Philosophy & History of Ideas (all items)
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CLAUSEWITZ, General Carl von.
On War: 1873
£3,500
First full English edition of Clausewitz' Vom Kriege, which was first published 1832-4 as part of his posthumous works. In view of a recent estimation of On War as "the most...
Large octavo. Original blue cloth, vermilion paper label to spine, compartments formed of triple gilt rules, panelling in black to the boards, brown surface-paper... Read more
[CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.
Christian Science 1923
£65
Volume 25 of the definitive edition of Mark Twain's writings. A handsomely bound copy.
Octavo (218 × 145 mm). Contemporary brown half morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, brown cloth boards, cream endpapers, top edge gilt. With black and white... Read more
(CLERK'S PRIVATE PRESS.)
The Proper Psalms for the Morning of Christmas Day. 1916
£125
First edition, first impression. One of only 37 copies printed. A beautiful example of this scarce and vulnerable private press publication.
Duodecimo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black cloth folding case. Very tiny split to the wrapper at the tail of the spine. An excellent copy. Read more
COHEN, Percy.
The British System of Social Insurance, history and description. 1932
£175
First edition, American issue from English sheets.
Octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover with line border blocked in blind. With the printed dust jacket. A fine copy in fine jacket, a... Read more
[COLENSO, J.W.]
Three Native Accounts of the Visit of the Bishop of Natal in September and October, 1859, 1901
£150
Third edition, first published in 1860. Bi-lingual text. Colenso was consecrated Bishop of Natal in 1853 and settled there in 1855; "Unfailingly energetic, by 1857 he had completed...
Duodecimo. Original very dark green combed cloth with tiel in blind to the upper board within a blind panel, blind panel to lower board, cream surface-paper endpapers.... Read more
CONDER, Josiah.
Wages or the Whip. 1833
£85
First Edition. Uncommon, COPAC lists Oxford only. Conder was a bookseller and author, friend and correspondent of James Montgomery, Robert Southey, Rev.. Robert Hall, Rev. John...
Octavo. Stitched as issued. Title page and verso of last leaf slightly soiled, but overall very good, unopened. Read more
CONFUCIUS.
Confucius sinarum Philosophus, sive Scientia Sinensis latine exposita … 1687
£9,500
First European edition of Confucius: the first three parts being Latin translations of the Ta Hsüeh, the Chung Yung, and the Lun Yü or Analects; and the fourth, Philippe...
Folio (322 × 220 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, sides with gilt roll border, spine gilt in compartments, hand-lettered title label in third compartment,... Read more
COPI, Irving M., & Robert W. Beard (eds.)
Essays on Wittgenstein's Tractatus. 1966
£75
First UK edition, first impression, also published in New York in the same year.
Octavo. Original teal boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. A few light pencil... Read more
COUSINS, James H.
The Renaissance in India. [1918]
£85
First edition, inscribed by the author on the half-title: "With fraternal greetings, James H. Cousins, Tokyo 7 July 1919". The recipient is also most certainly the American professor...
Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered in dark blue, sides with borders blocked in blind. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Ownership... Read more
COX, Sir Edmund C.
Police and Crime in India. [1911]
£35
First Edition. "A long, detailed and very readable book devoted mainly to the Bombay Presidency Police, but with much information regarding the law, criminal activities, and police...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine, crest of the Indian Police gilt to the upper board. Frontispiece and 15 other plates. Somewhat foxed, as often, one... Read more
CRAWLEY, Ernest.
Dress, Drinks, and Drums. 1931
£85
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt and to upper board in blind. With the dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown. Faint tanning to endpapers and... Read more
CRAWLEY, Ernest.
The Mystic Rose 1927
£150
Second Edition, much enlarged, of one of the foundational texts of modern anthropology. Like Sir James Frazer's Golden Bough (1890), Crawley's work (which is dedicated to Frazer)...
2 volumes, octavo. Original brown linen-grain cloth, spines lettered gilt, front covers stamped in blind with title and two-line outer border; grey paper dust jackets,... Read more
(CRESSET PRESS) BACON, Francis.
The Essayes or Counsels Civil and Morall. 1928
£750
First edition thus, one of 250 copies on Batchelor paper out of a limited edition of 258 numbered copies.
Folio. Original full vellum, titles to spine and upper board gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Printed in red and black. Housed in a red cloth slipcase and... Read more
CROPPER, James.
A Vindication of a Loan of £15,000,000 to the West Indian Planters, 1833
£125
First Edition. Cropper was a merchant and philanthropist, great promoter of the cause of anti-slavery; the wealth generated by his successful trading company "... enabled Cropper to...
Octavo. 16pp. Unopened, unstitched. Title page somewhat stained, small piece torn from the corner, no loss of text, about very good. Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Ahab and Other Poems. 1903
£750
First edition, first impression. One of 150 copies on paper. There were a further 12 copies on vellum, most of which were never bound. Rare.
Quarto. Original white wrappers printed in brown. Wrappers severely soiled and rubbed. Very good. Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Jephthah and other Mysteries Lyrical and Dramatic. 1899
£350
First Edition, First Impression. Tipped in at the front are some leaves from a twelve-page advertising brochure for those Crowley titles published by the Society for the Propagation...
Octavo. Original linen-backed rose boards, white paper title label to spine printed in black, all edges uncut. Contents somewhat shaken, front hinge cracked, spine a... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Moonchild. 1929
£275
First Edition, First Impression of one of Crowley's more famous works.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. Some mild toning throughout, pictorial portions of the dust jacket pasted onto blank pages at the front, slightly... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Moonchild. A Prologue. 1929
£2,250
First Edition, First Impression. A striking copy of one of Crowley's best known works.
Octavo. Original sea-green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the full pictorial Beresford Egan dust jacket. Minor spotting to the fore edges but a superb copy in the... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Olla An anthology of Sixty Years of Song. 1946
£275
First Edition, First Impression. One of 500 copies printed.
Quarto. Original brown cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the shattered remains of the dust jacket. Jacket designed by Frieda Harris, frontis portrait... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Oracles. 1905
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original blue wrappers, titles to spine in white, edges untrimmed. Housed in a black flat back cloth solander box made by The Chelsea Bindery. Advertisement... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Orpheus. A Lyrical Legend. 1905
£750
First edition, first impression, second issue. Crowley had 500 sets of sheets printed and divided the edition into four issues designated Second, Third and Fourth Edition with an...
2 volumes, octavo. Original white cloth backed yellow boards, printed paper labels to spines. Lightly rubbed, spines tanned, foxing to boards and edges, contents... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Songs of the Spirit. 1898
£1,000
First edition, first impression. One of only 350 copies printed.
Small octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board in red. Spine tanned, boards lightly rubbed and marked, foxing to endpapers and contents. A good copy. Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
Tannhäuser. A Story of All Time. 1902
£2,250
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original white cloth backed purple boards, printed paper label to spine. Boards lightly rubbed and faded, spine, edges and contents foxed. A good copy. Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
The Collected Works. 1905–7
£3,750
First Edition, Sole Printing. With the ownership inscription of one Raymond Radclyffe on the front free endpaper, underneath which is Crowley's later signed presentation inscription,...
3 volumes in 1, octavo. Original limp white buckram, titles to upper board gilt, top edge gilt others uncut. Printed on India paper. Some spotting to endleaves, cloth... Read more
CROWLEY, Aleister.
The Equinox. 1909–13
£6,750
First editions, first impressions of all ten issues of volume I of Crowley's semi-annual journal of occultism.
10 volumes, quarto. Original white boards printed in black, green, and red. Rubbed, worn, and tanned, with chips and creases to bindings, spine of number IV split but... Read more
