The State and Charity de Thomas Mackay - 2009-01-28

London, England: Macmillan, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Scarce. First edition, 1898. Ex library with "Withdrawn" stamp on title page. Call numbers removed from spine. Else good+. No dj. Thomas Mackay (1849 – 1912), the son of a colonel, was a British wine merchant and classical liberal. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Glenalmond and New College, Oxford. He retired from the bar in order to campaign for liberalism. He criticised old age pensions because he believed they would harm character and advocated reducing "the encouragement to pauperism held out by our present system of out-door relief" by restoring independence. Also, Mackay did not favour a compromise between individualism and socialism: "Those who talk of compromise seem not to realize that the knell of the period of compromise has sounded...We are falling under a tyranny more absolute and unrelenting than anything the world has ever seen".[wiki]

Macmillan and Co., 1898. Hardcover. Good. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 201 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavy crack at title page. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.