Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Capital: A Critique of Political Economy)
Hamburg: Otto Meissners Verlag, 1903, 1903, 1894.
Complete in three volumes. A mixed set: fifth edition of Volume I, third edition of Volume II, and first edition of Volume III. xxxii, 739; xxvii, 500; xxviii, 422 pp. Bound in half navy morocco over blue paper-covered boards, morocco title labels and gilt stamping to spines, all edges speckled and stained blue. Very Good with moderate rubbing and soiling to covers; leather leaves residue. Contents lightly toned and overall clean with very occasional penciled underlining, binding firm. Early editions of the book that altered the course of human history. Only the first volume of Das Kapital was published in Karl Marx's lifetime, in 1867; the second and third volumes were prepared from Marx's notes by his longtime friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels. This set, bound to order for a previous owner, combines the first edition of the third volume with the fifth and third editions of the first and second volumes, respectively.
Price: $6,000