Search Results: The Stature Of Man by Colin Wilson

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. First Printing. Very good in a slightly scuffed dj. .

UsedGood. We flipped through this book and didn't notice any notes or underlines. Minor shelf wear The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. First Edition. 171 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth. Light dog-earring, thumb marking and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Annotations and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

NEW YORK NY: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. F/VG+. 1959. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF " THE AGE OF DEFEAT ". D.J. HAS A COUPLE SHORT TEARS AT BOTOTM OF FRONT PANEL AND A BIT OFWEAR AT SPINE-ENDS. A NICE COPY.. Keywords: PHILOSOPHY, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

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..

Houghton Mifflin, 1959-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Hardcover, First Edition-First Printing 1959, Houghton Mifflin Company, 171 pages. Very Good, in Good+ Dust Jacket. Black boards with white titles, just a touch of shelf/edge wear- top right corner lightly bumped. Red topstain to text block. Prior owner name in ink on ffep. Interior pages are tight and unmarred except for a small darkened smudge near the upper outer edge of the text block which extends onto the outer margin of pages 110 and 112 -the text is not affected. DJ is unclipped, with moderate rubbing and soiling and a few tiny chips and closed tears along the folds and edges - now in mylar. In a brilliant though controversial analysis of modern literature/culture Wilson examines the disappearance of the hero and his replacement by a character without faith in either himself or in society. He then persuasively argues against the automatic assumption that belief in oneself is a form of self-delusion. An offering for… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflen Company, 1959. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.171

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 'First Printing' stated on copyright page. "An essay on the concept of the hero." In original, unclipped, jacket in protective sheet. Minor rubbing to the jacket, else fine. Bound in black cloth over boards with white lettering on the spine. Red top-stain. Solid, square, and with sharp corners. The interior is light pencil marginal notes and marks, very neatly done; otherwise, it is clear and crisp.  Pages: (14) 171     Dimensions: 8¼ x 5(5/8) x ¾ .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 171pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. Warmly inscribed by Wilson on the front free endsheet. From the jacket- "An inspiring exhortation to the twentieth century in behalf of freedom and hope, and a brilliant, controversial analysis of modern literature, The Stature of Man represents the eternal cry of a new generation in active revolt against decadence and despair. It is an effective intellectual challenge to the materialistic philosophy that has reigned for so many decades.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. First This Title The Author's third book published in England as: The Age Of Defeat. 8vo. A fine copy (a bit of offsetting from the original acidic purchase receipt [present] on the ffe) in a fine dustwrapper with a tine chip at the base of the back panel. Scarce.

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Houghton and Mifflin Co, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/Very Good. SIGNED by Wilson on the FFEP and inscribed to the fine-press publishing duo, Stathis [Orphanos] and Ralph [Sylvester], 'Warm regards / Colin Wilson / Oct 88.' xiv, 171pp. 12mo, black cloth, white spine lettering, red topstain. Exceedingly clean and sharp, a fresh, crisp copy; DJ somewhat toned and rubbed, price of $3.00 intact. Following up on the record-breaking sales of his literary analysis of 'The Outsider,' *The Stature of Man* embraces a wider field, and deals with the general 'fallacy of insignificance' that has permeated our time and threatens every man, common or uncommon, alive today.' In a study of modern literature from Joyce to The Beats, Wilson laments the loss of the figure of The Hero and offers an exhortation toward its reclamation.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Stature of Man.

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Praeger Pub Text, 1959. Hardcover. New. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.

In overall good condition, no pages missing. Shipping can take between 2-6weeks for international deliveries. Hardback copies may or may not have dust jackets, please get in contact for more information.