The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot.

KIRK, Russell.

Item Number: 33065

London: Faber & Faber, 1954.

First British edition of one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Paul Gay Angel of the Hogback, Russell Kirk October 1, 1954.” In very good condition with light rubbing to the cloth and a small stain to the page edges. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Russell Kirk.

Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind is one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American conservatism. Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of significant figures representing the history of intellectual conservatism, The Conservative Mind launched the modern American Conservative Movement when it was first published in 1953 and has become an enduring classic of political thought. "It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor" (William F. Buckley, Jr.). It was named one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine.