Second edition in English of Montaigne’s seminal masterpiece, with the important Elizabethan translation of John Florio used by Shakespeare as a source for The Tempest (circa 1611), a work profoundly influenced by Lucretius, who is quoted almost a hundred times in the work, a splendid folio volume in contemporary calf boards. $16,000. | More...
Some Thoughts On the Conduct of the
Understanding In the Search of Truth
John Locke
First separate edition, preceded only by inclusion in Posthumous Works (1706), of Locke's provocative attack on Aristotelian logic, a work that shares with his Essay Concerning Human Understanding "the challenge of Bacon… to estimate critically the certainty and adequacy of human knowledge" (PMM), with Jefferson owning a later edition in his library. $2200. | More...
The Ethics of Liberty
Inscribed by Murray Rothbard
First edition of Rothbard's "second magnum opus… a pillar of the Rothbardian system" in its bold pursuit of principles introduced in Man, Economy and State, inscribed in the year of publication by Rothbard, the father of libertarianism: "To L— & L— F— Warmest regards to two genuine and uncompromising radical (i.e. genuine) libertarians. Murray Rothbard." $7200. | More...
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
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...
Thoughts on Political Economy
Daniel Raymond
First edition of Raymond's pioneering work on political economy, boldly challenging Smith's Wealth of Nations in opposing laissez faire, free trade and principles of individualism, praised by John Adams as "a proud monument of American literature," arguing government "should be like a good shepherd, who supports and nourishes the weak and feeble ones in his flock," one of only750 copies, a very scarce uncut copy. $9500. | More...
An Essay on the Principle of Population
Thomas Malthus
Second and greatly expanded edition, the first to carry Malthus’ name, of one of the landmark works in economics— four times larger than the first edition and extremely important, embodying “Malthus’ mature views of his subject,” handsomely bound. $12,800. | More...
Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Adam Smith
First edition of this core volume of Smith's essays, issued posthumously, featuring the important first publication of History of Astronomy that seeks "to explain what drives 'philosophers' to ask the questions they do," an impressive wide-margined volume handsomely bound. $13,800. | More...
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir
First edition in English of Beauvoir's pivotal second work in philosophy, issued one year after the first French edition and only five years before the French edition of Second Sex, a core argument for existentialist ethics in response to Sartre's Being and Nothingness, with Ethics one of two works she saw as an "important starting point for any interpretation and evaluation of her oeuvre." $850. | More...
Progress and Poverty
Henry George
Limited first edition of Henry George’s “most famous work,” the rare "Author's Edition" of only 200 copies, the work that prompted the Single Tax movement, with the very rare advertisement leaf asking that no reviews be published. $11,500. | More...
An Essay on Liberation
Inscribed by Herbert Marcuse
First edition of this philosophical work on reinvigorating Leftist movements and the necessary conditions for lasting change, inscribed: "For Dick and Julie, Herbert." $2250. | More...
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