Author: George, Henry.
Title: Protection or Free Trade: An Examination of the Tariff Question With Special Regard to the Interests of Labour.
Description: London, Kegan Paul, Trench, 1886. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. vi, 359. Plus 44-page publisher's catalogue. Index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's brown cloth, spine gilt, green chalked endpapers; spine ends slightly bumped. In fine condition. Excellent copy, for the most still unopened. ~ First British edition, published simultaneously with the New York edition. Henry George (1839-1897), American writer and social reformer. His best known work, "Progress and Poverty" (1879), brought international fame and sold millions of copies. While his arguments at first received some academic acceptance in Europe, later his enormously successful speaking tours in Britain caused Fawcett, Marshall, and others to reject his ideas. Wrote also "The Land Question" (1881); "Social problems" (1884); "The Condition of Labour" (1891); "A Perplexed Philosopher" (1892); "The Science of Political Economy" (1898) (all are offered by Librarium). F-5 IN .

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