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Alienation
by Schacht, Richard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [6], vii-lxv, [3], 286, [6] pp. Quarter light black cloth over darker black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With an introductory essay by Walter Kaufmann (Schacht's dissertation advisor). A review copy, with a review slip laid in. Alienation was Schacht's dissertation at Princeton University. Honderich 799-800. Schacht was famous for his scholarship on Nietzsche and his work on other Continental philosophers such as Hegel. He advocated for these philosophers and their work to be included and studied in the canon of Western philosophy. A lovely copy of Schacht's first published work. A Near Fine book with a few small spots of foxing to the textblock and the gutters; dust jacket is Very Good+ with very minor edge wear and a spot or two of foxing to the flaps.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008845
- Title
- Alienation
- Author
- Schacht, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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