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Zustand: New. First published in 1862, this clear analysis of the issues involved in the American Civil War influenced international opinion. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. . 2010. Reissue. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Three parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xix, 506, (2), 54 publisher's catalogue. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, chalked forest-green endpapers, spine ends bit bumped, minute stamp to verso of title, minute blind stamp to title and neat old signature. In a very good condition. Almost entirely still unopened. ~ FIRST EDITION. The American edition was published only later that year (New York, Harper and Brothers). John Elliot Cairnes (1824-1875), Irish economist. At the time of his death he was generally regarded as the leading British economist and the last defender of the classical school. "Some Leading Principles of Political Economy" is considered one of his most important writings. Z-3 IN. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Royal octavo. Pp. xix, 506, (4), 28, (4) publisher's catalogue and ads. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, abrasion mark to cloth on cover, some wear to spine ends and corner-tips, light foxing to first few pages. In a very good condition. ~ First Issue of the FIRST EDITION. The present copy contains the original 28-page catalogue. (Later issues were published with an enlarged 54-page publisher's catalogue.) The American edition, comprising of 421 pages of text and a 4-page catalogue, was published only later that year (New York, Harper and Brothers). John Elliot Cairnes (1824-1875), Irish economist. At the time of his death he was generally regarded as the leading British economist and the last defender of the classical school. "Some Leading Principles of Political Economy" is considered one of his most important writings. TIMO-2. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

First edition of the author's last and longest work, a critical examination of the principal doctrines of the English school of economists. "Cairnes at the time of his death was undoubtedly at the head of living economists" (DNB). Batson, p. 22; Sraffa 632. Octavo. Original brown cloth, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Library stamps and markings, rubbed, somewhat foxed. A sound copy.…

First edition of this collection of essays by the prominent Irish economist, "about half of which is taken up with Irish questions" (Palgrave, I, p. 201). Cairnes (1823-1875) occupied the chair of political economy at Dublin. "At the height of his career he was probably the best-known political economist in England after John Stuart Mill. between 1864 and 1870 Cairnes wrote a number of articles on the problems of land tenure in Ireland, in which he argued in favour of proposals to fix rent by law and contended that this was not inconsistent with classical rent theory. There is evidence that his views on this and other questions of the day, such as Irish university education, exerted considerable influence on (and through) Mill and Fawcett" (The New Palgrave). Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Ownership signature dated 1977 of Michael Hurst to front pastedown (possibly the Michael Hurst who served as Fellow and Lecturer in Modern History and Politics at Saint John's, Oxford), early signature to title page ("K. Leys University College" possibly Kenneth King Munsie Leys, 1876-1950, History Fellow at University College, Oxford), Times Book Club label to rear pastedown. Slight rubbing around extremities, light foxing, minor stain to rear cover and endpapers. A very good copy.…