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Smith, Adam
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes]
AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes]
Author: Smith, Adam
Edition: Eighth Edition
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand
Publication Date: 1796

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The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought...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]. ESTC: T95381.

Octavos, Three Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary full leather with labels and gilt titling to spines. All volumes have general shelf wear and rubbing with all three half-titles present. Volumes have mixed bindings, with Volumes 1 and 3 matching acid-washed leather with black labels with gilt titling, splayed and bowed boards. Front hinge of Volume 1 cracking. Volume 2 in a different binding with speckled leather, head and tail of spine chipped, cracking to both hinges and ink name to title page. Shelved case 3.

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AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes] AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes] AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes] AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes] AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes] AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Three volumes]