Search results for: 'JAMES, William'
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JAMES, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience. A Study in Human Nature.London, New York and Bombay : 1902
First edition, first impression, of one of James's masterworks, with a printed presentation slip "From the Author", from the library of the Oxford philosopher F. "Canning" S. Schiller (1864-1937), with his pencil annotations throughout.
James focuses on four central topics: the "experiential approach and the generic meaning of religion; the... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 136480
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JAMES, William. Memories and Studies.New York : 1911
First edition, first printing, of this posthumous collection of the American philosopher and psychologist's speeches and essays, most notably "The Moral Equivalent of War", which was first published here in book form.
His son, Henry James Jr., provides the preface: "Professor William James formed the intention shortly before his death of republishing... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 145957
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JAMES, William. Essays in Radical Empiricism.London : 1912
First UK edition, first impression, published the same year as the first US edition. Review copy, with the publisher's slip loosely inserted, and with the contemporary ownership signature of A. Barnatt Brown on the front free endpaper, with a note identifying him as having reviewed the book in the journal British Friend.
James originally assembled... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 127814
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JAMES, William. The Moral Equivalent of War.New York : 1910
First separate edition (originally published in McClure's Magazine and Popular Science Monthly). James argues that if war is to be eliminated, there must be another means of securing discipline and promoting other martial virtues, and he suggests conscripting youth for manual labour. The Association published pamphlets with a pacifist theme; this is... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 145846
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JAMES, William. Essays in Radical Empiricism.New York : 1912
First edition, first printing, a collection of 12 essays edited and published posthumously by James's colleague and biographer Ralph Barton Perry.
James originally assembled an early version of the collection in 1906, choosing essays which were first published in journals. A year later he composed a separate list of essays for a proposed book... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 145959
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JAMES, William. Some Problems of Philosophy.New York : 1911
First edition, first printing, of James's last book, published posthumously from an unfinished manuscript left at his death.
"For years he had talked of rounding out his philosophical work with a treatise on metaphysics. Characteristically, he chose to do so in the form of an introduction to the problems of philosophy, because writing for beginners... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 145960
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JAMES, William. Some Problems of Philosophy.New York : 1911
First edition, first printing, of James's last book, published posthumously. "For years he had talked of rounding out his philosophical work with a treatise on metaphysics. Characteristically, he chose to do so in the form of an introduction to the problems of philosophy, because writing for beginners would force him to be nontechnical and readable.... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 136485
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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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MELBOURNE, William Lamb, Viscount. Essay on the Progressive Improvement of Mankind.London : 1799
First edition of the future prime minister's first work, his prize declamation as a student at Cambridge, privately printed when he was just nineteen. The speech attracted Charles James Fox's attention and was commended by him in the House of Commons. Uncommon, with ESTC locating eight copies. Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 132833
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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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GROTE, George. Posthumous Papers: comprising Selections from familiar Correspondence during half a century;London : 1874
First edition, edited by his wife, of George Grote's correspondence with such eminent figures as James Mill, Francis Place, Alexis de Tocqueville and William Nassau Senior, among others, together with a selection of essays and poems. Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 127729
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BEATTIE, James. Elements of Moral Science.Edinburgh : 1790
First edition, volume I only; volume II was published in 1793. As the professor of moral philosophy and logic at Marischal College, Aberdeen from 1760 to 1803, Beattie delivered some 300 or so lectures annually to final year arts students. "He was a gifted and conscientious teacher, as shown by the surviving notes taken in his lectures by his students,... Learn More£1,200.00Stock Code: 118366
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences compiled upon a new plan.Edinburgh : 1771
First edition of the "most famous of all the encyclopaedias in the English language" (PMM), which first appeared in 100 serialized parts in 1768-71. Contributors to this first edition included many of the leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment movement such as David Hume, James Balfour, George Campbell, Lord Kames, and Sir James Steuart. The long... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 132649
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JUAN DE SANTA MARÍA, fray. Christian Policie: or, The Christian Common-Wealth.London : 1632
First edition in English; rare. The translation is actually by the Hispanophile James Mabbe, though Edward Blount, as was his habit, signs the dedication as if he were its translator. (A variant issue of the same year has Blount's name instead of Richard Collins's in the imprint: the two booksellers were close neighbours in St Paul's Churchyard.) Edward... Learn More£4,000.00Stock Code: 81871
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MACDIARMID, John, of Weem. An Enquiry into the Principles of Civil and Military Subordination.London : 1806
Rare first and only edition of this investigation into "natural" and "artificial" subordination, and in particular into the specifically military institutions of the latter and their possible improvement. From the library of the marquess of Londonderry, an attractive copy with an excellent military provenance.
Macdiarmid's (17791808) father... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 139663
