Character and Social Structure by Gerth, Hans and Mills, C. Wright - 1953

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1953; first printing with "a.8.53" on copyright page; xxi, 490pp. Binding is sound and fully intact; light wear to edges of gray cloth boards, bottom corners gently bumped, black/yellow titling remains bold; occasional light pen/pencil markings in text/margins; previous owner name inscribed on front end page. No dust jacket. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954. Hardcover. FINE/Fine. xxv, 490 pp. Black boards, gilt spine lettering. Very light rubbing to tips, pristine otherwise. DJ some light shelf wear.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth boards; dustjacket; xxi,490pp; includes bibliography. Brief gift inscription to front endpaper, else a tight, clean and unmarked copy in slightly rubbed and worn dustwrapper with a few brief, closed tears at extremities; Very Good. A major work in the Mills canon, the result of a twelve-year collaboration with Mills' frequent collaborator Hans Gerth to synthesize social-psychological and sociological thought, heavily influenced by the work of Freud, Marx, Max Weber, and George Mead. Much reprinted, but uncommon in the first edition, especially so in dustwrapper.