LAST PURITAN, A MEMOIR IN THE FORM OF A NOVEL by Santayana, George - 1935

New York.: Scribner Library., 1936. SL 23. Later printing.. Trade paperback. Fair. Highlighting/underlining. Inside cover foxing. Light pencil marks, bracketing, near front. Lower front corner deterioration. Cover wear, soiling to page blocks. Interior mostly clean.. 1 Trade paperback with standard Scribner Library cover format. 602 p. Philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist George Santayana, b. Spain 1863-d.1952 was raised in America, educated at Harvard, and looked at America from a foreigner's viewpoint. A cultural critic, skeptic following the schools of Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Lucretian Materialism. He is known for aphorisms: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", and "Only the dead have seen the end of war".

UsedAcceptable. 1936 printing w/ green boards. There is either a name, note, or insciprtion on the inside cover. There is light writing/highligting in this book. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing. The cover has visible markings and wear. Some corner dings. The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy. The back hinge is split the webbing is showing but all pages are intact. The book is slightly cocked. The binding is split in the middle of the text but all pages are intact. There are some tears on the corners of the spine but doesn't effect biding. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

C. Scribner's sons, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Hardcover, 602 pp. Book Club Edition. Good in acceptable dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has several 1" or less nicks and tears and creasing along edges. Moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A good reading copy.

London: Constable and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. Very good/P Hardcover has bumped corners and spine, dustwrapper torn and tattered. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

NY: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S & SONS. EARLY PRINTING, 2.75 DUST JACKET WHICH HAS SMALL CHIPS & CLOSED TEARS. SCRIBNER'S SEAL, BUT NO 'A'. . VG. Hardcover. 1936.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with rubbing to extremities. Endpapers browned. Hinges weakening; 8vo; 602 pages .

Scribners. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped. (philosophy, autobiography, literature)

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. Very good first edition first printing in very good dust jacket. Binding is solid. Discolored endpaper hinges from dried glue. Jacket is nice with shelfwear. Protected in a clear attractive Mylar cover. We use quality packaging materials.

Scribners, 1936. Hardcover. Good Plus. Solid reading copy, clean, unmarked and firm in binding. stain on cover cloth. Unclipped jacket shows time and wear, under fresh mylar.

London: Constable, 1935. Un volume (22 cm) di 721 pagine. Legatura editoriale in tutta tela arancione con titolo dorato al dorso (un po' sbiadito). No dust jacket. Una firma a matita alla pagina di risguardia; una gora al taglio. Discrete condizioni. “Santayana hesitated to publish the book because some of its content -- drug use, sexual orientation and atheism -- was, by early 20th century standards, detailed and explicit”.