Karl Marx; Capital; A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production; Translated from the Third German Edition, 1896

An early English edition of the first volume of Karl Marx's Capital, complete in one volume, in the translation by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Friedrich Engels. A landmark of economic and political thought, the work examines commodities, labour, surplus value and the accumulation of capital, drawing extensively on conditions in nineteenth-century British industry. This 1896 fifth edition retains its original publisher's green cloth and comes from the library of economic historian Vincent Barnett, author of Marx (2009), with his bookplate and ownership signature.

Capital; A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production, by Karl Marx.; Translated from the Third German Edition, by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling., and edited by Frederick Engels.

Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd, London 1896. Fifth English edition, January, 1896.

Provenance: Most recently from the collection of Vincent Barnett, a noted Research Fellow in the fields of History, Russian Studies and Economics, and biographer of Karl Marx, with his work 'Marx' published in 2009. The book with his private bookplate and signature to endpapers. The book is also an ex-library book from Grimsby Public Library, with the usual library markings.

A very good green cloth hardback in the original Publisher's binding. With light wear and a little bumping to head and tail of spine. The spine with gilt titles, and front cover with blind rules. With patterned endpapers which are intact at front inner hinge, and at starting to crack at rear, but binding is sound.

Some foxing to the first few pages at either end of the book, but with the bulk of the text clean and bright throughout. 

Text in English.

xxxi + 816pp. 

Dimensions: approx 226mm high x 153mm wide x 36mm deep.

Weight: approximately 1010g (unpacked).