The Economist 1843-1943: A Century Volume.

Item Number: 88025

London: Oxford University Press, 1943.

First edition of this collection of essays published in The Economist weekly throughout its first 100 years of circulation. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping to the spine.

Founded by Scottish economist James Wilson in September of 1843, The Economist weekly gained a reputation for its liberal stance. Contributors throughout the first century of circulation included E.L. Woodward, Graham Hutton, Walt W. Rostow, and Franicis W. Hirst.