Condition Continued: The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any soiling. I'm also not finding any creasing. There are no markings. The word 'philosophy' is penned off the top edge of the front end paper. There is no other writing to be found anywhere in the book. The aforementioned bookplate is the only attachment.

E. P. Dutton &  Company, New York ,1916. Hardcover. Written by Henry Hazlitt. Very rare first or early edition. I found only two other books for sale on the Internet that were also published in 1916. E. P. Dutton first editions prior to 1928 are most often identified by Same Date (SD) on the title and copyright page. Like the two others for sale from 1916 my copy has 1916 on the copyright page but not on the title page. However, there is one copy for sale from 1920 that has 1916 on its copyright page with 'fifth printing 1920' below it, and that is making me wonder whether my copy may in fact be a first edition given that there is no reference to a later printing. In any event, it is at the least a very early edition of what I believe to be Henry Hazlitt's first book. I have priced my book considerably below the other two despite it being in very good condition.

  There is a bookplate (in very good condition) of an Arthur Webster Thompson affixed to the front inside cover. The bookplate has two illustrations that are transportation related (a train and a bridge). When I googled Hazlitt and Thompson AI kicked out the following:

'Arthur Webster Thompson and Henry Hazlitt were prominent 20th-century American figures who each left a significant mark on the nation's infrastructure, media, and economic thought. While they operated in distinct spheres--Thompson primarily in corporate industrial logistics and utility management, and Hazlitt in financial journalism and free-market philosophy—both influenced American policy and economic systems during overlapping eras. 

   Arthur Webster Thompson was a high-level American civil engineer and corporate executive who specialized in the logistics of transportation and public utilities. After graduating from Allegheny College, he climbed the ranks to become the vice president of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. During World War I, he published works focusing on the optimization of rail transportation to support war efforts. He transitioned into public utilities, serving as the president of the Philadelphia Company and later the United Gas Improvement Company, where he managed massive consolidations of regional energy infrastructure. Henry Hazlitt was a widely celebrated libertarian philosopher, financial journalist, and author. He is famous for introducing the principles of the Austrian School of economics to the broader American public.'

   Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ' is considered a classic by several American conservative, free-market, and right-libertarian circles, such as at the Mises Institute. Ayn Rand called it a 'magnificent job of theoretical exposition'. Friedrich Hayek called it a 'true classic''  Milton Friedman 'a brilliant performance.' Thinking As A Science was published exactly 30 years earlier.