Adventures of the Mind, from the Saturday Evening Post
by Mark van Doren, intro; Richard Thruelson and John Kobler, eds
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New, in clear plastic jacket; in VeryGood+ w slipcase w faint watermark.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1960. 1st edition.. Hardcover in burgundy cloth boards w black Franklin stamp, gilt spine titling, silver spine decoration, in clear plastic jacket; in pale blue cardboard slipcase w gold/red paste-on title box.. As New, in clear plastic jacket; in VeryGood+ w slipcase w faint watermark.. Collection of essays by a variety of notables on a variety of topics. Authors include Loren Eisley, Jacques Barzun, Paul Tillich, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edith Hamilton, Aldous Huxley, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Edith Sitwell, Lewis Mumford, Aaron Copeland, SI Hayakawa, Bertrand Russell, more. Mint-condition copy of HB 1st.
6 x 9, 285 pp, deckled fore-edge.
6 x 9, 285 pp, deckled fore-edge.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27613
- Title
- Adventures of the Mind, from the Saturday Evening Post
- Author
- Mark van Doren, intro; Richard Thruelson and John Kobler, eds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in burgundy cloth boards w black Franklin stamp, gilt spine titling, silver spine decoration, in clear plastic jacket;
- Book Condition
- New As New, in clear plastic jacket; in VeryGood+ w slipcase w faint watermark.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Essays, Anthologies, Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays, Anthologies, Humor;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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