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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Henry George's important economic work Progress and Poverty
GEORGE, HENRY
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco: Wm. M. Hinton & Company for the author, 1879. One of 200 copies printed for the author in San Francisco ("author's edition"), the true first edition, with the rare inserted slip reading "This edition is issued by the author in advance of publication. He requests that no notice be made of it, and no copy be sent to the East or Europe until after publication in New York or London is announced." Publisher's purple cloth, rebacked in calf with a hand-written label. 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (31.75 x 13.5 cm); [viii], 512 pp. Rebacked as noted, some binding wear, the preliminary leaves loose and rather chipped, with a short tear into the title, and a small chip to the slip not affecting the text. Front hinge defective. The second leaf inscribed by the prominent San Francisco resident - and later Mayor - Edward Robeson Taylor, who was a close friend of the author's. As noted on Wikipedia, "The political economist Henry George credits Taylor for influencing his work on Progress and Poverty, one of the most popular and influential books in American history."
Grolier American: "the most influential of American works on economics." This was printed for the author in San Francisco before the Appleton trade edition of 1880. "The single tax theory is only incidental in this significant American contribution to economic and sociological thought" (Howes). George's impact on several generations of economic and social thinkers is hard to overstate. This publication (especially rare in this, the true first edition) ushered in an era of social progressivism, without which (for example) the New Deal could not have existed. Tellingly, Einstein was an admirer: "Men like Henry George are rare unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form and fervent love of justice. Every line is written as if for our generation." Grolier American 81; Howes G-106.
GEORGE, HENRY
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco: Wm. M. Hinton & Company for the author, 1879. One of 200 copies printed for the author in San Francisco ("author's edition"), the true first edition, with the rare inserted slip reading "This edition is issued by the author in advance of publication. He requests that no notice be made of it, and no copy be sent to the East or Europe until after publication in New York or London is announced." Publisher's purple cloth, rebacked in calf with a hand-written label. 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (31.75 x 13.5 cm); [viii], 512 pp. Rebacked as noted, some binding wear, the preliminary leaves loose and rather chipped, with a short tear into the title, and a small chip to the slip not affecting the text. Front hinge defective. The second leaf inscribed by the prominent San Francisco resident - and later Mayor - Edward Robeson Taylor, who was a close friend of the author's. As noted on Wikipedia, "The political economist Henry George credits Taylor for influencing his work on Progress and Poverty, one of the most popular and influential books in American history."
Grolier American: "the most influential of American works on economics." This was printed for the author in San Francisco before the Appleton trade edition of 1880. "The single tax theory is only incidental in this significant American contribution to economic and sociological thought" (Howes). George's impact on several generations of economic and social thinkers is hard to overstate. This publication (especially rare in this, the true first edition) ushered in an era of social progressivism, without which (for example) the New Deal could not have existed. Tellingly, Einstein was an admirer: "Men like Henry George are rare unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form and fervent love of justice. Every line is written as if for our generation." Grolier American 81; Howes G-106.
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