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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

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First off, I agree with everything that the previous reviewer said, but would like to add some more information about how much you should NOT buy the BiblioLife edition of this book.

My major complaint is that the book is, in fact, in complete. The BiblioLife edition includes only volume 1 of what was originally published in 2 volumes. Other editions available at Amazon.com include the full text of the book, whereas this one is only the first half. Nothing on the cover indicates that it is incomplete, so it's worse than just a poor-quality book; it's more like fraud.

Another notable flaw is that all footnotes are gone without a trace. I have just received another edition of this book and it is FULL of footnotes written by the author. Under no circumstances whatsoever should you buy the BiblioLife edition of this book.

This review concerns the BiblioLife edition only, and does not address the content of the text. I just wanted to warn others that the type in this book is extremely small, small enough that many people may need magnification to read it. The book is actually a reproduction of an 1842 edition, and a poor reproduction at that: some of the pages are printed annoyingly askew, some pages have blurred text, and on some pages BiblioLife has actually printed the underlines and other marks made by whoever used the original copy of the 1842 edition.

This edition of Godwin's text is practically useless, and definitely not worth $20.