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145 SENIOR, Nassau William. Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes. London: B. Fellowes, 1835 First edition, presentation copy to the radical Whig politician William Pleydell-Bouverie, third earl of Radnor (1779–1869), inscribed on the title page, “The Earl of Radnor from the author”. Senior’s work arose from researches commissioned by Lord Palmerston in 1833, who enquired into the variations between European and American methods of administering relief and the different classes of paupers. Octavo (210 × 132 mm). Contemporary straight-grain calf, red morocco spine label, brown endpapers, brown speckled edges. Light rubbing at extremities, minor foxing to contents; a very good copy. ¶ Einaudi 5251; Goldsmiths’ 29196; Kress C.4036. Marian Bowley, Nassau Senior and Classical Economics , Allen & Unwin, 1937. £800 [150984] 146 SHAW, Nellie. Whiteway. A Colony on the Cotswolds. London: C. W. Daniel Company, 1935 First edition, first impression, in notably attractive condition, of this work by one of the founding members of Whiteway, a Tolstoyan anarchist community established in 1898, based on the principles of equality between sexes and individuals. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Facsimile frontispiece of a letter from H. G. Wells, 5 photographic plates. With 4 laid-in newspaper clippings and with accompanying manuscript notes discussing the community loosely inserted and to the front free endpaper. Small hole to front joint, spotting to edges;
143 SCHROEDER, Eduard August. Das Unternehmen und der Unternehmergewinn vom historischen, theoretischen and praktischen Standpunkte. Vienna: Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold’s Sohn, 1884 First edition of Schroeder’s study of the development of enterprise, with the ownership signature to front cover of Austrian economist Friedrich von Kleinwächter (1838–1927). Octavo (211 × 141 mm). Contemporary black half cloth with original wrappers laid onto the boards. Early shelf labels to front cover, crayon notation to title. Light peripheral wear, small chip to spine, some browning to contents; a very good copy. £750 [150128] 144 SCHULTZ, Theodore W. Investment in Human Capital. New York: The Free Press; Collier-Macmillan Limited, London, 1971 First edition, first printing. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979, Schultz’s research was a major influence in shifting the approach of international development from providing food and supplies to providing education and cultivating innovation. Octavo. Original pink cloth, spine lettered in white and blue. With dust jacket. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. A fine copy, in very good jacket, price-clipped with light rubbing and soiling, nick at foot of rear panel. £375 [149346]
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