Buy this book on-line JOHN STUART MILL : ON LIBERTYTicknor and Fields, Boston, 1863
Ticknor and Fields. Original green stamped cloth.1863 owner signature to front endpaper. First American Edition of the greatest manifesto of liberty and individualism, advocating the complete freedom of the individual save where necessarily restricted to prevent harm and establishing the personal rights of the individual which neither government nor a democratic majority can overrule. Many of Mill's ideas are now the commonplaces of democracy. His arguments for freedom of every kind of thought and speech have never been improved on. He was the first to recognize the tendency of a democratically elected majority to tyrannize over a minority" (Hazlitt, The Free Man's Library). Spine worn and chipped, corners rubbed, sun-fading. Second front endpaper removed. Leaves toned with occasional foxing.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JOHN STUART MILL : ON LIBERTY. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, out of print books, collectables, antiquarian books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |