Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. xiv, 171 pp. First American Edition, 1959. Not Price Clipped. Inked name ffep. 0 to 3/8" arced chip across top edge spine dj with light toning to spine of same. Small crease to top fore-edge corner pp. 35-42, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In acetate protector. Subtitle on dust jacket alone: An Essay on the Concept of the Hero. "Taking for his map American sociological writing and both British and American novels, all the way from the classics of Joyce, Faulkner and Dos Passos to the work of the beat generation, the author traces the stream of our 'major cultural heresy' -- the disappearance of the hero and his replacement by the character who has no faith either in himself or in society." from the jacket flap..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005712
Title: The Stature of Man
Author: Wilson, Colin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY FALACY 0F INSIGNIFICANCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEFEAT
Bookseller catalogs: LITERARY CRITICISM;
Size: Octavo

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