The Open Society and Its Enemies (First American Edition)

First American edition of Karl R. Popper’s magnum opus, a vigorous defense of liberal democracy and an attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism, deemed by historian Isaiah Berlin as “one of the most important books of our time.” Published as a revised single edition in 1950 by the Princeton University Press, following its original two-volume British publication by Routledge in 1945. 8vo (6.5” x 9.5”), original black cloth, printed dust jacket, 732 pages. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, otherwise NF. Light creasing and chipping to price-clipped dj. Damp staining to edges, front flap and spine; not affecting cloth. Moderate open tears to spine ends; closed tears to bottom half of spine and rear flap.