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Lewis, Sir Aubrey
Book Description: Oxford University Press, London, 1961. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. L.T. Hobhouse Memorial Trust Lecture No. 30 delivered by Sir Aubrey Lewis, Professor of Psychiatry, University of London on April 30, 1960 at University College, London. Pale grey paper cover with red titling on front. Cover has edge wear, light creasing, smudges, foxing spots, but is totally intact. 29 pages
Price: $10.00

Ageof Defeat, The
Ageof Defeat, The

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Wilson, Colin
Book Description: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1959. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A sociological and literary study of the significance of the hero. Red cloth, gilt titling to spine, 157 pages. Some age darkening, bump to top right corner. Dust jacket shows age darkening as well as a few dark spots, is price clipped.
Price: $35.00

Aristote Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre Avec Un Expose De Sa Philosophie
Aristote Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre Avec Un Expose De Sa Philosophie

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Cresson, Andre
Book Description: Presses Universitaire De France, Paris, 1950. Card Cover in Wraps. Book Condition: . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Written in French. A volume of Librairies Joseph Gibert" and "Philosophes, Collection dirigee par Emile Brehier." Illustrated card cover with black titling, green and black illustration, publisher's advertising on back, text block edges untrimmed. Dust jacket is pink with black titling and illustration. Pages uncut at top and leading edges, some have been cut open, spine edges and ends have light wear, inkstamped name on title page. Dust jacket has light edge wear, front and spine sunned. 134 pages
Price: $8.75

Autocrat of The Breakfast-Table, The - Every Man His Own Boswell
Autocrat of The Breakfast-Table, The - Every Man His Own Boswell

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Book Description: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1892. Half-Leather. Book Condition: Very Good+. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. First published in 1858, book is a new revised edition with illustrative notes. Leather spine and corners, gilt titling on brown spine labels, decorated raised bands, marbled boards, text block edges and end papers, black and white decorative panels and illuminations on chapter headings, appendix and index. Corners, spine edges and ends have light wear, the second free end paper may have been removed. This very handsome little book is in remarkable condition given its age - clean, bright and appears to be unread. 411 pages
Price: $24.00

 
Das Esoterische Christentum Und Die Geistige Fuhrung Der Menschheit

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Ssteiner, Rudolf
Book Description: Rudolf Steiner-Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland, 1962. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled: "Dreiundzwanzig Vortrage, gehalten 1911 bus 1912 in verschiedenen Stadten." Off-white cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, gilt decoration on front. Cover has very light soiling, text block edges darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper, notations throughout text in light pencil. 351 pages. Posted shipping quotes may not be correct for this item; for faster service please contact us directly.
Price: $12.00

De Virtutibus Infusis Praelectiones Scholastico-dogmaticae
De Virtutibus Infusis Praelectiones Scholastico-dogmaticae

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Mazzella, Camillus
Book Description: Ex Typographia Polyglotta S.C.de Propaganda Fide, Rome, 1884. Half-Leather. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Written in Latin. Subtitled...Quas Habebat Camillus Mazzella Soc. Jesu in Gregoriana Universitate Studorum Praefectus et Theologae Professor E Collecio Theologico Urbis Academae Romanae S. Thomae aq. Socius e Decem Urbanis; Editio Tertia. Marbled boards, red leather spine, gilt titling on green spine label, gilt decoration and border. Corners, spine ends and edges have light wear, text block edges darkened and top and leading edges have various small stains, one-inch sticker remnant on front cover, "College N. D. de la Paix, Namur" sticker on end paper, end papers foxed, owner's name in pencil, some pencil underlining and margination in text, otherwise this book is in great shape - clean, bright and tight. 811 pages
Price: $45.00

Ethics: The Science of Oughtness
Ethics: The Science of Oughtness

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Bahm, Archie J.
Book Description: Archie J. Bahm, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1984. Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abbreviated Edition of "Ethics: The Science of Oughtness". Card cover, black titling to front and spine, 245 pages. Age darkening to spine and edges, light edge wear. Book appears to be unread.
Price: $9.75

First Philosophy, Fundamental Problems and Readings in Philosophy, Volume II - Knowledge and Reality
First Philosophy, Fundamental Problems and Readings in Philosophy, Volume II - Knowledge and Reality

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Bailey, Andrew, Editor
Book Description: Broadview Press Ltd., Peterborough, Ont., 2004. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II of a three-volume set. An anthology of philosophy readings with excellent comprehensive introductions both to the central topics and to each individual selection; book is an introduction to the theory of knowledge and the philosophy of science. Colourful soft cover with black, red and white titling on illustrated front, white titling on black spine. Front cover has crease to bottom corner and some small light creases, minor edge wear, small sticker on half-title page, otherwise book is in great shape. 319 pages
Price: $18.00

Integrity Matters
Integrity Matters

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Bracher, James F. And Daniel E. Halloran
Book Description: Torchlight Publishing, Inc., Badger, Ca., 2004. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED by both authors. Authors have identified the cause of moral decline in our society as a decline in integrity, and they offer valuable suggestions for the restoration of integrity in our personal and business lives. Dark blue boards with gilt titling on spine, coloured end papers. This volume, which appears to be unread, is without flaws, as is dust jacket. 200 pages Signed by Authors
Price: $18.00

 
Man's Rights And The Nature of Government

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Rand, Ayn
Book Description: The Ayn Rand Institute, California, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. An article from The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. Beige paper with black titling, black titling on front, 18 pages.
Price: $9.75

Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth, Philosophical Papers, Volume 1
Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth, Philosophical Papers, Volume 1

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Rorty, Richard
Book Description: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,, 1995. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first of two volumes of papers written during the 1980s by one of the most provocative and stimulating philosophers active today. White soft cover with red, black and blue titling on spine and front, colour photograph of author on back. Book appears to be without flaws. 226 pages
Price: $12.75

 
Oswald Spengler En Der Untergang Des Abendlandes - Cultuurpessimist En Politiek Activist

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Boterman, Frits
Book Description: Van Gorcum, Assen, 1992. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Written in Dutch. this book concerns itself with the decline of the west. White soft cover, black titling on spine, front and back, illustrated with black and white photographs. Cover has very minor edge wear and shelf wear, pages 67 and 77 each have three lines highlighted with yellow pen, otherwise this book is in great shape. 402 pages
Price: $25.00

 
Philosophy of Herbert Spencer, The - Little Blue Book #772

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Durant, Dr. Will
Book Description: Haldeman-Julius Publications, Girard, Kansas, . Paper Cover . Book Condition: Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Little Blue Book No. 772, edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. Small booklet contains brief look at Spencer's philosophy, covering such topics as biology, psychology, sociology, ethics, etc. Tan covers, 64 pages. Edges of cover sunned, pages slightly browned, otherwise book is in great shape.
Price: $6.50

Rhetoric and On Poetics
Rhetoric and On Poetics

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Aristotle
Book Description: Franklin Library, Franklin Center Pennsylvnia, 1981. Quarter-Leather. Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quarter leather binding, gilt titling and raised bands on brown spine, gilt embossed decoration on front, back and spine, all text block edges are gilt, ribbon marker, marbled end papers, illustrated with engravings taken from the 1759 edition of Cesare Ripa's work. Heirloom Library bookplate with name of the previous owner on end paper. This handsome book is in fine condition - never read. 244 pages
Price: $30.00

Sociologie Generale
Sociologie Generale

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DuPreel, Eugene
Book Description: Presses Universitaires De France, Paris, 1948. Card Cover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edition of Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Travaux de la Faculte de Philosophie et Lettres. Pale green card cover, black titling, grey decoration, side and bottom edges of text block untrimmed, publisher's advertising on back cover. Spine, text block edges and page edges sunned, first end paper appears to have been removed, owner's name in ink on title page, text is tight and clean. 397 pages
Price: $18.00

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