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Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
by NOZICK, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Basil Blackwell,, 1974. First UK edition, first impression, using the American sheets as published the same year by Basic Books in New York. Nozick's influential work on free-market libertarianism is "recognized as a classic of modern political philosophy... it is widely credited with breathing new life into the discipline in the second half of the twentieth century" (Bader & Meadowcroft). Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in green, top edge red. With dust jacket. Endpapers lightly toned, else a fine copy in very good jacket, lightly toned, 2.5 cm closed tear at foot of front panel. Ralf M. Bader & John Meadowcroft, The Cambridge Companion to Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Synopsis
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a work of political philosophy written by Robert Nozick in 1974. This minarchist book was the winner of the 1975 National Book Award. It has been translated into 11 languages and was named one of the "100 most influential books since the war" by the Times Literary Supplement.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151881
- Title
- Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
- Author
- NOZICK, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Oxford: Basil Blackwell,
- Date Published
- 1974
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Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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