Editor Irving Babbitt (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. Light blue cloth covered boards with decorative and titled cover in navy blue. Owner name on FFEP and some underlining of passages throughout the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Small 6.5 X 5" antique book with muted green cloth covers. Ends of spine worn, edges of cover rubbed, corners worn through. Spine cloth at back hinge is torn about 3", but glued. Scattered pencil notes. No jacket. 200 pgs. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 294 pp., xvii. No citing of Edition, printing or number line, but Publisher "FR" logo printed on Title page above Publisher name at foot of Title page. Following the Editor's Preface, Contents divided into 14 Essays: [1] Louis Trenchard More, "The Pretensions of Science"; [2] Irving Babbitt, "Humanism: An Essay at Definition"; [3] Paul Elmer More, "The Humility of Common Sense"; [4] G.R. Elliott, "The Pride of Modernity"; [5] T.S. Eliot, "Religion Without Humanism"; [6] Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "The Plight of Our Arts"; [7] Alan Reynolds Thompson, "The Dilemma of Modern Tragedy"; [8] Robert Shafer, "An American Tragedy"; [9] Harry Hayden Clark, "Pandora's Box in American Fiction"; [9] Stanley P. Chase, "Dionysus in Dismay"; [10] Gorham B. Munson, "Our Critical Spokesmen"; [11] Bernard Bandler II, "Behaviour and Continuity"; [12] Sherlock Bronson Gass, "The Well of Discipline"; [13] Richard Lindley Brown, "Courage and Education"; "A List of Books", pp.291-294. // NO JACKET. Dark blue cloth with very dulled gilt on spine (nearly unreadable); Deckle fore-edge. Strong spine (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear, but for vague hints at spine corner topmost edges; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Despite dulling of lettering on spine, in remarkable condition for a book more than 95 years old. The way to read Classic Essays on the subject, still relevant, by distinguished writers. From Amazon: "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, nd but copyright 1933 but looks newer, hardback no jacket gilt titles to lime green boards, xi 200 pp, text in French with intro , notes and vocabulary in English, neat signature to fep Otherwise covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER ALMOST NEW. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 315 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.