"Unto This Last:" Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy [7th Ed.] [with bookplate of notable early proponent of civil rights]

Ruskin, John

Published by George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, and London, 1890

About this Item

7th edition hardcover, bound in brown cloth, with gilt lettering on spine, is in G+ condition, having moderate surface and edge wear to covers, spine, and corners; slight foxing to endpapers; old British pencil price on reverse of first free endpaper, along with small pencil markings at bottom page; slight shaking to volume, some light markings in ink to latter part of text, and light handling wear; on the first fixed endpaper is the simple bookplate of Charles F.[Frederic] Aked, an influential British Christian clergyman (who later became an American citizen), who was an early proponent of civil rights, and who befriended Ida B. Wells, the African-American civil rights activist when she was in England, and hosted her second speaking tour. In this book Ruskin attacks what he considered the "pseudo-science" of J. S. Mill and Ricardo, and "entered new territory and declared open warfare against the spirit and science of his times."--The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1985). Social science. Economics. Political science. Philosophy. DB.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Unto This Last:" Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy [7th Ed.] [with bookplate of notable early proponent of civil rights]
• Publisher: George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, and London
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket