Don't Kill the Goose

DON'T KILL THE GOOSE, Ryllis Goslin and Omar Goslin, hardcover, stated first edition, illustrated, 1939. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. Endpapers are age-toned. No signature or bookplate of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The cream-colored cloth boards are in good condition (lightly bumped spine, some slightly discolored areas, stain at top of front cover). 10 ½ x 7 ½, 169 pages, 32 ounces. XX [Kirkus Review, July 1, 1939] “Pictorial, economic analysis at its best was seen in the authors' RICH MAN, POOR MAN. Now they have done it again in the same manner, with graphic technique and excellent text to show how income is acquired and how spent, the relation of consumption to production, and the various prescriptions for prosperity. They outline the objectives of the New Deal, pose questions pro and con, and discuss in brief and pungent form, dramatized with graphs and charts, the various panaceas – the Townsend Plan, cooperatives, the industrial expansion act, and so on. The last section presents a program for housing and a program for youth. Stimulating.".…