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No Binding. Good. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London, 1772; small folio, 4pp including the title page and blank verso; disbound from a larger collection; good condition although with some print offset on both versos, particularly on the second; dated 21 January 1772.

No Binding. Good. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London, 1773; small folio, 4pp including the title page and blank verso; disbound from a larger collection; good condition although with some print offset on both versos, particularly on the second; dated 26 November 1772. Culm is a form of anthracite.

Soft cover. Very Good. Freedom Press, London, 1970; 140 x 214mm, pp 32; paper wrappers; staples rather rusted but otherwise a very good copy The cover story is a 10pp feature by Vivian Harper "Bertrand Russell and the anarchists". This draws on earlier material, including on an unsigned review in Anarchy in 1918 of Russell's book "Roads to Freedom", on his trenchant criticisms of the state socialism which had developed in Russia post-1917 and on his activities against war in general and in support of unilateral disarmament in the 1960s. Harper concludes that although Russell was not an anarchist he clearly had a leaning towards that philosophy (as he had himself acknowledged in his writing) ending by writing "For generations he has been a liberating influence". NOTE: on account of the size and weight of this item the postage cost will be LESS than the default amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed.

Corte Madera, CA. Hardback. Good. Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1969; 4to, 220x278mm, pp xix, 143; red cloth, some water splashes on the spine and around the edges of front and back covers but despite that in good condition; the title page and verso with credits is typeset while the text is entirely in typewriter format; loosely nserted is a 12pp report, Provisional Report of Activities, 1968-1970, dated March 1970 from the same source. The weekend symposium was organised by Dr Marjorie Topley as part of the Anthropology Development Programme of the Centre of Asian Studies, the centre existing to provide research assistance to scholars working in the field of anthropology and allied disciplines, and for other purposes.

Soft cover. Good. Amalgamated Press, London; 120 x 187mm, pp 144, light card covers, signatures of 32pp but also glued in parts; base of spine a little torn, some light browning, front and back free end papers carelessly glued resulting in some adhesion to the cover, nevertheless in good condition. Contains a 5pp page story by Bertrand Russell, "The Queens of Sheba's Nightmare" from his fiction book "Nightmares of Eminent Persons". NOTE: on account of the size and weight of this item the postage cost will be LESS than the default amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed.

Soft cover. Good. 205x277mm, 96pp + covers; back cover detached, but present, spine ragged and relevant staples rusted but, subject to that, in decent condition; contains "A Life of Disagreement", being the transcript of an interview with Bertrand Russell by Romney Wheeler of NBC and filmed in London on the occasion of Russell's 80th birthday. In addition there are articles by several writers including Osbert Sitwell and Thornton Wilder and a poem by Adrienne Riches. NOTE: on account of the size and weight of this books the postage cost will be LESS than the default amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed.

Hardback. Fair. Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer. London, 1873, first edition, first issue with the misprint on page 13 reading "successively"; large 8vo, pp vi, 313, [iv, being erratum and list of books by the same author]; original green pebbled cloth, spine gilt, covers and spine a little dulled and rubbed at the corners and spine ends; chocolate brown end papers, hinges cracked internally and hinges therefore a littleweak in consequence but generally a reasonable, clean copy; a few pencilled notes on the last page list referring to other books by Mill.

Paperback. Fair. G Portielje, Amsterdam, 1830, only issue; tall 8vo, pp xii, 177, [16, being tables]; original paper wrappers completely covered with see-through plastic fully stuck down on the end papers and with some now discoloured sellotape; original spine missing, presumably partly why the book was covered in this way; sheets uncut (but all opened) and with some light foxing or browning throughout but in good condition; a few instances of a neat library mark and with the remains of old library labels on the front. Lobatto was a mathematics professor at the University of Delft and this work is a treatise on life assurance, with chapters on relevant matters such as calculating annuities, widows' pension table and mortality tables as well as more generally considering theories around life assurance.

Hardback. Very Good. Watts & Co., London, 1960, 1st edition; 8vo, pp [ii], 87; original red cloth, spine text in silver; corners and edges a little rubbed in places but a very good copy. Purcell was a prolific and accomplished writer, a sinologist, colonial civil servant, a lecturer at Cambridge on Far Eastern History, a specialist on Malaya, a poet and, as here, a satirical dramatist sending up British snobbery and the unco'guid. His rebuttal of the distaste of a certain type of snob for Bertrand Russell takes the loose form of "Macbeth", interspered with explanatory comment and brings in not only the three sisters of the title but the likes of the ghosts of Samuel Wilberforce and T H Huxley as well as numerous historic and imaginary figures including bellicose generals ("I have always believed in keeping the warlike spirit alive in peacetime"), prominent Christians such as Hilaire Belloc or others of imagined note such as the Archbishop of Tooting Bec. Russell,… Read More

Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Batsford, London, 1st edition, 1955; edited Gilbert McAllister; 8vo, pp 160; slight marking on the cover and the dust wrapper slightly torn head and foot but a very good copy. At a time of growing concern about the annihilation of humanity as a result of the growth in nuclear weapon capability the five articles and other material in the book address the question of containment and disarmament. Although written some sixty years ago present-day posturing among all relevant nations today suggest that the messages remain pertinent.

London: Little Brown, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo, xxvii, 547; includes ten maps and ten diagrams or tables; very good copy in dust wrapper. The author is a journalist and lecturer who at the point of publication had specialised in Chinese affairs for over 40 years, including having lived and worked in China, and was well respected as a writer and commentator on the region. Even now China is not well known to the outside world and Wilson's book sets the superpower growth of China into useful economic and social context and considers what is happening in the country and in its relations with other countries.

Paperback. Very Good. Palma de Mallorca, 1961; 8vo, pp 82, [10, being contents and illustrations lists and other material]; handsomely produced book with lapping cream covers, the edges slightly torn at the head in consequence, the contents printed on thick cream paper with generous margins and a couple of vignette illustrations by the author and and also a tipped-in folding view of the Cartuja de Valldemosa, all printed in burnt umber; 10 photographic and other plates; slight dust marking on the covers but all in very good condition; faint blue mark and an impressed ex libris seal of St Luke's Farm on the half title. George Sand was the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, typically known simply as "Aurore", lover of Chopin and Alfred de Musset among many others.

Soft cover. Good. Allen & Unwin, London, 1959, 1st edition; small 8vo, pp 93, orange paper wrappers; some light foxing, paper wrappers dust marked and with an ownership signature in ink on the front cover but a good copy. "The purpose of this book is to suggest that the danger of nuclear war is not one which is due to the hostility of the West towards the East or of the East towards the West, but is a common peril of both sides and, indeed, of all mankind. A common peril calls for a common defence. The peril is caused by the combination of modern science with archaic hatreds. ... " (from the front flap). NOTE: on account of the weight of this volume the postage cost will be LESS than the default amount (which must be) shown and will be advised before an order is confirmed.

Hardback. Good. Knopf, New York, 1946, new edition; 8vo; pp lxvi, 249; spine dulled and a few small spots on the front cover but otherwise in good condition. Has a 6pp preface by Bertrand Russell referring to his delight and pleasure in coming across the first edition of the book many years before and commenting on how much he had learned from it in his study of mathematics.

Hardcover. Good. MacMillan Company, New York, first edition 1938; 8vo, pp 190; covers a little spotted front inner hinge a little weak but a good copy otherwise. Russell's contribution is an article titled "Science and Social Institutions". Other contributors are Vernon Bartlett, G D H Cole, Stafford Cripps, Herbert Morrison and Harold Laski.

Hardback. Good. Seeley and Burnside, London, 1843; small 8vo, pp xxviii, 372; full calf gilt, marbled end papers and edges, binding a little rubbed and with a little light foxing mainly at the beginning and end but nevertheless a sound, handsome copy; engraved frontispiece of the relevant rectory (Turvey) and three further engravings; neat early ownership signature on the front end paper. Apparently first published in 1833 and also in later editions, albeit often wrongly identified as "12mo".

Hardback. Good. The Dublin Review (not to be confused with the modern literary journal) was the leading Catholic periodical of its time, having begun in 1836 as a quarterly, continuing until its demise in 1969. It was founded by the barrister and journalist Michael Joseph Quin who brought in Daniel O'Connell and Cardinal Wiseman to the project. The aim was "to provide a record of current thought for educated Catholics and ... to be an exponent of Catholic views to non-Catholic inquirers" and to this end it recruited eminent and well-regarded writers on religious, historical and literary topics and with much focus on science. Despite its name the Review was printed and published in London. Issue four, April 1837, 344pp plus opening Contents leaf; bound in blue-green cloth, spine titled gilt, no specific title page as the original wrappers are not bound in; slightly rubbed at the extremities and with a very few stamps of the Franciscan Convent Library, Wexford, scattered around but… Read More

Hardback. Good. Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh, and Cadell and Davies, London, 1816, volume II, second edition; 8vo, pp xv, 595 plus errata sheet; early quarter dark green cloth gilt, light green paper boards; covers somewhat rubbed, binding tight and firm; some scattered foxing but overall in good condition. Stewart's works titled "On the Philosophy of the Human Mind" appeared in three volumes widely separated in time, being published in 1792, 1814 and 1827, each thereby linked but complete individually. A student of Thomas Reid Stewart later became Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University and played a major part in developing the growing reputation of Scottish philosophy through Europe in the early 19th century.

No Binding. Good. 4pp publication, 225x278mm, being a single folded sheet; printed by Cunningham and Salmon, 110 [or 119] Fleet Street, London and published by W Strange, 21 Paternoster Row. Once folded to a quarter size and therefore both creased and marked along the folds; slightly frayed at the edges and somewhat dustmarked but in quite fair or better condition, particularly for such an ephemeral item. The paper mimics a standard journal of the time with four columns across carrying a wide range of apparent news, comment and reporting. However, every single item mocks or lampoons the episcopal church or sometimes the government; for instance the shipping news includes a sailing "For the Land of Humbug, Direct ... the tithed-bottomed vessel Rapacity ... has the greater part of her villainy on board, possesses excellent accommodation for Church Cormorants and Clerical Sharpers ... apply to ... the Agents, False Doctrine, Heresy, and Schism, No 1, Pompous-place, near the Mitre, Bishop's… Read More

Paperback. Good. Macmillan, London, 1966; B-format paperback, pp [x1], 265; covers a little dust marked and with a neat cancellation stamp on the inner back cover and a previous owner's signature on the inside front cover but generally a good copy. With twelve essays by philosophers including Flew, Strawson, G J Warnock, J O Urmson, Stephen Toulmin, D F Pears and others.