Temper Time by Eric Hoffer, First Edition (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket with some light wear and small edge tears. Penciled price inside. Test with extensive yellow highlighting. Pages and binging intact. Please see image. 111 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/price clipped, lite chipping, in mylar; 111 clean, unmakred pages; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Former Owner's Information Written Near The Upper Corner Of The Ffep. Light Bump To The Lower Front Corner. Minor Wear. The Unclipped Jacket Has Light Wear With A One Inch Tear At The Lower Back Edge And Two Tears At The Upper Front Edge.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Sturdy, thinner book, shiny black cloth spine, gray cloth boards, gilt lettering bright on spine, olive-green inside covers and adjacent end papers, 111 heavy pages. Essays include "A Time of Juveniles," "Automation.," "The Negro Revolution," and more. (7th ptg.) DJ price-clipped, heavy paper, olive-green front and spine with abstract yellow, green and black design at center front, photo of Hoffer at top back with praise for "The True Believer" by New Yorker, Orville Prescott in New York Times. DJ has light wear at front bookfold edge and bottom front edge, micronick with very slight wear at spine top edge, slight surface rubbed spot at spine bottom, tiny chip at top back edge, white back very slightly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First. Former owner applied clear tape at head of spine, front fold about 2-1/2" up and a couple of small tears in bottom of jacket. This is nearly invisible and looks very nice. No fading or paper missing. Price intact. No marks in book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. (1st edition, L-Q) Sturdy book, black cloth spine, gray boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, olive-green inside covers and adjacent end papers, 111 pages. DJ heavy paper, darker green background with abstract roundish design in black, blue and yellow at center front, a photo of philosopher at top back with praise in the New Yorker, Orville Prescott in the New York Times and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. DJ has very slight wear to front tips, nick and microtear at top front edge, very tiny tear at bottom front edge, slight wear to spine edges. Good DJ/Fine book.

First Edition. First Printing. P133. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In Very Good Used Condition. Personal Paper Tag On Back Inside Cover. With Wear/Tear To Corners, Edges Of Dust Jacket - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Vintage 1967 1st Edition Writing with an incisiveness that bites deep into the reader's mind, Eric Hoffer presents his ideas on the crucial issues of the day. On the Negro revolution: The Negro will not become a full member of the American community until he has succeeded in building a specifically Negro community. On automation: If technology cuts man off from a sense of individual usefulness, the ideal climate for the growth of hatred and bigotry will have been created. As always, Mr. Hoffer is concerned with change. The changes analyzed here are drastic-from backwardness to modernity, from subjection to equality, from poverty to affluence, from work to leisure.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. handsome copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Black cloth binding with tan boards. Gilt lettering and designs on spine. Top and bottom spine has minute signs of rubbing. Mustard colored end papers are free from remainder marks. Untrimmed fore edges. Text is lightly toned. DJ has a couple of tears and one hole along spine. DJ also has some shelf wear scratches and abrasion marks. Book is tight and square.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Toning to front and rear panels. Spine sunned. Closed tear to rear panel's upper edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st edition, with L-Q code. 8vo. xii,111pp. Laid in: invitation to author to spend a weekend; response declining the invitation signed by the author on handwritten response. Good book. Good dust jacket. A few tears on dust jacket edges. Owner's name on front free endpage. Minor underlining and marginal notes inside. (social conditions, social history, 20th century) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips, edge wear, a bit of soiling on rear.

xii, [2 (blank)], 111, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hoffer "was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. Berkeley College awards an annual literary prize named jointly for Hoffer." [Wiki] Here, the philosophic longshoreman offer essays ranging from the 'Negro Revolution' to 'Automation & Technology'. VG (slight lean/spotting to top edge)/VG (age-toning/chipping). Hardback. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED as "Eric". Signed.