Observations on the Pernicious Consequences of Forestalling.

London, 1800. Sole edition. "New Laws to Abolish the System of Monopoly" Girdler, J.S. Observations on the Pernicious Consequences of Forestalling, And Ingrossing, With a List of the Statutes, &c. Which have been Adopted for the Punishment of Those Offences; And Proposals for New Laws to Abolish the System of Monopoly: Remarks on the Impolicy of the Consolidation of Small Farms: Thoughts on, And Acts Relative to, The Coal Trade; As Also On the Sale of Cattle at Smithfield, Contractors, Carcase and Cutting Butchers, Fish and Cheesemongers, Poulterers, &c. with an Account of Some Convictions of Regrators; And Reflections on the Act Lately Passed for Incorporating The London Flour, Meal, and Bread Company, With Various Notes, Hints, &c. London: Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, 1800. xvi, 366, [2] pp. With an errata leaf, half-title lacking. Two blank leaves misbound behind title page. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf with later buckram rebacking, gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to board edges, corners lightly bumped, crack in text block between title page and following leaf. Moderate toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves, internally clean. Ex-library. Institution name (Board of Agriculture) gilt-stamped to front board, shelf number to foot of spine, small inkstamps to verso of title page and foot of final text leaf. A nice copy of a scarce title. $250. * Only edition. A valuable account of the effects of food and fuel monopolies on the condition of the poor and the national economy. Girdler's economic views were controversial and often opposed to those of Adam Smith. OCLC locates 14 copies in North America. English Short-Title Catalogue T55183. …