ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES — The Social Contract and Discourses (Everyman's Library #660)

New York / London: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1941. Hardcover. A 1941 reprint of the 1913 issuance. An Everyman's Library English language edition presenting Jean Jacques Rousseau's theory that Society is founded upon a contract between the people and their government. Also presented are the author's Discourses on the Arts & Sciences, the Origin of Inequality and Political Economy. Translated, with an introduction, by G. D. H. Cole. Everyman's Library #660, an entry in EL's Philosophy & Theology series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In EL binding style 3 with full blue cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover, and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front paste-down, mild sunning & dulling to spine, bumps to upper cover corners, otherwise a clean copy lacking interior markings.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xlvii, 287 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .