First edition. 8vo. 252, [4] pp. Original green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, ruling continued to front cover in blind (near contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, occasional pencilled underlining, foxing to edges of text-block; light wear to extremities, gilt lettering dulled, a good copy only). London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1916.
A text of a series of public lectures by the philosopher Bertrand Russell that considered the ‘fundamental question of how Western civilization might be rebuilt after the war had all but destroyed it’ (ODNB). The lectures ‘were a great success and were published as Principles of Social Reconstruction (1916), a book Russell continued throughout his life to regard as the “least unsatisfactory” expression of his “own personal religion”.’ (ODNB).
