John Stuart Mill — Autobiography

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1873. First edition. Cloth. The first issue of John Stuart Mill's brilliant autobiography. The first edition, second issue, with the errata to the rear.The autobiography of John Stuart Mill.Mill was a philosopher, civil servant, and political economist, and was only of the most influential philosophers in liberalism, with his contributions to political economy and political theory. He was considered to be the most influential English philosopher of the nineteenth century.He promoted economic democracy instead of capitalism, and also saw that the role of women needed to be changed, publishing 'The Subjection of Women', which was one of the earliest works written on the subject by a male.Mill's other works include 'A System of Logic', 'On Liberty', 'Considerations on Representative Government', 'Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy', and more.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the cloth. A small patch of cockling to the rear board. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks. The occasional pencil note to the margins. Good . Ill.: None. Good .