Groundwork Economics by Devas C S (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8Vo, Hardcover, Black Boards, Gold Spine, Whole Book Has Slight Bow Out, Pages Clean Throughout, Binding Is Coming Loose At Some Points, Good Condition For 1883 Age, Ex-Libris Baker Library, Harvard, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1883, London, 664 Pg. Seller Book #13243.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Ex-lib. with spine & endpaper marks; Cover POOR, spine ends chipped; hinges weak. Text FAIR, unmarked; no DJ.

First edition of the first work published under the author's own name. Devas also wrote the Manual of Political Economy for the Stonyhurst Philosophical Series in 1892, which had enduring success as a textbook used by schools and seminaries. Before attending Oxford, he had converted to Catholicism, which remained a constant theme of his writings. Henry de Trafford (1877-1915) was educated at Balliol, like Devas, after attending the Jesuit boarding school Stonyhurst. He became a captain in the 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment, and died in France on 25 September 1915. The War Diary records that, on the day of his death, the company "came on splendidly, ably led by Capt. de Trafford, who behaved with the greatest coolness and daring". "Captain Henry Joseph de Trafford - 2nd Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment", Our War. Octavo (215 x 135 mm). With half-title. Contemporary red calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, brown morocco spine label, gilt tooling to compartments, gilt roll to covers, Stonyhurst roundel to front and lettering to rear in gilt, blind roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Prize bookplate for Economics, dated 1897, presented to "Henricus de Trafford". Spine sunned, couple of light scratches to covers, corners worn, and with spot of insect wear, a little foxing to outer leaves. A very good copy. …