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Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse (First Edition)
by Roger Kimball
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1566634792
- ISBN 13
- 9781566634793
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. First Edition. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 6x1x8. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in quarter black cloth with tan paper boards blind stamped with authors initials. Gilt lettering on the spine. Deckled fore edge. Mr. Kimball, one of the best of our cultural critics, offers a lively and penetrating study of genius―and pseudo-genius―at work, and investigates the use and abuse of intelligence. Drawing on figures as various as Plutarch and Hegel, Kierkegaard and P.G. Wodehouse, Elias Canetti and Anthony Trollope, he provides a sharply observed tour of Western intellectual and artistic aspiration. A master of the genre, as collections of his pieces attest, none more impressively than this set. ―Booklist Starred Review. viii 375pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Dustjacket has very light rubbing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073223
- Title
- Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse (First Edition)
- Author
- Roger Kimball
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1566634792
- ISBN 13
- 9781566634793
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 6x1x8
- Keywords
- Lives of the Mind: The Use and Abuse of Intelligence from Hegel to Wodehouse, Psychology
- X weight
- 21 oz
Terms of Sale
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Hendersonville, North Carolina
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Fore Edge
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- Cloth
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