THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH (First UK edition - first impression)

Tom Wolfe

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Jonathan Cape (an imprint of Vintage Publishing), London, 2016

1911214195 / 9781911214199

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First impression of the first UK edition, with the full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the printer's page. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £14.99. The dustwrapper has no discernible faults. No creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***185 pages. 222mm x 142mm. ***'Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 - May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques. Much of Wolfe's work is satirical and centres on the counterculture of the 1960s and issues related to class, social status, and the lifestyles of the economic and intellectual elites of New York City. Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (an account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) and two collections of articles and essays, "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" and "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers". In 1979, he published the influential book "The Right Stuff" about the Mercury Seven astronauts, which was made into a 1983 film of the same name directed by Philip Kaufman. His first novel, "The Bonfire of the Vanities", published in 1987, was met with critical acclaim and also became a commercial success. ***"The Kingdom of Speech" is a critique of Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky. In the book, Wolfe criticises Darwin and his colleagues for taking partial credit from Alfred Wallace for the theory of evolution and ignoring Wallace's later work on the theory. Wolfe then criticises Noam Chomsky for dismissing Daniel Everett, who disputes Chomsky's claim that all languages are based ultimately on a hard-wired mechanism known as the language acquisition device (LAD). Wolfe argues that speech, not evolution, sets humans apart from animals and is responsible for all of humanity's complex achievements.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the first UK edition, in its original dustwrapper in near fine, bright, collectable condition. An uncommon title. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

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Titel
THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH (First UK edition - first impression)
Autor
Tom Wolfe
Verlag
Jonathan Cape (an imprint of Vintage Publishing), London
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
Zustand
Near Fine
Schutzumschlag
Near Fine
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1911214195
ISBN-13
9781911214199
Auflage
First UK Edition
Druck
First Impression
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