MANN, Thomas (editor). SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur
 
The Living Thoughts of Schopenhauer. Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd., London in 1939.
 
Description
 
Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With the original blue, black, and white dust jacket. Octavo.
Ownership signature of British sociologist Donald G. MacRae to the front free endpaper. A near-fine copy, the cloth clean, internally clean and bright throughout. The jacket remains excellent with an entirely un-faded spine, showing only minor creasing to the upper edge and a single chip to the foot of the spine causing minor loss to the paper, otherwise excellent.
First UK edition, first printing, featuring a substantial 30-page introductory biographical and philosophical essay by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann on the works of Arthur Schopenhauer.
This copy boasts a highly fitting academic provenance, having belonged to Donald Gunn MacRae (1921–1997), one of the pioneering figures of post-war British sociology and a long time Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE). Pre-war copies of this series are scarce in such bright, un-faded condition, with this example further enhanced by its direct association with a foundational mid-century British social scientist.