Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional later trade paperback edition, Early printing of The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli. Dover paperback Edition unstated, 1997 Dover Thrift. First Printing with no subsequent printing and a $1.00 rear cover price. 72 pages.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, toned page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
Refreshing in its directness, yet often disturbing in its cold practicality, The Prince sets down a frighteningly pragmatic formula for political fortune. Starkly relevant to the political upheavals of the 20th century, this calculating prescription for power remains today, nearly 500 years after it was written, a timely and startling lesson in the practice of autocratic rule
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