8vo. xv, [1], 328, 24pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked. One Scattered spotting, one gathering working loose. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'The Revd. J. Downes / from the Author'.

The first edition of a long essay by Charles Morrison on labour and capital, intended to contribute towards 'the discovery of the most efficacious means of improving the condition and elevating the character of the working majority of mankind'.