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The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason.
by Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952. First edition of Hayek's critique of reason, written at the same time as The Road to Serfdom. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by F.A. Hayek on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed. The Counter-Revolution of Science is divided into two parts. "The first part is an acute and abstract study of the essential differences in method required in the study of the physical sciences on the one hand and the social sciences on the other The second part of the book gives an amusing and enlightening account of the origin of ‘scientism’ [in the 19th century]" (Hazlitt, 83). This work complements Hayek’s classic work of the free market, The Road to Serfdom.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3645
- Title
- The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason.
- Author
- Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- Glencoe, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- F.A. Hayek First Edition, F.A. Hayek Signed First Edition, Hayek Economist, Nobel Prize in Economics, signed, The Counter Revolution of Science First Edition Signed
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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