The Need for Roots. Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

WEIL, Simone (1909-1943), [ELIOT, T.S., preface]

Published by London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1952

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[Philosophy] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xv [1] 288. Publisher's light blue cloth, red label with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s to front flap. Top edge red. Moderate spotting - mostly to endpapers, jacket flaps, and margins/textblock edges. Bookplate label adhered to front flyleaf. Toning to jacket spine. A few open and closed tears to jacket extremities, minor loss. Very good. A discussion of the certain 'roots' a society deems fundamental to its existence, and whether those roots are as permanent as the word suggests. With a preface written by T.S. Eliot.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Need for Roots. Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
• Publisher: London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
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