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The Living Principle: 'English' as a Discipline of Thought
de F. R. Leavis
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chatto and Windus , 1975 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None . F. R. Leavis's discussion of the nature of the English language and its value; and excellent first edition in its dust wrapper. A fascinating study of language and its value by literary critic F R Leavis. The first edition of 1975. In this volume, Leavis looks at the creative writer as a thinker, and emphasise the importance of an educated public who can question the sceptical idea that philosophical reflection starts as an irrelevance from the standpoint of a literary critic; a discussion that started in in an exchange with René Walker. In three parts, concerning 'Thought, Language, and Objectivity,' 'judgement and Analysis,' and 'Four Quartets.'With the price clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear only and only a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1976. The dust wrapper is price clipped and very smart, with minor shelf wear only and some sunning to the spine, as well as some minor faint handling marks through. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 780A6
- Título
- The Living Principle: 'English' as a Discipline of Thought
- Autor
- F. R. Leavis
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chatto and Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1975
- Tamaño
- 9" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- f r leavis language philosophy language
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Price Clipped
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
