Author: RUSSELL, BERTRAND; PAUL FOULKES (ED)
Title: Wisdom of the West
Description: NY: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by John Piper, et al.. Quarter bound in publisher's orange cloth over green boards, green lettering on spine, gilt lettering and owl medallion on cover, gray endpapers. A unique illustrated history of philosophy by the Nobel Prize winner for literature, with 500 illustrations, 250 of them in full-color. "Here for the first time is a single volume which successfully combines descriptive and illustrative materials that illuminate.mans's ideas about himself and the universe.". Very brief gift inscription on ffep date 1960, minor glue residues on endpapers, else fine, tight, square, otherwise unmarked, and clean. The dust jacket is slightly wavy, else fine. VERY GOOD/GOOD. Color and B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 320 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Philosophy History of Philosophy Illustrated Books Bertrand Russell Philosophy & Social Sciences Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Wisdom of the West
Description: NY: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by John Piper, et al.. Quarter bound in publisher's orange cloth over green boards, green lettering on spine, gilt lettering and owl medallion on cover, gray endpapers. A unique illustrated history of philosophy by the Nobel Prize winner for literature, with 500 illustrations, 250 of them in full-color. "Here for the first time is a single volume which successfully combines descriptive and illustrative materials that illuminate.mans's ideas about himself and the universe.". Very brief gift inscription on ffep date 1960, minor glue residues on endpapers, else fine, tight, square, otherwise unmarked, and clean. The dust jacket is slightly wavy, else fine. VERY GOOD/GOOD. Color and B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 320 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Philosophy History of Philosophy Illustrated Books Bertrand Russell Philosophy & Social Sciences Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28365
- Book number: 28365
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