Ethical Theory: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)
Wiley-Blackwell, July 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight copy. Some shelf wear to corners and edges. More
Philosophy
The Young Man's Guide to True Greatness
Rev. J.W. Kasey, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Exceptionally rare first edition in original binding. This work 'singled out ideleness as the principal cause of poverty and loss of self esteeem (Davetian 'Civility: A Cultural History', the original dark brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt..... More
The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates/Notes of Schelling's Berlin Lectures (Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 2)
Princeton University Press, February 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. A nice clean copy, with no markings to the text, about near fine in a Very Good dust jacket that has some fading to the spine. More
Wahrhaftige Geschichte
Aufbau Verlag, 1952. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Although it is not signed, this stunning copy in a beautiful leather binding was the translator's copy (acquired from his grand-daughter). Bound in full yellow calf, spine with raised bands, spine and covers tooled in gilt and blind..... More
The moral characters of Theophrastus. Translated from the Greek, with notes. To which is prefix'd a critical essay on characteristic-writings
Printed for John Hooke, 1725. First Edition. Leather. A fair copy in period paneled calf (disbinding with text block splitting; lacks spine; board present for rear cover but without leather; wear). More
The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
Allworth, November 2001. Later Printing. Hardcover. 732pp. Moderate shelfwear to the cloth, else a Very Good unmarked copy in a Very Good dust jacket that has a touch of shallow weae. More
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [3 volumes]
Mundell & Son, 1801. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 3 volumes in period calf (most boards detached; top margins of title pages clipped with loss of 'An' in titles; some foxing and stains to text). Folding table present at front of volume 1. More
Detours: Approaches to Immanuel Kant in Vienna, in Austria, and in Eastern Europe
V&R Academic, September 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New still in the shrinkwrap. 629 pages. 'Detours' explores the reception of Kant's works in Vienna, Austria and Eastern Europe from a historical point of view and focuses on six topics: Kant and Censorship, Kant and Karl Leonhard Reinhold, who was..... More
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. A New Edition. Volume I
F. and C. Rivington, January 1803. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Volume I only. Interestingly, this copy is in a period heraldic binding of Trinity College, Cambridge, with the College coat of arms at both top and foot of spine and on front cover, which also adds the..... More
Owen Barfield and the Origin of Language
St. George Publications, 1979. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Originally presented as the author's lecture given June 1976 at Rudolf Steiner House, London, England. Reprinted from: To wards, v. 1, no. 2, June 1978 and v. 1, no. 3, December 1978. 19pp., with pink wraps. A...... More
Scheler’s Critique of Kant’s Ethics: Continental Thought Series, V. 22 (Volume 22) (Series In Continental Thought)
Ohio University Press, June 1995. Hardcover. 221 pp., 12mo. - measuring over 6 in. - 9 in. Green boards with stamped gilt titles on the spine. A clean copy in Near Fine condition with a tight, uncreased spine. No dust jacket. More
Hegel, Nietzsche, and Philosophy: Thinking Freedom (Modern European Philosophy)
Cambridge University Press, September 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. 326pp. More
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Journals 1841-1877 (Library of America Ralph Waldo Emerson Edition)
Library of America, March 2010. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine copy in original green cloth and slipcase. Publisher's notes laid in loose. A fine copy. More
The Transcendentalists An Anthology
Harvard Univ Press. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of academic/poet William Matchett with his signature and date to the ffep (1950). Some foxing along the top, else a Very Good copy is a Very Good jacket with some edgewear and shallow chipping in places. More
Beyond Good And Evil
Modern Libray, [1930s]. Reprint. Hardcover. A nice copy of the 1930s edition in jacket. 237pp., in the original red cloth with gilt title and devices on spine and front cover. Minor wear to the boards, else a nice clean copy, tight binding; jacket has some shallow wear along the top..... More
Genealogy Of Morals
Modern Library, [1930s]. Reprint. Hardcover. A nice copy of the 1930s edition in jacket. 193pp., in the original red cloth with gilt title and devices on spine and front cover. Minor wear to the boards, else a nice clean copy, tight binding; jacket has some shallow wear along the top..... More
The Elements of Moral Philosophy
McGraw-Hill Education, December 2011. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Light shelfwear, else a nice clean copy (no markings to the text), and spine is not creased. More
Spheres of Reason: New Essays in the Philosophy of Normativity (Mind Association Occasional Series)
Oxford University Press, November 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with no markings or wear to the book. More
The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce Volumes 1 and 2 [Set]
University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good copies in a Very Good dustjackets. Books have shelfwear & soiling to edges of text blocks; DJs have shelfwear, rubbing, edgewear, & soiling. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. NOT an ex-library copy. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. More
Essays on the History of Ethics
Oxford University Press, December 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. 165pp. More
A Theory of Knowledge Based on Goethe's World Conception
Anthroposophic Press, Inc., New York, January 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. 131pp. Moderate shelfwear to boards, previous ower's bookplate to the front pastedown, else Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket with some shallow edgewear. More
Letters and Social Aims (Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII)
Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Reprint. Leather. Bound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards by Stikeman (for Charles Scribner's Sons), spine with raised bands, twin black morocco labels, and gilt tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (light rubbing, some darkening to spine and edges). The Complete Works of..... More
Letters and Social Aims (Emerson's Complete Works, Volume VIII, Riverside Edition)
Houghton Mifflin, 1893. Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 polished brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, twin red morocco labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling, marbled edges and endpapers (some darkening and wear to spine; slight staining and spotting to..... More
Miscellanies (Emerson's Complete Works, Volume XI, Riverside Edition)
Houghton Mifflin, 1892. Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 polished brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, twin red morocco labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling, marbled edges and endpapers (some darkening and wear to spine; slight staining and spotting to..... More
Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers (Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume XII)
Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Reprint. Leather. Bound in 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards by Stikeman (for Charles Scribner's Sons), spine with raised bands, twin black morocco labels, and gilt tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (light rubbing, some darkening to spine and edges). The Complete Works of..... More