Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket as Issued Three-Quarter Leather First Thus 'In preparing this volume, I have attempted to write a descriptive essay on the past and present monetary systems of the world, the materials employed to make money, the regulations under which the coins are struck and issued, the natural laws which govern their circulation, the several modes in which they may be replaced by the use of paper documents, and finally, the method in which the us e of money is immensely economized by the cheque and clearing system now being extended and perfected'. Gilt lettering spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled boards. Wear to extemities and hinges

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth Second Impression H. Stanley Jevons, son of W. S. Jevons, was also a Professor of Economics. Here, to some extent, he continues the work of his father's first book: chapter XXVI opens with the following: "Nearly half a century has passed since the late Professor Jevons published his well-known book on the Coal Question." An important book in labour and social history.

Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Jevons's best-known book and one of the corner stones of mathematical economics. In this his most systematic treatment of theoretical economics Jevons sets out the marginal utility theory of value. Distinguished neoclassical economist. Jevons was born in Liverpool, and educated in Liverpool and London. After studying chemistry at University College London, and working as an assayer in Australia, he returned to University College in 1859 to study political economy, philosophy, and mathematics. From 1863 he was tutor, lecturer, and then professor at Owens College, Manchester, moving in 1876 to a chair at University College London (until 1880). His principal contribution is his work on the marginal utility theory of value (Theory of Political Economy, 1872), the introduction of marginal analysis marking ‘the true dividing line between classical theory and modern economics’. Rebound in strong library binding.

Colección Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia, 416 pp. Traducción de Carlos E. Prélat. Bordes de tapas y lomo algo desgastados.

ID 177968 Tipo de encadernação: capa dura Estado de conservação: bom Manchas do tempo no corte. Capas lombada e miolo em bons estados.Economia: Economia política. Teoria. Jevons: Marginalismo. Teoria do Prazer e Sofrimento. Utilidade. Troca. Teoria do Trabalho. Renda da Terra. Capital. Populações. Coleção Os Economistas.

ID 160382 Tipo de encadernação: capa dura Estado de conservação: bom Capas e lombada um pouco gastas. Miolo em bom estado.Economia: Economia política. Teoria. Prazer. Sofrimento. Utilidade. Troca. Trabalho. Renda. Capital. Populações. Coleção Os Economistas.

Coleção os Economistas. Brochura Azul e Cinza. Título Completo: os Economistas: a Teoria da Economia Política.