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Alpaca
por HUNT, H.L
- Usado
- first
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- Livreiro
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
Dallas: H.L. Hunt Press, 1960. First Edition. First Printing. 12mo (14.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [2],183pp.; illus. including photographs and facsimiles. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, cancel "Amendments which have been suggested for the Constitution of Alpaca" stapled to front free endpaper with minor subsequent rust stains, else Very Good or better. Copyright page lists this as a first printing, January, 1960, with a Spanish Edition available in March. The poker player-turned-oil tycoon's right-wing utopian fantasy, in which the ideal society would function on a graduated scale of suffrage, the oldest, richest, and most ambitious citizens getting the most votes. Thus, according to the author, "Self-government will at last be an actuality without oration, declaration, demagoguery, shouts and drum-beating. Instead, there will be the fire of patriotism of a people who are sovereign with the confidence gained through elevating the best-fitted to the highest positions in governing themselves. Idealistic?--no, for the Ideal through simplicity becomes real" (p. 133). Unsurprisingly at the time of publication Hunt was himself one of the richest men in the world.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 49836
- Título
- Alpaca
- Autor
- HUNT, H.L
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Edition
- Editorial
- H.L. Hunt Press
- Local de publicação
- Dallas
- Data de publicação
- 1960
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Modern Fiction; Utopian Thought; Utopian Literature; Conservatism;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
Sobre Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
