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MALTHUS, T.R. - An Essay on the Principle of Population; ... The Fourth Edition.

Title: An Essay on the Principle of Population; ... The Fourth Edition.
Description: London, for J. Johnson 1807. Two volumes octavo, uncut and unopened in original boards. Chipping at the spine tops, front hinge of volume I cracked but holding. A scattering of light spots, rather good. ¶ Malthus beavered away at this producing four editions in nine years; or, perhaps, three editions in five years as he regarded the second edition as pretty much a new work. Then it sat for a decade until his fifth edition in conjunction with a separate volume of additions to this fourth and earlier editions so as to save owners from having to buy a whole new set. He may well have shrunk from causing an over-population crisis of his books on library shelves.

Keywords: social sciences political economy economics c19th England population

Price: AUD 500.00 = appr. US$ 345.94 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 11122