Philosophy & History of Ideas (all items)
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ABRAHAMSEN, David.
Crime and the Human Mind. 1944
£75
First edition. Interesting study of criminal psychology. Born in Norway, and trained in Europe, Abrahamsen worked in the field of psychiatry and general criminal psychopathology,...
Octavo. Original green cloth, title gilt to spine. In the dust jacket. Cloth a little frayed head and tail of the spine, jacket marginally a little browned Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London. 1904
£950
This issue is founded on original edition published by Rudolf Ackermann.
3 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With... Read more
ACKROYD, Peter.
The House of Doctor Dee. 1993
£60
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Peter Ackroyd, September 9, 1993". A superb copy.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver, black endpapers. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the jacket that is just a little rubbed along... Read more
AGRIPPA, Heinrich Cornelius.
The Vanity of Arts and Sciences. 1694
£950
Third edition of the second English translation of Agrippa's De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum (Antwerp, 1530), first translated into English by James Sanford (1569, repr....
Octavo (183 × 110 mm). Eighteenth-century sprinkled sheep, double green morocco labels, red morocco date label at foot, sides with double blind rules, red... Read more
al-Hamadahani, Ain al-Qudat.
A Sufi Martyr. The Apologia. 1969
£150
First Arberry edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine in silver, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Distributor's ticket added to title page. An excellent copy in the... Read more
ALEXANDER, F. Matthias.
Man's Supreme Inheritance. 1957
£40
Fourth edition.
Octavo. Original black cloth, front side and spine lettered in gilt, brown top-stain. With dust jacket. 6 lithographic plates, contemporary ownership inscription and... Read more
(Alexander Technique) ALEXANDER, F. Matthias.
Man's Supreme Inheritance. [1946]
£45
First published in 1918.
Octavo. Original black cloth, front side and spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. 2 lithographic illustration plates, contemporary ownership inscription to front... Read more
ARGENTINE, Richard.
De praestigiis et incantationibus daemonum et necromanticorum 1568
£2,000
First edition of this magical treatise, the last work of the disreputable Ipswich schoolmaster and clergyman Richard Argentine [formerly Sexton] (1510/11–1568), published in...
Small octavo (159 × 94 mm). Contemporary limp vellum, edges stained red. With index leaves, but without the final blank. Provenance: Bibliothecae M. Hyacinthi... Read more
(ARISTOTLE) Ellis, William.
Aristotle's Politics. [c.1890]
£45
Sir John Lubbock's hundred books.
Octavo (184 × 120 mm). Original burgundy pebble-grained half morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
AYER, Alfred J.
The Foundations of Knowledge. 1940
£1,250
First edition, first impression of the author's second book. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Aunt Clara with the author's love, Freddie. Minehead, January...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Faint partial tanning to free endpapers. An excellent copy in the rubbed and tanned jacket. Read more
B.2.15
Among the Broad-Arrow Men. A Plain Account of English Prison Life. 1924
£85
First edition. Far from common account of prison life in the 20s. The broad arrow of the title, often seen on the clothing of prisoners in period illustrations, refers to the mark...
Octavo, original brown cloth lettered in black, title to upper board within single line panel. Line-drawn frontispiece, title-page vignette and 8 full-page... Read more
BACON, Francis.
The Works. 1826
£650
A handsomely bound library set of the works of Francis Bacon.
10 volumes, octavo (214 × 130 mm). Contemporary maroon half vellum, spines gilt in compartments, black morocco labels, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers.... Read more
BANKS, Elizabeth L.
The Autobiography of a "Newspaper Girl." 1902
£200
Second edition, same year as the first. Born in Trenton, NJ, Banks entered journalism through an job as a "typewriter girl" in a local store, then working the Society Pages in...
Octavo. Original green cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board. Portrait frontispiece. A little rubbed, particularly at the corners, spine slightly tanned, light... Read more
BARZUN, Jacques.
Race: A Study in Superstition. 1965
£775
Second edition, revised. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For Lionel & Diana, with ever affectionate thoughts, this dull old book that faithfully reflects the dull...
Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine gilt An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed and marked jacket. Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
Amerique. 1986
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre le traveling americains Jean". With numerous pencil...
Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. An excellent copy. Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
La Gauche Divine. 1985
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre de la part d'un gauche continue! Jean". With numerous...
Octavo. Original red wrappers. An excellent copy. Read more
BAUDRILLARD, Jean.
Les Stategies Fatales. 1983
£250
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the first blank, "Pour Francois at Andre tres amicalement Jean". With numerous pencil annotations...
Octavo. Original wrappers printed in pink and black. An excellent copy. Read more
BELL, Clive.
Warmongers. 1938
£175
First edition, first impression.
Octavo, pp. 24. Original publisher's wrappers, titles printed in red and black. A couple of leaves lightly creased at corners, minor staple rust with subsequent... Read more
BERGONZI, Bernard (ed.)
Innovations. Essays on art and ideas. 1968
£50
First edition.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust jacket. Dust jacket a little rubbed and crumpled at edges, otherwise an excellent copy. Read more
(BERRY, James) ATHOLL, Justin.
The Reluctant Hangman. The Story of James Berry, Executioner 1884-1892. 1956
£150
First edition. Detailed biography of the first truly literate hangman, who had recorded his own experiences in an autobiography published in 1892. Berry carried out 131 hangings in...
Octavo. Original black cloth, title gilt to spine. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 6 other plates. A little light chafing at the edges of the jacket,... Read more
BERTILLON, Alphonse.
Identification Anthropometrique. Instructions Signalétiques. 1893
£3,950
First published in 1886, this edition represents Bertillon's final statement of the technique of Bertillonage or forensic anthropometry. This copy inscribed on the front free...
Octavo (247 × 161 mm). Contemporary blue quarter cloth on marbled boards, tan morocco label to the spine. Line-drawn frontispiece and 51 similar plates, 30... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Devotional Family Bible: [c.1880]
£2,250
2 volumes, quarto. Late 19th-century full black morocco over bevelled boards, covers with rules in gilt and in blind, central oval device in blind, spines with five raised bands,...
2 volumes, quarto. Late 19th-century full black morocco over bevelled boards, covers with rules in gilt and in blind, central oval device in blind, spines with five... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. [c. 1910]
£175
A handsomely bound copy of the Bible.
Octavo (198 × 138 mm). Contemporary dark brown morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, elaborate decoration to boards, roll to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testament, 1811
£475
A handsomely bound and illustrated copy of The Bible in three volumes.
3 volumes, quarto (290 × 230 mm). Contemporary burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, panelled tooling to boards gilt and in blind, roll to turn-ins,... Read more
(BIBLE; English.)
The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testaments 1862
£185
An attractively bound copy of The Bible.
Large octavo (276 × 205 mm). Contemporary burgundy morocco, titles to spine, elaborate decoration to spine and boards, raised bands, brown endpapers, gilt edges.... Read more
