J. A. Hobson — Richard Cobden: The International Man

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. Cloth. A smart second impression of this detailed biography of English Radical and Liberal politician Richard Cobden, with illustrations. Second impression, published the same year as the first. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. The life of Richard Cobden, an English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. As a young man, Cobden was a successful commercial traveller. He was later associated with the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty. Written by John Atkinson Hobson, an English economist and social scientist. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A small split in the cloth to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .