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By: (Cohen, Morris Raphael). (Frankfurter, Felix; Dewey, John; Russell, Bertrand; et al)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York: "The Youth Who Sat at His Feet", 1928.: 1928.
Seller ID: 17445
New York: "The Youth Who Sat at His Feet", 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Small octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with a few small, light stains to the front cover. xix & 109 pages. There is occasional light foxing & a few small stains. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece. The book has a slight musty odor. Good. First edition.Cohen was a philosopher and mathematician. The book includes a bibliography of his... View more info
By: (De Stael, Madame). Forsberg, Roberta J.; and Nixon, H.C
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Astra Books, 1963.: 1963.
Seller ID: 1841
Astra Books, 1963.. 1963.. Fine. - Octavo, gray cloth titled in silver, in dust wrapper. The covers are slightly bumped and the dust jacket is very lightly creased. 96 pages. Near fine in very good dw. "The six essays in this volume constitute, in one sense, an outline of Madame de Stael's education in the parliamentary system. She studied its functioning on the national level in England and America. She foresaw it as a sure foundation for understanding among stat... View more info
By: (Heidegger; Sartre). Jolivet, Regis
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Abbaye Saint Wandrille [France]: Editions de Fontenelle, 1950.: 1950.
Seller ID: 28784
Abbaye Saint Wandrille [France]: Editions de Fontenelle, 1950.. 1950.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The spine & extremities are darkened. The edges of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 110 & [1] pages. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. The front edges of the title page & a few other pages are lightly chipped. Good. First edition.The text is in French. First Edition. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: The Monist, 1920.: 1920.
Seller ID: 16224
The Monist, 1920.. 1920.. Good. - Octavo, softcover. printed self-wraps. 6 pages. The front edges of the pages are rippled & the edges of the first page are slightly darkened with some light staining to the front edge. There is light creasing to the bottom corner of the last page. Good. Signed "Compliments of M. P. Cushing" above the title.Holbach [d. 1780] was a wealthy patron of philosophy and a close friend of Diderot. His salon was a meeting place for t... View more info
By: (Lukacs, Georg). Parkinson, G. H. R.; editor
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1970).: (1970).
Seller ID: 24199
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1970).. (1970).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with an area of slight bubbling to the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are slightly faded. The top edge of the rear panel of the dust jacket is a bit darkened and lightly creased & chipped. [viii] & 254 pages. There is a small, light stain to the fore-edge. Very good. Contributors include David Craig, H. A. Hodges, A. G. Lehmann, Ist... View more info
By: (Marx, Karl)
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1953.: 1953.
Seller ID: 7079
Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1953.. 1953.. Good. - Quarto, gray cloth titled in red. Spine & extremities darkened; covers bumped, soiled & stained. 147 pp. plus colophon. Sepia-toned portrait frontispiece & full-page & textual illustrations, including folding facsimiles of newspaper pages. The rear hinge is cracked; the margins of some illustrations are darkened. Good. A useful collection of facsimiles, documents and portraits. View more info
By: (Montaigne, Michel de). Hallie, Philip P
Price: $10.00
Publisher: [Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1966).: (1966).
Seller ID: 16413
[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1966).. (1966).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are very slightly faded along the spine. 22 pages. Near fine. One of a series of papers read at the Center's Monday evening sessions to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. Philip P. Hallie, Griffin Professor of Philosophy in the University, was a Fellow of the Center in 1962-1963. He read this paper, which... View more info
By: (Ortega y Gasset, Jose). Read, Herbert
Price: $15.00
Publisher: [Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1964).: (1964).
Seller ID: 16411
[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1964).. (1964).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The front wrap is very slightly faded along the spine. 18 pages. Near fine. One of a series of papers read at the Center's Monday evening sessions to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. Herbert Read was a Fellow of the Center in 1964 and again in 1965 and read this paper on May 11, 1964. View more info
Price: $350.00
Publisher: New York, December 12, 1919.: 1919.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 36901
- Over 50 words typed on Adler's 9-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "The Society for Ethical Culture of New York" stationery. Responding to the American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to join as a member of the reception committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America, Felix Adler thanks Major Pond for the invitation and apologizes as he has "a long-standing engagement for the evening of January 2, and in any case I fear that I oug... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: NY: Humanities Press Inc., 1968.: 1968.
Seller ID: 6978
NY: Humanities Press Inc., 1968.. 1968.. Very good. - Quarto, green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Lightly bumped & rubbed with a light score mark to the front cover; titling slightly faded. xxii, [1] leaf & 261 pp. Very good. First edition. First Edition. View more info
By: Bochenski, I. M
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1956.: 1956.
Seller ID: 23641
Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1956.. 1956.. Very good. - Octavo, cream cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped with the spine & extremities slightly darkened. The spine of the dust jacket is darkened with its head & tail slightly chipped & the panels are lightly soiled with their front edges darkened. xviii & 326 pages. There is an owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Transla... View more info
By: Croly, David Goodman (1829-1889).
Price: $1,250.00
Publisher: March 6, 1870.: 1870.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 33909
March 6, 1870.. 1870.. Good. - Octavo, 7-7/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Approximately 250 words penned on three sides of a folded sheet with Croly's monograph embossed in blind at the top of the first page and the text of the third page penned vertically on the verso of the first. A substantial letter addressed to the American philosopher and historian John Fiske in which David Goodman Croly discusses plans for the first issue of the "Modern Thinker": "I e... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York: Henry Schuman, (1949).: (1949).
Seller ID: 36140
- Octavo, red cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed & the top corner of the rear cover is slightly creased. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & soiled with a crease & tears to the bottom edge of its rear panel and a piece out of the tail of its spine. [xii] & 202 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece and 6 pages of illustrations. There is a small area of offsetting to the front endpaper with a previous owner's name, address & ... View more info
By: Fite, Warren
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.: 1934.
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 26627
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.. 1934.. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED WITH HIS INITIALS BY WARREN FITE - Octavo, navy blue cloth with printed labels on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed with the spine & the bottom edge of the front cover a bit faded. [ix] & 331 pages. There is a crease to the front endpaper. Very good. First edition.Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and signed "W. F."Warren Fite was an e... View more info
By: Grayling, A. C
Price: $25.00
Publisher: (Oxford, U.K./New York): Oxford University Press, 2003.: 2003.
Seller ID: 32525
(Oxford, U.K./New York): Oxford University Press, 2003.. 2003.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some minor soiling & a few tiny stains to its rear panel. xiv & 236 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Louvain: E. Nauwelaerts / Paris: Joseph Vrin, 1948.: 1948.
Seller ID: 22833
Louvain: E. Nauwelaerts / Paris: Joseph Vrin, 1948.. 1948.. Fair. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The binding is bumped & lightly soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. The top third of the front joint is split. 106 & [1] pages plus an erratum page. There is an owner's blind stamp on the half-title. The book is shaken and bowed. Good only. First edition thus.A title in the series "Les Philosophes Contemporains: Textes et Etudes... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Paris: Gallimard, 1957.: 1957.
Seller ID: 30505
Paris: Gallimard, 1957.. 1957.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The spine & extremities are darkened & there is a tiny chip to the bottom edge of the front wrap. 53 & [1] pages. plus colophon. The pages are darkened & the bottom corners of 2 leaves are creased & chipped. Good. Third edition in French.An opening address given to launch a discussion at a conference in Cerisy-la-Salle, Normandy in August 1955. Translated into French from the... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Published for the trade, n.d.[circa 1880s].: n.d.[circa 1880s].
Seller ID: 36754
- Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial light tan wrappers with a portrait of Ingersoll on the front wrap. The wraps are nearly detached & are lightly bumped, soiled & creased with their edges slightly darkened. There is a small stain to the rear wrap & areas of staining to the lower halves of both wraps along the spine. The edges of the front wrap are lightly chipped. Pages [17]-32, printed in 2 columns. The inner edges of the lower halves of the pages are stained. The ... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London: Ampersand Ltd, (1963).: (1963).
Seller ID: 7077
London: Ampersand Ltd, (1963).. (1963).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly soiled with the spine somewhat faded. viii & 568 pp. Very good. Second enlarged edition. Dust jacket present. View more info
By: Kuhn, Helmut
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1943.: 1943.
Seller ID: 375
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1943.. 1943.. Good. - 8vo, blue cloth (bumped; spine & top edges of covers faded) titled in white, in dw (rubbed & chipped; dw spine faded with tear to & piece out of tail). viii & 267 pp. (red mark to 1 page). Very good internally. First edition.Writing during World War II, the author states in his last chapter: "This war, if rightly understood, will teach us two things in one lesson: it directs our atte... View more info