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  "full": "\n**BERTRAND RUSSELL. SELECTED PAPERS OF BERTRAND RUSSELL. 1927–1970. (ML 137)** \n\n#### 147a. First printing (1927) \n\n[within double rules] SELECTED PAPERS OF | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 1–390 [391–396]. [1–13]16 \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1927, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Edition* | 1927; v–vi CONTENTS; [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xix INTRODUCTION signed p. xix: Bertrand Russell. | London, | March, 1927.; [xx] blank; 1–390 text; [391–394] ML list; [395–396] blank. (*Spring 1927*) *Note:* *First* statement retained on copies with fall 1927 ML list and omitted from copies with spring 1928 list. \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination and collation as 147a. Contents as 147a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] copyright and *First* statements omitted; [391–395] ML list; [396] ML Giants list. (*Spring 1936*) \n\n*Contents:* A Free Man’s Worship – Mysticism and Logic – The State – Education – Science and Art under Socialism – The World As It Could Be Made – The Aims of Education – Questions – Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted – The Chinese Character – Causes of the Present Chaos – Moral Standards and Social Well-Being – Deciding Forces in Politics – Touch and Sight: The Earth and the Heavens – Current Tendencies – Words and Meaning – Definition of Number. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B2a. \n\n> Text on front:
 The contents of this volume were chosen by Bertrand Russell himself, and he prefaces them with a new introduction written especially for The Modern Library. Included are his two famous essays, “A Free Man’s Worship” and “Mysticism and Logic”, printed in full; significant chapters from “Education and the Good Life”; “Proposed Roads to Freedom”; Why Men Fight” [*sic* omission of quotation mark before title]; “The A B C of Relativity”, and much other material. (*Fall 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket B2b. Text on front as B2a except quotation mark added before “Why Men Fight”; last line has four words. \n\n*Jacket C:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Upon the completion of his *Principia Mathematica*, in collaboration with Dr. Whitehead, Bertrand Russell reached the conclusion that little could be achieved by writings addressed exclusively to specialists. Abstract pursuits gave way to a quest for a better way of life, where co-operation, not competition, is the road to happiness. These essays reveal the quintessence of Bertrand Russell’s enlightened philosophy. They are for readers who are conscious of the social and political problems of our age and who seek solutions under the guidance of science and a humane philosophy. (*Spring 1936*) \n\nOriginal ML collection. Published October 1927. *WR* 22 October 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. \n\nShortly after publication of *The Philosophy of William James* (119) Cerf invited Horace M. Kallen to edit a similar volume devoted to Bertrand Russell (Cerf to Kallen, 23 December 1925). Kallen appears to have declined, and Manuel Komroff took on the role of editorial midwife to the collection. Russell, in return for a full royalty, was supposed to select the contents and secure permissions from the original publishers. He seems to have had little interest in the project beyond writing the introduction, however, and Komroff ended up doing most of the editorial work. When the introduction arrived Cerf wrote Komroff: \n\n> There seems to be a slight misunderstanding in the Bertrand Russell matter. He evidently believes that when he submitted his introduction to us, and vaguely O.K.’d the list of suggestions you sent him last Spring, his work would be entirely finished. I have just written him, however, that we want a very definite list from him as to what selections should be included in the volume. . . . He knows so much better than we do what really significant passages in his works are!” (Cerf to Komroff, 25 August 1926) \n\nKomroff replied with some exasperation that Russell “is all wet.” He went on: \n\n> I took the trouble to make a catalogue of his popular books and mark to [*sic*] essays that were my favorites and in my mind had endured. The whole sceme [*sic*] was my idea in the first place and it would have been a simple matter for me to have put together a nice little volume of Russell’s Writings. But I figured it out; and there is so much work in the world that one can do that I thought if anything could be made on it the money should go to the author. But the dam [*sic*] hog never wrote me a line to even acknowledge the long list I had made out . . . (Komroff to Cerf, 15 September 1926). \n\n#### 147b. Title page reset (1940) \n\nSELECTED | PAPERS OF | BERTRAND | RUSSELL | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPagination and collation as 147a. \n\nContents as 147a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–395] ML list; [396] blank. (*Fall 1940*) \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination as 147a. [1]16 [2–6]32 [7–8]16. Contents as 147b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [391–396] ML list. (*Spring 1957*) \n\n*Jacket A:* Non-pictorial in very dark green (147) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with title in reverse on very dark green panel at upper left; other lettering in dark brown. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n>Front flap as 147a jacket B. (*Spring 1946*) \n\n> Flap text reset with “Dr. Alfred North Whitehead” in place of “Dr. Whitehead”. (*Spring 1953*) \n\n*Jacket B:* As jacket A except in orange and moderate purplish red (258) on coated white paper. \n\n> Front flap as jacket A revised text. (*Fall 1963*) \n\n",
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  "year": "1927",
  "label": "BERTRAND RUSSELL. SELECTED PAPERS OF BERTRAND RUSSELL. 1927–1970. (ML 137)",
  "author": "BERTRAND RUSSELL",
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      "id": "147a",
      "title": "First printing (1927) ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] SELECTED PAPERS OF | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xix [xx], 1–390 [391–396]. [1–13]16 \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A5; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1927, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Edition* | 1927; v–vi CONTENTS; [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; [viii] blank; ix–xix INTRODUCTION signed p. xix: Bertrand Russell. | London, | March, 1927.; [xx] blank; 1–390 text; [391–394] ML list; [395–396] blank. (*Spring 1927*) *Note:* *First* statement retained on copies with fall 1927 ML list and omitted from copies with spring 1928 list. \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination and collation as 147a. Contents as 147a except: [ii] pub. note A6; [iv] copyright and *First* statements omitted; [391–395] ML list; [396] ML Giants list. (*Spring 1936*) \n\n*Contents:* A Free Man’s Worship – Mysticism and Logic – The State – Education – Science and Art under Socialism – The World As It Could Be Made – The Aims of Education – Questions – Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted – The Chinese Character – Causes of the Present Chaos – Moral Standards and Social Well-Being – Deciding Forces in Politics – Touch and Sight: The Earth and the Heavens – Current Tendencies – Words and Meaning – Definition of Number. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B2a. \n\n> Text on front:
 The contents of this volume were chosen by Bertrand Russell himself, and he prefaces them with a new introduction written especially for The Modern Library. Included are his two famous essays, “A Free Man’s Worship” and “Mysticism and Logic”, printed in full; significant chapters from “Education and the Good Life”; “Proposed Roads to Freedom”; Why Men Fight” [*sic* omission of quotation mark before title]; “The A B C of Relativity”, and much other material. (*Fall 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket B2b. Text on front as B2a except quotation mark added before “Why Men Fight”; last line has four words. \n\n*Jacket C:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Upon the completion of his *Principia Mathematica*, in collaboration with Dr. Whitehead, Bertrand Russell reached the conclusion that little could be achieved by writings addressed exclusively to specialists. Abstract pursuits gave way to a quest for a better way of life, where co-operation, not competition, is the road to happiness. These essays reveal the quintessence of Bertrand Russell’s enlightened philosophy. They are for readers who are conscious of the social and political problems of our age and who seek solutions under the guidance of science and a humane philosophy. (*Spring 1936*) \n\nOriginal ML collection. Published October 1927. *WR* 22 October 1927. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1970/71. \n\nShortly after publication of *The Philosophy of William James* (119) Cerf invited Horace M. Kallen to edit a similar volume devoted to Bertrand Russell (Cerf to Kallen, 23 December 1925). Kallen appears to have declined, and Manuel Komroff took on the role of editorial midwife to the collection. Russell, in return for a full royalty, was supposed to select the contents and secure permissions from the original publishers. He seems to have had little interest in the project beyond writing the introduction, however, and Komroff ended up doing most of the editorial work. When the introduction arrived Cerf wrote Komroff: \n\n> There seems to be a slight misunderstanding in the Bertrand Russell matter. He evidently believes that when he submitted his introduction to us, and vaguely O.K.’d the list of suggestions you sent him last Spring, his work would be entirely finished. I have just written him, however, that we want a very definite list from him as to what selections should be included in the volume. . . . He knows so much better than we do what really significant passages in his works are!” (Cerf to Komroff, 25 August 1926) \n\nKomroff replied with some exasperation that Russell “is all wet.” He went on: \n\n> I took the trouble to make a catalogue of his popular books and mark to [*sic*] essays that were my favorites and in my mind had endured. The whole sceme [*sic*] was my idea in the first place and it would have been a simple matter for me to have put together a nice little volume of Russell’s Writings. But I figured it out; and there is so much work in the world that one can do that I thought if anything could be made on it the money should go to the author. But the dam [*sic*] hog never wrote me a line to even acknowledge the long list I had made out . . . (Komroff to Cerf, 15 September 1926). \n\n"
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      "id": "147b",
      "title": "Title page reset (1940) ",
      "full": "\n\nSELECTED | PAPERS OF | BERTRAND | RUSSELL | SELECTED AND WITH A | SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY | BERTRAND RUSSELL | [torchbearer E1] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK | [rule] \n\nPagination and collation as 147a. \n\nContents as 147a except: [ii] blank; [iv] publication and manufacturing statements; [391–395] ML list; [396] blank. (*Fall 1940*) \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination as 147a. [1]16 [2–6]32 [7–8]16. Contents as 147b except: [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1955, BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [391–396] ML list. (*Spring 1957*) \n\n*Jacket A:* Non-pictorial in very dark green (147) and dark brown (59) on cream paper with title in reverse on very dark green panel at upper left; other lettering in dark brown. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n>Front flap as 147a jacket B. (*Spring 1946*) \n\n> Flap text reset with “Dr. Alfred North Whitehead” in place of “Dr. Whitehead”. (*Spring 1953*) \n\n*Jacket B:* As jacket A except in orange and moderate purplish red (258) on coated white paper. \n\n> Front flap as jacket A revised text. (*Fall 1963*) \n\n"
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