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London:: F. Newberry,, 1769. Translated from the Italian; With a commentary, Attributed to Mons. De. Voltaire, Translated from the French. 179pp., lxxix, Commentary. A beautiful copy with only very light soiling. Previous owners contemporary ink signature removed from upper right corner of the title page. "If we look into history we shall find that laws, which are, or ought to be, conventions between men in a state of freedom, have been, for the most part the work of the passions of a few, or the consequences of a fortuitous or temporary necessity; not dictated by a cool examiner of human nature, who knew how to collect in one point the actions of a multitude, and had this only end in view, the greatest happiness of the greatest number. ". Second Edition. Recent Full Brown Leather. Excellent. 8vo..
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AN ESSAY ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS, WITH A COMMENTARY BY MONS. DE VOLTAIRE
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Edgar Allan Poe His Life, Letters, and Opinions
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London:: John Hogg,, 1880. Vol I. - xii; 294pp. 2 pp. publishers ads; Vol II - 312pp.; 2 pp. publishers ads after the index. Illustrated with two, striking photographic frontispieces the volume I frontis is after the famous "Stella" daguerreotype; the other in volume II is of Poe's mother. Original publishers elaborately designed pictorial gilt green cloth binding with an embossed black raven on a gold background featured on both front boards. Spines also elaborately designed and lettered in gilt. A beautiful example of late 19th century English binding. Some very light soiling to upper portion of the frontis not affecting the image. Otherwise an exceedingly bright and clean set.. First Edition. Excellent. 8vo.. 2 Volumes..
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Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence
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New YorkNew York: , 1931 Brown Cloth. Good +. First Edition. TLS By Shaw Inserted. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ellen Terry has signed her name beneath a line of an Elizabeth Browning poem that she copied, with the date July '83. The Shaw letter, dated 14 Mach 1923, is addressed to the director of a writing society and begins: " Tell your club that if they had the smallest capacity for business they would know that I take no interest in them whatever." Some rubbing and light dampstain to binding..
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Emin Pasha and The Rebellion at The Equator
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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1891. Frontis portrait of Mounteney-Jephson; portrait of Henry M. Stanley facing prefatory letter; 21 full page illustrations and numerous others throughout the text. Large map and facsimilie of the "letter of surrender" in rear pocket. A FINE COPY in the publisher's dark green pictorial cloth depicting Pasha standing in a small boat leading the expedition across the Congo stamped in black, lettering and designs in gilt. A fabulous history of the rebellion of the Mahdist in 1885 and Pasha'a rescue by Henry M. Stanley among other European explorers.. Fine. 8vo..
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Encyklopaedie der Philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse
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August Oswald. Heidelberg, 1817 First Edition. Orig. boards. Very good in original boards! Narrow 8vo., 288 pp., Covers solid, some old wear, scuffing and light chipping along spine. Text very firm and only lightly browned. This is the only exposition of the great Hegelian system as a whole that comes directly from Hegel's own hand. This work was originally designed as a textbook for students attending his very popular lectures in Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Heidelberg. A magnificent item and very scarce..
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Enemy of the Stars
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London:: Desmond Harmsworth,, 1932. 4to. [vi], 59[3]pp, tp vignette, text illustrations. Original pictorial paper boards with red spine lettered in gold. 59pp., Contents very clean, in the original pictorial dust wrapper that shows some light wear, a bit of spotting to the back panel and some light soiling around the edges. Overall a better than very good copy of Wyndham Lewis' powerful play.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 4to..
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England Under the House of Hanover
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Richard Bentley London, 1848 First edition 3/4 morocco. Very good +, spines uniformly faded to brown. Caricatures, engravings. 8vo., 2 vol., 3/4 contemporary red morocco, raised spines, gold lettes on red/black labels,t.e.g..
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The Enormous Room
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New York, 1922 First Edition, page 219 unexpurgated. No dust jacket. Moderately rubbed and soiled. PRESENTATION COPY TO COMPOSER JOHN CAGE FROM CUMMINGS! A wonderful association item.. By the Author. Orig. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo..
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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice.and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness
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London,: G.G. And J. Robinson:, 1798. Third Edition Corrected. (iii)-lvi and 463, (iii)-ix and 554 pages, lacking half titles. Extremely nice copy of the final version of Godwin's most important political work, espousing "one of the earliest, the clearest, and the most absolute theoretical expositions of socialist and anarchist doctrine. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures colud live in harmony without laws and institutions....It is to be doubted if anyone full accepted this out-and-out radicalism, but Godwin's passionate advocacy of individualism, his trust in the fundamental goodness of man, and his opposition to all restrictions on liberty, have endured....they lie at the roots of all marxist and anarchist theory." PMOM Text very clean and strong, showing only some light aging and foxing, minor dampstain to margins of last few leaves in Volume II. C.f., Printing and…
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Enquiry Into the Validity of the British Claim to a Right of visitation and Search of American Vessels Suspected to be Engaged in the African Slave Trade
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PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia: , 1842 Excellent. Slavery, Americana, History. By the Author. Original manuscript review of Henry Wheaton's 'Our Relations with England." 11 pages, on foolscap size paper stitched together. Signed "L.A.S 1842" on the final leaf. An asture review of a very important pamphley. Henry Wheaton was the American minister to the Court of Great Berlin. In his 1842 pamphlet, he charged that the slave trade had increased since Great Britain began patroling the West Indies and the African coast. This manuscript generally agrees with Wheaton and strengthens his argument with some new historical evidence. In wonderful condition..
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Epic of Verdun and Ballads
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New York:: Lavater-Dorette,, 1928. Edition De Luxe, limited to 375 copies this being No. 93. Magnificently bound in full forest green crushed levant, extensively designed in gilt, spine depicting cannons and poilus, in six compartments with gilt lettering. Inner dentelles gilt with doublures of curshed levant, crimson moire sating endleaves. SIGNED BY GEORGES LEWYS on the limitation page. Gladys Adelina Selma Lewis' (pen name Georges Lewys) was a noted and controversial French writer and poetess. President Coolidge was a notable fan of hers and she was decorated by the French government for this poginant and historical war poem on Verdun. Custom green cloth slipcase that shows some wear. A truly sumptuous book.. Fine. Large 4to..
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Epitaph
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Heron Press. New York, 1929. Limited. Orig. cloth. Fine. Orig. sketches. 4to., Limited edition, 1 of 700 signed by Dreiser. Slipcase is worn and lightly soiled.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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London, 1793. 19th edition. full calf. Excellent - bindings lightly rubbed, contents clean and bright. 8vo., 2 vol., Full marbled calf, black labels with gold lettering and trim, with the folded analysis table in volume I..
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Cummings & Hillard. Londons 1813. Orig. leather. Boards scuffed,rubbed and moderately scuffed, small dampstain. 8vo., 2 vol., Original brown leather bboards rebound to brown morocco spine, red labels. A good early 19th century copy..
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An Essay of Fevers. To Which is Now Added A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat
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LondonLondon: , 1747 Fair. Third Edition. Ownership signatures on pastedown and title of Dr. David Adams of Canterbury, CT. Adams served as a surgeon's mate in the French & Indian War,and in the 4th Company of CT Militia, in Canterbury in 1775 as surgeon, and also in the 4th Regiment, Connecticut Line from 1777-80. He was noted as one of the men who marched "to the relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm" by Johnston. Bound in make shift, period leather. Foxed and worn but a wonderful origina Revolutionary War medical book with all its battle scars and history preserved..
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An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
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Kincaid, Creech & Bell. London, 1772. Third edition. Full calf. Rubbed, covers loose. 8vo., 514pp., A good copy of Beattie's famous reply to Hume's scepticism. Full polished calf with raised spines decorated in gold..
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An Essay on Man
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Concord:: Hough,, 1790. An early New Hampshire imprint of Pope's famous poem on the nature of man and his place in the universe. It includes the famous lines: Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,/The proper study of mankind is man, " and was an espedial favorite of Winston Churchill. Pope's contemporaries honored this poem above all others. Pope himself felt it to be his greatest work. Worn with some marginal tears not affecting text. (Bristol 45975). Original Wraps. Good. 8vo..
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The Essays, Council, Civil and Moral of Sir Francis Bacon
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H. Clark. London, 1706. Full calf. Very Good. 8vo., 101pp with advertisement on verso of final leaf. Minor rubbing and scuffing, front joint just starting. Otherwise a lovely copy inside and out..
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Essays on Philosophical Subjects. To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author By Dugald Stewart
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Dublin: Wogan, Byrne, J. Moore Etc., 1795. Original boards rebacked in leather with black labels and gold lettering. Contemporary owner's inscription above title page. Essays on astronomy and physics...In beautiful condition.. First Irish Edition. Full Leather. Excellent.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Essays on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind
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Harper Bros. New York, 1834. First Edition. Orig. cloth. Moderately rubbed and soiled. Good. 8vo., 432pp. + ads., Highly interesting American philosohy title..
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