Description: 1928 DIOGENES, OR THE FUTURE OF LEISURE C.E.M.Joad, DIOGENES, OR THE FUTURE OF LEISURE (London, Kegan Paul. Undated [1928]) Original hardcover maroon boards binding with paste-on front cover and spine labels. .4.5 x6", 102pp.+24pp. of ads for various volumes of the series. Light cover wear; spine and label somewhat darkened; foxing to fore-edge and text, especially rear ad pages. Near Very Good overall.A scarce title in the British 100+ volume To-Day and To-Morrow series, each volume published separately, but in uniform format, in Britain and the US, between 1923 and 1931. Called "the first systematic attempt to create a 'Think Tank' to make predictions about the future of society", the series has been brilliantly analyzed at length in Max Saunders' 2019 book, Imagined Futures.
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