The Poverty of Historicism.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

'the belief in historical destiny is sheer superstition' The first edition in book-form of Karl Popper's robust critique of historical materialism and other grand theories which lay claim to predicting rhythms, patterns, laws, and trends in history and so the future course of world events. First edition in book-form, first impression; 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); faint stamp to front free endpaper recto, slight offsetting to half-title and final f. of text, residue and offsetting from old library label to title verso; publisher's charcoal cloth, spine lettered in gilt, unclipped typographic dustjacket lettered in green, spine and extremities slightly soiled, a little chipped and frayed, very good; xiv, 166pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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