Main Currents of Marxism; Its Rise, Growth, and Dissolution
Oxford: Oxford University Press, The Clarendon Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete), all three volumes the first printings in English, octavo size, approx. 1500 pp. Fine / near fine. Item #CNJL2467
Leszek Ko akowski (1927-2009) is best known for this work, "Main Currents of Marxism". Per Wiki: "Owing to his criticism of Marxism and of the Communist state system, Ko akowski was effectively exiled from Poland in 1968". He was a MacArthur Fellow, and was awareded the Erasmus Prize, the Kluge Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.
All three volumes here are the first printings in English: Volume 1, "The Founders"; Volume 2, "The Golden Age"; and Volume 3; "The Breakdown". Complete sets somewhat uncommon, as of this writing we see only one other set online.
___DESCRIPTION: All three volumes bound in full navy blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and publisher's device on the spines, octavo size (8 3/4" by 5 5/8"), approx. 1500 total pages. In dust jackets with a summary of the work on the front flaps, publisher's ads on the back panels.
___CONDITION: Volumes fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; other than a hint of dustiness to the fore-edge of one volume clean and as new. The jackets near fine to fine, clean and without noticeable edgewear; all three have been price-clipped and Volume 3 shows some sunning.
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Price: $400.00