The Question of Labour and Capital
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1877. First Edition. Octavo, 8 x 5.5", maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering, 216 pp. Inscribed by author to front endpaper. An economics book by John B. Jervis (1795 to 1885), a leading civil engineer in the United States before the Civil War, who designed several of the country's most significant railways and canals, and helped found the Rome Iron Mill in upstate New York. This book argues that "the young American working-man has the power of providing for his own well-being, and that there is no just ground of controversy between him and the capitalist." A bright copy with wear to covers, slight toning and foxing to pages, staining to text block edges. Item #11639
Price: $400.00