Speech Acts; An Essay in the Philosophy of Language by Searle, John - 1969

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. 052109626X . - Great overall condition. Minor cosmetic wear. No noteworthy blemishes. No writing. .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [4], v-vi, [4], 3-203, [5] pp. Bound in black cloth with publisher's device and lettering in gilt blocked in pink on the spine, light grey topstain. Price of $7.50 on top corner of front jacket flap (UK price on bottom corner clipped). Slater 843. A nice copy of Searle's first book, a study of speech acts in the tradition of J. L Austin. Near Fine with a name on the free front endpaper in a somewhat-rubbed dust jacket.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. First edition of "one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades" (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his brother and sister-in-law on the front free endpaper, "For Bill and Kathy from John with best wishes." The recipient William Searle was Professor Emeritus of the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh. Both were heavily involved in Free Speech Movement in Berkeley in the 1960s. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by R.B. Kitaj. This book has immediately, and justly, been accorded the status of a major contribution to the philosophy of language. The brilliant but programmatic insights of Austin's How to do things with words are systematically developed and integrated with the more recent work of philosophers such as Grice, Rawls and Searle himself to produce an apparently comprehensive and certainly… Read More