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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.
by Menand, Louis
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- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to fellow Pulitzer Prize award winning author Edward O. Wilson, "For Edward with best wishes Louis Menand." Wilson's signature to the front free endpaper, near fine in a near dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell. An exceptional association copy. "Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club is brilliant, illuminating, necessary" (Joan Didion).
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 111949
- Title
- The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America.
- Author
- Menand, Louis
- Book condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Louis Menand First Edition Signed, Metaphysical Club First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Raptis Rare Books
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and exhibit at major book fairs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, as well as other regional fairs.
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- jacket
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- octavo
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- inscribed
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- Association copy
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