Principles of Political Economy.

Sixth edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi, 617, [1]; xv, [1], 608 pp. With the half titles. Contemporary tree calf, second and third panels of spines lettered in gilt on red and black morocco labels, the rest with gilt latticework, armorial gilt stamps of New College Oxford with the motto 'Manners Makyth Man' to covers, marbled edges, marbled endpapers (foxing to endpapers, ownership inscription of 'A.K. Cook 1872' to front flyleaf of Vol. 2, occasional pencilled annotations to both volumes in an early, neat hand; crudely rebacked with the original spines laid down, small loss to labels, corners bumped, a good copy only). London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green.

The sixth edition, originally published in 1848, of one of the great classics of nineteenth century economic thought.

Mill's Principles ranked as the 'undisputed bible of economic doctrine' in the English-speaking world up until the publication of Alfred Marshall's Principles in 1890 (Roll, History of Economic Thought, p. 353). 'It drew its enormous appeal from its extensive coverage of contemporary economic issues, from its judicious blending of economic analysis and historical illustrations, from its masterful synthesis of Ricardian doctrine with many of the qualifications introduced by Ricardo's critics, from its radical tone contained within an orthodox framework, from its elegant style, and from the reputation of Mill as a logician, philosopher, political theorist and bell lettrist. Here was no mere economist but a leading Bethamite, a 'saint of liberalism', and a figure that towered over the intellectuals of his time in almost every debate' (Blaug).

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