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A Theory of Justice
by Rawls, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Marginalia. A 6mm chip to cloth at tail end of spine. Crease to top corner of some leaves at rear. Lacking the dust-jacket. Provenance: Kurt Baier. Kurt Baier's signature in ink on front endpaper "Kurt Baier". Kurt Baier (1917-2010) was chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1962 until his retirement in 1995. After his retirement, Kurt Baier and his wife, philosopher Annette Baier, moved to New Zealand, the country where Annette Baier was born. [Reference: obituary in University Times, University of Pittsburgh, accessed online April 2024.] This copy has marginalia and underlining in pen and pencil by Kurt Baier on many pages throughout the book. ; First printing, with no later printing statements on copyright page. xv, [1], 607, [1 (blank)] pages. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 227 x 150mm. Philosophy. An important political philosophy text of the 20th century. Loosely included is a 2 leaf pamphlet "A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Rawls". First page with photographic portrait illustration, John Rawls 1921-2002, second page with quotation from "A Theory of Justice", third page with program for "A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Rawls": Welcome; Remarks; Andante Sostenuto from Sonata in B-flat Major by Franz Schubert, Remarks, Closing; fourth page blank. Creasing where pamphlets has been folded in half. .
Synopsis
A Theory of Justice is a widely-read book of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 (for the translated editions) and 1999. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the social contract.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25789
- Title
- A Theory of Justice
- Author
- Rawls, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1971
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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