Philosophy & History of Ideas (all items)
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WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Holy Places. 1952
£2,750
First edition, first impression. One of 50 specially bound copies signed by the author and illustrator out of a limited edition of 950 numbered copies.
Quarto. Original red morocco, titles to spine gilt, grey endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Spotting and darkening to boards, endpapers... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Holy Places. 1953
£2,750
First edition, first impression, US issue. One of 50 specially bound copies from a limited edition of 1,000 copies for the US signed by the author and the illustrator on the...
Quarto. Original red morocco, titles to spine gilt, grey endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout by... Read more
(WAUGH, Evelyn) GREENIDGE, Terence.
Degenerate Oxford? 1930
£475
First edition, first impression. A book on student life at Oxford by a university friend of Evelyn Waugh.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine and ruling to upper board in green. Very light partial tanning to free endpapers. An excellent copy. Read more
WELLES, Albert.
Genealogical Chronology of The World Before Christ, 1889
£60
First edition.
Quarto (271 ×216mm). Contemporary hard-grain red morocco, sides and spine decoratively gilt, four raised bands, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to... Read more
WELLS, H. G.
First and Last Things. A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life. 1908
£750
First US edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author "To Mrs Sidney Webb from H. G. Wells". Beatrice Webb, along with her husband was an English sociologist, economist,...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to front cover and spine gilt. Covers and edges rubbed, spine tips lightly worn, bookplate of George Macaulay Booth to pastedown. Read more
WELLS, H. G.
The Salvaging of Civilization. 1921
£125
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to upper board in green and to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Some spotting to fore edge, spine lettering oxidised but an... Read more
(WEREWOLVES)
The Romance of William of Palerne: 1867
£350
First edition thus, no 1 in the extra series of publication by the Early English Text Society (formed 1864). The French verse romance was composed c. 1200, commissioned by Countess...
Octavo. Uncut in original purple printed wrappers. Spine worn and faded but holding, edges of wrappers rubbed, still a good copy. Read more
WHITEHEAD, Alfred North.
Process and Reality 1929
£200
First Edition, First Impression, of the most famous work of process philosophy. From the library of Brian Anthony Farrell, author and tutor of philosophy and psychology at Corpus...
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine gilt. Ownership name of B. A. Farrell to front pastedown and to bottom edge, underlining and notes in pencil by Farrell... Read more
[WHITEHEAD, Charles.]
Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, [ca. 1840]
£275
An attractive later edition of this volume compiling the stories of thirty-four notorious highwaymen and murderers. Originally published in 1836.
Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine gilt, boards decoratively blocked in blind. Engraved vignette title and 8 plates. Spine rolled,... Read more
WILDE, [Jane] Lady.
Social Studies. 1893
£250
First edition, first impression of a book of essays by Lady Jane Wilde, feminist, Irish nationalist, and mother of Oscar Wilde.
Octavo. Original maroon cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, ruling to boards blind stamped, floral printed endpapers. Partially uncut. Boards lightly rubbed,... Read more
WILLIAMS, Joseph J.
Hebrewisms of West Africa from Nile to Niger with the Jews. 1930
£150
First edition, first impression. very scare in dust jacket.
Large octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Map frontispiece and four others, 2 illustrative plates. Onwership inscription to front... Read more
[WILSON, Bill].
Alcoholics Anonymous. 1939
£7,500
First edition, first printing of the founding text of Alcoholics Anonymous, hugely influential through its mutation into the wider Twelve Steps movement. The first edition is a...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in scarlet morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, title block to front... Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Beyond the Outsider. 1965
£125
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's contemporary signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper to Sheila Hancox.
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained red. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Beyond the The Occult. 1989
£85
First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to Alan Hancox on the title page.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine in gold. Pages just a little browned but an excellent copy in the dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Introduction to the New Existentialism. 1966
£45
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in white. With the dust jacket. Cloth mottled but a very good copy in the price-clipped dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Order of Assassins. 1972
£50
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the very slightly faded dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Poltergeist! 1981
£45
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in gold. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
Sex and the Intelligent Teenager. 1966
£45
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original wrappers. An excellent copy. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
The Outsider. 1956
£75
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spine in green and gold. With the dust jacket. Lightly rubbed, faint spotting to edges. An excellent in the rubbed, foxed, and... Read more
WILSON, Colin.
The War Against Sleep. 1980
£25
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original wrappers. A fine copy. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
The War Against Sleep. 1986
£25
Revised and Expanded Edition.
Octavo. Original wrappers. A fine copy. Read more
WILSON, Colin.
The World of Violence. 1963
£50
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Pages a little toned but a superb copy in the dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Colin, & Donald Seaman.
Scandal! An encyclopedia. 1986
£75
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original pink boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. An excellent copy in the frayed dust jacket. Read more
(WILSON, Colin: intro.) ALEXANDER, Marc.
Royal Murder. 1978
£50
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
WILSON, Edmund.
The Scrolls from the Dead Sea. 1955
£375
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "To Cousin Dorothy with love from Edmund Wellfleet Mass. October 19,...
Octavo. Original tan cloth, titles to upper board and spine in red. With the dust jacket. Some browning to the endpapers but an excellent copy in the lightly rubbed... Read more
