Search results for: 'the works'
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BERKELEY, George. Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,Dublin : 1744
First edition, presentation copy with "From the Author" written in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, and from the library of the Bloomsbury Group member Lytton Strachey, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Strachey's library contained various works by 18th-century philosophers, reflecting his own interest in philosophy and the intense... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 135077
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BEATTIE, James - FORBES, Sir William. An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D.Edinburgh : 1806
First edition of Forbes's principal work, an excellent association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to the author's son, "William Forbes Esqr. from the author"; together with a small group of related contemporary autograph material laid in which reflects the strong ties between the Forbes and Beattie families.
Sir William Forbes, 6th... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 118450
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NELSON, Thomas - BACON, Nathaniel, & John Selden. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England,London : 1760
The copy of the American Founding Father and signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Nelson Junior (1738-1789), with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper; Nelson later struck through the signature (still wholly legible) and added a presentation note to his son William Nelson (1763-1803), thus reading "Tho.s Nelson jr. To Wm... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 139669
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NAGEL, Ernest. Principles of the Theory of Probability.Chicago : 1939
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead on the front free endpaper: "To Professor A. N. Whitehead with the esteem of Ernest Nagel". The English philosopher Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a seminal figure in process philosophy, and together with Bertrand Russell, wrote... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 132994
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CAMPION, George G. The Riddle of the Sphinx: An Essay.London : [1914]
First and sole edition of this very scarce and interesting essay on education, printed for private circulation in presumably very small numbers. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the half-title, "With the Author's Kind Regards, 22 Oct. 1914, G. G. C.". Campion (d. 1945) was consulting dental surgeon to the Manchester Dental Hospital. He... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 141399
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FOWLER, Richard. An attempt to solve some of the difficulties of the Berkleyan controversy, by well-ascertained physiological and psychological facts;Salisbury : [1859]
First edition, presentation copies, inscribed by the author to George Matcham with his "kind regards". In each pamphlet Fowler contends with Berkeley's arguments against matter, striving to explain their obscurities through the use of accessible biological and medical examples. Fowler (1765-1863) was the leading physician at the Salisbury Infirmary.... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 121151
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BOULDING, Kenneth E. The Image.Ann Arbor : 1956
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author, "To Rusty, with affectionate greetings, Kenneth" on the front free endpaper. This work was "the 'product' of Boulding's sojourn at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences in Palo Alto, California. There he met many of his contemporaries, who, he says, had a profound influence... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 124812
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WAYLAND, Francis. The Elements of Moral Science.New York : 1835
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author to "Mrs Arnold", that is, Frances Arnold, mother of historian Samuel Greene Arnold. Economist and educator Francis Wayland (1796-1865) was president of Brown University for 28 years and a highly regarded author on moral philosophy. Samuel Greene Arnold was a trustee of Brown University... Learn More£625.00Stock Code: 117226
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DRESSER, Horatio W. The Power of Silence.Boston : 1895
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Mrs I. S. Hackett with best wishes of Horatio W. Dresser May 31st 1895". This is the New Thought religious leader's first book: "it is a chapter from life, an appeal to life, and aims to give the thing itself, so far as possible, instead of talking... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 117970
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QUINE, Willard Van Orman. O Sentido da Nova Logica.São Paulo : 1944
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author to his future wife Marjorie Boynton, inscribed on the front free endpaper "à prezada amiga Marge para que floresça tanto sua logica quanto sen português - Van" (translatable as "To my dear friend Marge so that both her logic and her Portuguese can flourish").
At the time Quine... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 150190
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QUINE, Willard Van Orman. El Sentido de la nueva lógica.Buenos Aires : 1958
First edition in Spanish, the author's own copy, inscribed in his hand on the front free endpaper at his Harvard address "W. V. Quine / Emerson Hall / Harvard University / Cambridge. Mass. 02138".
Quine's work was first composed and published in Portuguese for the Brazilian market in 1944 as O Sentido da Nova Logica. Quine wrote it while serving... Learn More£175.00Stock Code: 150182
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PELLARIN, Charles. Lettre de Fourier au grand juge (4 Nivôse an XII).Paris : 1874
First edition of one of Charles Fourier's important early writings, inscribed by the editor of the work and one of his most enthusiastic disciples, Charles Pellarin, "A madam Miyneros ?, Hommage de son dévoué condisciple Ch. Pellarin", on the half-title. François Marie Charles Fourier (1722-1837) is considered one of the founders of utopian socialism;... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 126495
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LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Regarder écouter lire.Paris : 1993
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "To Raymond Firth warmest regards Levi-Strauss". Firth (1901-2002) was a prominent New Zealand anthropologist and student of Bronislaw Malinowski, whom he succeeded as Professor Anthropology at the London School of Economics in 1944, remaining there for twenty-four years. Lévi-Strauss... Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 132941
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STAPLEDON, Olaf. A Modern Theory of Ethics.London : 1929
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "A. M. Carr-Saunders, with compliments from W. O. S. 3rd February 1929". A Modern Theory of Ethics was Stapledon's first published work of prose, based on the thesis for his PhD in philosophy awarded at the University of Liverpool in 1925. The recipient,... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 87348
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DERRIDA, Jacques. L'Écriture et La Différence.Paris : 1967
First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the half-title to the French man of letter "Pour Monsieur Maurice Nadeau, en Hommage, J. Derrida". This is a nice association copy of one of Derrida's major works.
Maurice Nadeau (1911-2013) was "an oak tree under which the greatest writers of the 20th century sought shelter" (Lepape).... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 149919
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JOYCE, James - MCLUHAN, Marshall. James Joyce: Trivial and Quadrivial.New York : spring 1953
Offprint with the ownership inscription of poet and academic Ronald Bates to the front wrapper and his pencilled notes to the contents. Ronald Gordon Nudell Bates (1924-1995) earned his PhD from the University of Toronto, the subject of his doctoral thesis being James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. His teaching career was spent at the universities of Upsala,... Learn More£520.00Stock Code: 60922
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HEIDEGGER, Martin. Nietzsche.San Francisco : 1979-87
First editions in English, first printings, inscribed by Krell on half-title of the second volume "For Larry Owens, This, my favourite of the four volumes, D. F. Krell, 12.I.96". A bright set of Heidegger's reading of Nietzsche.
In these works, Heidegger treats only Nietzsche's unpublished writings as the repository of his true thought. In Heidegger's... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 146501
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DERRIDA, Jacques. De la grammatologie.Paris : 1967
First edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed on the half-title to the French man of letter "Pour Maurice Nadeau, en Hommage, Jacques Derrida". This is a nice association copy of one of Derrida's major works.
Maurice Nadeau (1911-2013) was "an oak tree under which the greatest writers of the 20th century sought shelter" (Lepape).... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 149917
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PALUMBO, Margherita, & Eugenio Sidoli (eds.) Books that Made Europe. Economic Governance and Democracy from 15th to 20th Century.Brussels : 2016
First edition, the companion work to an exhibition originally shown at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana in Brussels, 1 of 750 copies for sale. "The exhibition Books that made Europe is a journey through 140 books spanning a period of approx. six hundred years, from 1468 to 1950. It investigates into why 500 million citizens, in 28 countries, speaking 24... Learn More£85.00Stock Code: 115060
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SCARPA, Roque Esteban. Dos poetas españoles. Federico García Lorca. Rafael Alberti.Santiago : 1935
First edition, first printing. With a signed presentation inscription from the author to the philosopher and essayist Ramiro de Maeztu on the verso of the front wrapper: "A Ramiro de Maeztu, mi devoción por su obra maravillosamente hispana, cerradamente española. R. E. Scarpa... Stgo de Chile. Dic. 1935" ("To Ramiro de Maeztu, my devotion to his marvellously... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 132519
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CARACO, Albert. Le Mystère d'Eusèbe.Buenos Aires : 1942
First edition, first printing, very scarce in commerce, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the half-title, "Pour 'Message' Londres. Avec les hommages et les voeux de l'auteur. Albert Caraco. Buenos Aires, le 25.9.42, Calle Pino 3426". The London-based periodical Message: Belgian Review was published during 1941-46 and reviewed Caraco's... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 121460
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QUINE, Willard Van Orman. La relatività ontologica e altri saggi.Rome : 1986
First edition in Italian, the copy of the author, with his ownership signature to the half-title.
The work was first published in English in 1969. The title essay is based on the first John Dewey lecture which Quine delivered at Columbia University in 1968, and is supplemented with other writings, all revolving around a relativist epistemological... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 150214
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VOLTAIRE; KENT, Rockwell (illus.) Candide.New York : 1928
Signed limited edition, number 323 of 1,470 copies signed by the artist. Candide is recognised as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; the "flawless" format of this edition paired with Kent's acclaimed illustrations "brought instant recognition as a masterpiece" (Johnson). This copy is in the dust jacket, which is... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 113379
