Malthus Rev (35 results)

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reprint hardback in original cloth Nice copy small octavo viii + 285pp., index, Everyman's Library. Comprises Book III & Book IV. A nice copy.

Reprinted from the last edition revised by the author. With a biography of the author, full analysis and critical introduction by G. T. Bettany. xlii, 614 pp + 16 pp ads. Book I - Of the checks to population in the less civilised parts of the world and in past times, Book II - Of the checks to population in the different states of Modern Europe, Book III - Of the different systems or expedients which have been proposed or have prevailed in society, as they affect the evils arising from the principle of population, Book IV - Of our future prospects respecting the removal or mitigation of the evils arising from the principle of population. Hinges cracked. Binding loose. Deep red cloth boards with black lettering on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Cloth lifting from boards at edges. Boards damp stained. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Overall condition Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. COVER A LITTLE RUBBED AND SCUFFED. SPLIT TO JOINT AT FRONT. MINOR FOXING HOWEVER PAGES APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. VG late 19th century reprint on Malthus' most famous work in which he sets out his views on the growth and decline of human population. 614pp + 16pp publisher's adverts. Maroon cloth; black and gold lettering. Boards have some patchy fading and there is some rubbing at the extremities. The spine is a little darkened. Internally the book is very bright and clean. There is a small, neat rubber-stamped bookplate on the fly-leaf. The book has a home-made dustwrapper in textured beige paper.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (13/14 February 1766 - 23 December 1834) was an English cleric, scholar and influential economist in the fields of political economy and demography. In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the populace, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, humans had a propensity to utilize abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ninth edition, a good tight copy, some wear at top & base of spine, slight fading to same, boards are fresh & clean, internally the text block is tight & square with age spotting affecting preliminary pages & endpapers, free from pencil markings/annotations etc.

Ninth Edition. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 551 pages. Later fine polished calf. Dark blue and green spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Binder Stamp ('Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England') on verso of front free end paper. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Joint and hinges started to crack. Internally bright and clean. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. One of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought. The central idea of the essay - and hub of the Malthusian theory - was a simple one. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient, and the size of the population is checked by 'misery' - that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine. Malthus recognises two other possible checks to population expansion: first 'vice' - that is, homosexuality, prostitution, and abortion (all totally unacceptable to Malthus); and second 'moral restraint' - the voluntary limitation of the product of children by the postponement of marriage" (PMM). "For today's readers, living in a post-Malthus era, the world's population problems are well known and serious, but no longer sensational. It is difficult therefore to appreciate the radical and controversial impact made by the Essay at the time of publication. It challenged the conventional notion that population growth is an unmixed blessing. It discussed prostitution, contraception, and other sexual matters. And it gave vivid descriptions of the horrendous consequences of overpopulation and of the brutal means by which populations are checked" (ODNB). Despite its unpopularity with liberal critics, Malthus's principle of population became accepted as a central tenet of classical political economy and Charles Darwin acknowledged Malthus's influence in the development of his theory of natural selection. Carpenter XXXII (1); Einaudi 3667; Garrison-Morton 1693; Goldsmiths' 17268; Kress B3693; McCulloch, pp. 259-60; Norman 1431; Printing and the Mind of Man 251. Octavo (212 x 130 mm) (Peter Harrington).

Condition: Fair. London: Reeves and Turner, 1888. 9th edition. Sm 4to Hardcover. 551pp. Tables. Poor Ex-Library book. Heavy edgewear. Boards and preliminary pages detached, but present. Pages age toned. Slight dampstaining to the boards and top-edge. With usual library markings. In polypropylene bag. (population, sociology, social science, history) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With browning of the end papers, otherwise a VG 1890 printing from the last edition revised by the author. In a brown faux leather binding. 614 pages plus catalog. This is Joseph J. Spengler's copy with his pencil underlines and notes, but he did not sign this copy. Photos on request.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 X 6 INCHES WITH 42 + 614 PAGES + PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. SOME MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL MINOR FOXING TO PAGES, MINOR RIPPLES TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY WITH MOST PAGES CLEAN & BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

1890. Ward, Lock & Co. Hardback. Book - Good. Ex-lib. (The Macaulay Library of Great Writers).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. "Principles of Political Economy" by Rev. T.R. Malthus. William Pickering, Londo, 1836 second Edition with considerable additions from the author's own manuscript, a little foxed, ex-library copy with one or two ink stamps and label to front pastedown (beneath laid-down front free endpaper), original cloth, paper label, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends with label chipped, split to lower joint, [Einaudi 3681; Goldsmiths' 29340; Kress C4188]. Rare copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leather. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, London, UK. 1806. Two Volumes, xvi, 505 pgs; vii, 559 pgs. Third Edition. Bound in gilt ruled fine calf leather with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly rubbed and worn). Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Third edition, the first to be published in 2 volumes and the first published after the Great Quarto edition of 1803, of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economic thought. The third edition contained numerous revisions, among which was a text entitled, A Reply to the Chief Objections which have been urged against the Essay on the Principle of Population, which was also published separately so that it might be bound with earlier ones. As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks in the form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. London: Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, By T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1806. Third Edition collated and complete. Two volumes, in recent dark calf with gilt titles to red leather labels, gilt bands, marbled paper covered boards, new end papers, text blocks tight, tanned and foxed throughout, with some creasing, damp staining and wrinkling to the pages. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (17661834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the population, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, humans had a propensity to use abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view and stance that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". Populations had a tendency to grow until the lower class suffered hardship, want and greater susceptibility to war, famine, and disease, a pessimistic view that is sometimes referred to as a Malthusian catastrophe. Pagination: xvi, 505, [63]pp; vii, [i], 559pp. Signatures: A to Nn in gatherings of 8, Oo in gathering of 4; A in gathering of 4, B-Nn in gatherings of 8. Provenance: no inscription or bookplates. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall (21.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition recent dark calf with gilt titles to red labels, gilt bands, gilt volume numbers. Joints very good condition sound. Corners very good condition sound. Boards very good condition half calf and marbled boards. Page edges good condition top edge darkened gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition secure. Paste downs very good condition plain paper. End papers very good condition plain paper, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned and minorly foxed. Pages good condition foxed, tanned with minor marks throughout, some damp staining to the end pages of Vol I, creasing and waviness to the pages. See photos.

[Demography] FIRST TWO VOLUME EDITION. Octavos (22 x 14 x 8cm), pp.xvi; 505; [63], pp.viii; 559; [1]. Brown half calf, marbled paper over boards. Gilt ruling and red labels containing gilt titles to spines. All edges speckled blue. Interior relatively bright and clean, a few leaves spotted/marked. Infrequent pencil annotations throughout each volume. Small ownership inscription in both volumes to a front, blank leaf. Toning to corners of all endpapers. Marbled boards rubbed, some wear to calf spines and extremities. Very good. Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus, FRS (1766-1834), known as Thomas Malthus or Robert Malthus (his preference), was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his pessimistic but highly influential views on population growth. In 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798) Malthus made the famous prediction that population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person.

vi, 601, [1] p. First edition. It has a good quality mid-twentieth century binding with a polished morocco spine, marbled boards and vellum corners. The spine with gold lines and a contrasting label. Minor rubs to the spine ends, otherwise in very good condition. There is an undated pencil note on the title page '£45 Repair'. The text with a few signs of use and some pale paper toning. IMPORTANT COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT PROVENANCE: The title page is inscribed at the head 'Society for promoting Working Men's Assocns / 34 Castle Place --? Oxford Street, with a shelfmark R31'. The Society was founded in 1849 by the Christian Socialists in an attempt to found self governing workshops. Lower down the title page is the oval stamp of Ormond Street Working Mens College which still exists in Camden. Founded in 1854 by Frederick Denison Maurice, Wiki describes it as 'The Working Men's College, is among the earliest adult education institutions established in the United Kingdom, and Europe's oldest extant centre for adult education. Founded by Christian socialists, at its inception it was at the forefront of liberal education philosophy.' At different times its teachers included Thomas Hughes whose latin lectures were apparently not so popular as his boxing club, F.J. Furnival, and E.M. Forster.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Original full tree calf, gilt on burgundy title label mounted on upper spine. Rubbed along edges, some surface cracking/crazing, rubbed joints and spine extremities. Foxed endpapers, some toning and scattered foxing to interior but otherwise intact, with firm binding. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf. viii,472 pp. Exceptionally scarce first American edition, issued a year after the first (British) edition of 1820. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First Edition. viii + 261pp., 8vo, rebound in 3/4 red leather, gilt-lettered spine; (half-title expertly repaired, otherwise fine). London: John Murray, 1827. First Edition. Near fine. A critique of the terms used by French economists Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, James Mill, David Ricardo, J.R. McCulloch and Samuel Bailey, followed by the author's classification. Kress C. 1924. NCBEL III 1294. Palgrave II p.677.

London, Reeves and Turner, 1872, 23x16 cm., tela, XV+551 págs.+ 4 h.

47, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Third edition. Third edition. 47, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kress B 6539; Goldsmith 21179 Disbound, with paper strip on spine, pale dampstain to upper margin throughout not affecting text.

First edition, 8vo, vi, 601, (1) pp. Contemporary black half calf, a little rubbed, covers very slightly damp stained and bowed, gilt spine and red label. "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time. more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment, and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place." (ODNB). Goldsmiths 22767. Kress C577.