Search Results: the house of adam smith by eli ginzberg

Octagon, January 1964. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library with normal marks thereof. Text unmarked, binding sound, covers show normal shelfwear.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. viii (ii), 265 (4), frontis, Introduction; PART I. I. Merchants and Knaves; II. Farmers and Gentlemen; III. The Laboring Poor; IV. Big but Bad Business; V. The Costs of Evil; VI. The Learned and the Pious; VII. A Better World for All. PART II. IX. False Prophets; X. A Dangerous Oracle; XI. Flesh and Spirit. appendices, notes, index. First Edition, 1934. Inscribed By The Author on ffep. Lightly age-toned spine with some faint foxing to boards, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan cloth with lettering and decorations in black to spine..

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934.. 1934.. Good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in black with decorations in black on the spine. The binding is lightly soiled with 2 tiny stains to the rear cover. The head of the spine is chipped & slightly frayed. viii, [i], 265 & [2] pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. The margins of the frontispiece are slightly darkened. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author and signed "Eli 12/34" on the front endpaper.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (22.5x15x2.5cm); 269pp. Plain khaki paper jacket with red printing. Volume in warm beige linen, black spine stamping; University of Columbia emblem stamped in blind on front panel with additional blind-stamped border. Textblock top edge speckled in blue. Ex-library with institutional stamp in Hebrew on the title page. Two bookplates: one personal, one from the library. Jacket shows heavy browning with chips and tears along all edges, with one dribble of ink(?) on front; all tears now closed within mylar; jacket remains solid and whole. Volume very clean with only slight erosion to crown of spine; paper clip ghost on dedicatory page; pages otherwise unmarred and unmarked. This first of many studies from the hand of Eli Ginzberg treats the context in which Adam Smith conceived his "Wealth of Nations." Ginzberg, a professor of economics at Columbia, would go on to be a… Read More

New York: Columbia Univeristy Press, 1934. Copright 1934 . Decorative Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 265 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print gem! Solidly bound copy with minimal internal, and moderate external wear and use. Light foxing around edges, not affecting text. Clean text aside from a few light markings. An ex-university-library-book with all the common, usual and standard sings (stamps, stickers, envelope, etc.). First inside page has been removed. No dust jacket.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1934 Cloth. 8vo. First edition. 265 pp. Very good +, in very good dust jacket with small closed tear near spine. Frontis portrait of Smith.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 265 pages; Description: viii p. , 2 l. , [3]-265 p. , 2 l. Front. (port. ) 23 cm. Bibliography included in ""Notes"": p. [245]-265. Subjects: Smith, Adam (1723-1790) -- Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.

New York Ny: Columbia University Press, 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Ix, 270 Pp. Red Cloth, Paper Spine Label Printed In Black. True First Printing, With "Published 1934" Stated On Copyright Page, And 1934 Date On Title Page; Other Copies In Beige Covers Lettered In Black Are Without The Publishing Statement And Are Thus Reprints. This First Printing Is Scarce. Light Usage, Slight Browning To Spine, No Marks. Per Wikipedia, Eli Ginzberg (1911 -2002) Was Born In New York City And Earned An A.B., An A.M., And A Ph.D. From Columbia University Between 1931 And 1934. He Was Son Of The Famous Louis Ginzberg, Professor Of Talmud, At The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America In New York, And His Wife Adele. Ginzberg Became A Professor Of Economics At Columbia University In 1935. It Was In This Capacity That He Became Acquainted With General Dwight D. Eisenhower Shortly After Eisenhower Assumed The Presidency There In 1948. Ginzberg And Eisenhower Envisioned A Project That… Read More