The Letters of John Stuart Mill Edited, with an Introduction, by Hugh S. Elliot. With a Note on Mill's Private Life, by Mary Taylor

MILL, John Stuart

Published by London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1910

About this Item

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. xlvi, 312; vii, [1], 408 pp., frontispiece portraits, with tissue guards, of Mill to both volumes, Vol. 1 with three plates, one folding, Vol. 2 with two plates. Original red cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, front covers with single blind fillet borders, bottom edges untrimmed. The bookplate of British army general George Higginson Jr. is present. General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, GCB, GCVO, DL (21 June 1826 1 February 1927) was a British Army officer and veteran of the Crimean War who served more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards. covers very slightly marked and toned, some light pencil writing in the margins, otherwise an excellent near-fine set). The first published collection of Mill's correspondence, including nearly four hundred letters dating from 1829 to 1873, with some useful biographical notes by the editor.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Letters of John Stuart Mill Edited, with an Introduction, by Hugh S. Elliot. With a Note on Mill's Private Life, by Mary Taylor
• Publisher: London, Longmans, Green and Co.
• Publication Date: 1910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket