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MILL, James (1773-1836). The History of British India . London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817. 3 volumes, 4° (270 x 200mm). 2 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured. (Browning to uncoloured map, offsetting to titles, some spotting, occasionally heavy.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (rebacked, rubbed). FIRST EDITION . The work of twelve years, Mill's History is 'a story of ideas and institutions, of historical stages and processes, more than of flesh-and-blood human beings and the din of battle' (ODNB).
MILL, James (1773-1836). The History of British India . London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817. 3 volumes, 4° (270 x 200mm). 2 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured. (Browning to uncoloured map, offsetting to titles, some spotting, occasionally heavy.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards (rebacked, rubbed). FIRST EDITION . The work of twelve years, Mill's History is 'a story of ideas and institutions, of historical stages and processes, more than of flesh-and-blood human beings and the din of battle' (ODNB). MILL, J. Elements of Political Economy . London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1821. 8° (222 x 135mm). (A few margins slightly soiled, occasional marginal tears.) Original boards, uncut (rebacked, preserving original spine label, new endpapers, corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION of this 'distillation of the free market, anti-mercantilist views of Adam Smith and Ricardo, among others.' Goldsmiths' 23118; Kress C.739. With the same author's Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (2 vols; 1829).