[BANK OF SCOTLAND.]

Act of Parliament for erecting a Bank in...

Edinburgh, printed by the heirs and successors...

Very rare edition of the Act of Parliament...

£650

MURDOCH, Iris.

Sartre. Romantic Rationalist.

Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1953.

First edition, the first published book...

£200

LAUDERDALE, James Maitland.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of...

and London, T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.

First edition. Lauderdale ‘was the first...

£900

MANDEVILLE, Bernard.

The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices,...

London, Wishart and Co., 1934.

First edition thus. Mandeville’s Fable...

£190

HICKS, J. R.

The Theory of Wages.

London, MacMillan and Co, 1932.

First edition, scarce on the market, of...

£200

SHAKESPEARE, William.

The Works … in ten Volumes …

Stratford-on-Avon, The Shakespeare Head...

The handsome ‘Stratford Town’ Shakespeare,...

£1250

CAMPANELLA, Tommaso.

La città del sole. Traduzione del latino.

Lugano, G. Ruggia, 1836.

Rare first Italian translation of Campanella’s...

£500

CARNEGIE, Andrew.

The Empire of Business.

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902.

First edition (with ‘April, 1902’ statement...

£600

[CATHERINE the Great of Russia]. BETSKOY, [Ivan]; [Nicolas-Gabriel LE] CLERC, translator; [Denis DIDEROT, contributor].

Les plans et les statuts, des différents...

Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1775.

First edition in French, translated from...

£4000

MALTHUS, T. R.

An Essay on the Principle of Population;...

London, John Murray, 1817.

Fifth edition, ‘with important additions’,...

£2200

MALTHUS, T. R.

Principles of political Economy considered...

London, John Murray, 1820.

First edition of Malthus’s broadest treatment...

£5000

MORGAN, Lewis Henry.

Ancient Society or Researches in the Lines...

New York, Holt, 1877. 

First edition. Morgan’s influential work...

£400

HOWARD, John.

An Account of the Principal Lazarettos...

Warrington, Eyres, Cadell, Johnson, Dilly...

First edition of Howard’s study of quarantine...

£575

COMBE, George.

Phrenology applied to Painting and Sculpture.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1855.

First edition, scarce in commerce. George...

£350

COMTE, Auguste.

Cours de philosophie positive.

Paris, Au Siège de la Société Positiviste,...

A facsimile reprint of the first edition...

£350

[PRATT, Samuel].

The regulating Silver Coin [sic], made...

London, Bonwick, 1696. 

First and only edition. William Lowndes...

£575

GILBRETH, Frank B.

Motion Study. A Method for increasing the...

New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911.

First edition, rare, of this pioneering...

£550

KÜLPE, Oswald.

Grundriss der Psychologie. Auf experimenteller...

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1893. 

First edition of this important work in...

£400

COMTE, Auguste.

Cours de philosophie positive.

Paris, Bachelier, 1830–1842. 

First edition, an attractive set, of Comte’s...

£1600

FERGUSON, Adam.

An Essay on the History of Civil Society.

Edinburgh, A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1768. 

Third edition, corrected: the edition owned...

£700