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New York: John T. Flynn, 1946. First edition. Pamphlet. Stapled wraps, 6 x 9 inches, 8 pp. Printed on newsprint. Small closed tears to tail edge and chipping to edges. Browning to newsprint. Very scarce, with only four showing in OCLC institutions (Northwestern University, University of Tulsa, University of Oregon, and Stanford University). Very good.. A scarce pamphlet written and published by journalist, author, and polemicist of the "Old Right," John T. Flynn (1882-1964). Flynn began his career as a journalist at the New Haven Register before becoming an editor at the New York Globe specializing in finance. During the 1920s and 1930s Flynn would grow into a prominent social and political commentator, contributing columns to national publications such as the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly. Flynn was an early supporter of President Roosevelt, but was soon disillusioned by the New Deal's centralization of federal power, bureaucratic expansion, and reliance upon debt to finance… Read More

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1931. First edition (one of only 300 printed). Octavo. Scarcer issue in original grey cloth with gilt title on front board. Slight sunning to spine and board edges, and small marks to front board; moderate wear to boards, with faint spotting along front board edge; toning to paste-downs and free endpapers; as usual, lacks fine-tissue wrapper; else near-fine.. First edition of T. S. Eliot's (1888-1965) Thoughts After Lambeth in original grey cloth, of which only 300 were issued, which sets forth Eliot's reflections on the Church of England's Lamberth Conference of 1930. The Lambeth Conference is a decennial assembly of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury to collaboratively discuss issues of the day. The 1930 Lambeth Conference (the seventh such conference to be convened) became notable for its Resolution 15, which permitted the use of contraception in marriage despite previous conference resolutions to the contrary. The Times predicted… Read More

London: Henry & Co, 1896. First edition, first issue. Octavo. Original first issue blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine and eight pages of advertisements. Light toning to spine, extremities slightly rubbed; prior owner blindstamp, ink signature, and bookplate of John Farquhar McLay, bookplate of H.G. Plimmer to front pastedown. A rare and excellent example of this true first English issue of Nietzsche's masterwork.. Scarce true first English edition, first issue of Friedrich Nietzsche's (1844-1900) masterwork Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (translated by Alexander Tille), published by Henry & Co. in 1896. Originally published in German in four parts between 1883 and 1885, Nietzsche's towering work was born out of profound philosophical insights that Nietzsche experienced while walking extensively throughout the Swiss Alps in the early 1880s. What followed was a concentrated burst of creative activity that produced a truly revolutionary work of philosophical literature. It… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1921. First English edition. Octavo. Navy blue boards with gilt title to spine. Foxing to front and rear paste-down and free endpapers. Minor wear to corners. Bright text block throughout. Rare in this condition. Near-fine.. Uncommon first English edition of Miguel de Unamuno's (1864-1936) celebrated philosophical essay on the human condition and the enduring struggle between reason and faith. First published in his native Spain in 1912 as Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos, Unamuno's famous cris de coeur was subsequently translated and published in English in 1921 by Macmillan. Unamuno was among a coterie of influential Spanish intellectuals referred to as the "Generation of '98" devoted to renewing the intellectual and cultural heritage of Spain. Unamuno himself was a philosopher, poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist, and he was also among Europe's leading existentialist scholars. In the tradition of Augustine, Pascal, and… Read More

Florence: G. Barbéra, 1916. First edition, first impression (in Italian). Octavo, two volumes. Original paper wrappers printed in black, partially unopened. Front joint of volume one repaired; closed tear to front wrapper of volume two, and repaired vertical split to book block of volume two; small library labels at head of each volume; some chipping to spines; a little light spotting internally. From the private library of economist Enrico Barone, with his stamp on front free endpaper of each volume. Very good.. First issue of Vilfredo Pareto's (1848-1923) foundational work of elite theory from the library of influential Italian economist Enrico Barone (1859-1924). Pareto was an Italian civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher who made numerous groundbreaking contributions to the developing fields of economics and sociology. Perhaps his best-known work, Trattato di Sociologia Generale was first published in Italy in 1916, and was later published in English by… Read More

New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1978. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket (not price-clipped); minor toning to dust jacket, with a small closed tear to rear top edge; faint bookseller price erasures. Ink inscription by Kristol on front free endpaper: "For Bill and Helene Safire, With love, Irving Kristol." Near-fine in near-fine dust jacket. Single-page letter, signed by Kristol, with mild toning to edges and neat fold across the middle, else fine.. Signed first edition of Irving Kristol's (1920-2009) insightful appraisal of capitalism's impact on American society. Kristol was a journalist, editor, and political commentator who is often considered a founding father of American neoconservatism, and is counted among the most consequential public intellectuals of the late twentieth century. Throughout his career Kristol edited for, contributed to, and founded several journalistic and scholarly publications. He wrote for Commentary magazine from 1947 to 1952, and from 1953 to… Read More