Use and Abuse of History by Pieter Geyl

Use and Abuse of Historyby Pieter Geyl, professor of Modern History, University of UtrechtNew Haven: Yale University PressFirst edition/stated second printing, June 1957.The Terry LecturesSIGNED and inscribed by Geyl on half-title page: "For Professor Felix Bloch with kind regards from Pieter Geyl, July 1957" Condition: Hardcover, no dust jacket. Cover boards have minimal apparent wear. Interior is clean and neat save for one edit done in the same color ink that Geyl used for his inscription--this edit is in the index, where he writes over the name "Xavier", possibly writing Joseph, as Joseph de Maistre was the brother of Xavier--see photo. Binding remains firm. wiki: "Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl (15 December 1887, Dordrecht – 31 December 1966, Utrecht) was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography.Felix Bloch (23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate who worked mainly in the U