The Inequality of Human Races by Arthur de Gobineau - 1915

Heinemann, London, 1915. First Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Translated by Adrian Collins. With an introduction by Dr. Oscar Levy, editor of the authorised English version of Nietzsche's works. Henry Hotze completed the first English language translation which was published in 1856 as 'The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races', with an added essay from Hotze and appendix from Josiah Clark Nott. However, it "omitted the laws of repulsion and attraction, which were at the heart of Gobineau's account of the role of race-mixing in the rise and fall of civilizations". Gobineau was not pleased with the version, and was "particularly concerned that Hotze had ignored his comments on 'American decay generally and upon slaveholding in particular'." This 1915 translation is the first edition of the standard English language version. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xvi + 218pp. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in pencil. Binding firm, but spine is faded. Top of spine pulled. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Politics & Government; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 11296. .