Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY and London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780801407789ISBN:0801407788
Description: Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Selected letters of the great American historian, Carl L. Becker, from 1900 to 1945. Includes "Apprentice and Journeyman Historian, 1900-1916"; "Cornell, War, and the Productive Professor, 1916-1919"; "Disillusionment and Thoughts on Politics, 1920-1924"; "Quiet Years as Teacher and Friend, 1924-1930"; "Everyman, the Heavenly City, and the Hospital, 1931-1933"; "In Sickness, In Health, and in California, 1933-1935"; "A Well Known Communistic Writer, 1935-1939 ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell U.P., Ithaca, NY
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780801407789ISBN:0801407788
Description: Near Fine/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 372pgs(Index) DJ nicked at 3 of 4 fore-edge corners, very faint dust foxing specks on top page ends, o.w. clean, tight & bright. No ink name. Bookplates, etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0801407788. read more
Description: spine ends bumped, else very good copy in frayed dj. 8vo xlii, 372pp biblio. Becker corresponded with some of the best known & respected historians of his time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780801407789ISBN:0801407788
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 950grams, ISBN: 0801407788. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780801407789ISBN:0801407788
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A fine collection of several hundred letters from the famous American historian, reflecting his wide range of interests, his contemporaries, historiography as his profession, the 'climate of opinion' within which he lived and worked, much more. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, illustrations, appendix, bibliography, indexed, 372pp. A nice copy, the jacket inside a plastic protector. Rare. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell Univ. Press
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780801407789ISBN:0801407788
Description: Very Good. Slightly Frayed DJ. 372pp 'Selected Letters of Carl L. Becker 1900-1945'. Edited with intro. by Michael Kammen. Over 300 letters full of wisdom, wit and humor. Running comment on both World Wars. It was said that Becker was interested in the way men's minds work. (loc 1048/1) read more
Description: Good. KAMMEN, MICHAEL. "What is the Good of History? " Selected Letters of Carl L. Becker, 1900-1945. Cornell U. (1973), 372 pp., 1st ed. v.g. +/v.g.d.j., OP. read more
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