Fact and Fiction by Bertrand Russell, 1961, First Edition, Vintage Essays Collection

Fact and Fiction by Bertrand Russell, 1961, First Edition, published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. Hardback, 282 pages

This vintage collection of essays is in fairly good condition:
- the original dust-jacket has some discolouration, as well as some small tears and creases along the edges, including a larger tear on the back by the spine.
- inside, there is a decorative book prize plate on the front flysheet
- there is foxing along the very edges of the pages
- it has an old book/musty smell

22cm x 14.5cm x 2cm approx.

Blurb reads:
This new collection of essays and stories by the most influential of modern philosophers is divided into four distinct parts. The first part is devoted to six essays on the books that influenced him in youth, broadly speaking from the age of fifteen to the age of twenty-one. This was an age when a book was an adventure, and enormously important to him when first exploring the world and trying to determine his attitude towards it. These writers whom he selects for discussion are Shelley, Turgenev, Ibsen, Milton, certain historians (especially Gibbon), and the great mathematical writers.
The second part is devoted to essays on politics and education ('What is Freedom'; 'What is Democracy?; 'Pros and Cons of Nationalism'; 'The World I should like to Live in', etc.). The third part is one divertissements, parables, nightmares and dreams, the dreams being recorded exactly as dreamt and in way decorated or improved.
Finally, there are eleven essays and addresses concerned with peace and war, which include some of Bertrand Russell's famous public pronouncements on nuclear warfare and international tension.
This is a highly characteristic book, demonstrating the great width of the author's interests and the depth of his convictions, but rich in wit and humour.

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