By William Stanley Jevons
New York   D. Appleton and Company
8" by 5" xviii, 349, [16]pp
An early American edition of this popular nineteenth century economical study.
By William Stanley Jevons

1876 Money and the Mechanism of Exchange

New York   D. Appleton and Company
8" by 5" xviii, 349, [16]pp
An early American edition of this popular nineteenth century economical study.
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Early Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

Early American edition of Money and the Mechanism of Exchange by William Stanley Jevons in the original publisher's cloth binding. 

Published as part of the International Scientific Series, Volume XVII. 

The work was well received for its popular style, being more descriptive than theoretical and therefore more accessible. 

William Stanley Jevons was an English economist and logician. His 'A General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy (1862) is credited as being the start of the mathematical method in economics. 

With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear

Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown, from the library of C. F. Maurice, and prior owner's ink inscription from 1877 to the front free endpaper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The boards have some faint marks. The front hinge is strained but firm. Prior owner's book plate to the first pastedown and prior owner's ink inscription from 1877 to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light age toning.

Very Good

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