Britain's Industrial Future being the Report of the Liberal Industrial

KEYNES (John Maynard). Et al.

Britain's Industrial Future being the Report of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry.

First edition, first printing, case-bound issue. 8vo. xxiv, 503, [1] pp. Original orange cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, front cover lettered in gilt with double blind fillet border, dust jacket (some faint spotting to edges and endpapers, pencilled underlining throughout the final chapter, contents otherwise generally unmarked; jacket somewhat worn and dust-marked with a few tiny nicks and short closed tears to extremities, substantial loss to head of spine panel, notwithstanding a good example of the scarce jacket). London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

£300.00

The famous report of the Liberal Party’s Industrial Inquiry of 1928. It proposed a substantial increase in the role of the state in industry, and can be seen as part of the move by the Liberal Party, started three decades earlier, away from classical laissez-faire liberalism towards modern, interventionist liberalism. John Maynard Keynes was a central figure of the committee, and a major influence on the report.

The report was also issued simultaneously in yellow paper wrappers, leading it to be known as the Liberal ‘Yellow Book’. The present example is the hardback issue, complete with the rare original printed dust jacket.

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