Author: Albert Cook
Title: The Dark Voyage and the Golden Mean: A Philosophy of Comedy
Description: Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating study of comedy and philosophy, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated September 15th 1949. A detailed study developing the antithesis between the comic and the tragic spirit into a wide-ranging and highly articulate philosophy of comedy. Written by Albert Cook, an American scholar and philosopher, noted as the editor of Halcyon, a review of poetry and criticism. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Author's ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Dark Voyage Golden Mean Voyage Comedy Cook None


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