First edition, first impression. 544pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed in at corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, rubbed and bumped at edges, with short closed tears on upper leading corner and at spine head, and a few minor chips at edges, shelf worn and a little faded
A 1966 critical examination of nationalisation, the state of public corporations in the United Kingdom, public utilities as monoploies and the surrounding debates and questions regarding Government control in Parliament, the ideas of public accountability and the status of consumer rights and the links between the Labour Government and the nationalised corporations.
