On Liberty.
"The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it": First Edition of John Stuart Mill’s Classic Work On Liberty; With a Rare Autograph Letter Signed
On Liberty.
MILL, John Stuart.
$12,500.00
Item Number: 148005
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. With rare autograph letter signed by Mill one page, the letter reads in full, “Mr. Mill presents his compliments to Mr. Ryley and encloses a cheque for £5 to the Garrison Testimonial. Garrison Nov. 3. 1866.” Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Mill’s hand and a handwritten note by William Lloyd Garrison that reads, “Admit the Bearer to Mr. Thompson’s Lecture. Wm. Lloyd Garrison.” In near fine condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Exceptionally rare and desirable.
On Liberty is both a lucid argument and a rallying cry defending the civil liberty of the individual against the pressures of the state and mass society" (DLB). "It is regarded as one of the finest expressions of 19th-century liberalism" (Baugh, 1323).
