MILL, John Stuart. A System of Logic - Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a Connected view of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigations. London: John W. Parker. 1843.

MILL, John Stuart. A System of Logic - Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a Connected view of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigations. London: John W. Parker. 1843.

Two volumes, contemporary half calf with pinkish marbled boards and with raised bands in gilt, gilt red title-labels and gilt brown tome labels to spine, xvi + 580pp.; xii + 625pp. First Edition. Further description and condition, both volumes have an ownership signature of James William Barlow (***see below), in pen in a neat hand upper part of the title-page, and with pencilling in his hand, both as marking and annotation throughout the volumes. Otherwise, volume 1: some wear on joints, and a short crack top of front hinge; volume 2: minor rubbing tail of spine, a very good copy. This is generally a good to very good set of a classic British work in 19th c. logic, in an attractive contemporary binding, and with specific association and connection to prominent philosophical debates of the time: e.g., positivism, ethics. [Photos sent on request].

Also included with the Mill set: one of the more interesting of Barlow’s works and with direct connection to the Mill set on two counts, both the content of the book and the ownership of this copy: The Ultimatum of Pessimism: An Ethical Study (Kegan Paul, Trench, 1882, 1st ed., [4] + 109 + [3]pp. + 38 page inserted rear catalogue, 8vo, horizontally black-ruled brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and glazed blue endpapers, spine tips frayed, edges rubbed and bumped. This copy from the library of J.B.[Jerome] Schneewind, with his signature in pen inscribed neatly on the title-page - Schneewind, the important and eminent J.S. Mill scholar).

***Regarding James William Barlow (1826-1913), his background, scholarship, and association with this J.S. Mill set - Barlow was Fellow (from 1850) and Erasmus Smith Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, posts he continued in until 1908, but also holding the position at the time of his retirement of Vice-Provost of the University.
He was the author of at least three works in philosophy and religion. The first, The Ultimatum of Pessimism: An Ethical Study (Kegan Paul, Trench, 1882, and to be included with this Mill set), was highly influenced by, almost an apology for, Schopenhauer’s work - as well as indicating influence of other Continental philosophers: Hartmann, Hegel, Kant, Taubert, etc. The second and third works, Eternal Punishment and Eternal Death, An Essay (1865), and History of a World of Immortals Without a God (1891), were more works on the philosophy of religion and theology. Barlow, though, was also the author of a number of other books, mostly historical: A Short History of the Normans in South Europe (1886), The Immortals' Great Quest (1909), and Doctors at War: Studies of the French Medical Profession, circa the 17th c. (1914, published posthumously).
The association with the J.S. Mill work for sale: in Barlow’s first book, one can see the influence of Schopenhauer, and Hegel, and is an argument against positivism in general, and more specifically the ideas of John Stuart Mill, thus the important connection to the work of Mill being offered for sale. And, thus the references in pencil in the text which seem to bear this out in convincing terms.