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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. First Edition. Very Good/Fair. First edition, first printing. From the library of American novelist Larry McMurtry, signed by him and dated 1965 on the front free endpaper, and with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering, red topstain. Very Good with soiling to cloth. Foxing to endsheets and contents tanned. In a Fair unclipped tattered dust jacket with toning, chipping, foxing and splits to joints; clumsy paper tape repairs at verso. A well loved copy of the political philosopher's first major work, following some articles, translations, and Sechs Essays in German. Named one of the 100 best books of the 20th Century by Le Monde.

A thorough analysis of the roots and nature of totalitarian regimes, focusing on Nazism and Stalinism.