Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille
by Hollier, Denis; translated by Betsy Wing
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262081865
- ISBN 13
- 9780262081863
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1989. Important critical study of the French intellectual's work and ideas. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first American edition, 1989; published in French in 1974 as 'La Prise de la Concorde' and there (as of 1989) considered the standard critical work on Bataille. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear, light rubbing to spine, two short tears & crease along top front panel. Text clean, no names or marks; xxiii, blank, 201 pages; index, notes.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0628
- Title
- Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille
- Author
- Hollier, Denis; translated by Betsy Wing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0262081865
- ISBN 13
- 9780262081863
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Criticism, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Social Theory
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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