The Half Widow
Kolkata, India: Power Publishers, 2012. Paperback. 230pp. Octavo [21 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. The covers show light surface wear, and there is an ink stamp on the half title page. This is the author's debut English novel. More
Philosophy
Meditations
Great Britain: Collins Classics, 2020. First edition. Paperback. 160pp. Small octavo [20 cm]. Green illustrated wraps. The extraordinary writings of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), the only Roman emperor to have also been a stoic philosopher, have for centuries been praised for their wisdom, insight and guidance by leaders and great..... More
The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. SIGNED. 190pp. Folio [33 cm] 1/4 light blue cloth with gold and blue illustrated paper covered boards. Top edge gilt. Very good. The spine is ever so slightly rolled back. There is a former owner's name on the front free endsheet. The..... More
The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon (The Essays of Sir Francis Bacon)
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1980. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 190pp. Quarto [28 cm] Brown leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. Very good. The edges of the endsheets are ever..... More
Libertarianism in One Lesson
Costa Mesa, CA: Orpheus Publications, 1984. Original edition. Paperback. INSCRIBED. Thin quarto [27.5 cm] Blue and white illustrated wraps. Very good condition. Inscribed by David Bergland below the Introduction. David Bergland was the Libertarian Candidate for President of the United States. More
The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand: A Personal Statement
Beverly Hills, CA: The Biocentric Institute, 1982. Audiocassette edition. AudioCD. Very good condition. Rand's idea of man and her philosophy for living on earth have changed the lives of thousands of readers and created a philosophic movement with a huge impact on American culture. More
The Anatomy of Melancholy (3 Volume Set)
London: The Folio Society, 2005. Second printing. Hardcover. 548pp., 325pp., 586pp.. Octavo [24cm]. 1/4 buckram and green marbled paper over boards. Orange endsheets with a similarly colored topstain. The corners of each volume are just very slightly rubbed. In a black paper slipcase with gold lettering. Slipcase slightly shelfworn. From..... More
Cicero: Orations and Essays
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Salvatore Fiume. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Quarto [26.8cm]. Purple floral cloth-covered boards. Black leather spine label with gold lettering. Publisher's pale blue stain on the head edge of the text block. Deckled pages. Spine is slightly faded. Black slipcase with an off-white paper label..... More
The Analects of Confucius
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1976]. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. [130pp] Small quarto [26.5 cm] Full brown leather with three raised bands and gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Peach moire end sheets and a matching satin ribbon page mark. From publisher: The Analects (or..... More
Confucius: The Unwobbling Pivot and The Great Digest
Bombay: Published for Kavitabhavan by Longmans Ltd., 1949. First Indian Edition. Paperback. 44pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan and brown printed wraps. Very good condition. With notes and commentary on the text and the ideograms together with Ciu Hsi's "Preface" to the Chung Yung and Tseng's commentary on the Testament. More
Buddhism, Primitive and Present, in Magadha and in Ceylon
London; New York; Bombay; Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1908. Second edition. Leather bound. 301pp. Octavo [23 cm] Elegantly bound in brown leather, with a hubbed spine and ornate decorative and pictorial stamping. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to the extremities. The study of Buddhism from the point of view..... More
Oeuvres de Descartes Publiée par Charles Adam & Paul Tannery: Correspondance I, II, III (3 volumes from the set)
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1969-1971. Paperback. Quarto [25 cm] Beige printed wraps, with just light soiling and wear to the wraps. Minor numerical notation on one of the front free endpapers. Internally nice and bright. May require extra postage due to weight. Nouvelle présentation, en co-édition avec Le Centre..... More
The Way Out of Educational Confusion (The Inglis Lecture 1931)
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931. Hardcover. 41pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Top edge gilt. Near fine. The edges of the covers and spine are ever so slightly bumped and rubbed, and the spine is just a tiny bit rolled..... More
Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking
New York and London: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.; Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 876pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Natural beige cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, with a number of small, light stains on the rear cover. Illustrated endpapers. In..... More
Critical Path
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 471pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Burgundy cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and decorative geodesic patterns on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. The covers are just a trifle warped, and the front hinge is just a little soft (text..... More
Disobey!: The Philosophy of Resistance
Verso, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 214pp. Octavo. Red paper over boards with illustrated white dust jacket. In this provocative essay, Frédéric Gros explores the roots of political obedience, social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities, constitutional consensus. Examining the various styles of obedience provides tools to study, invent and induce..... More
What We Believe: An Inquiry
2004. Spiral Bound. Quarto [28 cm] White plastic spiral binding with illustrated wraps. Very good. The plain white rear wrap is very gently soiled. With a glossary. Contents include The Benefits of Believing, Free Will, Belief and Value, and much more. More
Leviathan
London: The Folio Society, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 539pp. Quarto [25.2cm]. Grey-brown buckram over boards with black and gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge of text block gilt. Lacking publisher slipcase. From publisher: Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work..... More
Recherches Logiques, Partial Set (Epimethee Essais Philosophiques Series)
Vendome, France: Presses Universitaires de France, 1961-1963. Paperback. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] in wraps. Light creasing and wear to toned wraps; ink inscription on inside front wrap of each book, else interiors are unmarked. Three-book set is comprised of Tome Second (Premiere and Deuxieme Parties) and Tome Troisieme. The first volume..... More
The Conquest of Bread
UK: Penguin Classics, 2015. Later printing. Paperback. 221pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. With its optimistic vision of a non-hierarchical society of grass-roots democracy and self-sufficient communities, this powerful 1892 work by 'anarchist prince' Peter Kropotkin has influenced activists the world over, from nineteenth-century workers to 1960s student radicals and..... More
Word Made Skin: Figuring Language at the Surface of Flesh
New York: Fordham University Press, 2004. First edition. Paperback. 215pp. Octavo [23 cm] in wraps. Faint shelfwear. From the book: "Today, body and language are prominent themes throughout philosophy. Each is strange enough on its own; this book asks what sense we might make of them together." More
Capital as Organic Unity: The Role of Hegel's Science of Logic in Marx's Grundrisse
Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Original edition. Hardcover. 191pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Glossy blue and red printed paper over boards. Ex-library, with several ink stamps on the text block edges. Page 35 is a bit wrinkled, and has a 1" closed tear in the top edge. Sporadic highlighting..... More
Elements of Political Economy
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. Third edition, revised and corrected. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo [23 cm] Rebound in 1/4 parchment velum and marbled paper over boards, with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Deckled fore edges. New endsheets and flyleaves. Very good condition. There are several minor stains on..... More
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
United States of America: Vintage Books, 1989. Later printing. Paperback. 367pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. The great philosopher’s major work on ethics, along with Ecce Homo, Nietzche’s remarkable review of his life and works. On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) shows him using philsophy, psychology, and classical philology in..... More