Extremely rare editions of both parts of Paine's revolutionary classic Rights of Man. The exceptionally rare and desirablefirst edition, second issue of Part I, consisting of the text sheets from the famous suppressed first issue printed by Paine's original publisher, Joseph Johnson (withdrawn by him on the day of publication because of British government intimidation), which were rescued by Paine and his friends, and the new title page and preface printed by Paine's new publisher, J.S. Jordan; bound together with the eighth edition of Part II. Rights of Man, issued same year as its first edition, one of Paine's most important, influential, and best-selling works—"the clearest of all expositions on the basic principles of democracy" (PMM) and "one of the most ardent and clear defenses of human rights, liberty, and equality in any language" (Fruchtman)—Paine hoped the work "would do for England what his Common Sense had done for America" (Gimbel), but it resulted in the prosecution of Paine, his publishers and booksellers, and forced Paine to flee to France. Especially rare in contemporary half calf and marbled boards. $26,000. | More...
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith
Major third edition of Smith's first book, containing the first publication in book form of Smith's Considerations Concerning the First Formation of Languages, increasingly seen as "reflecting core ideas about communication that are integral to the full system of Smith's thought," along with the second edition's revisions at the core of "his central concepts of sympathy and the impartial spectator" (Tribe, 14), a seminal 1767 edition of Moral Sentiments—"one of the truly outstanding books in the intellectual history of the world" (Amartya Sen). $8200. | More...
The Counter-Revolution
of Science
F. A. Hayek
First edition of Nobel laureate Hayek's critique of "scientism," written at the same time as The Road to Serfdom, his important defense of the free market. $1200. | More...
For a New Liberty
Signed by Murray N. Rothbard
First edition of the work hailed as the libertarian manifesto, signed by Rothbard, a seminal work credited with launching the modern libertarian movement in the United States and explaining the economic merits of free market anarchy. $7200. | More...
On the Nature of Things
Lucretius
Exceedingly rare second edition in English, first "corrected and enlarged" edition of the previous year's elusive first edition, of Roman poet Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, a seminal work in Western history offering "key principles of a modern understanding of the world," as well as a "crucial guide" to Thomas Jefferson, who proclaimed himself "an Epicurean" like Lucretius, owned an edition of Creech's translation, and gave the Declaration of Independence "a distinctly Lucretian turn" by naming "the pursuit of happiness" to be a pivotal American right, with copper-engraved frontispiece. $7500. | More...
The Religion of Nature Delineated
William Wollaston
1725 edition of a Wollaston work especially famed as one of the earliest works printed by the young Benjamin Franklin in London, inspiring Franklin—in a "private give-and-take with the printed page"—to craft a response in one of his earliest works, the virtually unobtainable Dissertation on Liberty. $1800. | More...
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Signed by Ayn Rand
Signed limited edition, first printing, number 447 of 700 copies, signed by capitalism’s most popular and influential proponent, Ayn Rand. $3500. | More...
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Finely printed 1909 Humphreys edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, beautifully bound in morocco-gilt by Bayntun. $1250. | More...
The General Theory of Employment, Interest,
and Money
With laid-in signature of
John Maynard Keynes
First edition of Keynes' last major work, considered the most influential economic treatise of the 20th century, rarely found in the original dust jacket. With Keynes' clipped signature laid in. $13,000. | More...
Four Dissertations
David Hume
First edition of this collection of four major essays, including the first appearance of Hume's Natural History of Religion, with scarce half title and dedication pages, a handsome copy in contemporary calf boards. $3800. | More...
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