John read russell (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Large, tall paperback, 160 pages, index, b + w illustrations and photographs throughout; a handful of color plates. Book is solid and square. There is some soiling to the mostly white covers; mild reading wear, wear from age. Some rubbing to the covers. Very good. et. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Thus. This is stated as the "First paperback edition 1985" per Copyright page. This Paperback book is nearly 40+ years old and is in excellent condition. See pictures. Profuse with color and B&W photos and drawings and includes 14 pages of Bibliography and Index. Illustrated covers are B&W with light edge wear and light rubbing. Covers are foxing along edges. Interior pages have NO folds, tears, or writing. No missing pages; binding is tight with light rubbing and edge wear. NO reading creases on spine or on covers. Note: We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds). We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. We are a closed shop so our books have limited public handling and are well cared for. Please e-mail any questions.…

Condizione: very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 160pp. Fully illustrated on colour, b&w and measured drawings. Previous owners' signature on inside cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Adventures of the Mind: From The Saturday Evening Post. Edited by Richard Thruelsen and John Kobler, with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Columbia University professor Mark Van Doren. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Fourth Printing, January 1960. 285 pages. A remarkable mid-century anthology bringing together major figures in science, philosophy, literature, history, religion, architecture, modern art, music, linguistics and cultural criticism. Originally drawn from essays appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, the collection provides a compelling snapshot of American intellectual culture at the close of the 1950s. The volume opens with an introduction by Mark Van Doren, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, critic and celebrated longtime Columbia University professor. Of particular historical interest, Mark Van Doren was the father of Charles Van Doren, the Columbia academic who became a national television celebrity as a contestant on NBC's Twenty-One before becoming the central figure in the celebrated television quiz-show scandal. Charles Van Doren publicly admitted before a congressional committee on November 2, 1959, that he had participated in the deception surrounding the program. This copy is the January 1960 fourth printing, placing its production only months after Charles Van Doren's congressional confession and at a remarkable moment in the history of the Van Doren family's public reputation and American intellectual culture. The connection is contextual rather than associative: Charles Van Doren did not contribute to this volume, but his father Mark supplied its introduction. The juxtaposition is particularly interesting because Adventures of the Mind celebrates intellectual inquiry and presents serious ideas to a broad popular audience—the same period in which Charles Van Doren's television fame had transformed a young Columbia scholar into a nationally recognized symbol of intellectual achievement. Mark and Charles Van Doren Historical Context Mark Van Doren was one of the distinguished American literary scholars of his generation, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and longtime professor of English at Columbia University. His son Charles Van Doren was likewise a Columbia academic when he became nationally famous through his appearances on the television quiz program Twenty-One. His apparent command of an extraordinary range of knowledge turned him into an intellectual celebrity during the 1950s. The story collapsed during the television quiz-show investigations. On November 2, 1959, Charles admitted before congressional investigators that he had been supplied questions and answers in connection with Twenty-One. His association with the scandal became one of the defining episodes in the early history of American television. The timing gives this particular printing an intriguing historical context: the copyright page identifies it as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, only a short time after Charles Van Doren's nationally publicized confession. No claim of ownership, provenance or direct association with Charles Van Doren is made; the significance is the documented father-son relationship and Mark Van Doren's role as the author of the introduction. Accordingly, this copy is accurately described as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, rather than a fourth edition. Please refer to photographs for additional condition detail; photographs form part of the description. .The January 1960 printing also places the volume at an extraordinary moment in the history of the Van Doren family, appearing shortly after the 1959 congressional testimony of Mark Van Doren's son Charles during the notorious television quiz-show scandal.…

Hardcover. 8vo., 493 pp. First print. This is a collection of discussions, specifically written by twelve eminent scientists and philosophers explaining their various fields of study. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Viii, 493 Pp. Black Spine, Blue Boards. First Printing Stated. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With $4.95 Price, Slight Usage And Much Better Than Usual Condition. No Discussion Of Politics Or Economics, As If These Cannot Be Sciences About Which Truths Could Be Identified (Or Recognizing That They Are Too Primitive, Indeed Childish, To Yet Be Considered Sciences). A Very 1950'S View, Where The Establishment, The General Order Of Society For The Past Few Thousand Years, Is Assumed Throughout To Be Inevitable, Unavoidable, And Unchanging, Where Man Is An Object Considered Apart From Interactions With The Environment, And Goals Are Unmentionable.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Academy Editions (first paperback ed. 1985). Cover and interior pages in VGC with clean, unmarked pages and no creasing to cover or spine. Some light marking visible to primarily white cover and spine and to outside edge of text block (paper stock). Dispatched from the UK within three working days. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Jacket has a 3-inch closed tear, book has light wear, a slightly bumped corner, slight yellowing to pages.

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