First edition. Small 8vo. ix, [1], 238 pp. Original green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, ruling continued to front cover in blind (some occasional light spotting, partially unopened; minor white flecking to covers, light shelf wear to tips of spine and corners, notwithstanding an excellent copy). London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co., Limited, 1902.
Inscribed by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper: ‘With the author’s kind regard Feb. 22nd 1902’.
A collection of eight essays on political philosophy by the Scottish Idealist David George Ritchie (1853-1903).