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clearly evident. Millar’s strong opposition to slavery heavily influences the final chapter, “Of the condition of servants in different parts of the world”. Octavo (171 × 120 mm). Contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine creased, covers lightly marked, extremities worn, some light foxing and a few blemishes to contents. A very good copy. ¶ ESTC T108866. £750 [124116] 114 MISES, Ludwig von. Die Gemeinwirtschaft. Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1922 Mises’s “devastating critique” of socialism First edition, first printing, of this “detailed analysis and devastating critique of all aspects – economic, cultural, social, etc – and of all varieties of socialism” (Greaves & McGee). The publication “had a decisive impact on a whole generation of rising intellectual leaders – men such as F. A. Hayek and Wilhelm Röpke, who after World War II would lead the nascent neoliberal movement” ( ANB ). The English translation, Socialism , was published in 1936. Henry Hazlitt, reviewing that translation, recognized that “this book must rank as the most devastating analysis of socialism yet penned” (cited in his Free Man’s Library , p. 119). Octavo. Original green quarter cloth, grey paper-covered sides, spine and front cover lettered in black, grey endpapers. Japanese bookseller’s ticket over earlier ticket to front pastedown, neat shelfmark to front free endpaper. Light spotting to edges, ever so slightly shaken; a near- fine copy, fresh and without wear. ¶ Greaves & McGee B–4; Hazlitt, The Free Man’s Library , p. 119; IESS (1922). £1,250 [149368]
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tendency of a democratically elected majority to tyrannize over a minority” ( PMM ). Octavo. Original purple vertical-ribbed cloth, spine gilt-lettered and with Greek key roll in blind at ends, covers with borders blocked in blind, brick red endpapers. With 8 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, spine and upper cover edges faded, cloth slightly mottled in places, internally crisp and clean, with inner hinges intact. Overall a very good copy. ¶ Hazlitt, The Free Man’s Library , p. 116; MacMinn, Hainds & McCrimmon, p. 92; Printing and the Mind of Man 345. £8,750 [149606] 113 MILLAR, John. Observations Concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society. Dublin: Printed by T. Ewing, 1771 First Dublin edition, following the London edition published the same year. This was the first major work of John Millar, a professor of law in the University of Glasgow and a major influence on Scottish jurisprudence. The Observations were “a pioneering attempt at a historical sociology of social authority, taking up, in turn, familial relations, age, work relations, and political and martial leadership” ( ODNB ). The work is one of the earliest attempts to apply an empirical approach to sociology, with the influence of Montesquieu and Hume’s Populousness of Ancient Nations both
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