First edition. 30, [2] pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn as issued, edges untrimmed (contents generally clean and unmarked; wrappers unevenly toned with light wear and creasing to extremities). London, Humphrey Milford. From the Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXV, 1939.
Moore’s ‘most famous, and almost his last, paper. This is the text of a lecture in which Moore returns to the task of refuting idealism and finally accomplishes his ‘proof’ by means of a startling theatrical gesture in which he simply holds up his hands before his audience and challenges them to deny their reality’ (ODNB).
