Eidolon A Philosophical Phantasy Built on a Syllogism (in Superb Cirlin Dust Jacket)
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., (1952). Cirlin (dust jacket design). Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 246. Bound in full tan cloth with blue lettering stamped in negative on the spine. In the dust jacket that, other than a short, closed tear at top of front panel (please see photos), is presented here in notably fresh condition. Fine / Near Fine. Item #5535
The author's philosophical explorations, couched in the form of a novel, drawing from Whitman's poem Eidolons, in which the Greek word "eidólons" ("true realities") culminates in every stanza. Perhaps Stern was drawn to the word for its anomalous feature in Whitman's work, usually noted for its plain-spokenness. The Cirlin dust jacket brilliantly conveys mid-20th c. existential angst. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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