The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's
by Commager, Henry Steele
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950. Classic of American intellectual history, examining late nineteenth-century transitions in ideas and encroaching modernism. Commager discusses literature & journalism, philosophy, sociology, Veblen & his economics, "The Literature of Revolt", historical innovations of Turner, Parrington & Beard, politics, law, architecture. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured, SIGNED by Commager on the free endsheet. First edition, but printing uncertain: no later printings noted, no price on jacket flap, no book club deboss. Light wear to book, bookplate; jacket chipped & tanned with a few short tears, longer splits at the flap hinges, minor smudges. Text clean; ix, [3], 476 pages; index, extensive annotated bibliography.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- v0796
- Title
- The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's
- Author
- Commager, Henry Steele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Intellectual History, Literature, Philosophy, Journalism, Liberty, Law, Economics, Architecture
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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