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Language: English
Published by The Free Press, NY, 1966
- Softcover
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Stark
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good or a Little Better. 3rd Printing. Very few underlines. Scarce readings from rare resources.
Published by Charles C Thomas, Publisher: Springfield, Illinois., 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.Tsunami Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good Hardcover, full green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and cover, 410 pages. Clean, square copy; text unmarked. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper.
- Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Jackson Street Booksellers
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near Fine in Softcover. 1st Printing. 174pp 4to. Black spine with red and white titles.
Published by The Free Press, New York, 1967
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fourth printing in 1967 of the 1963 First Edition. Sofcover book in very good condition with light shelf wear, softly bumped corners and a small abraded area on the front cover near the top corner. Name of previous owner on the ffe along with an old stamped price. Otherwi…se, the book is clean, tight and unmarked." Selections from a cross-section of major intellectual figures of each period trace the American quest for a relevant philosophy and national meaning ." 493 pp.
More imagesADVENTURES OF THE MIND: From The Saturday Evening Post
Richard Thruelsen and John Kobler, editors; Introduction by Mark Van Doren; contributions by J. Robert Oppenheimer, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Walter Gropius, Clement Greenberg, Fred Hoyle, Aaron Copland, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Loren Eiseley, Jacques Barzun, Paul Tillich, Edith Hamilton, Edith Sitwell, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Read, Hans Selye, S. I. Hayakawa, James R. Newman, Martin Cyril D'Arcy, D. W. Brogan, William S. Beck
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hidden History of Books, Longs, SC, U.S.A.Hidden History of Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Adventures of the Mind: From The Saturday Evening Post. Edited by Richard Thruelsen and John Kobler, with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Columbia University professor Mark Van Doren. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Fourth Printing,… January 1960. 285 pages. A remarkable mid-century anthology bringing together major figures in science, philosophy, literature, history, religion, architecture, modern art, music, linguistics and cultural criticism. Originally drawn from essays appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, the collection provides a compelling snapshot of American intellectual culture at the close of the 1950s. The volume opens with an introduction by Mark Van Doren, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, critic and celebrated longtime Columbia University professor. Of particular historical interest, Mark Van Doren was the father of Charles Van Doren, the Columbia academic who became a national television celebrity as a contestant on NBC's Twenty-One before becoming the central figure in the celebrated television quiz-show scandal. Charles Van Doren publicly admitted before a congressional committee on November 2, 1959, that he had participated in the deception surrounding the program. This copy is the January 1960 fourth printing, placing its production only months after Charles Van Doren's congressional confession and at a remarkable moment in the history of the Van Doren family's public reputation and American intellectual culture. The connection is contextual rather than associative: Charles Van Doren did not contribute to this volume, but his father Mark supplied its introduction. The juxtaposition is particularly interesting because Adventures of the Mind celebrates intellectual inquiry and presents serious ideas to a broad popular audience—the same period in which Charles Van Doren's television fame had transformed a young Columbia scholar into a nationally recognized symbol of intellectual achievement. Mark and Charles Van Doren Historical Context Mark Van Doren was one of the distinguished American literary scholars of his generation, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and longtime professor of English at Columbia University. His son Charles Van Doren was likewise a Columbia academic when he became nationally famous through his appearances on the television quiz program Twenty-One. His apparent command of an extraordinary range of knowledge turned him into an intellectual celebrity during the 1950s. The story collapsed during the television quiz-show investigations. On November 2, 1959, Charles admitted before congressional investigators that he had been supplied questions and answers in connection with Twenty-One. His association with the scandal became one of the defining episodes in the early history of American television. The timing gives this particular printing an intriguing historical context: the copyright page identifies it as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, only a short time after Charles Van Doren's nationally publicized confession. No claim of ownership, provenance or direct association with Charles Van Doren is made; the significance is the documented father-son relationship and Mark Van Doren's role as the author of the introduction. Accordingly, this copy is accurately described as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, rather than a fourth edition. Please refer to photographs for additional condition detail; photographs form part of the description. .The January 1960 printing also places the volume at an extraordinary moment in the history of the Van Doren family, appearing shortly after the 1959 congressional testimony of Mark Van Doren's son Charles during the notorious television quiz-show scandal.
Published by Charles C Thomas, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: BookOrders, Russell, IA, U.S.A.BookOrders
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Ex-library with the usual features. The interior is clean and tight. Binding is good. Cover is lightly scuffed and edge worn. 410 pages. Ex-Library.
- Softcover
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.Glands of Destiny First Edition Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 1999. First Softcover English Language Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE softcover book in pictorialwraps, as issued. Not remainder marked. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy.
The Life and Music of Nick Cave
Klanten, Robert, editors; Beck, Johannes [Editor]; Clanton, Robert [Editor]; Dax, Max [Editor];
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Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.
