Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas. (Inscribed by Isaiah Berlin to Noel Annan.)

BERLIN, Isaiah:

ISBN 10: 0701204397 / ISBN 13: 9780701204396

Published by London: Hogarth Press, 1979., 1979

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FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. Some ink marks in introduction else Near Fine, in dust jacket. Inscribed: 'Noel from Isaiah, in deep respect and gratitude, Oxford, July 1979'. Annan wrote the introduction to Berlin's Personal Impressions (1980).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas. (Inscribed by Isaiah Berlin to Noel Annan.)
• Publisher: London: Hogarth Press, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701204397
• ISBN 13: 9780701204396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

liii 394p hardback, dustjacket in very good condition overall, clean text, firm binding, a well preserved copy, name to endpaper

Review

"Isaiah Berlin was the most esteemed intellectual figure in the English-speaking world. Against the Current may be the most representative of [his] books."--Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

"Berlin expounds the ideas of half-forgotten thinkers with luminous clarity and imaginative empathy. . . . exhilarating to read."--Keith Thomas, Observer

"A most remarkable intellectual achievement. There are few books published in our time which more dazzlingly illuminate some of the most crucial problems of western culture and civilisation."--Goronwy Rees, Encounter