Author: (Smith, Adam). MacPherson, Hector C.
Title: Adam Smith.
Description: Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, (1899). (1899). Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, (1899). (1899). Very good. - Small octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in red cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine and with decorations & a vignette in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The covers are lightly bumped and the spine is somewhat faded. 160 pages, with a decorated title page printed in red & black. Very good. First edition. A title in the "Famous Scots Series". Inscribed and signed by the author Hector MacPherson to the radical English politician Leonard Courtney (1832-1918) and his wife Catherine on the front endpaper. There is a later ownership signature of R.H. Murray, Grove House, Goring at the top of the page. Very good .

Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMIST; ADAM SMITH; HECTOR C. MACPHERSON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WEALTH OF NATIONS; FAMOUS SCOTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; LEONARD COURTNEY; RADICAL ENGLISH POLITICIAN


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