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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Lionel Trilling's copy)
by Kuhn, Thomas S
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. First Edition. First trade edition, first printing. (Hardcover issue perhaps simultaneously with the paperback edition as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science series; priority is uncertain.) xv, [1], 172 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in metallic blue.
American intellectual and critic Lionel Trilling's copy from his estate with his signature on the front free endpaper. Like Kuhn Trilling was a historian of ideas (though more oriented towards literature) and a defender of "the moral obligation to be intelligent," as one of his better-known essays was titled.
Near Fine, slight smudge to Trilling's signature, light wear, text free of markings. In Good+ dust jacket with chip to bottom front corner of front panel, toning and light wear.
The scarce cloth issue of Kuhn's acclaimed history of science; even less common than the wrappered issue.
Synopsis
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn, is an analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942604
- Title
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Lionel Trilling's copy)
- Author
- Kuhn, Thomas S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- International Encyclopedia of Unified Science, Lionel Trilling
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Good+
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