Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1938
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Author of the Robber Barons.
Published by London: Printed for B. White. and T. Cadell., 1779
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Tall 8vo (in 4s), pp. [iv], 160, including half-title, uncut, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, morocco label, marbled boards; some soiling of and slight wear edges, fore-margin of half-title slightly frayed. This work by William Eden, later Baron Auckland (1744 - 1814) was published in Dublin, Edinburgh, and London in 1779, and a third edition followed in 1780, with a fifth letter on population added. He sent a copy of the first edition to Edmund Burke on the day of publication, saying that "this glorious Country, tho now in imminent Danger, has ample Possibilities for a Recovery.".