The Age of Reason, Jean-Paul Sartre, 1947, 2nd Printing, Very Good w/DJ

Sartre, Jean-Paul, and Eric Sutton (Translator). The Age of Reason (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947).

English, Second Printing, a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket, HC, 8vo, 8" x 5 1/2," 397 pp.

ISBN: N/A

Second Printing, Very Good red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on book spine. Covers have slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Very Good green and light beige paper dust jacket, black and light beige lettering on green and light beige spine. Dust jacket has browning, a small stain on front panel, and slight wear to extremities, else clean and intact, not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages have light age toning and small bookseller's ticket tipped in on back pastedown, else pristine and intact. The first installment of Jean-Paul Sartre's famous trilogy The Roads to Freedom. The Age of Reason is a philosophical novel that ruminates on the existentialist concept of "ultimate freedom" and its implications. The story is set in 1930s Paris and centers upon Mathieu, a philosophy teacher who is seeking funds for an abortion for his girlfriend, Marcelle. Translated into English from the original French by Eric Sutton.