JERVIS, John Bloomfield.

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The Question of Labour and Capital. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed to "Mr Joseph Augustine, With Respects of the Author" on the front free endpaper.John Bloomfield Jervis (1795-1885) built his career as one of the pre-eminent civil engineers of Antebellum America, delivering New York City's first water-supply system and building the world's fastest steam locomotive in 1832. Later in life, he drew on his long experience in American industry to write the present work, contending that "the young American working-man has the power of providing for his own well-being" (p. 7).

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