First UK edition, first printing (previously published in the USA, under the title The Economics of Slavery and Other Studies in Economic History). 242pp, with some tables & charts in text. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. An ex university lending library copy with usual markings on front endpapers, call number on spine, and small stamps and annotations on copyright page (no other library markings). Cloth a little pushed at corners and spine ends, text block edges slightly toned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring the library markings.
A collection of historical essays and assessments regarding economic theory and economic history; the economics of slavery in the Antebellum South of the United States; income growth and structural change in late 19th Century America; and British industrial production in the late 19th century.
