A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty
by WILSON, Edmund
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); gray cloth covered boards titled in black on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Ronald Clyne; 239pp.; spine ends and corners faintly rubbed; offsetting inside covers, mostly at rear, Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) with mild sunning to spine; nicks to the extremities; Very Good+.
A series of essays- "a symphonic meditation" to use the author's words- arrranged under the following titles: Religion, The United States, War, Europe, Rusia, The Jews, education, Science, Sex, The Author at Sixty. The autobiographical note inherent in the subtitle carries through all of the essays" (from the dustjacket); RAMSEY, p.48.
A series of essays- "a symphonic meditation" to use the author's words- arrranged under the following titles: Religion, The United States, War, Europe, Rusia, The Jews, education, Science, Sex, The Author at Sixty. The autobiographical note inherent in the subtitle carries through all of the essays" (from the dustjacket); RAMSEY, p.48.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54956
- Title
- A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty
- Author
- WILSON, Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History;
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