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KANT, Immanuel.
Kritika chistago razuma …
St Petersburg, M.V. Popov, 1902.
Third Russian edition of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, first published in German in 1781, and in Russian in 1867, in the translation by N. Sokolov which had first appeared in 1897.
£450
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KAUTSKY, Karl.
O istocie klasowości.
[Krakow, People’s Printers] for “Proletaryat”, no date [1903].
Rare first edition in Polish of Kautsky’s Klasseninteresse – Sonderinteresse – Gemeininteresse, first published in vol. XXI (numbers 34 and 35, 1902-03) of the leading German theoretical periodical Die Neue Zeit. The article, written as a refutation of Bernstein’s revisionism, discusses the antagonistic...
£125
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[LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Pierre Paul].
Die glückliche Nation, oder der Staat von Felizien. Ein Muster der vollkommensten Freyheit...
Leipzig, Voss, 1794.
Very rare first German edition of Le Mercier de la Rivière’s physiocratic utopia L’heureuse nation, ou Relation du gouvernement des Féliciens, which had first appeared in French in 1792.
£1250
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LOCKE, John.
Johan Lockes oförgripelige tankar om werldslig regerings rätta ursprung/gräntsor och ändamål.
Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1726.
First edition in Swedish. The first translation into Swedish of Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, this edition – of the Second treatise – was translated, by order of the Swedish Ricksdag, by Hans Harmens from Mazel’s 1691 French edition. It was only the second time that any of Locke’s work...
£300
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[LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION.]
By-laws, orders, and rules, for the good government of the corporation of the London assurance....
London, [n.p.], 1722.
First edition of the by-laws of the London Assurance Corporation, which, along with The Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, was constituted and granted sole rights, excepting private individuals, to the granting of assurance and bottomry by ‘The Bubble Act’ of 1720. The right to self-govern, reflected...
£550
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[MABBUT, George].
Sir Isaac Newton’s tables for renewing and purchasing the leases of cathedral-churches and colleges, according...
London, printed for Thomas Astley, 1742
Sixth edition, first published in 1686, this issue was sometimes also published with a separate title page and imprint reading, ‘The money’d man’s pocket-book’, London, 1742’ immediately preceding the title-page of the second part. A series of tables calculating the amounts owed on leases based...
£125
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MARX, Karl.
W kwestii Żydowskiej.
Warsaw, [“Monografia”] for Instytut Wydawniczy “Renaissance”, 1938.
First edition to be printed in Poland, the second in Polish (first, London, 1896) of Marx’s controversial article Zur Judenfrage ('On the Jewish Question'), which appeared first in 1844 in the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher.
£280
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LOWER RATES.
No. 7. Bankers cause War.
London, United ratepayers’ advisory association [1930s].
First and only edition. An authentic copy of the Fascist-sponsored newspaper ‘Lower Rates’, a rare survival from the heyday of Oswald Mosley. Under the headline ‘Bankers cause War’ we see bankers accused of creating all the problems of society, including war-mongering and creating artificial credit.
£130
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PLACE, Francis.
Illustrations and proofs of the principle of population: including an examination of the proposed remedies of Mr....
London, [Spottiswode] for Longman et al., 1822.
First edition of the first book to argue for birth control by contraception, the only book written by the radical reformer friend of James Mill and Jeremy Bentham.
£4250
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RICARDO, David.
Zasady ekonomji politycznej i podatkowania.
Warsaw, Jan Cotty, 1919.
Second and most complete Polish edition of On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (first published in 1817), in a new translation by Dr. M. Bronstein. The 1826 first Polish translation by Stanislaw Kunatt was based on the translation into French by the Portuguese journalist Francisco Solano...
£150
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RICCI, Vincenzo.
Ragionamento intorno alla navigazione ed al commerzio di Vincenzo Ricci Giustinopolitano.
Padua, Giovambattista Penada, 1755.
First and only edition, rare, of the Venetian Vincenzo Ricci’s treatise on navigation and trade, the repository of much valuable information which the author, a scholar of maritime practice and law, had gathered in his assiduous frequentation of the archives in Venice, as well as in his direct and...
£750
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[ROYAL LUSTRING COMPANY.]
The Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, to whom the Petition of the Royal Lustring-Company...
London, E. Whitlock, 1698.
First edition; a French version appeared the same year. Since its foundation in 1688, the Royal Lustring Company (importers of ‘lustrings’ or ‘alamodes’ – a fine, light, glossy, black silk) had enjoyed special monopolistic privileges which it had exploited to the full. However, by the end...
£275
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[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
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ŚWIATŁO.
Czasopismo popularno-naukowe. Organ Polskiej Partyi Socyalistycznej. Rok pierwszy [- drugi].
London, Printers of the Federation of Polish Socialists Abroad for the Polish Socialist Party [– Printers of the Polish Socialist Party],...
The first two complete years (eight consecutive issues) of the very rare quarterly magazine of the PPS, the largest Socialist Party of Poland, lead by Piłsudski. Altogether 19 issues appeared up to 1904. The annual titles, which are apparently not always present were designed by Teofil Terlecki...
£200
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TUCKER, Josiah.
Betydande frågor om handelen, wid tilfålle af de motsäjelser, som skedde emot den sista billen, om utlänningars...
[v. Oelreich], 1763.
First Swedish edition, scarce, of this history on the treatment of foreign residents in Britain, Reflections on the Expediency of a Law for the Naturalization of Foreign Protestants (1751–1752). This book comprises only the main body of Part II (1752), ‘Important Queries occasioned by The Rejection...
£200
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BENNETT, Terry.
History of Photography in China 1842-1860.
[London], Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2009.
The first comprehensive history of the earliest years of photography in China, combining previously unpublished research with over 150 photographs, many of which are attributed and published here for the first time.
£50
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BENNETT, Terry.
History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861-1879.
London, Quaritch, 2010.
The second volume in our series on the history of photography in China, this is the most extensive general survey of Western photographers working in China in the 1860s and 1870s. Over eighty different photographers are discussed – from well-known professionals to little-known amateurs – with previously...
£70
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BENNETT, Terry.
History of Photography in China: Chinese Photographers 1844-1879.
London, Quaritch, 2013.
This book is the first extensive survey of early Chinese photographers in any language. It is profusely illustrated with more than 400 photographs, many of which are published here for the first time, including a fine selection of Foochow landscapes from the studios of Lai Fong, China’s leading...
£80
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[BARKER, Nicolas]. EDWARDS, A.S.G.
Nicolas Barker at Eighty: A List of his Publications to Mark his 80th Birthday in 2012.
London and New Castle, DE, Bernard Quaritch and Oak Knoll Press, 2013.
Published in celebration of Nicolas Barker's eightieth birthday, this bibliography serves both as a collection of his writings and as a tribute to one who has inspired so wide and deep affection in so many.
£25
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[HOUSMAN, A. E., and A. W. POLLARD.]
A.E.H. A.W.P.: a Classical Friendship.
[London], The Foundling Press and Bernard Quaritch, 2006.
Printing in full for the first time five letters from the poet and classical scholar A. E. Housman to A. W. Pollard, Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, this explores a friendship that was both intimate and formal. The story told by the book’s editor, H. R. Woudhuysen, begins with the exuberance...
£60