The Errors of Socialism. Edited by W.W. Bartley, III.
London, Routledge, 1988
Signed presentation inscription. A major association copy of Hayek's last published work, signed and inscribed by the author to his long-serving secretary Charlotte E. Cubitt: 'In gratitude for all her help over so many years. F.A. Hayek'.
In pen below, a manuscript note by Cubitt records 'This was done on 6th July 1990 while H. was lying down in the "Green Room". He asked me for my Christian name but was to [sic] weak to put it down!'. Cubitt worked as Hayek's assistant from 1977 until his death in 1992, and helped to prepare the manuscript of The Fatal Conceit for publication.
The work takes its title from a passage in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments which discusses the 'conceit' of the 'man of system... so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it'. The text continues Hayek's attack on socialist planned economies, which he believed lacked the necessary freedoms inherent in capitalist systems to decide what to produce and by what methods which were crucial for promoting economic growth.
First UK edition, first impression, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo (24x 16.5 cm); signed presentation and ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpaper recto; publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, typographic dustjacket lettered in white and black on a green ground, slight crinkling to jacket edges, otherwise near fine; xiii, [3], 5-180pp.
In pen below, a manuscript note by Cubitt records 'This was done on 6th July 1990 while H. was lying down in the "Green Room". He asked me for my Christian name but was to [sic] weak to put it down!'. Cubitt worked as Hayek's assistant from 1977 until his death in 1992, and helped to prepare the manuscript of The Fatal Conceit for publication.
The work takes its title from a passage in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments which discusses the 'conceit' of the 'man of system... so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it'. The text continues Hayek's attack on socialist planned economies, which he believed lacked the necessary freedoms inherent in capitalist systems to decide what to produce and by what methods which were crucial for promoting economic growth.
First UK edition, first impression, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo (24x 16.5 cm); signed presentation and ownership inscriptions in pen to front free endpaper recto; publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, typographic dustjacket lettered in white and black on a green ground, slight crinkling to jacket edges, otherwise near fine; xiii, [3], 5-180pp.
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