New York Twelve 2011 First Edition [stated], Second Printing Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket xix, [1], 788, [8] pages. Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949-15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature. Hitchens originally described himself as a democratic socialist, and he was a member of various socialist organizations throughout his life, including the International Socialists. Hitchens eventually stopped describing himself as a socialist, but he continued to identify as a Marxist, supporting Marx's materialist conception of history. Hitchens was very critical of aspects of American foreign policy, such as American involvement in war crimes in Vietnam, Chile and East Timor. However, he also supported the United States in the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War and other military interventions. Hitchens described himself as an anti-theist, who saw all religions as false, harmful and authoritarian. He argued for free expression and scientific discovery, and asserted that they were superior to religion as an ethical code of conduct for human civilization. He also advocated separation of church and state. The dictum "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence" has become known as Hitchens's razor. Born and educated in England, Hitchens worked as a journalist with the New Statesman magazine in ...

New York City, NY: Twelve/Hachette Book Group, Date: 2011. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Twelve/Hachette Book Group, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 795 pages. Massive retrospective collection of essays. The summing-up of Christopher Hitchens' stupendous achievement as an essayist and polemicist. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Christopher Hitchens' "Arguably". For the sake of argument - and his bequest to posterity. "For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles - the principles of reason, tolerance, and skepticism that define and inform the foundations of our civilization - principles that, to endure, must be defended anew by every generation. His knowledge is formidable, an encyclopedic treasure, and yet one has the feeling, reading him, of hearing a person thinking out loud, following the inexorable logic of his thought, wherever it might lead, unafraid to expose fraudulence, denounce injustice, and excoriate hypocrisy. Readers, admirers and detractors alike, have learned to read Hitchens with something approaching awe at the oxygen in every sentence, the enviable wit, and his readiness - ...

Twelve 2011 First Edition Hardcover As New in As New jacket Book (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy, very thick book, black coves, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 788 pages plus a brief biographical note. DJ beneath mylar, glossy yellow spine and back, a color photo portrait of author on front, yellow and gray lettering, praise on back from Chrstopher Buckley, Timothy Egan, Dwight Garner in the New York Times, and others. DJ and book, both As New.

ISBN10: 1455502774, ISBN13: 9781455502776, [publisher: Twelve] Hardcover First Edition (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy, very thick book, black coves, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 788 pages plus a brief biographical note. DJ beneath mylar, glossy yellow spine and back, a color photo portrait of author on front, yellow and gray lettering, praise on back from Chrstopher Buckley, Timothy Egan, Dwight Garner in the New York Times, and others. DJ and book, both As New.
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ISBN10: 1455502774, ISBN13: 9781455502776, [publisher: Twelve. Grand Central Publishing, New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in dustjacket. 788 pages. A massive retrospective collection of some of the late author's essays. Witty, brilliant, and amazing, Christopher Hitchens was perhaps our greatest essayist then writing, in the English language. Mr Hitchens died in December 2011. Small first print run. Scarce. A fine dustjacket over a fine book. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.
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