Toward a Democratic Left: A Radical Program for a New Majority

314 pp., vi. First published in 1968; this copy, Stated: "Second Printing 1968". Contents divided into 11 Chapters: I. "Utopian Pragmatism"; II. "Adam Smith's John Maynard Keynes"; III. The Dynamics oaf Misery"; IV. "The Social-Industrial Complex"; V. "Tentative Proposals for a New Civilization"; VI. "Social Structure and Spiritual Life"; VII. "The Creation of the World"; VIII. "The Almost-Imperialism"; IX. "'The Frontiers of Compassion' "; X. "For a First Party"; XI. "Epilogue: Toward a Democratic Left"; Index, pp.307-314. Glossy black dustwrapper not price-clipped ($5.95) with partial black and white photo-portrait of author on lower half left front cover, Author name lettering in orange at top front cover, above title lettering in white. Vertical crease down middle of front panel (long flat); teeny surface chip at top right spine corner; slight rubbing wear chip at top right front cover corner; 1/4" closed tear at rear cover top edge center (backed with Archival tape): DW now in Brodart mylar which forgives peccadilloes graciously. Book itself: Maroon cloth with brilliant gilt and metallic ice blue lettering on spine; beveled fore-edge; top edge stained yellow. Tanned fore-edge, small fingerprint at middle right penultimate page (p. 313) of Index (NO smell),and previous owner paragraph written on inside rear flyleaf: "ways in which middle and upper-class interests are subsidized by government / (1) strong lobby of and influence of. . . / (2) [uncompleted]": written in pencil and can be easily erased. Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear (dustwrapper did its job); Clean text. Previous owner name, address, outdated phone number at top right ffep, that of Anne Lawrence, "a transsexual American psychologist, sexologist, and former anesthesiologist who has published extensively on transsexuality" (Wikipedia).…