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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Vol. I [damaged]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04740 Author/Creator: Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book signed Date: 1789 Pagination: 412 p. : Order a Copy

Signed on titlepage "Wm H. Harrison." Printed by Thomas Dobson. With bookplate of J. Cleves Short / Short-Hill / Nov. 17, 1817." and stamp of "Transylvania Library" on front pastedown. The "William Henry Harrison" written on p. 9 is not an autograph signature. The titlepage and "Advertisement" have both been torn; the first leaf of the table of contents (pp. v-vi) is damaged at the top and center with serious loss of text. (Sprinkled calf binding was severely damaged; board was loose and pages falling out: rebound in 1997). See also volume II, GLC05192.

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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