Levy's 11 Laws Inscribed to Stephen Jay Gould
Levy's Eleven Laws of the Disillusionment of the True Liberal
Publication: Princeton: Eleutherian Printers, 1981.
Notes: Levy, a Princeton sociologist who wrote important works on the modernization of society, may be best-known for these humorous, cynical, and self-critical laws of liberalism. For example, no. 8: "No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail;" and no. 11: "Nothing is so suspect as altruism."
This edition, printed letterpress from handset type, was limited to 300 copies, numbered and signed by Levy with his initials.
10, [2] unnumbered leaves. 4-3/4 by 6-1/2 inches, sewn into printed wrappers.
Edition + Condition: Last edition? The first six laws seem to have been published in 1966; a second edition of nine laws was issued in 1970. A fine copy, inscribed to the Harvard paleontologist and National Book Award-winning essayist, Stephen Jay Gould, "10/1/87. For Professor Gould who must somehow be made at heart to entertain the notion that we may be parsimoniously lawful about ourselves. As ever, M. J. Levy Jr."
This eleven-law version is scarce, with no holdings recorded in WorldCat (a database of library databases).
Item No: #363748
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