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GEORGE, Henry (1839-97). Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth--the Remedy. San Francisco: Wm. M. Hinton and Co., 1879.
8o. (Some overall light browning.) Original green cloth (some light rubbing); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: William H. Wells (pencil signature on first text page); Frank J. Hogan (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, the "Author's Edition." PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper: "Compliments of H. George." "The most influential of American works on economics" (Grolier American 81).
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FIRST EDITION, the "Author's Edition." PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper: "Compliments of H. George." "The most influential of American works on economics" (Grolier American 81).