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The Law (FEE ed.)

Frédéric Bastiat (author)

The translation by the Foundation of Economic Education of one of Bastiat’s most famous pamphlets, written as part of his opposition to the growth of socialism in France in the 1840s and where he states that “the state is the great…

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, in 2 vols.

Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (author)

A two volume collection of Macaulay’s essays. The first volume contains his essays from Knight’s Quarterly Magazine written during the mid-1820s. The second volume contains essays published in the Edinburgh Review in the 1830s and…

Money and the Mechanism of Exchange

William Stanley Jevons (author)

Jevons’s formative 1875 classic work came into print at the height of interest in gold, silver, and international monetary standards. Of particular interest are the clear discussions of Gresham’s Law (Ch. VIII), competitively…

David Hume: Prophet of the Counter-revolution

Laurence L. Bongie (author)

The bulk of Bongie’s work consists of the writings of French readers of Hume who were confronted, first, by the ideology of human perfection and, finally, by the actual terrors of the French Revolution. These vitally important…

The Present Age

Robert A. Nisbet (author)

Nisbet examines the role of the United States in the world since World War I focusing on the threats that the unprecedented militarization of American life in the decades after 1914, bureaucracy, centralization, and creeping…

A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu’s ’Spirit of Laws’

Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (author)

One of two books by the French liberal Destutt de Tracy which were translated and published by Thomas Jefferson.

The Art of War (Neville trans.)

Niccolo Machiavelli (author)

A translation by Neville, a leading English republican thinker of the 17th century, of one of the few major works of Machiavelli published in his lifetime. Machiavelli drew on his own experiences of the nearly constant warfare in…

The Theory of Money and Credit

Ludwig von Mises (author)

The Theory of Money and Credit opened new economic vistas. It integrated monetary theory into the main body of economic analysis for the first time, providing fresh new insights into the nature of money and its role in the economy.…

Anthony and Cleopatra (facs. 1st Folio 1623)

William Shakespeare (author)

Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is a famously difficult play to stage. It’s complicated plot and constant shifting of scenes make the action hard to follow. It may now be as well known for the flop starring Elizabeth Taylor, and…

Institutes of Roman Law

Gaius (author)

An edition with Latin, English translations, and extensive editorial commentary. The Institutes of Roman Law is Gaius’ best known work which became the authoritative legal text during the late Roman Empire. It was the first…

The Critique of Judgement

Immanuel Kant (author)

One of Kant’s major works of philosophy which were designed to place the discipline on a sound rational footing. This volume deals with aesthetic and teleological questions.

Justice and Its Surroundings

Anthony de Jasay (author)

Author of The State, Anthony de Jasay, has been described as one of the few genuinely original minds in modern political philosophy. He breaks new ground with Justice and Its Surroundings - a new collection of essays that seek to…

An Essay on Government (1747)

Thomas Gordon (author)

Gordon takes issue with some of the main natural law theorists, Pufendorf, Barbeyrac and Grotius, over the right of subjects to obey a tyrannical king or of slaves to obey their master. Gordon goes to the root of the problem by…

Life of Adam Smith

John Rae (author)

A useful late-19th century biography of Adam Smith which was based upon research undertaken at the University of Glasgow, the Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (the Hume Correspondence), and the University of Edinburgh.

The Works of Alexander Hamilton, (Federal Edition), 12 vols.

Henry Cabot Lodge (editor)

A 12 volume collection of the works of Alexander Hamilton.

Democracy and Liberty, vol. 2 (1899 ed.)

William Edward Hartpole Lecky (author)

Vol. 2 of a two volume work in which Lecky explores how the growing tendency towards untrammeled democracy might undermine individual liberty in the coming century.

The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon

Arthur Seldon (author)

The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon spans 65 years of Seldon’s influential thought and includes all his pivotal works that helped to shape current economic thought. His arguments are as compelling and relevant today as they were…

The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, 2 vols.

Gouverneur Morris (author)

A two volume diary which Morris kept while he was Minister to France for the new American Republic from 1792-94. It provides much detail about the social life and political turmoil of Paris during a critical phase of the French…

The Fable of the Bees or Private Vices, Publick Benefits, 2 vols.

Bernard Mandeville (author)

Mandeville is a witty satirist who used a poem to make the profound economic point that “private vices” (or self-interest) lead to “publick benefits” (such as orderly social structures like law, language, and markets).

The History of the American Revolution, 2 vols.

David Ramsay (author)

David Ramsay’s History of the American Revolution appeared in 1789 during an enthusiastic celebration of nationhood. It is the first American national history written by an American revolutionary and printed in America. Ramsay…

Select Works of Edmund Burke, 4 vols.

Francis Canavan (foreword)

A 4 volume collection on Burke’s speeches and writings on economics, the American Revolution and the French Revolution.

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, vol. 4 (LF ed.)

Ludwig von Mises (author)

The 4th and final volume contains a brief appendix by Mises on the work of Boehm-Bawerk and a glossary of terms prepared by the editor.

The Writings of James Madison, 9 vols.

James Madison (author)

A 9 volume collection edited by Gaillard Hunt in 1900-10.

Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, 10 vols

Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor)

A 10 volume compilation of dozens of lesser known religious works from the early centuries of the Christian church.

The First Book of Moses, called Genesis (KJV)

Moses (author)

The first book of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible), also called The Law of Moses, which contains an account of the beginnings of the world, of the people of Israel and their religious faith, and the…

Acton-Creighton Correspondence

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (author)

In one of these 3 letters to Archbishop Creighton Lord Acton makes his famous statement about “power corrupts and absolute power absolutely”. He also makes other remarks about the proper role for moral judgments in history.

The Chinese Classics

Confucius (author)

Legge provides lengthy introductions to leading Chinese philosophical works and is own translations.

The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner (1834-1886), in 5 vols.

Lysander Spooner (author)

This is a five volume collection of the works of the 19th century American legal theorist and abolitionist Lysander Spooner. It is in chronological order of the year of publication.

A full list of Spooner’s works in both…

The Forgotten Man and Other Essays (corrected edition)

William Graham Sumner (author)

A thought-provoking collection highlighting individual liberty, personal responsibility, and the unintended consequences of social policies. Sumner’s timeless insights challenge conventional wisdom and offer fresh perspectives on…

Encyclopedic Liberty: Political Articles in the Dictionary of Diderot and D’Alembert

Denis Diderot (author)

This anthology unites the most significant political writing from the compendium known as The Encyclopedia. It includes eighty-one of the most original, controversial and representative articles on political ideas, practices, and…