The Open Society and Its Enemies, First Edition (27 results)

Condition: New. 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1246. . . . . .

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought of great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity ofThe Open Society and Its Enemies, and for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come.This is the first of two volumes of The Open Society and Its Enemies. First published in 1945 and never out of print, this is the first volume of one of the most famous and influential works of the twentieth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harper Torchbooks, 1967. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with edgewear/tear on front cover and previous owner writing on half title page. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: New. 2002. 1st Edition. Paperback. First published in 1945 and never out of print, this is the second volume of one of the most famous and influential works of the twentieth century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 540. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vern nice copy with the Glaser cover.vvclt2floor.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. Two volumes. Vol.1 Plato, 361pp, Vol.2 Hegel and Marx, 420pp., Stiff pictorial wraps. prev. owner name on the front endpapers Light shelfwear, otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Laid in is an obituary of Karl Popper from the New York Times, 9/18/94, offsetting to the inner cover and endpaper of Vol.2. Size: Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Two volumes (1: Plato, 2: Hegel and Marx). 8vo. 361 pp. + 420 pp. Very Good. Slight wear and toning to wraps. Light scratches to front wrap of volume two.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An attractive Very Good copy with tanning on the fore edge about half way through the book (pages unaffected) and minor spotting on the top edge. Dust jacket is Very Good- with price-clipped front flap, very short closed tear from the top of the spine, and minor isolated rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought of great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity ofThe Open Society and Its Enemies, and for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come.This is the first of two volumes of The Open Society and Its Enemies. The legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx in this text prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered political systems. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Softcover. First Harper Torchbooks Edition. pp. xi, 351; v, 420. Small 8vo's. Illustrated covers. Light uniform shelfwear, personal name stamp (not ex-library) to the bottom edges, and ffep's, (very neat) pencil underlining to the first third of Vol. I, otherwise, pages remain clean with firm, sound binding; very good. Uncommon, compact, softcover edition of this indispensable work of political philosophy. Scarce in this edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original black cloth. First American Edition. Condemns Plato and his followers for dangerous tendencies leading toward totalitarian ideology. An important defense of liberal democracy. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with two small traces of dampstain and two very small edge tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition of these soft cover volumes. Texts are clean and unmarked, binding tight, no indications of previous ownership. Despite some spotting on the top edges, both volumes are in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st American. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gold. Wear to extremities of dust jacket, including one inch closed tear at head of spine and chipping to foot. Some wear and soiling to front free end paper and extremities, not affecting text. 732 pages. 6 x 9 1/4 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1952. 2 Volumes complete. A Very Good set in Good dust jackets. 8vo., 318, 375 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with tan dust jackets, price stickers inside flap. Jacket spine is browned, edges & tips chipped, covers are lightly soiled and toned. Previous owners name inside front cover, light foxing scattered, a very few light pencil notes. Dust jackets now protected in mylar sleeve.

1st edn 2nd printing. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (light spotting on page edges - otherwise near Fine), dustwrapper (spines toned and a little chipped at edges - otherwise VG in protective covers, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 268 [&] v + 352 (no inscriptions).

First editions of Popper's magnum opus. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. In near fine condition with the rare original dust jackets in very good condition. One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. Before the annexation, Popper had written mainly about the philosophy of science, but from 1938 until the end of the Second World War he focused his energies on political philosophy, seeking to diagnose the intellectual origins of German and Soviet totalitarianism. The Open Society and Its Enemies was the result. It was named by The Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest books of nonfiction of the twentieth century.

First editions of Popper's magnum opus. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth. Each volume is signed by Karl Popper on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition with the rare original dust jackets in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. One of the most important books of the twentieth century, signed first editions of The Open Society are exceptionally rare. One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. Before the annexation, Popper had written mainly about the philosophy of science, but from 1938 until the end of the Second World War he focused his energies on political philosophy, seeking to diagnose the intellectual origins of German and Soviet totalitarianism. The Open Society and Its Enemies was the result. It was named by The Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest books of nonfiction of the twentieth century.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition . Complete in two volumes. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Light wear to edges. Hardcover with tight binding. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

2 VOL SET, SCARCE FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram soft boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- vii + 268pp, vol 2- v + 352pp, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate rubbing/chafing & soiling to spines & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing & moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps & half title pages of both vols, sm ex-libris labels to full title pages, pgs97-98 slightly detached at base of gutter, occasional sl foxing throughout).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Popper s first book. *** Two volumes. Publisher's black cloth, spine titles gilt. Ownership stamp to front free endpapers in both volumes. Corners lightly bumped on both volumes, volume 2 slightly bowed, else a bright Near Fine set.*** Unclipped dust jackets with some light smudges, tiny chips and closed tears along edges, spines lightly toned, light general wear, else Very Good. Nice examples of the rare jackets. *** One of the 20th century s landmark political philosophy works - written during Popper s political exile in New Zealand. He arrived there in 1937 to escape the forces of National Socialism in Austria. Within, he launches a vigorous attack on totalitarianism and defense of liberal democracy with core values rooted in scientific rationality and debate. ***Please email us for better pricing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover, first edition, in very good condition. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, 268pp. Includes red lettered name slip from author and a clipping of a newspaper review laid-in. Boards are lightly edge and shelfworn and there is light foxing to page block and to endpapers. Pages and text remain clean and unmarked. AD. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition. A Good copy in black cloth lettered in gold of this 732-page one-volume edition, in a Good dust jacket with shallow edge-wear. Tanning to the blank front endpapers. Brief pencil endnotes, and brief pencil marginalia. Sound binding, little cover wear, and not ex-library. The first U.S. edition. Book.

First American Edition. Hardcover in jacket, good with owner name, a few pencil markings, indentation to some early pages where a pencil had lain inside the book for some decades, slight shelf wear, slight toning, slight soiling to jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. First American edition. A revised, one-volume edition following the British two-volume edition of 1946. xii, 732 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, brown topstain. Near Fine with light rubbing to cover extremities, light soiling to textblock edges, and previous owner name to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with several small stains to spine panel, and toning to spine and extremities. A very nice copy of the landmark defense of liberal democracy by Karl Popper, whose theories have grounded university courses for decades and whose work inspired the billionaire philanthropist George Soros to found his Open Society Foundations network.

First edition. First edition. vii, 268; v, 352 p. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering. Complete in two volumes. British historian and co-founder of the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies Sir Michael Howard's copy with copious marginal annotations; most pages have his observations neatly penciled in their upper margins. His signature and bookplate are on each copy. Very Good overall, lacking jackets, foxing to edges.An oft-cited defense of liberalism called "one of the great books of the century" by The Times of London. A nice association between two distinguished historians; while Popper is much better-known, Howard was called "Britain's greatest living historian" by the Financial Times and an expert on the subject of war. His handwritten insights on Popper's masterpiece should interest Cold War historians.