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
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 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
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
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
The Prophet: A Musical Interpretation Featuring Richard Harris (LP Record)
New York: Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1974. LP Record. The album cover is lightly soiled and rubbed. Ed Matthews presents The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. One of the most beloved spiritual classics of our time, musically interpreted on LP Record. 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
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
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
The Communist Manifesto
New York: Signet Classics, 1998. Reprint. Paperback. 127pp. Duodecimo [17cm]. Illustrated wraps. 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
The Robots of Tomorrow: The Depression, Its Cause, Its Cure
1931. Very slim sextodecimo [18 cm] Saddle-stitched printed wraps. Light wear to the wraps. One of the pages is a bit soiled. "The term robot has been applied to our modern appliances which are having so great a part in displacing man's necessity as a factor in the world's industries..... More
The Ayn Rand Letter (3 volumes)
New York: The Ayn Rand Letter, Inc., 1971-1976. Original issues. Unbound. Quarto [30 cm] Individual issues housed in three plain orange folders. The newsletters are in near fine condition. Leonard Peikoff writes, "Most men regard philosophy as an intellectual chess game of no consequence to their lives; they regard their..... More
Biology and Marxism
New York: International Publishers, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. For some reason, a previous owner decided to put a clear gloss on the spine and front cover. The top edge of the front endsheet is..... More
Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement
New York: HarperCollins, 2009. Later printing. Paperback. 311pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. An updated edition, featuring insights, interviews, and more. More
Phenomenological Movement: A Historical Introduction: Volume II of II
The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1976. Second edition. Paperback. 391 pp. Octavo. [22 cm]. White wraps. Severe scuffing to wraps. Previous owner's pencil markings on front free endpaper. An in depth review of the ancestry of phenomenology, including treatments of the major figures Heidegger, Sartre, Scheler, and Husserl. More
Testimonies of the Platonic Tradition: 4th century BC - 16th century AD
New Castle, Delaware; Athens, Greece: Oak Knoll Press; ATON, 2015. First English Edition. Hardcover. 312pp. Quarto [25 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. A book tracing the path followed by Plato's Dialogues, in original form and in translation, through Antiquity, the Middle Ages..... More
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (20 volumes)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, 1906. Walden edition. Leather bound. Octavo [20 cm] 3/4 green leather with marbled paper covered boards, and gilt tooled spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Most volumes are in very good condition, and several volumes are in good condition. The spines, joints and..... More
René Descartes: A Biography
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 308pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Full red gilt-stamped leather, with raised spine bands. All edges gilt. Tan moiré endpapers. Bound-in pagemarker ribbon Present. More
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Second Vintage Books Edition; Later Printing. Paperback. 152pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue wraps. Spending all our time trying to anticipate and plan for the future and to lamenting the past, we forget to embrace the here and now. We are so concerned with tomorrow that..... More
Social Theory of International Politics
Cambridge University Press, 9780521465571. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. 429pp. Octavo (23.5cm); glossy paper over boards. Social Theory of International Politics builds a cultural theory of international politics, which takes the views states have upon each other as a fundamental determinant. The book describes four factors which drive structural change within these..... More
The Stature of Man
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED. 171pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with..... More