This remarkable collection contains Isaiah Berlin's appreciations of seventeen people of unusual distinction in the intellectual or political world, sometimes both. The names of many of them are familiar: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Albert Einstein, and others. With the exception of Roosevelt, he met them all and knew many of them well. For this expanded edition, four new portraits have been added, including those of Virginia Woolf and Edmund Wilson. This volume also contains a vivid and moving ...
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This remarkable collection contains Isaiah Berlin's appreciations of seventeen people of unusual distinction in the intellectual or political world, sometimes both. The names of many of them are familiar: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Albert Einstein, and others. With the exception of Roosevelt, he met them all and knew many of them well. For this expanded edition, four new portraits have been added, including those of Virginia Woolf and Edmund Wilson. This volume also contains a vivid and moving account of Berlin's meetings in Russia with Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova in 1945 and 1956. Perhaps the most fascinating of these "personal impressions" is found in the epilogue, where Berlin describes the three strands in his own personality: Russian, English, and Jewish.
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Princeton. 2001. Princeton University Press. 1st Printing of This New Expanded Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0691088586. Edited by Henry Hardy. Introduction by Noel Annan. 277 pages. paperback. keywords: Philosophy History. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This remarkable collection contains Isaiah Berlin's appreciations of seventeen people of unusual distinction in the intellectual or political world, sometimes both. The names of many of them are familiar: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Albert Einstein, and others. With the exception of Roosevelt, he met them all and knew many of them well. For this expanded edition, four new portraits have been added, including those of Virginia Woolf and Edmund Wilson. This volume also contains a vivid and moving account of Berlin's meetings in Russia with Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova in 1945 and 1956. Perhaps the most fascinating of these personal impressions is found in the epilogue, where Berlin describes the three strands in his own personality: Russian, English, and Jewish. inventory #41596.
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NF. Wrappers. Indigo spine and rear cover, indigo front cover with color photo of Berlin are all clean and glossy. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the corners of the head of the spine and at the spine's tail. Nearly unnoticable trace in a couple places around the outside edges. Binding is straight and tight. Previous owner has marked a few passaged with tiny faint pink dots in the margins. Pages are otherwise all clean, white, and crisp. 277 pages. Illustrated with some photographs. This edition includes five additional essays.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Expanded edition. (philosophers, biography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
