SELKIRK, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of.

Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes...

London, Longman et al., 1805.

First edition. ‘In 1792 … Selkirk [1771–1820] undertook an extensive tour through the Scottish Highlands and became convinced that emigration thence was unavoidable. He also recognised the need of some controlling hand to direct it. He first conceived the idea of a settlement at the Red River (what...

£425

[SERRÉ, Jean-Baptiste-Adrien-Joseph.]

Livre utile aux négocians de l’Europe, contenant les réductions des argents dont ils...

Paris, chez Valade; Brussels, chez Emmanuel Flon, 1774.

£100

[SEVILLE.]

Mercantile contract between Sebastián de Baeza of Seville and Hernán López de Segovia, almost certainly relating...

Seville, 25 July 1576.

A commercial document from the heyday of Seville’s trade with the Indies. Drawn up for Sebastián de Baeza, a resident of the barrio of San Bartolomé in Seville, the document recapitulates a previous agreement of 25 June 1576 between, on the one hand, Hernán López de Segovia and, on...

£1200

SIDGWICK, Henry.

The development of European polity.

London, Macmillan, 1903.

First edition, published posthumously and edited by Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick. A collection of a series of lectures delivered by Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) on the development and evolution of European polity from the earliest known, i.e. Greek and Roman, through to the ‘constitution-making’ 19th century.

£100

SIMIAND, François (1873-1935), French sociologist and economist.

A collection of six autograph letters signed (‘François Simiand’...

Paris, Fontainebleau and unspecified, 1907, 1924, 1925 and undated.

A collection of letters addressed by Simiand to his ‘cher ami’, identifiable from the contents as the bibliographer, historian, and expert on Saint-Simon, Alfred Pereire (1879-1957), giving an insight into their relationship.

£100

SINCLAIR, Sir John (1754-1835), agricultural improver and politician.

Two letters, signed ‘John Sinclair’, to Sir William Hamilton...

Whitehall, 10 February 1795; Hendersons Hotel, 14 September 1810.

Two interesting letters written by Sinclair as president of the Board of Agriculture and during his campaign against the 1810 report of the bullion committee.

£1100

SISMONDI, J. C. L. Simonde de.

Nouveaux principes d’économie politique, ou de la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population...

Paris, Delaunay, Treuttel & Wurtz, 1819.

First edition. ‘A number of concepts and theories that later became important in the history of economics first appeared in the writings of the Swiss economist J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi … Sismondi developed the first aggregate equilibrium income theory and the first algebraic growth model....

£850

[SMITH, Adam.] [STEWART, Dugald.]

Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith, LL.D. From the Transactions of the Royal Society...

[Edinburgh? N.p. 1794?].

First separate edition of the first ‘Life’ of Adam Smith, and one of only a handful of copies that were printed for limited private issue. A year later, it was incorporated into the Essays on Philosophical Subjects, and later in editions of the Wealth of Nations. Stewart (1753-1828) read the paper...

£3750

[SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COINAGE.]

The King’s Assay Master’s Report, with Tables, shewing the Weights and Fineness of the...

[London, 1834].

Three tables of coinage weights and fineness for Mexico, Central America, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Rio Plata and Columbia, drawn up by Robert and Henry Bingley of the Assay Office ‘to enable Government to form a correct estimate of the value of South American Dollars, as a supply for the military chests...

£250

STEUART, Sir James Denham.

The works, political, metaphisical, and chronological... now first collected by General Sir James Steuart,...

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805.

First and only edition of Steuart’s collected works, volumes I to IV containing the Inquiry into the principles of political Oeconomy, volume V containing Steuart’s various writings on money and coinage, volume VI his philosophical writings, together with anecdotes of his life.

£4750

STOURM, Auguste-African, dit Eugène.

Opinion sur la question des sucres.

[Paris, Bourgogne & Martinet, n. d., but 1840.]

First and only edition. ‘Le mauvais état de santé de M. Stourm ne lui permettant pas de monter à la tribune pour y développer une opinion longuement méditée sur la questions des sucres, il a pris le parti de faire imprimer ce qu’il ne pouvait pas dire’ (p. 2).

£100

[SUEZ CANAL.]

Vade-mecum des porteurs de Suez. Extrait du numéro du 4 mars 1882 du Courrier des Tirages financiers. Propriété...

. Paris, [1882].

Scarce pamphlet, signed ‘J. R.’, advising investors in the Suez Canal – referred to as ‘capitalistes intelligents’ – on the likely return on their investments over the coming 10 years.

£50

[SWEDIAUER, Franz Xavier].

The Philosophical dictionary: or the opinions of modern philosophers on metaphysical, moral and political...

London, for G.G.J. and J Robinson, 1786.

First edition of this philosophical dictionary, featuring extracts from ‘the writings of the most eminent philosophers in Europe’ (preface) chosen by Swediaur, who originally compiled the collection as a sort of commonplace book for his private use. The broad-reaching content includes contributions...

£200

SWEEZY, Paul Malor.

The theory of capitalist development. Principles of Marxian political economy.

London, Dennis Dobson, 1946

First British edition (first issued in 1942), of Sweezy’s ‘seminal work’ (The New Palgrave). Based on lectures which he gave at Harvard on the economics of socialism, this work is a ‘comprehensive review of Marxian economics up until the time of World War II’ and ‘did much to determine the...

£40

TATE, William.

The modern cambist; forming a manual of foreign exchanges, in the direct, indirect, and cross operations of bills...

London, Effingham Wilson, 1836.

Third edition, corrected and expanded to reflect changes in the monetary systems of Portugal and Geneva, a new coinage introduced by the East India Company and the opening of trade with China. There is also a new appendix which discusses the mintage regulations for the coins of the United States, reflecting...

£125

TAYLOR, G. Oswald (photographer).

Promotional photographic brochure celebrating the coronation of Elizabeth II.

Nottingham, Fine Stocking Manufacturers Ltd., June 1953.

An unusual coronation souvenir. The details on the lower wrapper indicate that Oswald Taylor produced the booklet, as well as photographed the series.

£300

THÜNEN, Johann Heinrich von.

Der isolirte Staat in Beziehung auf Landwirthschaft und Nationalökonomie …[Part I and part II/1].

Rostock, G. B. Leopold, 1842–50.

Scarce second edition of the first part, revised and enlarged, being the repository of Thünen’s major theories, and the edition used by Roscher in his Geschichte der National-Oekonomik, here bound with the first edition of part II/1, the last to be published during the author’s lifetime;...

£4500

TOOKE, Thomas.

Thoughts and Details on the high and low Prices of the last thirty Years.

London, John Murray, 1823.

First edition of Tooke's first work, discussing the influence of climatic conditions and changing demand on agricultural prices. ‘During the three years which followed the Resumption Act of 1819 prices of nearly all commodities decreased, and the opinion that the fall in prices was the result of the...

£750

[TOYNBEE, Arnold.]

“Progress and poverty,” a criticism of Mr. Henry George. Being two lectures delivered in St. Andrew’s...

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883.

First edition. The transcript of two lectures delivered in 1883 by the social reformer and political economist Arnold Toynbee (1852-1883) criticising Henry George’s Progress and Poverty (1879). Toynbee was convinced that George’s work was too one-sided and sought to mitigate its influence on the...

£50

[TRADE AND EXCISE].

An Additional Act for the better improvement and advancing the receipts of the Excise and New-Impost. At the...

London, Henry Hills and Iohn Field, Printers to His Highness, 1657.

First edition. The most substantial part of the Act, entitled ‘A Book of Values of Merchandize imported, according to which, excize is to be paid by the first buyer’, includes a 40-page alphabetical list of imported commodities, each recorded with the respective payable duty. A lively and detailed...

£250