History of Philosophy
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Het Signaal Van 1848, Betekenis En Invloed Van Het Communistisch Manifest
by Slotemaker De Bruine G H
History of Philosophy Books & Ephemera
The Europe of the Capitals 1600-1700
by Argan,Giulio Carlo
Would be Fine but for small piece out head of spine, attendant abrasion extending to same area of dust jacket, which has a plastic sleeve and minimal edge wear otherwise. Great copy overall. 222 pp.
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A$61.98
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Adams, Henry
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1933. Reprint of 1905 edition, no other printing info given. Minimal rubbing at spine heel. Excellent copy, unmarked except for neatly penned previous owner name and date first blank page. Unclipped, price intact ($6.00) dust jacket with light chipping at spine ends, crease and short closed tear upper front, minimal wear otherwise. Now in a fresh Brodart mylar sleeve. FINE/VG++. 397 pp.
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A$77.47
Aesthetics and Art Theory: an Historical Introduction.
by Osborne, Harold, 1905-
New York, E. P. Dutton, 1970 [©1968]. Soft Cover. 320 p. illus. 21 cm. "This book is a study in the history of ideas in a broad sense..." Bibliography: p. 308-313. From the library of Prof. Vincent Tomas of the Brown University Department of Philosophy. Stock# 102,641. Good+ / soft cover.
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Ueber Die Dummheit
by Geyer, Horst
Wiesbaden, Germany: VMA-Verlag, 1984. Text in German. Covers clean, colors bright, spine and extremities with minimal wear. Pages [411] clean, binding tight, a little lightly pencilled underlining through to p.145 and a few notes on back fep, also lightly pencilled. From the contents: Foolishness as worldpower and general human phenomenon; Foolish behavior due to low intelligence; Foolish behavior despite normal intelligenz; Foolish behavior because of high intelligence; Clever Behavior with minimal...
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![[IVAN PAVLOV - LIFETIME EDITION] Proba fiziologicheskogo ponimaniya simptomologii isterii [i.e. An Attempt to Understand the Symptoms of Hysteria from Physiological Point of View]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/795/330/1328330795.0.b.jpg)
[IVAN PAVLOV - LIFETIME EDITION] Proba fiziologicheskogo ponimaniya simptomologii isterii [i.e. An Attempt to Understand the Symptoms of Hysteria from Physiological Point of View]
by Pavlov, I
Leningrad: izd. i tip. Akad. nauk, 1932. 36 pp. 17x13 cm. In original illustrated publisher's wrappers. Fine. First edition. Very rare. With the dedication leaf: "Dedicated to the deeply respected comrade Alexei Vasilyevich Martynov on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his outstanding scientific, teaching and practical work from the grateful author". Martynov (1868-1934) was a noted Russian surgeon and head of the Surgical Clinic of the Moscow University. A friend of Pavlov, he successfully...
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![[CHEBYSHEV'S POLYNOMIAL] Two imprints on functions: 1. O funktsiyakh, naimenee uklonyaushchikhsya ot nulya [i.e. On the Functions with the Smallest Deviation from Zero]. 2. O razlozhenii funktsiy v ryady pri pomoshchi nepreryvnykh drobey [i.e. On Functions Decomposition Using Continuous Fractions]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/090/444/903444090.0.b.jpg)
[CHEBYSHEV'S POLYNOMIAL] Two imprints on functions: 1. O funktsiyakh, naimenee uklonyaushchikhsya ot nulya [i.e. On the Functions with the Smallest Deviation from Zero]. 2. O razlozhenii funktsiy v ryady pri pomoshchi nepreryvnykh drobey [i.e. On Functions Decomposition Using Continuous Fractions]
by Chebyshev, Pafnuty
St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1866. 1. O funktsiyakh, naimenee uklonyaushchikhsya ot nulya [i.e. On the Functions with the Smallest Deviation from Zero]. St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1873. 32 pp. 25x16 cm. 2. O razlozhenii funktsiy v ryady pri pomoshchi nepreryvnykh drobey [i.e. On Functions Decomposition Using Continuous Fractions]. St. Petersburg: Academy of Science, 1866. 26 pp. 25x16 cm. No wrappers as issued. Uncut. Near fine. Two rare imprints of Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev's...
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The Degrees of Knowledge
by Maritain, Jacques
London: Geoffrey Bles, The Centenary Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A classic of Catholic (Christian) philosophy, still in print in English translation (Maritain wrote in French). "The book is divided into two parts: Part one discusses the degrees of knowledge for science and philosophy - or 'rational knowledge,' and part two discusses the degrees of knowledge for religious faith and mysticism - or 'super-rational knowledge.'"-the current publisher, the University of Notre...
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A$743.71
The Bible & its Rewritings
by Boitani, Piero
Very nice clean, crisp copy. Only very minor issues: small stain outer edge, lower corner bumped. DJ has minor edge wear. First edition, 1st printing with full numberline. NEAR FINE-FINE/NEAR FINE. NOT Ex-Lib. See picture of this copy. 231 pp.
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A$75.15
Objects of All Sorts: A Philosophical Grammar
by Descombes, Vincent
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Pages [vii, 231 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear, lightly sunned spine. Orange boards, bright gilt lettering, minimal display wear at extremities. Originally published as Grammaire d'objects en tous genres in 1983. Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine-.
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A$19.37
Science and Creationism
by Montagu, Ashley [editor]
Oxford University Press, 1984. Stated First Paperback edition, fifth printing. Pages [xvii, 416] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Covers clean, colors bright, no reading creases at spine, minor display indications. Illustrated with a few B&W images. PO's bookplate at half title page and label at spine. Essays by Isaac Asimov, Stephen Jay Gould et al. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free...
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American Photography: A Century of Images, Companion to the Major PBS Series
by Goldberg, Vicki and Robert Silberman
Chronicle Books, 1999. Complete number line [1 - 10] at copyright page. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 40.00], clean, crisp, colors bright, minor display indications. Pages [232 including index and bibliography] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Black cloth boards, bright silver gilt lettering. No remainder marks. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected...
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A$37.19
The Advancement of Learning
by Francis Bacon; William Aldis Wright (ed.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press. Clarendon Press Series. 5th ed. (1900). 376pp. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind borders to front and rear covers. VG copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean and bright, hint of toning to spine, gilt still bright, ink ownership details on ffep, pencil notes on rfep, otherwise internally excellent, no dust jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 5th Edition. 1900.
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A$96.91
The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes
by Steven Pinker
London: Allen Lane. 1st printing (2011). 802pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy but for some light rubbing to jacket fore edges, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2011.
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A$38.76
Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism
by Panofsky, Erwin
World Publishing/A Meridian Book. 1973. Bookplate half title, light underlining, marginalia to a dozen pages, otherwise minimal wear. 45 pages of illustrations at rear. 156 pp.
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A$30.99
Socrates
by A.E. Taylor
The Easton Press, The Library of Great Lives, Collector's Edition, 1989. Foreword by Robert S. Brumbaugh. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Near Fine. Easton bookplate with prior owner's name affixed to front fly leaf. Else Fine / As New. Appears unopened / unread. Bound In full (genuine) dark green leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on...
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A$69.72
Rejuvenation: the Search for the Fountain of Youth
by Trimmer, Eric J
A.S. Barnes & Co. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. 1st American edition. Book's first 3 pages have corner creases otherwise appears to have no mention worthy issues. Clipped Brodart covered DJ is taped to boards with edge wear, rubbing. 189 mark free pages. Fast shipping with tracking, careful, secure packaging.
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A$26.34
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
The Easton Press, The Library of the Presidents, 1967. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" / unread condition. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges. Binding and text block are otherwise tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges...
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A$131.70
Symbolism
by Goldwater, Robert
NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. First U.S. Edition (stated) first printing in an unclipped DJ. Only issue, the board edges are sunned, FINE otherwise. Unmarked, crisp, minimal wear. Small amount of edge wear to DJ, sleeved in archival mylar protector. 286 pp.
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A$34.09
Panaghia Kera
by Borboudakis, Manolis
Flawless copy. English text. 65 pp. Color reproductions throughout.
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A$18.59
Essays
by Bacon, Francis
Clark and Maynard. Softcover. Good. 1888. Number 8 in the Clark & Maynard English Classic Series. Stapled is loose but pages are secure. Minor tearing at the spine, but cover in tact. Printed a bit askew on the page, both text and cover. Price in pencil written inside cover.
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A$6.18
Cincinnatus and Washington
by Wilhelm, Robert M
Clean/unmarked, only light wear. VG+. Ancient Greek & Roman Resource Series. 100 pp.
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A$46.48
The Comforts of Unreason: A Study of the Motives Behind Irrational Thought
by Rupert Crawshay-Williams
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st printing (1947). 206pp. Original black cloth with gilt titles to spine. VG copy but for some staining to cloth ends mainly on front board, internally excellent, no jacket . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.
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A$19.38
Christianity & Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
by Macmullen, Ramsay
Flawless, apparently unread copy in an excellent dust jacket. First edition with full number line. AS NEW/AS NEW. 282 pp.
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A$27.89
The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy
by Cassirer, Ernst
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. First Pennsylvania Paperback edition 1972. Translated with an Introduction by Mario Domandi. 199 pages including Index. An evaluation of the significance of Renaissance thinking in the history of philosophy. Blue covers scuffed and shelfworn. Spine creased. Normal bumping and rubbing on corners and spine tips. Previous owner's information on first page. Some...
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A$41.83
Is Ingersoll in Hell?
by John R. Furlong
The Boulder Publishing Company, 1910. Good. Interior age-toned but free of marks except for a newspaper article pinned to the title page which has discolored the title page underneath. The newspaper article contains an excerpt from Ingersoll's "Creed of Science." Paper wraps show significant shelf and handling wear with penciled marks, stains, creases, overall soiling, tears, missing pieces, and edge and corner wear. An interesting bit of Western history. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire...
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