F. M. Cornford - Microcosmographia Academia: Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician

Cambridge , Bowes and Bowes , 1953. Cloth. A smart new edition of this timeless satirical work on academic politics, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A new edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A short satire written on university politics written by notable English classical scholar and translator of ancient philosophy, Francis Macdonald Cornford. The work uses wit and satire to propagate proposals for reforming the teachings of the classics at Cambridge. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light shelf wear and a couple light marks to the boards. With slight fading to the spine gilt text. Ex libris bookplate of one Roger Mason to the front pastedown. Dust wrapper has scattered spotting and sunning to the spine. With light edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot, heaviest to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

See/Hide Conditions of Sale

Following conditions of sale apply:
Terms of Sale

We send all our books on approval and we gladly accept returns for any reason in like condition within 30 days of purchase.
We now post only via DHL as weight for weight it is a very similar cost to recorded mail, but is fully tracked and much more reliable. This gives next day delivery to places as far afield as New York. Price is based on an average book weighing 1kg. if your book is very light it may be less, or more for sets and the like that are heavier.

Payment Methods Accepted
All major credit cards (Visa/Mastercard/American Express); bank transfer; Paypal; cash; cheque.