson, 1777, contemporary calf, some pencil and ink annotations and underlinings, pencil ownership signature, later ink notes on prices etc in Ireland on front endpaper [Alston, III pt.2. 826], minor damp-staining, binding worn and slightly torn at corners and edges; ii) The Theory of Moral Sentiments... a new edition. Basle: J.J. Tourneisen, 1793, 2 volumes, contemporary or near contemporary half mottled calf, marbled boards, [Goldsmiths’ 15902.1], some spotting, some worming to spine and hinges; 8vo (3)

two copies of the theory of moral sentiments:

2 volumes, 4to, FIRST EDITION, volume 2 with half-title, and publisher's advertisement leaf at the end, contemporary tree calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, minor spotting and staining, scattered tears, volume one with blank leaf at end showing offsetting from title-page, hinges starting, rebacked retaining original spine, corners repaired, lightly rubbed

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. london: printed for w. strahan; and t. cadell, 1776

i) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations... tenth edition. London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802, 3 vol., half-titles in vol.1 and 2, vol.1 inscribed "Chas. Hain gift to W. Hunter 1809 Ship Resolution", contemporary calf, joints splitting, slightly worn; ii) another copy... the eleventh edition, with notes, supplementary chapters, and a life of Dr. Smith, by William Playfair. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805, 3 vol., half-titles in vol.2 and 3, bookplate of John Turnbull in vol.3, contemporary calf, occasional spotting (notably vol.3), "cancelled" stamp on verso title vol.1 and end of each vol., neatly rebacked retaining original spines, sides marked; iii) another copy... with... a view of the doctrine of Smith compared with that of the French economists. Edinburgh: William Creech [&c.], 1806, 3 vol., nineteenth-century half calf, occasional spotting, browning or staining, spines rubbed and labels chipped; all 8vo

three copies of the wealth of nations, comprising:

8vo, without final advertisement leaf, modern quarter brown morocco, marbled boards, new endpapers, minor browning and offsetting

the theory of moral sentiments...the fifth edition. for w. strahan, j. and f. rivington, t. longman and t. cadell and (edinburgh:) w. creech, 1781

3 volumes, 8vo, third edition, modern brown calf, gilt spine, red morocco labels, scattered pencil annotations, light browning and spotting

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. london: printed for w. strahan and t. cadell, 1784

8vo, fourth edition, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, spine gilt, binding slightly rubbed

the theory of moral sentiments. london: w. strahan, j. & f. rivington [&c.], 1774

8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, contemporary sprinkled calf, short tear in C7 (p.29-30) without loss, expertly rebacked retaining original spine

the theory of moral sentiments. london: a. millar, and edinburgh: a. kincaid and j. bell, 1759

2 volumes, 4to, second edition, half-title in vol.2, contemporary brown mottled calf, gilt, minor spotting, occasional loss not affecting text, scattered marginal notes, repair to 3X3, lacking 2D2 and 2D3, upper board of volume 2 detached, rebacked and repaired with some wear to joints, light wear to binding

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. london: w. strahan; and t. cadell, 1778 [with] additions and corrections to the first and second editions of dr. adam smith's inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. [london: w. strahan and t. cadell, 1784]

8vo, 3 volumes, eighth edition, half-titles, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, custom clamshell box, occasional spotting and staining, scattered marginal notes, joints splitting, bindings somewhat worn

an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. printed for a. strahan; and t. cadell, 1796

8vo, 2 volumes, with half-titles, contemporary full tree calf, spines with red and dark green morocco labels and decorated and lettered in gilt, tiny hole to one spine compartment of volume 2, minor offsetting

the theory of moral sentiments...the sixth edition...   for a. strahan and a. cadell and (edinburgh:) w. creech and j. bell & co, 1790

i) Essays on Philosophical Subjects... to which is prefixed an account of the life and writings of the author by Dugald Stewart. London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795, 4to, FIRST EDITION, half-title, contemporary calf, [Goldsmiths 16218; Kress 3038; Rothschild 1902], some browning to a few leaves at beginning and end, binding rebacked and corners repaired; ii) another copy. Dublin: Wogan, Byrne, [&c.], 1795, 8vo, modern calf, [Kress 3037], spotting and browning, some old library stamps erased

two copies of essays on philosophical subjects, comprising:

i) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Dublin: Printed by William Porter for G. Burnet, L. White, W. Wilson, et al., 1793, 2 volumes, 8vo, fifth edition, extra-illustrated with engraved portrait of Smith mounted on the verso of a preliminary blank as frontispiece in volume one and engraved plate titled "Trade and Commerce" dated 1814 tipped in as a frontispiece in volume 2, later half calf in antique style, scattered spotting and staining, lacking half-titles; ii) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, 1793, 3 volumes, 8vo, seventh edition, contemporary marbled calf, some staining and spotting, rebacked (5)

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