"This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." - Time
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"There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time."
--George Steiner
Walter Benjamin is recognized as one of the most acute analysts of literary and sociological phenomenon of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He died in 1940.
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 2873103-6
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 19098181-6
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0151761892I5N00
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Stated First Edition. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item. Seller Inventory # 1516753
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Scuffing to top edge of boards.; 8vo; 348 pages. Seller Inventory # 29212
Seller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition stated with correct letter sequence. In beige boards and green spine cloth with copper foil to type. Corners dinged/split. Front hinge separating at title page, but still solid. May have had glue repair to half-title page preceding. Small bookstore sticker to rear pastedown, otherwise clean. Jacket is unclipped ($12.95) with larger chip to top of spine at front panel with some rubbing underneath and smaller chip at heel of spine. Wear/nicks to spine ends and corners and light fading to spine. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB009151WB
Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Slight exposure to binding of first few title pages and middle of text(pg 146 and 147). Dust jacket intact but has some torn edges. Otherwise an overall unmarked and undamaged copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1731960561439
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1978. Octavo. Hardcover in a dust jacket. First edition, second printing. Quarter cloth covered boards with bronze lettering along the spine. Bump to the crown of the spine and ever so slight rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards. Gutter is exposed between the last free end paper and the remainder of the text block but the binding remains strong. Unclipped jacket has minor edge wear and minor soiling to the back cover. Book and unclipped jacket are in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 001967
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978; stated first edition, with full letter line; xliii, 348pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; slight discoloration along top edge of speckled tan over green quarter-cloth boards, else very good; copper titling remains bright and bold. Light toning to spine of unclipped dust jacket, which nonetheless remains intact and handsome with no chips or tears. Small (about 1/4" diameter) stain to text block fore-edge, interior unaffected and free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 326240