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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xxx, 747 pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some soiling and foxing; 2.5cm chip at head of front flap fold and adjacent panel and flap corners; tears and a few other small chips at edges plus strong creasing at spine head; tape repairs along top edges of dj's blank verso; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Light blue cloth with dark blue stamped spine lettering. Muted blue top edge; touch of foxing near fore-edge heel. Light toning to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. With illustrated endpapers, Preface, Acknowledgements, short essay "To the Subscribers," thirty-five color plates and short essay (pages xv-xix) by George Miksch Sutton, thirteen b/w photographs, ten tables, three figures, twelve distribution maps, essay "History of Ornithology in Georgia" (pages 3-23) by William W. Griffin, essay "Physiographic Regions of Georgia" (pages 25-76) by Robert A. Norris, "List of Birds Originally Described from Georgia," Bibliography of Georgia Ornithology, List of Subscribers, and Index. Wonderful ornithological reference regarding bird species found in Georgia published in co-operation with the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, the Georgia Ornithological Society, and the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 309 pp., x. No edition, printing or number line cited: presumed First Printing. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 20 Essays in 3 sections: EXPERIENCE (1) Charles W. Hendel, "Experience and Speculation"; (2) Robert O. Johann, S.J., "Experience and Philosophy"; (3) Isabel S. Stearns, "Creativity and Otherness"; (4) William Earle, "Love and Metaphysics"; (5) Irwin C. Lieb, "Purposes and Words"; (6) Charles Hartshorne, "Man in Nature"; (7) Richard M. Rorty, "The Limits of Reductionism"; EXISTENCE (8) Robert S. Brumbaugh, "Kinds of Time: An Excursion in First Philosophy"; (9) Milic Capek, "The Elusive Nature of the Past"; (10) W. Norris Clarke, S.J.,"Causality and Time"; (11) F.S.C. Northrup, "Is the Word Reality Meanigful?"; (12) A Boyce Gibson, "Time and Action"; (13) Richard F. Grabau, "Existence and Being"; (14) Iredell Jenkins, "The Modes of Law"; THE GOOD (15) Abrham Edel, "The Relation of Fact and Value: A Reassessment"; (16) John Wild, "The Objectivist View of Human Freedom: A Criticism"; (17) Nathan Rosenstreich, "Is There a Primacy of Practical Reason?"; (18) Louis Mackey, "The Analysis of the Good in Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart"; (19) Wilmon H. Sheldon, "The Criterioin ofg ther Good and the Right"; (20) Andrew J. Reck, "The Metaphysics of Liberty"; SOME PUBLICATIIONS OF PAUL WEISS, pp. 299-304; INDEX, pp. 305-309. Beige Dustwrapper not price-clipped ($10.00) with some perimeter browning (age-toning), minor tears and chips (Now backed with Archival tape); two small blue spots on front cover lower right , which appear to be small, superficial scrapes of surface beige, revealing blue underneath (NOT detected on inside dustwrapper at those locations and NOT the surface of the blue board showing through); 1" x 1/4" superficial liquid stain (blends in with age-toning and cannot be seen on inside dw at that location) on front cover between two blue spots cited. It all describes much worse than it is but there you have it: NOW in Brodart mylar, which forgives transgressions graciously. Medium blue, marbled boards with white spine and gold-stamped lettering; top edge stained yellow; some small speckles of foxing on top edge, partially hidden by yellow stain; modicum of foxing speckles on fore-edge, primarily near top edge, with a scant few bleeding onto pages (NO encroachment upon text); hint of shelf rubbing on lower edges: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. Book essentially Fine, looking UNREAD. Tight binding (NO cracks); square corners (hint of curls on lower cover corners); essentially NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Classic Festschrift with list of distinguished Contributors: Arguably, Gift-Giving Condition for a scarce resource. …