Lot Essay
The only volume of Marx's magnum opus to appear in his lifetime.
Details
MARX, Karl (1818-83). Das Kapital, kritik der politischen oekonomie. Erster Band. Buch I: Der Produktionsprocess des kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner & New York: L. W. Schmidt, 1867, 8° (216 x 132mm.), FIRST EDITION (title spotted, some spotting to preliminaries and final leaves, light staining to upper margins), contemporary half roan (repaired). [PMM 359; Rubel 633]
Provenance
Walter Schermuly, inscription on front blank dated Krefelt, 1927; earlier inscription erased.