The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.
First edition. Signed by Leo Marx on front free endpaper. [x], 392 pp. Original green cloth with green spine lettering. Former owner's gift inscription underneath that in pencil, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine panel, small tear with creasing along bottom of front panel, edge wear. An important examination of technology and nature in American literature, which is key work in American Studies. The author's first book, scarce signed. Item #140939361
Price: $800.00