Illustrations of political economy. No. VI. Weal and woe in Garveloch. A tale

by Harriet Martineau

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. Printed by William Clowes, Stamford-Street , 1832. First edition, small 12mo approx. 5¾ x 3¾ , pp. 6 , 140; a very good copy in original drab printed wrappers. Published in 1832, Illustrations of Political Economy established Harriet Martineau as both a successful and controversial author and a pioneer of nineteenth-century “social problem” writing. This widely read series of didactic

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