The Disinherited Mind
by Erich Heller
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bowes and Bowes, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition. 209 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Mild staining to hinges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Synopsis
Heller examines the sense of values embodied in the works of key German writers and thinkers from Goethe to Kafka, particularly the consciousness of life's depreciation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1711543754CAB
- Title
- The Disinherited Mind
- Author
- Erich Heller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bowes and Bowes
- Date Published
- 1952
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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