[ Printed economic pamphlet. ] Half-past Twelve. Dinner Hour Studies for the Odd Half-hours.

[6] + 77 + [1]pp. With frontispiece photograph of Draft. Stapled. In orange printed wraps. Compliments stamp of the Yorkshire Evening news on front cover. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. Two-page introductory note on Gough states that 'His first close interest in the study of economics was aroused when an old shoemaker - of the class now largely driven out by modern machinery - advised him to read Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations." [...] Mr. Gough went to Oxford and is proud of being "a Balliol man;" he was an Exhibitioner of the famous college and secured first-class honours in Modern History.' Twenty-six chapters, from 'What is Political Economy?' to 'The Final Issue', with topics including: the mechanism of exchange, taxation, wages, rent, 'The Organisation of Industry' and 'The Profits of the "Boss"'.