New York: Henry George & Co., [1888]. Very Good +. Item #32032

New York: Henry George & Co., 1879 [but 1888]. Later printing of Fourth Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 512pp + 10ads. Boards full bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine and blind ruling to boards. Green floral endsheets. Dark top stain. Boards scuffed and scratched, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, with minor loss to spine ends. Margins shelfworn and rubbed. Page edges lightly scratched and dust-soiled. Starting at first pastedown but binding sound and firm. Brief pencil and marginalia throughout with manuscript notes at last flyleaf in both pen and pencil. A Very Good or better example of George's self-published run of his first book.

While more influential overseas, Henry George was an incredibly popular 19th-century American sociologist and economist, whose book was responsible for inspiring several reform measures during the Progressive era. In it, he investigates the increase in poverty during the equal increase in innovation and economic progress, suggesting that the solution to this wealth disparity is a single tax on land value. He toured the western world speaking on land rights and the relationship between poverty and rent. George died during his second New York City mayoral campaign in 1897, four days before the election.

[Howes G106].

Price: $800.00