Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. xvi, 102, [2 blanks] pp. Full blue cloth, titled in silver on spine, in dark purple dust jacket printed in red. Containing a foreword by RPW, along with two essays, 'America and the Dimished Self' and 'Poetry and Selfhood', followed by notes. Dedicated to Andrew Nelson Lytle and the memory of Edna Barker Lytle. Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, 1974. Fine in very good dust jacket. Small closed tear at top of front panel of jacket, with the lightest rubbing to top and bottom of spine panel. Previous owner's 1978 inscription to half-title, 'Good Students / are rare gifts'.

A very nice copy, signed by Robert Penn Warren on the front free endpaper.

Price: $200.00