[Arthur Helps] — Friends in Council

London, Smith, Elder, 1872-73. Leather. A smartly bound set of the first and second series of this philosophical work by Arthur Helps. Complete in four volumes.The complete first and second series of this philosophical work by Sir Arthur Helps.In this work, Helps chronicles the learned discussions of his friends on such diverse subjects as truth, conformity, despair, greatness, education, public life, reading, criticism, the state of the poor, government, and slavery. An interesting look at the mindset and opinions of Victorian society on a range of poignant subjects.New editions. Bookplate of Emerson Bainbridge to the front paste downs. Bainbridge was a mining consulting engineer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the spines and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers and to the first and last few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .