Boards rubbed and stained. Chips to head of spine. Hinges broken (front hinge completely broken, with text block separated from front board.) One text leaf detached, with small tears to margins. Some foxing. Overall a rough but complete copy, suitable as a reading or working copy of the first edition. ; ix, [1], 359, [1] pages + 12 plates. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 210 x 142mm. Non-fiction, society, politics, economics. Contents: The Prophetic Habit of Mind; En Route; Growth Invincible; The Economic Process; Some Aspects of American Wealth; Certain Workers; Corruption; The Immigrant; State-Blindness; Two Studies in Disappointment; The Tragedy of Colour; The Mind of a Modern State; Culture; At Washington; The Envoy. The illustrations include: Fifth Avenue, New York; State Street, Chicago; Interior of a New York Office Building; Harvard Hall and the Johnson Gate, Cambridge; A Bit of Princetown University; In the Congressional Library. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo