The First and the Last brings Isaiah Berlin's last essay, on the problems of freedom, determinism, pluralism, Romanticism, and nationalism, together with his earliest work -- a short story written at the tender age of twelve. The personal tributes to Berlin by colleagues and friends provide the perfect introduction to his ideas.

New York Review of Books: 1999.
ISBN: 9780940322097. 141 pp.
Hardcover. Very good.