The Theory of Political Economy

W. Stanley Jevons

Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1879

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The second and preferred edition of Jevon's most important contribution to economic thought. The second and revised and improved edition of William Stanley Jevon's ground-breaking work The Theory of Political Economy in which Jevons asserts that Economic Science must be mathematically grounded and contradicts Riccardo by basing value entirely on utility.In the original publisher's cloth binding.Revised and enlarged with a new preface and appendices.This work is noted for really starting the mathematical method in economics.With thirty two pages of advertisements to the rear.Institutional book plate to the pastedown from the Paisley Free Library and Museum. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are some light marks to the boards and staining to the tail of the spine. The hinges are starting but firm. Institutional book plate to the pastedown from the Paisley Library.Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with only the odd spot. Good. Seller Inventory # 856W30

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Theory of Political Economy

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London

Publication Date: 1879

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Good

Book Type: book