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[004504] Russell, Bertrand. History of Western Philosophy and Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1946. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback. Good / Good. [4], 5-916pp. Original cloth in DJ

DJ creased, rubbed and chipped to edges, reverse with tape ‘repairs’ to foot of spine and head and foot of lower join, closing quite a large tear to foot, lower panel and edges lightly browned. DJ’s reverse is a portion of a printed map of France. Spine lightly browned, top edge of text block lightly dust stained, former owner’s gift inscription to ffep, otherwise fairly clean

First UK edition, published a year after the US. The dust jacket was designed by A. E. Barlow

Martin notes that this book “was the first of its kind ever written by a philosopher who was himself in the first rank … the most illuminating history of philosophy which has ever been brought together in one volume” (Werner Martin, Bertrand Russell – A Bibliography of his Writings 1895-1976, page 164

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