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Essay on the History of Civil Society

by Adam Ferguson

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Transaction Publishers Date Published: 1980 ISBN-13: 9780878556960 ISBN: 0878556966

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Binding: Cloth Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Date Published: 1966

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Edition: 2nd Printing Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780878556960 ISBN: 0878556966

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 290 pages plus index. Square solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is unmarked. "This volume, first published in 1767, is a classic of the Scottish Enlightenment and has become a classic of sociological literature. " read more

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An Essay on the History of Civil Society 1767

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: University Press, Edinburgh Date Published: 1966

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Edinburgh U. P Date Published: 1979 ISBN-13: 9780852243565 ISBN: 0852243561

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Edinburgh U. P., Edinburgh Date Published: 1966

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Edition: Second Edition? Binding: Hardcover Publisher: T Cadel On the Strand, London Date Published: 1793

Description: Very Good. Octovo in full polished calf; tight textblock; pages very bright and unfoxed, none are torn or marked; the front cover recently re-attached, else a solid copy with light shelfwear, black spine label. A minor social science classic.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 468 pages. read more

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: A. Finley, Philadelphia Date Published: 1819

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: for T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Creech,, London: Date Published: 1793.

Description: 8vo. A4, B-2G8, 2H2. vii, [1], 468p. Contemp. calf, f; lat spine decorated in gilt with green lettering piece, spine a little rubbed. Bookplate of John Wilson. Ferguson, Adam (1723&endash; 1816), philosopher and historian. “ In 1767 Ferguson published his masterpiece, An Essay on the History of Civil Society...The Essay touched a chord in its British readers because it offered a detailed, colourful, non-deterministic historical account of the way nations advance morally and materially ... read more

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Edinburgh, for A. Millar & T. Cadell, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell,... Date Published: 1767

Description: 4to. Contemporary Scottish pale tan sprinkled calf, red morocco label, double gilt rules, red sprinkled edges. Engraved bookplate of Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart of Makerstoun (d. 1825). Spine and corners a little rubbed, spine just worn at headcap, rear joint split in lower compartment but holding firm, a sprinkling of foxing to endpapers and outer leaves, still an excellent copy, clean and well-margined in an unrestored contemporary binding. First Edition of Ferguson's masterpiece, a key ... read more

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