A Theory of Justice

Rawls, John

Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971

Marginalia. A 6mm chip to cloth at tail end of spine. Crease to top corner of some leaves at rear. Lacking the dust-jacket. Provenance: Kurt Baier. Kurt Baier's signature in ink on front endpaper "Kurt Baier". Kurt Baier (1917-2010) was chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1962 until his retirement in 1995. After his retirement, Kurt Baier and his wife, philosopher Annette Baier, moved to New Zealand, the country where Annette Baier was born. [Reference: obituary in University Times, University of Pittsburgh, accessed online April 2024.] This copy has marginalia and underlining in pen and pencil by Kurt Baier on many pages throughout the book. ; First printing, with no later printing statements on copyright page. xv, [1], 607, [1 (blank)] pages. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 227 x 150mm. Philosophy. An important political philosophy text of the 20th century. Loosely included is a 2 leaf pamphlet "A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Rawls". First page with photographic portrait illustration, John Rawls 1921-2002, second page with quotation from "A Theory of Justice", third page with program for "A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Rawls": Welcome; Remarks; Andante Sostenuto from Sonata in B-flat Major by Franz Schubert, Remarks, Closing; fourth page blank. Creasing where pamphlets has been folded in half. Seller Inventory # 25789

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Theory of Justice
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Publication Date: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.