The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

First edition of one of the influential works of criticism published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Herbert and Elzie Wechsler, "To Elzie and Herbert most affectionately Lionel 21 March 1950." The recipient Herbert Wechsler was a legal scholar and former director of the American Law Institute (ALI). He is most widely known for his constitutional law scholarship and for the creation of the Model Penal Code. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Wechsler as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock. A nice association.