Author: Hobart, Vere Henry, Lord
Title: The "Mission" of Richard Cobden. Reprinted by Permission from "Macmillan's Magazine," for January, 1867
Description: London, Printed for the Cobden Club by Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1867. Reprint. Stitched paper wrappers. 32 pp. 12mo. Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was a British Liberal and radical statesman, internationalist, free-trader, and advocate for world peace. He lead the charge for the Repeal of the English Corn laws and for the Commercial Treaty with France. During the American Civil War he worked to keep relations between the North and England stable. OCLC shows 10 copies of this first separate edition. A very good+ copy, clean and bright but for a little soiling on rear wrapper, and library name on top edge of front wrapper in a contemporary hand.

Keywords: Economics & Finance, , Economics & Finance, English History, Free Trade, Economics, 19th c., Pamphlet