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The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume I The Spell of Plato & Volume II The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
by Popper, Karl; [Michael Howard]
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- Very Good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1957. Third Edition. Very Good. Third edition. Signed by Karl Popper on the front free endpaper in volume one and inscribed, "To Mrs. Diana Spearman whose pioneering work, Modern Dictatorship, had I known it, would have made me feel that there was no need to write this book. February 19th, 1958 K.R.P." vii, 268; v, 352 pp. Two volumes, bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering; lacking the dust jackets. Very Good with light staining to cloth, minor soiling to text block edges; contents lightly tanned.
An oft-cited defense of liberalism called "one of the great books of the century" by The Times of London. Warmly inscribed to Diana Spearman (1905-1991) a British conservative activist and writer.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945969
- Title
- The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume I The Spell of Plato & Volume II The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
- Author
- Popper, Karl; [Michael Howard]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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