Frankenstein, Incorporated

New York: Whittlesey House, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,[2],3-242,[2]pp. Base of spine nudged, gilt titling heavily rubbed, vintage bookseller's ticket to lower rear pastedown, with a few brief pencil notations on rear endpaper; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), sunned, edgeworn, and dust-soiled, with a few small tears and creases, and losses to spine ends, corners, and upper front panel; Very Good.

"Although written for the general reader, this book contains much material of interest to the economist. Its thesis is that the corporate form of organization, envisaged in Roman law as a devide "to provide for some good....beneficial to the public" has become a cloak for dishonest business practices and a serious threat to the attainment of a "socialized capitalism" (Journal of Political Economy, December, 1932, p.846). 84700.