Search Results: Philosophy from Charles Agvent

Shanghai: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Softcover. Minor scratches to lettering on front of box. Fine in a Fine Chinese redwood box with lettering incised by hand. Octavo (8" x 11") bound in full silk brocade wrappers. Copy #1286 of 1500 translated with an introduction by Lionel Giles and printed on handmade Chinese paper. Four illustrations printed on double folded leaves. Issued unsigned. Lovely production and scarce in this condition.

London: Henry Cripps, 1628. Third Edition. Hardcover. Small chip to one text page; small library stamp to front pastedown and sticker to verso of dedication leaf; generally clean with occasional stain; few pages at beginning and end splitting from binding. Joints split, covers held by cords; minor chipping to spine. Overall a Very Good example of this important book. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") in early calf leather, the spine with 5 raised bands and a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label. Text complete but for the colophon and errata leaf, unevenly paginated: [8], 79, 78-208. [4], 209-374, [2], 375-584, 583-646, [8, table], [2, errata with verso blank], [2, colophon with blank verso] pages; [3], *2, **2, a4-k4, &2, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4,Aaa4-Zzz4,Aaaa4-Oooo4. Third edition of Burton's important work and the first edition to contain the engraved title page by Christoffel Le Bron, illustrated with figures representing the effects of Melancholy from Love, Hypochondriasis, Superstition, and Solitude, which… Read More

Ipswich: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Edy Legrand. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter black leather and natural linen sides, "the nearest practical material to a hairshirt," with a gilt-lettered black leather label on the front cover; 240 pages. Translation of J. G. Pilkington. Copy #430 of 1500 illustrated with paintings by Edy Legrand and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. A few rubbed marks to spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover with a new introduction by him. Illustrated with a profusion of pen drawings scattered throughout the text by William Sharp printed in sepia. Copy #29 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Just about Fine in glassine and a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover with a new introduction by him. Illustrated with a profusion of pen drawings scattered throughout the text by William Sharp printed in sepia. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Just about Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover with a new introduction by him. Illustrated with a profusion of pen drawings scattered throughout the text by William Sharp printed in sepia. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover with a new introduction by him. Illustrated with a profusion of pen drawings scattered throughout the text by William Sharp printed in sepia. Copy #844 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Four small, discreet library stamps within text, ink number on verso of title with some bleed through; library perforated stamp to half title and title pages. Corner of one page torn with no loss of text. Attractively bound with good margins in modern calf-backed boards; xii, 481 pages. An important work by this philosopher published the same year that his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, died shortly after giving birth to their daughter and future author of FRANKENSTEIN, Mary Shelley. He would later have some influence on his daughter's husband, Percy Shelley. Published several years after Godwin's THINGS AS THEY ARE, which some regard as the first modern novel. Godwin, "the philosophical representative of English radicalism" (DNB), also had the distinct honor of reading Thomas Paine's RIGHTS OF MAN in manuscript.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and about Fine clamshell box. Folio (8-3/4" x 13") bound in half buckram and lovely gold-decorated boards. Introduction by Christopher Morley, note by A. S. W. Rosenbach. Copy #834 of 1100, one of the smaller limitations of the time for the press, designed by Bruce Rogers who has created a lovely presence for these marvelous essays and who has SIGNED the colophon page.

New York & London: Oxford University Press, [1960s]. Reprint. Hardcover. Owner name on verso of front endpaper with generic bookplate on facing blank; slight wear at top and bottom of joints. A lovely binding in just about Fine condition. Two volumes in one bound in full polished blue calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/4") by Frost & Co. with double gilt-ruled borders, gilt decoration on the spine with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; l, 561; vi, 614 pages. Translated by E. J. Trechmann with an introduction by J. M. Robertson.

London: Trubner and Co., [1881]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Hinges sound, text clean; minor wear to spine tips. Very Good. Two volumes in original blue cloth. The first volume covers From the Earliest Times to the Age of Spinoza; the second covers From the Age of Spinoza to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century. A printed Notice states that the first volume appeared anonymously in early 1878 and the second at the close of 1879, and that their present reissue with the author's name, by Trubner, is "almost equivalent to a first publication."

New York: Random House, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Good, complete, but quite foxed dustwrapper. An exploration of American society by a great modern humanist.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Some uneven sunning to the covers. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper and scarce as such.

London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke, 1811. Early Edition. Hardcover. Light pencil underlining and a few notes, text rather clean; owner ink stamp on title page of first volume. Near Fine. Three volumes (5-1/4" x 8-8/8") in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in attractive green blindstamped morocco leather with matching corners, all edges marbled (lxxi, 360; vi, 514; v, 448, 50 pages). First published in 1776, this is a reprint of the Fifth Edition of 1786, the final edition to be published in Smith's lifetime. Adam Smith (1723-1790) spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. The book succeeded at once, and the first edition was exhausted in six months. GOLDSMITH 11663; GROLIER 100 ENGLISH, 57; KRESS B.154; PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 221: "The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought."

Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Fine in just about Fine slipcase. Ismar David. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in scarlet and cream buckram with embossed lettering on the cover and gilt stamping on the spine; 230 pages. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Translated by Martin Turnell and illustrated with decorative devices and 12 full-page multi-color drawings by Ismar David. Copy #492 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic of religion and philosophy. Monthly Letter laid in.

Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; just a touch of sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Ismar David. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in scarlet and cream buckram with embossed lettering on the cover and gilt stamping on the spine; 230 pages. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Translated by Martin Turnell and illustrated with decorative devices and 12 full-page multi-color drawings by Ismar David. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic of religion and philosophy.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Very tight and obviously never read. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Eugene Karlin. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in natural-grain goatskin vellum-backed boards covered with a pinkish-tannish Swedish paper. Translated from the Greek, with Introductory Analyses, by Benjamin Jowett. Preface by Whitney J. Oates. Illustrated with full- and part-page pen-and-ink drawings by Eugene Karlin. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Minor scrape to the front cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Eugene Karlin. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in natural-grain goatskin vellum-backed boards covered with a pinkish-tannish Swedish paper. Translated from the Greek, with Introductory Analyses, by Benjamin Jowett. Preface by Whitney J. Oates. Illustrated with full- and part-page pen-and-ink drawings by Eugene Karlin. Copy #894 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. New Impression. Hardcover. About Fine. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco for G. P. Putnam's with gilt rules and gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt; xv, 328 pages. Philosophical ruminations about happiness, the law, politics, religion, money, marriage, time, success, and death.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean. Light chipping to the tips of the spine which is rather fragile with a long vertical tear down the center. Good, internally Near Fine, in a Good slipcase with the bottom portion partly split. Lynd Ward. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheep leather with an ivory medallion inset on the front cover. Translated from The Latin text by Harry Carter, with an introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Illustrated with 10 original mezzotints by Lynd Ward hand-pulled in the shop of Charles Furth in New York. Ward also contributes numerous marginal illustrations. Designed by George Macy, letterpress composed and printed on special Worthy paper in black and rubric red by the J.Horace McFarland Company at the Mount Pleasant Press in Harrisburg. Copy #617 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.