HOBBES, THOMAS
Leviathan (Everyman's Library #691)
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. A 1947 reprint of the 1914 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of Thomas Hobbes's 1651 work, a foundational treatise on societal organization and government. With an introduction by A. D. Lindsay. Entry 691 in Everyman's Library Philosophy & Theology series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In EL binding style 3 with full blue cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. In yellow dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, slightly warped back board, underlinings & notations to perhaps as many as 50 leaves, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Fragile, Fair-only jacket with several small holes and tears, moderately darkened spine & front panel, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xl, 392 pages. Good+ in Fair dust jacket .
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