Hermsprong; or Man As He Is Not (The Folio Society)

London: The Folio Society, 1960. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x5x0. Keeling, Cecil. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #143). Includes publisher's slipcase. Slipcase edges lightly toned. 1960 Hard Cover. v, 262 pp. A novel by the British author raised as a Quaker, who became a philosophical and religious radical after the French Revolution. This is his last work, and the one for which he is best remembered. An interesting use of the 'noble savage' as a foil for the misguided beliefs and systems of European society.