NY: Viking Press, 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 6.25"x9.25" 596 indexed pages. Second printing w/full number line. Charcoal boards. Black cloth spine w/gold foil letters. DJ design by Button. Jacket phto by Snowdon. Author photo by Jerry Bauer. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped & unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Some curling to inside front flap. The definitive biography of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, mathematician, anti-war activist, and "free love" advocate. Moorehead makes use of unpublished letters and papers and many new interviews to fashion an incisive biography of this contradictory man. Photos. Source: Publisher.

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Bookseller: Blacks Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14158
Title: Bertrand Russell: A Life
Author: Moorehead, Caroline
Format/Binding: Hardcover_cloth spine
Book Condition: Used - Collectible - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: VeryGood
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 067085008X
ISBN 13: 9780670850082
Publisher: Viking Press
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1992

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