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62 FOURIER, Charles. The Passions of the Human Soul. London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1851 The most important of his works First edition in English, published from a manuscript left at Fourier’s death, part of which had since been published in French in the La Phalange monthly review. Fourier’s writings embraced a great variety of subjects. “In a purely scientific view, the analysis of the passions may be deemed the most important of his works, since he builds his whole social theory, and all his scientific synthesis, on this analysis” (Doherty’s introduction). Doherty was the leading exponent of Fourierism in England, and had started the Fourierist periodical The Morning Star in 1840. In his introduction to this edition, he gives a lengthy overview of Fourier’s life and philosophy. 2 volumes, octavo. Original embossed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, vol. I rebacked with spine laid down, yellow endpapers. Pastedowns with mounted publisher’s advertisements, 2 pp. of advertisements at front of each volume. Binder’s ticket of Westley’s & Co to rear pastedown of vol. I. Contemporary ownership signature to initial advertisements of vol. I and title pages. Cloth expertly restored at extremities and joints, spines sunned, a little rubbed, a few leaves opened a little roughly, slight foxing around initial and final leaves. A very good copy. £1,250 [141252] 63 FRIEDMAN, Milton. A Theory of the Consumption Function. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957 Friedman refutes Keynes First edition, first printing, of what is perhaps Friedman’s most significant academic work, in which he argued against the Keynesian use of government policy to regulate the
economy. This work resolved several paradoxes regarding the relationship between the wealth and spending habits of consumers and it remains a foundational work in economics. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Graphs and charts throughout. Ownership stamp of the National City Bank of Cleveland to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in dust jacket, spine panel toned and a little scuffed, minor nicking and tiny chips around extremities, small chip at head of front panel. £2,500 [131457] 64 GEORGE, Henry. Our Land and Land Policy, National and State. San Francisco: White & Bauer, W. E. Loomis, 1871 Original wrappers First edition of Henry George’s first book, a vigorous remonstrance against indiscriminate land concession to corporate bodies. In the work, George “outlined the basic idea to which he devoted the rest of his life: that society’s ‘fundamental mistake is in treating land as private property’. Human labour can create wealth, he argued, only when it is applied to natural resources, which he termed ‘land’. Private ownership of land enables its possessors to charge rent from those who need access to land in order to produce income for themselves and society as a whole. That rent by rights belongs to the society whose labours generated it, and its collection by private individuals impoverishes those who produce it. Government should, therefore, commandeer the full value of unimproved land to meet community needs and abolish all other taxes, which injuriously burden both workers and investors of capital” ( ANB ). George’s Progress and Poverty , published eight years later, developed the theories he puts forward here. Octavo. Original brown printed wrappers. Housed in a custom brown cloth box. With coloured folding map of California. Front wrapper
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