Man the Measure.: A New Approach to History.
by KAHLER, Erich
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books,, 1943. Praised by Albert Einstein First edition, first printing. The Jewish historian and essayist Kahler (1885-1970) fled Nazi Germany in 1933. Despite the war and rise of fascism, Man the Measure offers an optimistic account of history as progress, charting the development of human institutions and improvement in moral conditions. Albert Einstein praised the book: "I will not feel that I have finished this book before having pondered every line it" (jacket). Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt on blue ground. With dust jacket. Very lightly shaken, very good in good jacket, rear fold split, other smaller splits to folds and chips at extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157752
- Title
- Man the Measure.
- Author
- KAHLER, Erich
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Pantheon Books,
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...