HARDCOVER WITH NO DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. Part of the Charles R. Walgreen Foundation Lectures, 1951

BLUE BOARDS HAVE TONING, SURFACE WEAR, LOSS OF GLOSS OF BOARDS AND LIGHT CORNER BUMPS. (PHOTO 2, 3, 17).

 INTERIOR HAS AGE RELATED PAPER TONING, DARKER ON THE END PAPERS/PASTE DOWNS (PHOTO 8).  

BOTTOM EDGE OF EXPOSED PAGE EDGES HAS A SCRATCH FOR MAYBE HALF OF THE WIDTH OF THE BOOK (PHOTO 15) THAT IS VISIBLE TO AFFECTED PAGES AS A TINY DIMPLY ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEAVES (PHOTO 16).  

SPOTTING TO THE RED PAINTED EXPOSED TOP PAGE EDGES (PHOTO 13)

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WRITING OR UNDERLINING BUT CLOSE VIEWING OF THE "INTRODUCTION" SECTION TO PAGE 26 SHOW EVIDENCE OF ERASED PENCIL MARKS, MOST NOTABLY IN THE MARGINS OF A COUPLE OF LEAVES (PHOTO 9,10). THIS FIRST SECTION ALSO RETAINS HINTS OF PENCIL GRAPHITE AS WELL AS THE IMPRESSIONS UNDER THE WORDS THAT APPEARS WHEN SOMETHING IS UNDERLINED (PHOTO 9-12).  I would guess that maybe half of the 26 pages of the "Introduction" chapter show evidence of prior underlining. There is no evidence of any marks after Page 26.

PAGES HAVE NO EXISTING WRITING, NO STAMPS, NO LABELS, NO TEARS, NO CREASES, NO NOTED INTERIOR SOILING, NO REMAINING UNDERLINING, NO HIGHLIGHTING,  AND NO FOXING TO PAGES. BOOK BINDING IS TIGHT AND SQUARE. 

PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.

This book must be considered one of the most enlightening essays on the character of European politics that has appeared in half a century. . . . This is a book powerful and vivid enough to make agreement or disagreement with even its main thesis relatively unimportant."—Times Literary Supplement

"Voegelin . . . is one of the most distinguished interpreters to Americans of the non-liberal streams of European thought. . . . He brings a remarkable breadth of knowledge, and a historical imagination that ranges frequently into brilliant insights and generalizations."—Francis G. Wilson, American Political Science Review

"This book is beautifully constructed . . . his erudition constantly brings a startling illumination."—Martin Wright, International Affairs

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