THE INNOCENTS AT CEDRO: A Memoir of Thorstein Veblen and Some Others. With the Advice and Consent of William M. Duffus
by DUFFUS, R. L. / Robert Luther Duffus
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New York: Macmillan, 1944. First Printing. Hardcover. price-clipped dj. Octavo, 163 pages, cloth, "bargain" rubber stamp on rear pastedown; light tidal lines around the tear- repaired dust jacket, chipped at tips of spine.
After a career in journalism, Duffus was on the Editorial Board of The New York Times. This is his memoir of life at Cedro Cottage, near Stanford University, 1907-08. "Veblen is this book's reason for being. ... But if a great man Veblen was also a man baffled and tormented. At Cedro College I think he came near being happy. I wanted to show hom so. I also wished to pay tribute to a kindness which I did not then fully comprehend or adequately value. ... My brother, William M. Duffus, shared this experience. I have had the benefit of his notes, suggestions and generous criticisms." - Foreword. Presentation Copy to Wm M. Duffus "with comparatively fond / memories of days gone by / by his aff[ectionate]. Bro[ther] / Rbt L Duffus / Washington, DC./ Oct. 1, 1944."
After a career in journalism, Duffus was on the Editorial Board of The New York Times. This is his memoir of life at Cedro Cottage, near Stanford University, 1907-08. "Veblen is this book's reason for being. ... But if a great man Veblen was also a man baffled and tormented. At Cedro College I think he came near being happy. I wanted to show hom so. I also wished to pay tribute to a kindness which I did not then fully comprehend or adequately value. ... My brother, William M. Duffus, shared this experience. I have had the benefit of his notes, suggestions and generous criticisms." - Foreword. Presentation Copy to Wm M. Duffus "with comparatively fond / memories of days gone by / by his aff[ectionate]. Bro[ther] / Rbt L Duffus / Washington, DC./ Oct. 1, 1944."
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240230
- Title
- THE INNOCENTS AT CEDRO
- Author
- DUFFUS, R. L. / Robert Luther Duffus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- price-clipped dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- r. l. duffus, thorstein veblen, stanford university, memoir, cedro cottage, harry george,
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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