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[CAMBRELENG, Churchill Caldom] [1786-1862].
An Examination Of The New Tariff Proposed By The Hon. Henry Baldwin, A Representative In Congress. By One Of The People.
New York: Published And Sold By Gould And Banks, Charles N.Baldwin, Printer, 1821..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., v, [6]-268. large folding table bound as frontis. recent quarter morocco (scattered foxing). ownership signature of James Strong, U.S. Representative from New York, 1819-21. First Edition. An unusually interesting and substantial essay critical of the proposed tariff, with extended discussions on cotton manufactures, paper, the China trade, &c., and a brief but detailed analysis of the profitability of a whaling voyage. "[A] well reasoned, conclusive tract." (McCulloch, p. 58f.) Cambreleng was a U.S. Congressman and served as House leader for both Jackson and Van Buren. Kress C.672. Sabin 10109. Shoemaker 4901.
$404 USD Book Number: EAME[CAM63 Order / Enquire

CAMPBELL, John [1708-1775].
A Political Survey Of Britain: Being A Series Of Reflections On The Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, And Commerce Of This Island.
London: Printed For The Author; And Sold by Richardson and Urquhart., 1774..
2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., vi, 726, [24]index; 2 p.l., 739, [31]index, [1]ads. modern half calf, t.e.g. (extremities rubbed, some intermittent foxing). First Edition. "The work is specially remarkable for its affluence of practical suggestion. It teems with projects for the construction of harbours, the opening up of new communications by road and canal, and the introduction of new industries. Campbell even proposed that the state buy up all the waste lands in the country and develop their latent resources, arable and pastoral." (DNB) Included in the survey are descriptions of trade to the East and West Indies, America and Canada, and notes on various American colonies and towns. Goldsmiths' 11082. Higgs 5884. Kress 6997. Sabin 10239.
$990 USD Book Number: elala223 Order / Enquire

CARELESS, Anthony G.S.
Initiative and Response The Adaptation of Canadian Federalism to Regional Economic Development.
Montreal & London: McGill-Queens University Press & the Institute of Public Administration Canada, 1977..
8vo. pp. 244. index. wrs.
$40 USD Book Number: aly281 Order / Enquire

CARPENTER, William [1797-1874] (Editor).
Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government The Question Of Law - Whether All Publications Containing News Or Intelligence, However Limited In Quantity Or Irregularly Issued, Are Liable To The Imposition
London: William Carpenter, 1830-31..
4to. pp. 1 p.l., 12, [1 leaf]contents, 16, 16, 16, 16, 24, 16, 16, 16. 9 issues only. all but 1 issue with woodcut headpiece. disbound (some foxing & soiling to first 8 leaves). Carpenter maintained that his journal, Political Letters, was not liable to the stamp duty on newspapers, and he in fact issued it partly to try the question. A prosecution followed in the court of exchequer. At the trial Carpenter defended himself, was convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the king's bench. An account of the trial is included here (issue for May 4, 1831), in addition to: An Expostulatory Letter To The Commissioners of Stamps (October 21, 1830); A Monitory Letter to Sir Robert Peel (October 15, 1830); A Monitory Letter to the People of England (October 29, 1830); A Letter to the Aristocracy of England (November 6, 1830); Facts and Observations Connected with the Present Times (November 18, 1830); A Letter to Earl Grey (November 25, 1830); A Political Miscellany (December 9, 1830); A Political Omnibus (April 8, 1831).
$692 USD Book Number: ERPliCAR29 Order / Enquire

CARR, Edward Hallett.
Karl Marx A Study In Fanaticism.
[London]: J.M.Dent And Sons, Ltd., [1938]..
8vo. pp. xi, 315, [1], [7]ads. 8 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). cloth (spine & upper covers very faded, extremities bit frayed). First Aldine Library Edition (first: 1934).
$100 USD Book Number: dola520 Order / Enquire

CASAUX, [Charles], Marquis De [1727-1796].
Considérations Sur Quelques Parties Du Méchanisme Des Sociétés.
London: Printed by T.Spilsbury, sold by P.Elmsley, 1785..
8vo. pp. xx, 382. with half-title. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (covers bit worn & bowed, wormholes in lower spine). some scoring & a number of pen corrections & notes, possibly in Casaux's hand - several shaved by binder. First Edition of this work by French agronomist and publicist the Marquis de Casaux. A proprietor on the island of Grenada, he became an English subject by the cession of the colony in 1763 and devoted much of his time to the cultivation of sugar cane - he also wrote on the subject. From 1788 to 1792 he resided in Paris, and from 1792 in London, where, among other things, he translated Arthur Young's Travels in France into French. In the present work Casaux discusses commerce, industry and manufacture, taxation, national debt, balance of trade between England and Holland and France, agriculture, the American colonies, prices, currency, &c. He refers frequently to the statistics and analyses of Arthur Young and Sir Charles Whitworth, and also mentions Adam Smith (p. 135). Three continuations of the Considérations (Première-Troisième Suite) were published in 1786-87, while an English translation, done by Parkyns MacMahon under the author's inspection, appeared in 1786. Einaudi 925. Goldsmiths' 12807. Kress B828.
$1025 USD Book Number: ESAnsCAS5 Order / Enquire

CHAMBERLAYNE, [Edward] [1616-1703].
Magnae Britanniae Notitia: Or, The Present State Of Great Britain; with diverse Remarks Upon The Ancient State thereof.The Thirty-sixth Edition of the South Part, called England; and the Fifteenth of the North Part, called Scotland.
London: Printed for A.Ward, S.Birt, T.Longman., 1745..
8vo. pp. 7 p.l., 440, 292, 70. engraved frontis. portrait by Vander Gucht. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf (lacking spine label, head of spine chipped). book label of John Rutherfurd of Edgerston. A handbook to the social and political condition of Great Britain, with lists of public officers and statistics. Following Chamberlayne's death, the work was continued and edited by his son, John, who is named as the author on the title-page. Kress 4744. Goldsmiths' 8130. Hanson 129n. cfGrose 112. cfWilliams I 221.
$256 USD Book Number: ABE-292196 Order / Enquire

CHERUEL, [Pierre] A[dolphe] [1809-1891].
Mémoires Sur La Vie Publique Et Privée De Fouquet Surintendant Des Finances D'Après Ses Lettres Et Des Pièces Inédites Conservées À La Bibliothèque Impériale.
Paris: Charpentier, 1862..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xv, 519; 1 p.l., 563. contemporary half calf, gilt backs (joints cracked). First Edition. A major biography of Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis of Belle-Isle [1615-1680], who was superintendent of finances from 1652 to 1661. Although this was a period of financial difficulty for France, Fouquet managed to lavish some eighteen million francs on his own palace of Vaux, which is said to have surpassed even the royal residence of Fontainebleau. Of him Voltaire remarked "Never was a dissipator of the royal finances more noble and generous." He soon lost favour with the King, who had him arrested, and after a three-year trial, he was sentenced to imprisonment for life.
$308 USD Book Number: EERmoCHE98 Order / Enquire

CHEVALIER, Michel [1806-1879].
Cours D'Économie Politique Fait Au Collège De France.
Paris: Capelle, 1855-58..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. vii, 623, [1]errata; viii, 636. with half-titles. contemporary half calf (extremities rubbed). Second Edition, Revised and Considerably Enlarged. In 1841 Chevalier succeeded Rossi at the Collège de France in the chair of political economy. The lectures of the two first years, taken down in shorthand by one of his pupils, Michel Broët, form the material of the Cours, first published in 1842 and 1844. The second edition has been substantially modified and enlarged. A third volume, on money, was published separately, the first edition in 1850, the second in 1866. cfEinaudi 1049. cfGoldsmiths' 32532. cfKress C.5766. Coquelin & Guillaumin I p. 363. Palgrave I pp. 275-77.
$564 USD Book Number: EEVurCHE85 Order / Enquire

CHEVALIER, Michel [1806-1879].
Lettres Sur L'Amérique Du Nord.
Brussels: Société Belge De Librairie, Etc. Hauman, Cattoir Et Cie. 1837..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 484; 2 p.l., 531. with half-titles. large folding lithographed map. Uncut in original printed wrs. (little chipped, some scattered light foxing). Chevalier was sent to the United States by the French government to study the question of land and water transport. His letters, relating his travels and investigations, sent to the Journal des débats, constitute one of the most valuable French commentaries on the United States, comparable to that of de Tocqueville and Beaumont. Chevalier, a follower of Saint Simon, felt that America was the embodiment of Saint-Simonian ideals. Clark III 20 (5). Kress C.4330. Sabin 12585. cfHowes C359 (not listing this edition). This edition also not listed in Goldsmiths'.
$231 USD Book Number: EEVttCHE63 Order / Enquire

CHITTY, Joseph [1775-1841].
A Practical Treatise On Bills Of Exchange, Checks On Bankers, Promissory Notes, Bankers' Cash Notes, And Bank Notes.A New Edition; From the Second Corrected and Enlarged London Edition; with the addition of Recent English and American Cases By Joseph Story, Counsellor at Law.
Boston: Farrand, Mallory And Co., 1809..
8vo. pp. xxii [i.e. xxiv], 464, [7]ads. contemporary calf (front joint cracked, some dampstaining to outer leaves). Third Enlarged American Edition. Kress B5492. cfSweet & Maxwell II 64.
$250 USD Book Number: elala3197 Order / Enquire

CIBRARIO, Luigi, conte [1802-1870].
Économie Politique Du Moyen Âge.
Paris: Guillaumin Et Cie., 1859..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xlv, 362; 1 p.l., 354. index. A near fine copy in contemporary half calf (occasional light spotting). First Edition of the Second French Translation by M.Barneaud from the enlarged fourth Italian edition, with an introduction by Louis Wolowski. cfCoquelin & Guillaumin I p. 364. cfEinaudi 1095.
$400 USD Book Number: elala5757 Order / Enquire

CLAYDEN, Arthur.
The Revolt Of The Field: A Sketch Of The Rise And Progress Of The Movement Among The Agricultural Labourers, Known As The "National Agricultural Labourers' Union;" With A Reprint of the Correspondence to the Daily News During A Tour Through Canada With Mr
London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1874..
small 8vo. pp. x, 234. with half-title. original black-stamped cloth. First Edition.
$256 USD Book Number: EAYeCLAY78 Order / Enquire

CLOPPER, Edward N.
Child Labor In City Streets.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912..
16mo. pp. vii, [2], 280, [8]publisher's ads. original cloth. First Edition.
$115 USD Book Number: EOPilCLO46 Order / Enquire

COBBETT, William [1762-1835].
Elements Of Reform, Or An Account Of The Motives And Intentions Of The Advocates For Parliamentary Reformation.
London: T.Gillet, 1809..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 37. disbound. First Edition. One of the many hostile tracts published by Cobbett's enemies giving extracts from his earlier anti-Reform writings and tending to discredit him. Included are excerpts from the prospectus of 1800, and from Porcupine's Works, London 1801. Gaines 64. Pearl 68.
$150 USD Book Number: EBBemCOB40 Order / Enquire

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