The Stature of Man

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 171pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. Warmly inscribed by Wilson on the front free endsheet. From the jacket- "An inspiring exhortation to the twentieth century in behalf of freedom and hope, and a brilliant, controversial analysis of modern literature, The Stature of Man represents the eternal cry of a new generation in active revolt against decadence and despair. It is an effective intellectual challenge to the materialistic philosophy that has reigned for so many decades.