A Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints of the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains
by Bentham, Jeremy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good copy
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Manly and Orr. Very good copy. 1841. Later prt.. hardcover. 12mo, 124 pp., Backstrip cracked along its edges but outer & inner hinges still tight, Full title reads as follows: "A Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints of the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains to Which is Added, a Letter to Adam Smith, Esq. , LL.D. on the Discouragement of Inventive Industry". Appears to be the first printing of this edition with introductory statement "To the Publishers" also dated 1841 .
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- Abacus Bookshop (US)
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- Title
- A Defence of Usury; Showing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints of the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains
- Author
- Bentham, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good copy
- Edition
- Later prt.
- Publisher
- Manly and Orr
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1841
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...