Explaining China by Baker, John Earl - N.D.

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London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1791. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern cloth, gilt-blocked title to spine. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 83 pp., 22 cm. Subjects; Adams, John 1735-1826. Corn laws (Great Britain). Agriculture United States History. British colonies. Commerce. Law and legislation. Politics and government.

London: Printed for J. Hatchard, 1818. First edition, 8vo, iv, [3]-60 pp., stitched as issued, uncut and unopened, small stain on inner blank margin of title, a nice copy. In this work the author strongly condemns the present management of the poor as a disgrace to the policy and political economy of the poor. He alleged that the heavy burden of the poor rate had so ruined small tradesmen as to have added to, rather than reduced the existing number of paupers. He advocated the abandonment of the whole system; the separation and classification of paupers, the education of pauper children, and their separation from criminal parents. He suggested the application of the unemployed to agricultural work. Holroyd, an intimate friend of Gibbon, wrote numerous pamphlets on economic subjects, including commerce, manufacturers, slavery and the Corn Laws. His estate at Sheffield Place, in Sussex, was regarded as a model of farming. Kress, C170; Goldsmith, 22206; Einaudi, 2916; Black, 3097.

London: Printed for J.Debrett, 1784., 1784. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xlvii, 345, [38]tables & indexes, 24(Table IX). 10 folding tables. 19th century half calf (extremities worn, upper margin of e4 defective only affecting running title, scattered foxing). Inscribed 'From the Author'. armorial bookplate of Sir Wm. Purves Hume Campbell. 1824 inscription from Campbell giving the book to the Marchmont Library. Sixth Enlarged Edition. A detailed exposition and statistical comparison of the imports and exports of Great Britain and the United States, from 1700 to 1783. With each edition, Sheffield substantially revised and enlarged the text. Written in opposition to the bill introduced by Pitt in 1783, proposing to relax the navigation laws in favour of the States, the work was influential in determining the abandonment of the motion. Sheffield points up the weak position of America and continually stresses the growing commercial importance and potential of the West Indies and Canada (especially… Read More

Londres et se trouve à Paris, Lejay fils & Et Maradan, 1789. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 336.Half-title present. Attractive engraved head-piece; publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome patterned boards, spine with red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt, blank paper label to upper cover. In fine condition. ~ Second French edition. Translated by H. G. Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, sometime attributed to E. Rumare (Cf. British Library). John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), English politician. Having served in the Army, he entered the House of Commons in 1780. In 1803 he was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture. He was a great authority on farming and a leading economic authority of his time. In 1792, "A brief examination of Lord Sheffield's observations on the commerce of the United States", by Tench Coxe, was published as a reaction to Holroyd's book. B-1