3 volumes. vi, [2], 318; [4], 292; [4], 293 pp. (8vo), half period green calf and textured cloth, blind tooled spines with gilt raised bands, morocco spine bands lettered in gilt. First Edition.
Martineau's memoirs, an important document and uncommon in its first edition. Harriet Martineau was a British social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.