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New York: Appleton and Co, 1889. First American edition. Near Fine. The first US appearance of Marx's groundbreaking work. This edition is a reissue in one volume of the first UK edition, by Swan Sonnenschein in 1887. It uses UK sheets with an Appleton title page. It almost certainly beats the Humboldt edition to the US market. That edition was released in parts in late 1890 (and in early 1891), and we assume the book version was produced around the same time (it does not have a dated title page). A Near Fine copy of the book. A small repair to the cloth at the crown and the front inner hinge repaired. Some mottling to the cloth. Internal contents are generally clean and fresh. Bookplate of Stephen A. Tyler (former Rice University Professor) on the front paste-down. A handsome copy overall. One of the most profound and influential thinkers of any age, Karl Marx (1818-1883) is known not only for championing socialism, but also for developing the social sciences, and his important…