ISBN10: 0674641752, ISBN13: 9780674641754, [publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA London] Hardcover First Edition 268 pp. '1' in number line. Light taupe cloth with Medium taupe cloth spine and strong black lettering; light tan endpapers. Contents in 6 essays after the Introduction: Thinking about vices: (1) Putting cruelty first; (2) Let us not be hypocritical; (3) What is wrong with snobbery?; (4) The ambiguities of betrayal; (5) Misanthropy; (6) Bad characters for good liberals; Notes, pp. 251- 260; Credits, p. 261; Index, pp. 262-268. Dustwrapper not price-clipped ($16.50) with Multicolor swirling design on both covers with large tan oval title box on upper half front cover for title and author lettering in black; teeniest tips of wear at three corners; spine virtually undetectably sunned (NO impact on lettering; tan oval title box on spine ever so slightly diminished from similar tan of front cover), else flawless. Book itself FLAWLESS, but for previous owner name and purchase date on inside front cover, discreetly hidden under front panel, else As New: Tight binding with NO cracks, looking Unread; sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks. Clean text. Essentially, a New book and now in Brodart mylar.
[Andover, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1984]