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The fate of man
by Crane Brinton, ed
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good +
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. A near fine first edition, first printing, as stated, in an original unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket showing creases, shelfwear and loss at crown and foot. 532 pp. Octavo. Throughout Man's long and checkered history he has never ceased to ask: What is the meaning of my life? What is my place in the Universe?...These are the qustions asked --- and the answers offered--- in the great writings of the Western world..." (From the dust jacket) "Crane Brinton was McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University at the time of his presidency. He was also the author of The Jacobins: An Essay in the New History (1930), English Political Thought in the 19th-century (2nd edition, 1949), Ideas and Men: the Story of Western Thought (1950), The Shaping of the Modern Mind (1953), and A History of Western Morals (1959)" _ AHA 42: From Plato to Darwin
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 963
- Title
- The fate of man
- Author
- Crane Brinton, ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy & Religions;
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