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First edition of this critique of Ricardo, offprinted from The Pamphleteer, vol. XXVII, number LIII. The author is a stern critic of Ricardo's theory of value, and is in favour of the demand and supply principle as "generally applicable". Sraffa 2772. Octavo (213 x 133 mm), 10 pp. Recent boards, paper label to spine. A few leaves with very minor peripheral crease marks; an excellent copy. …

First edition of this critique of Ricardo, offprinted from The Pamphleteer, vol. XXVII, number LIII. The author is a stern critic of Ricardo's theory of value, and is in favour of the demand and supply principle as "generally applicable". Sraffa 2772. Octavo (213 x 132 mm), 10 pp. (142-151). Recent brown half cloth, printed label, marbled endpapers. The lightest of soiling to the final leaf, else a clean, well-preserved copy.…

"Injustice and Impolicy" in the British Bankruptcy System Jemmett, Henry. A Letter to the Right Honorable Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home Department, On the Injustice and Impolicy of Arrest for Debt; Also Recommending a Better and a More Summary Method for the Recovery of Debts and Effects in General. [From the Pamphleteer Vol. XXVI No. 52]. London: [Printed by A.J. Valpy], 1826. [321]-351 [i.e. 31] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves, ink library stamp to verso of title page, leaves separating at ends but secure. $250. * Only edition. Bankruptcy reform was a major economic and political issue in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Britain. Exclusive to the Pamphleteer, a London periodical collecting notable pamphlet literature of the day that often featured original titles or translations, this essay criticizes the existing system and calls for a liberalizing of the laws governing insolvency and arrest for debt. OCLC locates 5 copies, 3 in North America (University of Illinois, Harvard, Newberry Library).…