Title: AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE...
Publisher: Alex. Murray & Son, 30, Queen Square, W.C.
Publication Date: 1871
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
781 plus 2 pages of adverts and colophon at the back. Yellow endpapers with binder's 'ticket' (Jarrold & Sons, Norwich) on paste-down endpaper. Owner's contemporary pencil signature on front free endpaper (Chater, 29th January 1872). Mild foxing on a number of pages. 14 x 19 cm. Original purple embossed cloth. Spine with gilt lettering within gilt and embossed ruled compartments (slightly faded and some minor wear to the head and tail). Upper and lower covers with proprietary embossed decorative emblem & lettering ("Murray's Reprint"). Corners very slightly bumped and extremely mild shelf wear. Overall in very good condition & an uncommon survivor. Alexander Murray & Son published reprints of classics, poetry, history and moral philosophy for just 3 years from 1868-71. Chater probably refers to the accountants Chater's of Cambridge, that was founded in the early 1870's. This is a very good original condition reprint of a world renowned and highly collected text that is not now often offered for resale. Bookseller Inventory # 4369