The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, reprints 1933, 1934
The famous work on politics and economy which was originally published in 1776.
This edition, part of the Everyman’s Library — No.s 412 & 413 — was first published in 1910, these copies being the 1933 and 1934 printings.
Note: These copies are from the Eric Ravilious era with his designs to the upper board, the endpapers, title page, and publisher’s list bound to rear; the dustwrappers are the previous era Version 3*, a mismatch but perfectly normal to how Dent operated.
Hardbacks. Publisher’s fawn colour cloth with gilt title to spines and blind stamped decoration to upper boards; decorated endpapers; tinted brown to top edge of page-block. In blue dustwrappers with publisher’s lists to flaps and rear panels. pp [i-vi], vii-xviii, 1-441 [442], [1]-4, [1]-15 [16] publisher list; [i]-vii [viii], [1]-455 [456], [1]-15 [16] publisher list. Size: 6.75 x 4.5 inches approx. (174mm x 111mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrappers with some small loss to spine ends and corner tips; sunned/faded to spines; a touch dusty and marked in places. Cloth generally clean and bright; boards sharp to corners. Pages generally clean throughout; age-toning and dustiness to edges of page-block.
Overall, light wear but otherwise nice, clean copies complete with dustwrappers — very presentable indeed.
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References
A Guide to Collecting Everyman’s Library by Terry Seymour (AuthorHouse, 2005)
