The Burden of Our Time

by Hannah Arendt 

First edition.  London:  Secker & Warburg, 1951 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition, with a GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Light blue covers.  Boards show some exposure, edgewear.  Corners are sharp.  See photos. 
• Spine has black text and is sunned with softened ends.
• Binding is secure. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits creasing at head pp. 223-235, small chips at foot of pg. 13, 45.  See photos. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges have denting to head and foot edges, a little foxing.  See photos.
• DJ looks nice under Mylar, and is backed with archival paper.
• Examination of DJ reveals bumping and edgewear, chipped corners, a 1" chip at spine head, fading of spine panel, staining.  See photos. 
• PS2025.0904

477 pages. 6 x 9.25 inches

First British edition.  Publisher's light blue boards with spine lettered in black and dust jacket with panels in red and white, as issued.  Spine is sunned, text block edges show some dings.  Jacket shows some wear, fading to the spine panel and loss to spine head.  Interior a little toned but free of marks.  Overall a Very Good- copy.

The German born political philosopher's first major work, cited by Le Monde and The National Review as one of the best 100 works of the 20th century.  Published in the United States the same year as The Origins of Totalitarianism.  Arendt examines Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany as exemplars of a radical new form of government: totalitarianism. 

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