RARE BOOKS A CATALOGUE
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Economics, Philosophy and the Social Sciences
DE REIP. BENE ADMINISTRANDAE RATIONE ARISTOTLE
1567
ARISTOTLE. De Reip. Bene Administrandae Ratione, Libri Octo, A Dionys.Lambino Monstrolliensi, litterarum Graecorum Lutetiae doctore Regio, Latini facti...Paris, Ioannem Benenatum 1567 Quarto, 9.0 x 6.3 ins, contemporary dark calf, covers with gilt rule, with elaborate gilt fleurion in the centre with the initials C S, upper cover with small loss of....
ALEXANDER BAIN
James Mill. A Biography.
1882
BAIN, Alexander. James Mill. A Biography. London, Longmans, Green 1882 Thick octavo, publishers green cloth boards, spine lettered gilt, upper cover lettered, pp.xxxii, 466, (1), frontispiece portrait, fine copy. First edition.The only full-scale biographical study of James Mill. Bain interviewed many of those who knew Mill in his youth and also used....
PIETRO BORGO
Libro de Abacho 1540
The second Italian commercial arithmetic – a practical book for the use of merchants
BORGO,Pietro. Libro de Abacho. Venice,Bernardino de Bindoni 1540 Quarto, 20.0 x 15.5 cm, contemporary vellum, yapped edges, later endpapers, 99 leaves [leaves 1, 68-69, 88, 91 and 100 are unnumbered; no leaves for 7 and 8; leaf 80 is misnumbered 74, leaf 86 misnumbered 8], woodcut initials, rinted mathematical calculations in the margins thro....
GEORGE SPENCER BOWER
English Philosophers. Hartley and James Mill
BOWER,George Spencer. English Philosophers. Hartley and James Mill. London, Sampson Low 1881 Octavo, publishers red cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black, pp.iv, 250, 32 adverts. First edition £100....
GEORGE SPENCER BOWER
English Philosophers. Hartley and James Mill
BOWER,George Spencer. English Philosophers. Hartley and James Mill. London, Sampson Low 1881 Octavo, publishers red cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black, pp.iv, 250, 32 adverts. First edition £100....
ROBERT BOYLE AND JOHN LOCKE
General History of the Air 1692
Edited by John Locke
BOYLE,Robert and LOCKE,John The General History of the Air, Designed and Begun by the Honble Robert Boyle Esq. London, Awnsham and John Churchill 1692 Quarto, fine contemporary panelled calf, five raised bands, morocco label lettered gilt, pp.xii, 259, [1] adverts, woodcut diagram in the margins of pp.133, 135, inscribed in ink on inner blank Ex L....
J H BRIDGES
The Unity Of Comte’s Life And Doctrine. A Reply To Strictures On Comte’s Later Writings, Addressed To J.S.Mill, Esq.,M.P.
RIDGES,J.H. The Unity of Comte's Life and Doctrine. A reply to strictures on Comte's later writings, addressed to J.S.Mill, Esq.,M.P. London, Trübner & Co., 1866 Octavo, quarter cloth and marbled boards, paper label, pp.70. First edition. The positivist John Henry Bridges (1832-1906) was, alongside Richard Congreve, Frederic Harrison and Edward B....
![Nikolai CHERNYSHEVZSKII. Works by N. Chernishevsky. Supplements and Notes on the Jervic Book of the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY by Jong Stuart Mippa. Volume III [Together With] Ouerki Ia of the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY (II Miaayu) Volume IV](http://www.riley-smith.com/hamish/gfx/media/home/nikolai.png)
NIKOLAI CHERNYSHEVZSKII
Works by N. Chernishevsky. Supplements and Notes on the Jervic Book of the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY by Jong Stuart Mippa. Volume III [Together With] Ouerki Ia of the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY (II Miaayu) Volume IV
CHERNYSHEVZSKII,Nikolai. Works by N. Chernishevsky. Supplements and additions to the first book of the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY by Jong Stuart Mipp. Volume III [together with] Ouerki and the MYTHIUAN ECONOMY (II Miaayu) Volume IV. Elindina and Comtsany, Geneva. 1869; H.Georg, Genève & Bale 1870. 2 volumes bound in one, octavo, 19th century boards rebacked, ....
AUGUSTE COMTE
Cours de Philosophie Positive. Paris, Bachelier 1830, 1835, 1838, 1839, 1841,1842
6 volumes, octavo, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, spines with raised bands gilt, red morocco labels, volume numbers gilt, pp.viii + 739 + (3) with 1 folding table; (3)-724; (3)-845+(3); xi + (1) + 736; iv + 775 + (1); xxxviiipp + (2) + 904, withou
“one of the most profound books ever written on the philosophy of the sciences” £2,500 FIRST EDITION of one of the major documents of secular philosophy. Auguste Comte (1798-1857) began a course of lectures in Paris in 1826 on positive philosophy which were expanded into this six volume work. The Cours de Philosophie Positive was published....
HERBERT COWELL
John Stuart Mill: An Autobiography
COWELL, Herbert John Stuart Mill: An Autobiography. [Extracted from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine] Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine 1874 Octavo, pp.75-93, boards, paper label to upper cover. £50 ref:189....
ADOLF DYGASINSKI
Logica podlug Johna Stuarta Milla
Warsaw, Przeglad Tygodniowy 1879
DYGASINSKI, Adolf. Logica podlug Johna Stuarta Milla. Warsaw, Przeglad Tygodniowy 1879 Quarto, contemporary Polish quarter calf and cloth boards, spine lettered gilt, pp.354,ii, extremities with wear, hinges weakened, paper browned due to paper stock, binder’s label inside front cover of E.Wolski in Radom. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of a Polish Mi....
HUGH ELLIOT
The Letters of John Stuart Mill...With a note on Mill’s private life, by Mary Taylor
With portraits.
ELLIOT, Hugh. (edited) The Letters of John Stuart Mill...With a note on Mill’s private life, by Mary Taylor. With portraits. Longmans, Green and Co, 1910 2 volumes, octavo, publishers cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.xlvi, 312; (8), 408, frontispiece portraits of Mill to each volume and illustrations. First edition ref:057 £150....
SAMUEL FOTHERGILL
Liberty, Licence And Prohibition: An Examination Of The Arguments Of John Stuart Mill, In His Work On Liberty, In Relation To The Liquor Traffic
FOTHERGILL,Samuel. Liberty, Licence and Prohibition: an examination of the arguments of John Stuart Mill, in his work on liberty, in relation to the liquor traffic. Manchester : Tubbs & Brook ; London : W.Tweedie no date circa 1859-1873 Octavo, cloth boards, 26pp First and only edition of this very rare tract by Samuel Fothergill on temperance and....
CAROLINE FOX
Memories of Old Friends
Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, Cornwall from 1835 to 1871. Second edition. To Which are added fourteen original letters from J.S. Mill never before published. London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1882
FOX,Caroline. [edited by Horace Pym.) Memories of Old Friends. Being Extracts from the Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox of Penjerrick, Cornwall from 1835 to 1871. Second edition. To Which are added fourteen original letters from J.S. Mill never before published. London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1882 Two volumes, octavo, publishers green cloth, spine let....
GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN
The Theory of Foreign Exchanges 1861 First edition
The classic treatise on foreign exchanges. The first systematic exposition of the effects of the bank rate
The Theory of Foreign Exchanges. London, Effingham Wilson Royal Exchange 1861 Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, label of Bibliothek der Wiener Handelsakademie on the upper cover and inside, leaf edges marbled, printers woodcut on title of a grasshopper, pp.xii + 139 pages, discreet library stamp on title, a fine c....
HARRIET GROTE
The Personal Life of George Grote
London, John Murray 1873
GROTE, Mrs Harriet. The personal life of George Grote: compiled from family documents, private memoranda, and original letters to and from various friends. London, John Murray 1873 Octavo, publishers green cloth, brown morocco label, pp.xv, 336, engraved portrait frontispiece, facsimile leaf, a fine copy. First edition. Life of George Grote [1794-1871....
JOHN GROTE
An Examination Of The Utiltarian Philosophy. Edited By Joseph Bickersteth Mayor
GROTE,John. An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy. Edited by Joseph Bickersteth Mayor. Cambridge, Deighton,Bell, and Co. 1870 Octavo, original publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.xxiv, 362, 12 adverts, some pencil annotations on the blank endpapers. First edition. John Grote [1813-1866] was the younger brother of the historian G....
THOMAS HARE
The Election of Representatives, Parliamentary and Municipal: A Treatise
27. HARE,Thomas. The election of representatives, parliamentary and municipal: A Treatise. London, Longman 1865 Octavo, brown publishers cloth, rebacked, pp.xlvii, 350, library stamp on half title and title page and final leaf. Third edition and first published in 1859 with a second edition in 1861. All early editions are rare. £150 ref:076....
THOMAS HARE
The Election Of Representatives, Parliamentary And Municipal: A Treatise
HARE,Thomas. The election of representatives, parliamentary and municipal: A Treatise. London, Longman, Brown 1859 Octavo, half green morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, pp.xxxiv, 338, 24 adverts, outer margin of 2 leaves strengthened. Rare First edition. The classic treatise on the single transferable vote. 'This great practical and ....
F.A. VON HAYEK
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor
Their correspondence and subsequent marriage.
HAYEK, F.A. Von. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor. Their correspondence and subsequent marriage. Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1951 Octavo, publishers cloth, pp.320,errata slip. First edition. Hayek provides a full account of how Harriet Taylor had such a deep influence on John Stuart Mill and his thought. His gradual drift to socialism w....
ROWLAND G. HAZARD
Two Letters on Causation and Freedom in Willing addressed to John Stuart Mill
HAZARD, Rowland G. Two Letters on Causation and Freedom in Willing, addressed to John Stuart Mill. With an Appendix on the existence of matter, and our notions of infinite space. Boston, Lee and Shepard (1869) Octavo, original publishers brown cloth, rebacked, lettered gilt, pp.300, perforated stamp to title, inscribed on the initial blank Samuel Gil....
GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE
A New Defence of the Ballot
In consequence of Mr Mill’s Objections to it
HOLYOAKE, George Jacob. A New Defence of the Ballot in consequence of Mr Mill’s Objections to it. [Fifth thousand]. London, Book Store 1868 Twlevemo, disbound, pp.8, last two leaves closely trimmed. £120 ref:091....
DAVID HUME
The Life of David Hume Esq. Written by Himself. London, W.Strahan and T.Cadell 1777
First edition in the original blue paper covers.
Small octavo, original blue paper covers, worn and dust stained, spine frayed, stitched as issued, engraved portrait of David Hume by T.Cook, half title + pp.iv + 62pp, duststained, uncut, ownership in ink on the recto of plate Robert Barclay, Capilrig. £2,500 Provenance: Robert Barclay [died 1783], purchased the esta....
L. J. JENNINGS
The New School of Radicals
Art VII. Questions for a Reformed Parliament. 1868. 2. Three English Statesmen
JENNINGS, L.J. The New School of Radicals. Art VII. Questions for a Reformed Parliament. 1868. 2. Three English Statesmen. By Goldwin Smith 1868. 3. Speech of Mr Goldwin Smith in Brighton...1868. 4. England and Ireland. By John Stuart Mill 1868. 5. Fortnightly Review. 1865, 1866. [Extracted from the Quarterly Review] Quarterly Review 1868 Octavo, pp.....
REV. A.H. KILLICK
The Student’s Handbook Synoptical and Explanatory of Mr J.S.Mill’s System of Logic
KILLICK, Rev. A.H. The Student’s Handbook Synoptical and Explanatory of Mr J.S.Mill’s System of Logic. London, Longmans, Green 1870 Octavo, original publishers purple cloth, upper cover lettered gilt, a little wear to spine, pp.x, (1), (1) blank, 267 First edition £200....
1702 L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES
France Science Natural History Royale Academy of Astronomy, Anatomy, Mathematics, Music
Volumes I-V
The French Academy of Sciences ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l’Academie Royale des Sciences. Anné MDCXCIX (-MDCCIII). Avec les Memoires de Mathematique & de Physique, pour la même Anné. Tirez des Registres de cette Academie. [Suite de l’Histoire… Anné MDCCIII]. Amsterdam, chez Gerard Kuyper 1706-1707 5 volumes with 2 parts in....
F A LANGE
J.St.Mill’s Ansichten über die sociale Frage und die angebliche Umwälzung der Socialwissenschaft durch Carey.Duisberg, Berlag von Falk & Lange 1866
Influential on Karl Marx and Nietzsche
Octavo, uncut, original publishers printed paper green upper cover, rebacked , uncut, pp.viii, 256. £1,800 First edition by the German philosopher and sociologist Lange’s[1828-1875] highly influential work. Karl Marx read the work extensively during his research on the second volume of Das Kapital and was greatly inspired by it, especially in re....
MOUNTIFORT LONGFIELD
Lectures in Political Economy. Dublin 1834 First Edition
Longfield’s remarkable lectures – a ‘neglected British Economist’
LONGFIELD,Mountifort Lectures on Political Economy, delivered in Trinity and Michaelmas Terms, 1833. Dublin, William Curry, Jun, and Company 1834 Octavo, contemporary cloth backed boards with loss of original paper to boards, printed paper label rubbed, pp.xii, 267, without the half title, a good copy. Blaug: Great Economists before Keynes, ....
ARNE LØCHEN
Om J.Stuart Mills logik
LØCHEN,ARNE. Om J.Stuart Mills logik. En kritisk studie. Kristiana, Forlagt af Huseby 1885 Octavo, contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine lettered gilt, pp.x, 319, library stamp to lower blank margin of title. First edition of this Danish critical study of Mill’s Logic Rare, BL only in copac £200....
T.B. MACAULAY
Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, the Liberty of the Press, Prisons and Prison Discipline, Colonies, the Law of Nations, and Education
bound with: Utilitarian Theory of Government, and the ‘Greatest Happiness Principle
MACAULAY, T.B. Art.VII. Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, the Liberty of the Press, Prisons and Prison Discipline, Colonies, the Law of Nations, and Education. By James Mill Esq. [Extracted from the Edinburgh Review] Edinburgh Review, March 1829 Octavo, pp.159-189 bound with [MACAULAY,T.B.] Art.VI. Westinster Review, (XXII,Art,16,) on the Stri....
WILLIAM MACCALL
The Elements of Individualism
A series of lectures.
MACCALL, William. The Elements of Individualism. A series of lectures. London,J.Chapman 1847 Octavo, publishers cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.vii, 350, 1 adverts, pasted on front blank cutting from an autograph letter in ink Mr G E Harris..most faithfully W.Maccall, a fine copy. First and only edition £150 ref:080....
WILLIAM MACCALL
National Missions
A series of lectures.
MACCALL, William. National Missions. A series of lectures. London, Trubner 1855 Octavo, publishers cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.viii, 382, 2 adverts, pasted on front blank cutting from an autograph letter in ink .most faithfully W.Maccall, ownership in ink Geo:E Harris, a fine copy. First and only edition £150 ref:077....
ROBERT ANDREW MACFIE
Speech delivered at a meeting of the Liverpool Reform League
December 19th 1866
MACFIE, Robert Andrew. Speech delivered at a meeting of the Liverpool Reform League on December 19th 1866: including extracts from Archbishop Whately and Mr John Stuart Mill on plurality of votes as a needful element in any final scheme of Parliamentary Reform. London, Longmans, Green & co 1866 Octavo, disbound, pp.16, library stamp to title. First e....
T.R. MALTHUS
Essai sur le Principe de Population. Genève 1830
Original printed paper covers, uncut and unopened
MALTHUS, T.R. Essai sur le Principe de Population…3me edition française, trés-augmentée. Genève, Abraham Cherbuliez 1830 4 volumes, octavo, original printed paper covers, entirely uncut and unopened, xxixpp + 434pp; (2) + 420pp; (2) + 384pp; (2) + 381pp, spines darkened, some wear to extremities, an excellent copy. £500 Not in Kress or....
HENRY MANSEL
The Philosophy of the Conditioned
MANSEL, H.L. The Philosophy of the Conditioned comprising some remarks on Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and on Mr J.S.Mill’s Examination of that Philosophy. London, Alexander Strahan 1866 Octavo, original publishers purple cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.vii, (1), 189 a fine copy First edition. Henry Longueville Mansel [1820-1871] was a met....
LUCY F. MARCH PHILLIPS
The Battle of the Two Philosophies
MARCH PHILLIPS, Lucy F. The battle of the two philosophies. By an Inquirer. London, Longmans Green, 1866 Octavo, original publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.(4), 88, ownership on title of Rev J G Armstrong, . Rare first and only edition. A critical study welcoming John Stuart Mill’s Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy a....
BARTHéLéMY MARMONT DU HAUTCHAMP
Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D’un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law. La Haye 1739
Eonomist John Law’s System – the best contemporary record and history. The Mississippi Project’s Birth, Bubble and Collapse
[MARMONT DU HAUTCHAMP, Barthélémy] Histoire des Finances Sous la Minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précedée D’un Abrégé de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du sur Sr.Law. Tome Premier – Tome Sixieme. La Haye, chez Pierre du Hondt 1739 Twelvemo, 6 volumes bound in 3 volumes, 16.2 x 9.3cm, very fine contemporary continent....
JAMES MCCOSH
An Examination of Mr J S Mill's Philosophy
Being a Defence of Fundamental Truth
McCosh, James. An Examination of Mr J S Mill's Philosophy; being a defence of fundamental truth. New York Robert Carter & Brothers 1866 Octavo, publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, a little worn, pp.v + (1) + 7-434 + (2) adverts. First edition. James McCosh [1811-1894], from 1851-68 he was Professor of Logic at Queen's College, Belfast, an....
JAMES MCCOSH
An Examination of Mr J S Mill's Philosophy
Being a Defence of Fundamental Truth
McCosh, James. An Examination of Mr J S Mill's Philosophy; being a defence of fundamental truth. New York Robert Carter & Brothers 1866 Octavo, publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, a little worn, pp.v + (1) + 7-434 + (2) adverts. First edition. James McCosh [1811-1894], from 1851-68 he was Professor of Logic at Queen's College, Belfast, an....
FRAY THOMAS DE MERCADO
Summa de Tratos y Contratos. Seville 1571
The first description of the quantity theory of money
The School of Salamanca and the Quantity Theory of Money THOMAS DE MERCADO, Fray. Summa de Tratos y Contratos...anadidas ala primera addition, muchas nueuas resoluciones. Y dos libros enteros, como parace en la pagina siguente. Seville, Hernando Diaz 1571 Thick quarto, 20.0 x 14.0cm, quarter vellum and cloth boards, five raised bands, spine le....
THOMAS DE MERCADO
The School of Salamanca and the Quantity Theory of Money
The School of Salamanca and the Quantity Theory of Money THOMAS DE MERCADO, Fray. Summa de Tratos y Contratos...anadidas ala primera addition, muchas nueuas resoluciones. Y dos libros enteros, como parace en la pagina siguente. Seville, Hernando Diaz 1571 Thick quarto, 20.0 x 14.0cm, quarter vellum and cloth boards, five raised bands, spine lettered....
WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE
The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. 1778 2nd edition
Critical attack on Adam Smith’s laissez-faire doctrines to the East India Trade in the Wealth of Nations
MICKLE, William Julius. The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the Original Portugese of Luis de Camöens. The Second Edition. Oxford, Jackson and Lister 1778 Quarto, contemporary tree calf, edges worn, rebacked, red morocco label, (2) + ccxxxvipp + 496pp, including the dedication to the Duke of Buccleuch, engraved ....
JAMES MILL
A Fragment on Mackintosh 1835
First edition
A Fragment on Mackintosh: being strictures on some passages in the dissertation by Sir James Mackintosh, prefixed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. London, Baldwin & Cradock 1835 Octavo, original boards rebacked in calf, spine lettered in gilt, corners worn, leaf edges uncut, pp.vi, (2), 431, (1), ownership inscription of W R Sorley, (1855-1935), pr....
JAMES AND GEORGE GROTE MILL
Objections To The Ballot
MILL,James and GROTE,George. Objections to the ballot, answered from the writings and speeches of Mill, Grote, &c. London: Henry Hooper, 1837 Octavo, linen-backed marbled boards lettered., pp.20. First edition: variant issue, one of the copies printed for general distribution. A disposal of 23 popular objections to Parliamentary elections by ballo....
JAMES AND JOHN STUART MILL
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. Volume I.
MILL,James & MILL,John Stuart. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. Volume I. January-April 1824. London,Baldwin, Cradock and Joy 1824 2 parts in one volume, thick octavo, original grey boards, uncut, pp.iv +288; (2) + 289-560, title with engraved view of Westminster, discreet library stamps on title of Gr.York kl.oels Bibliothek, an excellent copy. Contain....
JOHN STUART MILL
MILL,John Stuart. Levned. Fortalt af ham selv. Paa Dansk ved Vilhelm Arntzen. Andr.Fred Høst & Søns Forlag, Kjøbenhavn 1874 Octavo, original publishers purple cloth, covers blind stamped and lettered in gilt, spine lettered gilt, pp.(4), 318 +(2) with frontispiece portrait of the author, fine copy. First edition in Danish. Rare [BL only in Co....
JOHN STUART MILL
The Subjection of Women
MILL,John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. Second edition. London, Longmans, Greem, Reader, and Dyer 1869 Octavo, original publishers orange cloth, a little soiled, spine lettered gilt, pp. (4), 188 Second edition £200 ref:043 THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN Referring to his wife Harriet’s contribution he wrote in his Autobiography “....
JOHN STUART MILL
Considerations on Representative Government
MILL,John Stuart. Considerations on Representative Government. London, Parker, Son and Bourn 1861 Octavo, original publishers cloth, rubbed and worn, spine lettered gilt, pp.viii, 340, 4 adverts, including the half title, ownership in ink on the half title P C Daleukry First edition. The chapet 'True and False Democracy' is the best description of....
JOHN STUART MILL
Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical
MILL,John Stuart. Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical. Reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews. London, John W Parker and Son 1859 2 volumes octavo, original publishers brown cloth, a little faded, spines lettered gilt, a little wear to the hinges, pp.vi, (ii), 474, (6) adverts; (iv), 563, (1), ....
JOHN STUART MILL
An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings
An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings. London, Longmans, Green 1865 £100 Octavo, 19th century quarter Russia and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, pp.viii, 560, small piece of paper cut from the top of the title page removing an owners name, o....
JOHN STUART MILL
First edition in Russian of A System of Logic
Sistema logiki [Logic] 2 vols St Petersburg 1865-67 1st Russian
MILL,John Stuart. [St Petersburg] 1865-1867 2 volumes, large octavo, contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, rubbed, volume I rehinged, pp. (2), xxxi, 553, xi, vi; (4), 537, viii, volume II with the original pale blue printed paper covers bound in, without the half title in volume I, stamps of the library of the St Petersburg Seminary. £1800 ....
JOHN STUART MILL
A System of Logic
MILL,John Stuart. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. London, John Parker 1862 2 volumes, octavo, original publishers cloth, printed paper labels, pp.xvi, 536, 5 adv; xii, 550, (1) adv, largely unopened. Fifth edition ....
JOHN STUART MILL
Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical
MILL,John Stuart. Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical. Reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews. London, John W Parker and Son 1859 2 volumes octavo, original publishers brown cloth, a little faded, spines lettered gilt, a little wear to the hinges, pp.vi, (ii), 474, (6) adverts; (iv), 563, (1), ....
JOHN STUART MILL
Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical.
MILL,John Stuart. Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical. Reprinted chiefly from the Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews. Vol.III. London, John W Parker and Son 1867 Octavo, original publishers cloth, rubbed and worn, upper cover with The Cork Library printed paper label, spine laid down lettered gilt, pp.(4), 379, 24 adve....
JOHN STUART MILL
Ogiust Kont i Polozhitel'naia. St Petersburg 1867 - Russian
First edition in Russian [see image].
MILL,John Stuart. First edition in Russian [see image]. St Petersburg 1867 Octavo, 2 parts, contemporary calf backed marbled boards, spine with four raised bands and title gilt, pp. (iv), xiv, iv, 370, 184, (1) index, (1) blank, bookplate of Kelecius on front pastedown and his discreet ownership stamp on the title and last leaf, an excellent copy. Fir....
JOHN STUART MILL
A képviseleti kormány.
MILL,John Stuart. A képviseleti kormány. A Második Kiadás után Magyarra forditotta Jánosi Ferencz. Pest, Emich Gusztáv Tulajdona, 1867 Octavo, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, pp.(4), 350, (1), title and final leaf browned. First edition in Hungarian. Very rare. [no copy in copac] £250....
JOHN STUART MILL
MILL,John Stuart. Kvindernes Underkuelse
MILL,John Stuart. Kvindernes Underkuelse. Paa Dansk ved G.Brandes. Kjøbenhavn, Forlagt af den Gyldendalske Boghandel 1869 Octavo, contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine lettered gilt, hinges cracked, (2), ix, (1)blank, 186 bookplate, a fine copy. First edition in Danish. Georg Brandes [1842-1927] was a well-known Danish critic and scholar. Very ....
JOHN STUART MILL
MILL,John Stuart. Om det Representativa Styrelsesättet
MILL,John Stuart. Om det Representativa Styrelsesättet. Öfversättning. Foöreningens Boktryokeri, Norrköping 1862 Octavo, quarter cloth and boards, morocco label lettered gilt, pp.(4),5-354, title damp stained. First edition in Swedish. Rare, no copy in Copac. £150....
JOHN STUART MILL
MILL.John Stuart, Grundsätze der Politischen Oekonomie
First edition in German, translated by the political economist Adolph Soetbeer [1814-1892]. This edition is more than a translation; it is an elaboration, with contradictions discarded or reconciled. It includes an appendix, an extensive bibliography, and
MILL.John Stuart, Grundsätze der Politischen Oekonomie, nebst einigen Anwendungen auf die Gesellschaftswissenchaft. Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt und mit Zuzatzen von Adolph Soetbeer. Hamburg, Perthes-Besser und Mauke 1852 2 volumes, octavo, cotemporary brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.xxviii, 600; xviii, 737, discreet old German library stamp to ....
JOHN STUART MILL
On Liberty
MILL,John Stuart. On Liberty. London, John W.Parker 1859 Octavo contemporary calf, worn, covers with greek key pattern, spine skilfully rebacked, red and brown morocco labels lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, leaf edges gilt, pp.207 + (1), inscribed in ink on the title in a secretarial hand From the Author, numerous pencil lines throughout in the bla....
JOHN STUART MILL
Programme Of The Land Tenure Reform Association. With An Explanatory Statement By John Stuart Mill
MILL,John Stuart. Programme of the Land Tenure Reform Association. With an explanatory statement by John Stuart Mill. London, Longmans Green, Reader and Dyer 1871 Octavo, paper wrappers, printed paper label, pp.16, old ink stamp of the British Library of Political & Economic Science on title, first and final leaf dust stained. First edition. The '....
JOHN STUART MILL
Speeches Of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. And Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., In The Debate On The Second Reading Of “The Bill To Amend The Law With Respect To The Property Of Married Women”
MILL,John Stuart. Speeches of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. and Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., in the Debate on the Second Reading of "The Bill to amend the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women". Manchester, A.Ireland & Co, 1868 Octavo, disbound, pp.23. First edition. The speeches are on pp.3-16. "The Married....
JOHN STUART MILL
Personal Representation. Speech Of John Stuart Mill Esq, M.P. Delivered In The House Of Commons, May 29th, 1867
MILL,John Stuart. Personal Representation. Speech of John Stuart Mill Esq, M.P. delivered in the House of Commons, May 29th, 1867. With an Appendix containing notices of reports, discussions and publications on the system in France, Geneva, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Australian Colonies and the United States. London, Henderson, Rait & Fenton....
JOHN STUART MILL
Speech Of J.Stuart Mill Esq., M.P. For Westminster Upon The Reform Bill, Delivered In The House Of Commons, April 13th, 1866
MILL,John Stuart. Speech of J.Stuart Mill Esq., M.P. for Westminster upon the Reform Bill, delivered in the House of Commons, April 13th, 1866. From the "Daily Telegraph." London, Diprose & Bateman 1866 Octavo, cloth boards, spine lettered gilt, pp16, title lightly dust stained, with 2 other works bound in and described below, H.R.Fox Bourne, John St....
JOHN STUART MILL
Utilitarianism Russian
Utilitarianism Russian
MILL,John Stuart. Utilitarianism. About Freedom. Translated from the English by A.N. Nevodomsky. (2nd ed.). With lridozheniem essay on the life and d'vyated?nosti Middya E. Conradi. S. Leterbchrt, A. M. Gotomina 1882 Octavo, original publishers printed cloth boards, dust stained and a little worn, pp.(2), cxxxv, (1), 3-387, (1), (1) index, discreet R....
JOHN STUART MILL
Om Friheten
MILL,John Stuart. Om friheten. Ny svensk öfversättning af Hj. Ö[hrvall]. Upsala 1881 Octavo, original publishers pale brown printed paper covers, uncut and unopened, pp.(8), 182, (1), a fine copy. First edition in Swedish of On Liberty Very rare, no copy in copac Price-£150....
JOHN STUART MILL
Om Friheden
MILL.John Stuart. Om friheden. Paa dansk ved Vilhelm Arntzen. Copenhagen, Andr. Fred. Høst & Søns Forlag. 1875. Small octavo, original publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, decorated endpapers, pp.(12), 208, a fine copy. First edition in Danish. Very rare [no copy of this first edition in copac] Price- £150....
JOHN STUART MILL
Ueber Die Freiheit
MILL,John Stuart. Ueber die Freiheit. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von E.Pickford. Frankfurt am Main, J.D.Sauerländer's Berlag, 1860 Octavo, contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, pp.ix, (2), 164, discreet contemporary private library stamp on the title of C.Schierer, Breslau First edition in German. Mill had wanted ....
JOHN STUART MILL
La Libertè
MILL.John Stuart. La Libertè. Traduit et augmentè d'une introduction par M.Dupont-White. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie 1860 Octavo, original publishers printed paper covers, uncut, pp.(6), xc, 211, (1). First edition in French translated by Charles Dupont-White [1807-1878], French economist, translator of not only Liberty but also Representative Gove....
JOHN STUART MILL
A Nemzetgazdaságtan Alpelvei
MILL, John Stuart. A nemzetgazdaságtan alpelvei, s ezek némelyikének a társadalom-bölcsészetre való alkalmazása. Írta J. Stuart Mill. Az angol eredeti hatodik kiadása után fordította Dapsy László. Budapest, Légrády Testvérek 1874 5 parts in 4 volumes, octavo, original publishers brown cloth, spines lettered gilt, some light browning ....
JOHN STUART MILL
Zasady Ekonomji Politicznej
MILL,John Stuart. Zasady ekonomji politicznej z niektóremi zastosowaniami do ekonomji spo?ecznej. Napisal po angielsku…t?umaczyli R.P.i B. Tom pierczwy [-drugi] Petersburg, Józafat Ohryzki 1859, 1860 2 volumes, octavo, contemporary cloth, spines lettered gilt but faded, pp.iv, 428, v; xiii, (3), 559, viii, leaves a lightly spotted, contemporary P....
JOHN STUART MILL
Principles Of Political Economy, With Some Of Their Applications To Social Philosophy (1857)
MILL,John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy, with some of their applications to social philosophy. In Two Volumes. Fourth Edition. London, John W Parker 1857 2 volumes, octavo, original publishers green/blue cloth, original printed paper labels, pp.xvi, 606, (2) adverts; xv, (2), 582, (2) adverts, a fine copy. Fourth edition, revised through....
JOHN STUART MILL
Principles Of Political Economy, With Some Of Their Applications To Social Philosophy (1852)
MILL,John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy, with some of their applications to social philosophy. In Two Volumes. Third Edition. London, John W Parker 1852 2 volumes, octavo, original publishers green/blue cloth, original printed paper labels, pp.xx, 604; xv, 571, (1), 4 adverts, ownership in pencil in volume I Augustine Birrell, Trin.Hall, Ca....
JOHN STUART MILL
A Deductiv És Inductiv Logika Renszere
MILL,János Stuart. A Deductiv és Inductiv Logika renszere, mint a megismerés elveinek és a tudományos kutatás módszerének elöadása. Az eredeti VII-dik kiadása után, a Magyar tud, Akadémia Megbizásából, forditotta Szász Béla, M.Kir.Egytemi Tanár. Budapest, Kiadja Ráth Mór, 1874-1877 3 volumes, octavo, original publishers green clo....
JOHN STUART MILL
A System of Logic (1851)
MILL,John Stuart. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. London, John W.Parker 1851 Octavo. Original publishers cloth, faded, original printed paper labels, pp.xvi, 502, 2 adverts; xii, 527, 4 adverts, a fine copy. Third edit....
JOHN STUART MILL
A System of Logic (1846)
MILL,John Stuart. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. Second Edition. London, J.W.Parker 1846 2 volumes, octavo, original cloth backed paper covered boards, original printed paper labels, pp.xvi,580, 32 adverts; xii, 630, (2)....
JOHN STUART MILL
India Pamphlets 1858
[MILL,John Stuart] East India (Improvements in Administration). Copy “of a Memorandum (prepared at the India House) of the Improvements in the Administration of India during the last Thirty Years”. London 1858 Folio, disbound, pp.1-38 +(2). MacMinn, p.90 FIRST EDITION, from Parliamentary Papers, 1857-1858, XLIII. Of this Memorandum Mill wrote in ....
MILL, JOHN STUART.
A System of Logic
MILL,John Stuart. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation. In two volumes. London, John Parker 1862 2 volumes, octavo, original publishers cloth, printed paper labels, pp.xvi, 536, 5 adv; xii, 550, (1) adv, largely unopened. Fifth edition P....
SIR THOMAS MORE
Utopia.
Dublin 1737 First Dublin edition
MORE,Sir Thomas Utopia: written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England. Translated into English by Gilbert Burnet, late Bishop of Sarum. To this edition is added, a short account of Sir Thomas More’s life and his trial. Dublin, R.Reilly, for G.Risk, G.Ewing, and W.Smith 1737 Small octavo, contemporary pale calf, double rule to covers....
MARGARET OLIPHANT
Mill on the Subjection of Women
OLIPHANT,Margaret. Mill on the Subjection of Women. Art.XI. 1. The Subjection of Women. By John Stuart Mill 1869. 2. Women’s Work and Women’s Culture: a Series of Essays. Edited by Josephine G.Butler 1869 [Extracted from the Edinburgh Review] Edinburgh Review October 1869 Octavo, pp.572-602, boards, paper label to upper cover. Margaret Oliphant [1....
COL. H.A. OUVRY
Stein and His Reforms
OUVRY, Col.H.A. Stein and his reforms in Prussia, with reference to the land question in England: and an appendix containing the views of Richard Cobden, and J.S.Mill’s advice to land reformers. London, Kerby and Endean 1873 Small octavo, publishers red cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.xii, 194 a fine copy. First and only edition £250 ref:071....
JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI
Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt. Bern & Zurich 1801 1st edition
Pestalozzi's principles of education
PESTALOZZI, Johann Heinrich. Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, ein Versuch den Muttern Anleitung zu geben, ihre Kinder selbst zu unterrichten. Bern & Zurich, Heinrich Gessner 1801 Octavo, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, black morocco label, engraved portrait of Pestalozzi + (1) + 390pp, an excellent copy. Printing and the Mind of....
THOMAS AND BIRKS RAWSON
Modern Utilitarianism, Or The Systems Of Paley, Bentham, And Mill Examined And Compared
BIRKS,Thomas Rawson. Modern Utilitarianism, or the Systems of Paley, Bentham, and Mill Examined and Compared. London, Macmillan, 1874. Octavo, publishers blue cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.viii, 240, 48 advert First edition – the main part of a course of lectures in 1873 at Cambridgeon Modern Utilitarianism. Birks was Knightsbridge Professor of....
LOUIS REY
Le Roman de John Stuart Mill
REY, Louis. Le Roman de John Stuart Mill. Paris, E.Monzein 1913 Octavo, original printed paper covers, 28pp, authors presentation in ink, dated Avignon June 1913 Provenance Monsieur et Madame Verdet-Kléber First and only edition, very rare. Pastor Louis Rey, Pastor of the Protestant church in Avignon to which Mill diligently paid his dues, became ....
SAMUEL SMILES
Self-Help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct. London, John Murray 1859
First edition - Classic of the Self-Help ethic
Smiles,Samuel. Self-Help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct. London, John Murray 1859 Octavo, 7.5 x 5.5 ins, original purple/brown cloth, covers panelled and ruled in blind with floral central motif, spine lettered in gilt, spine faded, original brown endpapers with faint cracks on inner hinge of endpapers, pp.xii + 343, Edmonds & Remnant....
ADAM SMITH
Recherches Sur La Nature Et Les Causes De La Richesse Des Nations, Traduites De L’Anglois D’Adam Smith: Par Le Citoyen Blavet
Paris. Imprimerie de Laran, An.9, 1800-1801 4 volumes, octavo, contemporary quarter calf and blue marbled boards, a little scuffed, spines lettered gilt, pp. Xxvii + 500; (4) + 521; (4) + 460; (4) + 436; with the four half titles, first two leaves of volume I foxed, otherwise a good copy. Kress B4271. Goldsmith 17863. Vanderblue p.25. The secon....
ADAM SMITH
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Glasgow 1805
First printing in Scotland and first with a portrait
ADAM SMITH An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. New Edition in Four Volumes. Embellished with an Elegant Head of the Author. Embellished with an Elegant Head of the Author. Glasgow, R.Chapman 1805 4 volumes, twelvemo, ORIGINAL PALE BLUE BOARDS, UNCUT, original printed paper labels, engraved frontispiece portrait of Ad....
ADAM SMITH
The Wealth of Nations. 1884
An interleaved copy
SMITH,Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With an Introductory Essay and Notes by Joseph Shield Nicholson,M.A. London, T.Nelson and Sons 1884 1 volume bound in 2 volumes, octavo, contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, calf edges, maroon morocco labels lettered gilt, five raised bands, leaf edges uncut, int....
ADAM SMITH
The Wealth of Nations. 1786 Fourth edition
SMITH,ADAM. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In Three Volumes. The Fourth Edition. London, A.Strahan and T.Cadell 1786 3 volumes, octavo, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, contemporary red morocco labels lettered gilt with volume numbers in gilt, head and tails worn, leaf edges entirely uncut, pp.viii + 499....
WILLIAM SPENCE
Agriculture The Source Of Wealth Of Britain; A Reply To The Objections Urged By Mr Mill, The Edinburgh Reviewers, And Others, Against The Doctrines Of The Pamphlet, Entitled "Britain Independent Of Commerce." With Remarks On The Criticism Of The Monthly R
SPENCE,William. Agriculture the source of wealth of Britain; a reply to the objections urged by Mr Mill, the Edinburgh Reviewers, and others, against the doctrines of the pamphlet, entitled "Britain independent of commerce." With remarks on the criticism of the Monthly reviewers upon that work. London: Luke Hanford and Sons for T. Cadell and W. Davies, ....
W STEBBING
Analysis Of Mr. Mill's System Of Logic
STEBBING,W. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic. London, Longmans, Green 1864 Octavo, oriinal publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, spine worn, pp.xi + 167, ownership in ink on title P.C.Gardiner First edition Price-£250....
JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
STEPHEN, James Fitzjames. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1873 Octavo, publishers brown cloth, inner hinges cracked, foot of spine worn, spine lettered gilt, pp.vi, (2), 350 First edition. Stephen [1829-1894] lawyer and anti-libertarian, this work is a protest Mill’s neo-utilitarianism. He attacks the thesis of J S Mill's ....
JAMES STEUART
Principles of Political Oeconomy. Dublin 1770
First Irish edition
STEUART,SIR JAMES. An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy. Dublin, James Williams and Richard Moncrieffe 1770 Three volumes, octavo, contemporary pale Irish calf, contemporary dark red labels lettered and numbered gilt, slight wear to head and tails of volume II, pp. (4) + (8) + iii-xii + (6) + 426 + (2)adverts; (32) + 424; (8) + 4....
HIPPOLYTE TAINE
Le Positivisme Anglais. Étude sur Stuart Mill.
TAINE, H. Le Positivisme Anglais. Étude sur Stuart Mill. Paris, Germer Baillière 1864 Octavo, contemporary quarter blue cloth and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, pp.viii, 157 First edition. Hippolyte Taine [1828-1893], French historian, critic and philosopher, who reviewed Mill’s Hamilton “with boundless admiration”. His deterministic t....
CHARLES TENNANT
Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government
TENNANT, Charles Utilitarianism explained and exemplified in Moral and Political Government. London, Longman Green 1864 Octavo, original publishers brown cloth, spine lettered gilt, cloth faded, a little wear, pp.viii, 463, (1)adverts, an excellent copy. First and only edition ref:063 £300....
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Memoirs, Letters and Remains of Alexis de Tocqueville
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de . Memoirs, Letters and Remains of Alexis de Tocqueville, author of Democracy in America. Translated from the French by the translator of Napoleon's correspondence with King Joseph. With large additions. Boston, Ticknor & Fields 1862 2 volumes, octavo, publishers cloth, spine lettered gilt, pp.x, 11-430, 16 adverts; xi, 12-442, ....
JULES VÉRAN
Le Souvenir de Stuart Mill à Avignon
VÉRAN, Jules. Le Souvenir de Stuart Mill à Avignon. [IN] Revue des Deux Mondes, CVIIe Année - Huitième Periode, Tome Quarante et Unième. 1er Septembre Paris, Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes, 1937 Octavo, original publishers printed paper covers, pp.211-222. A source on Mill’s life in Avignon. This article begins by noting the death of Pas....
CHARLES VILLERS
An Essay On The Spirit And Influence Of The Reformation Of Luther
MILL,James.[translator] Villers,Charles. An Essay on the Spirit and Influence of the Reformation of Luther: the Work which obtained the Prize on the question proposed in 1802, by the National Institute of France; With a Sketch of the History of the Church, from its Founder to the Reformation; Intended as an Appendix to the Work by Charles Villers. Tr....
MARC DE VISSAC
John-Stuart Mill
Avignon, François Seguin 1905
VISSAC, Marc de. John-Stuart Mill. Avignon, François Seguin 1905 Octavo, original printed paper covers, 15p, offprint from Mémoires de l'Academie de Vaucluse vol.XXIV. An important source on Mill's life in Avignon by Baron Marc de Vissac [1841-1918] President of the Academie de Vaucluse 1904-1905 which had been founded in 1801 and whose priority....
J. WATSON
Comte, Mill, and Spencer
An outline of philosophy.
WATSON, J. Comte, Mill, and Spencer. An outline of philosophy. Glasgow, MacLehose, 1895 Octavo, original publishers brown cloth, pp.xx, 302, bookplate of James Bonar with his notes in pencil in some blank margins and on the final blank leaf, and printed with author’s compliments pasted in, a fine copy. First edition from the library of the disting....
CARLOS WHITE
Ecce Femina
An attempt to solve the woman question.
WHITE, Carlos. Ecce Femina: An attempt to solve the woman question. Being an examination of arguments in favor of female suffrage by John Stuart Mill and others, and a presentation of arguments against the proposed change in the construction of society. Hanover, N.H: By the Author 1870 Octavo, original publishers purple cloth, spine lettered gilt, p....
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807
First Edition Uncut in the original sheets
WILBERFORCE,William. A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Addressed to the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Yorkshire. London, Luke Hansard & Sons for T.Cadell and W.Davies and J.Hatchard, 1807 Octavo, 23.0 x 15.0 cm, uncut in the original sheets, stab holes, pp.(2) +396 + (4), printing flaw on page 276 affecting part of the text o....
JOHN WILSON
John Stuart Mill
WILSON, John John Stuart Mill. Art.VII. 1. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. By James Fitzjames Stephen. 1873. 2. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics with some of their Applications. By William Thomas Thornton...1873. 3. Enigmas of Life. By W.R.Greg 1873. 4. John Stuart Mill: Notices of his Life and Work...1873. [Extracted from the Qua....
JOHN WOOD
A Sketch Of The Life And Projects Of John Law Of Lauriston,Comptroller General Of The Finances In France
A Sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston,comptroller General of the finances in France By John Wood - Paperback - first - 1791 - From Hamish Riley Smith Rare Books (SKU: B201) Click for full size. A Sketch Of The Life And Projects Of John Law Of Lauriston,Comptroller General Of The Finances In France By Wood,Joh....