Lot 71
Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: Or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: Or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, folding letterpress table, 'Directions to the Binder' to vol.3, lacking half-titles, vol.3 4T4 with some tearing and fraying to text, 1 or 2 ff., with ink underlining to text, a few tears to margins 1 or 2 slightly into text, some light foxing, heavy to few ff., library bookplate to front pastedowns, ink-stamp to title versos with show-through to versos with paper laid down covering stamp, and embossed stamp to titles and final f. of each vol., hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, red and black morocco labels to spines, rubbed, corners and edges worn, [ESTC T145895; Goldsmith 17107; Kress B.3384; Wellcome, II p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797
⁂ First edition of Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes.
Description
Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: Or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, folding letterpress table, 'Directions to the Binder' to vol.3, lacking half-titles, vol.3 4T4 with some tearing and fraying to text, 1 or 2 ff., with ink underlining to text, a few tears to margins 1 or 2 slightly into text, some light foxing, heavy to few ff., library bookplate to front pastedowns, ink-stamp to title versos with show-through to versos with paper laid down covering stamp, and embossed stamp to titles and final f. of each vol., hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, red and black morocco labels to spines, rubbed, corners and edges worn, [ESTC T145895; Goldsmith 17107; Kress B.3384; Wellcome, II p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797
⁂ First edition of Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes.
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