God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom"
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1959.
Sixth printing. Signed by William F. Buckley, Jr. on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the former owner, Portland lawyer Ridgway "Dick" K. Fowley, Jr. xvi, 240pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth-affect with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends and slight rubbing to boards. Bookplate of Foley on front pastedown and bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning and rubbing, light edge wear and chip to rear panel; jacket states "fifth printing" on front flap. A highly influential and contentious defense of conservative values by National Review founder William Buckley Jr., who claimed that higher education (Yale, in particular) was anti-Christian and anti-capitalist. The devoutly Catholic political commentator defined the conservative movement in the mid-20th century with this work.
Price: $750