Pursuit of Happiness by Howard Mumford Jones - 1966

Cornell Univ Press, 1966. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Description: "Happiness has preoccupied Americans collectively and individually at least since 1775. Generation after generation we have found it a fascinating but complicated aim in life." -- dustjacket

Publisher Information: Copyright date - 1953(Presumed First Edition – No other printings listed), Harvard University, Cambridge MA, # Pages - 168, hardcover, with dust jacket

Overall Condition: Good: structurally intact and relatively tight, slight yellowing to pages, minimal overall soil and wear, dust jacket has done an admirable job protecting the book which only shows some minor edge and corner wear on the cover itself, dust jacket itself shows some yellow discolorations

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 6x4x0. Hardcover and dust jacket. Small tear to jacket. Good binding and cover. Scattered underlining, marks.

Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press. VG in Fair DJ. 1953. Interpretations and redefinitions of the legal idea of the pursuit of happiness in court decisions. DJ tattered edges. .

Harvard University Press, 1953. 1st edition.. Pencil lines to approx. 10 pages of text + few notations to rear end paper. Small soiled spot on front panel. VG in VG- d.j. with small tear to spine and light edge wear..

Harvard UP 1953 on title page. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (happiness, american history ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good -. xi, 5], 168 p.; 21 cm. Light orange cloth with red spine title and cover illustration. Dust jacket. "What the pursuit of happiness has actually meant to the American people as one of their inalienable rights is the trail which Mr. Jones explores in this extraordinarily interesting book. . . . a solid and provocative contribution to the history of ideas in the United States." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: small ding in upper edge of front cover; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: chipping at ends of spine; closed tear of less than 1 cm. from upper edge of front section and same from lower edge of back section; slightly soiled.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 168p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Previous seller's price stamp on front endpaper; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is very lightly tanned and has some mild corner wear, but remains essentially intact. A philosophical and legal study of what "the pursuit of happiness" has meant to the American people since the Revolution.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 168pp. Owner name stamp, about a dozen pages with blue pencil marginalia, very good lacking the dustwrapper. The seventh in the series of lectures under the William W. Cook Foundation delivered in January 1952. Five lectures.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Slim Octavo. xiv + 168 pp, Preface, 5 chapter-lectures with footnotes, table of cases. 6" x 8.75" black cloth boards, in pale tan? gray? DJ with red letters. DJ unclipped, with 1" x 1/2" chip along rear bottom edge. Binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. .