first edition
1872 · Philadelphia
by [UTOPIAN FICTION] [TAX REFORM] ELDER, Cyrus; Henry L. Stephens, illus
Philadelphia: Published for the Industrial League by Henry Carey Baird, 1872. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); disbound from larger volume with remnants of cloth spine still present; 96pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout. Very faint previous vertical fold, else Very Good and fresh. The title story is a satirical utopia intended to discredit supporters of laissez-faire economics, and the Free-Trade League in particular. LEWIS, p. 57; SARGENT, p. 29; not in NEGLEY. (Inventory #: 30317)