Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1864. Later American edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. [3], 4-616, [2]; [3], 4-603, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Brown pebbled publisher's cloth with borders in blind on each board, copper lettering on the spine. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. Text from the fifth London edition. Macminn, Hainds, and McCrimmon 69. Oxford DNB, Jose Harris, "Mill, John Stuart (1806–1873)." A sprawling treatise on macroeconomics. Here Mill discusses production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services, with attention to industrialization and government influence on economy. Several additions were made to later editions of Mill's Principles, including his ideas on what constituted fair taxation. The work was much-beloved upon publication, and grew more socialist in its bent as it went through successive reprints. Near Very Good. Item #000013334
Rubbing to the spine's crowns and feet, and to the boards' corners. Volume one's free front endpaper with a small tear.
Price: $300.00