Handbill, with diagram, expounding the aims of the Society, headed 'Meetings along the Line of Docks'.
Publication details:
Undated [circa 1900]. 'Printed by C. Tinling & Co., 53, Victoria Street, and Published by the Society for the Taxation of Land Values, 4, Preeson's Row, Liverpool.'
£85.00
SKU: 7838
12mo bifolium (leaf dimensions 22 x 14 cm): 4 pp. Text clear and complete, on lightly-aged and grubby paper with wear to extremities. The first pages includes a section beginning 'Land in Liverpool has been sold at £226 the square yard; £1,093,840 an Acre! | PAY YOUR RENTS! and YOUR RATES!! | You must Pay them or be Put Out!!! | But when you pay, think what you are paying for: [...] The Liverpool Stock Exchange had to pay Three Shillings and Sixpence for every square inch of the land facing Exchange Street and corner of Dale Street. There are over 6 1/4 million square inches in an acre! And 3/6 the square inch! Just think of it! [...]'. Diagram on fourth page headed 'How Taxation of Land Values would Abolish Landlordism. Illustration.' Features two house-shaped units, one illustrating 'THE PRESENT CONDITION' and the other 'THE JUST CONDITION.' Scarce: no material relating to the Society at the British Library or on COPAC.