New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Second printing of revised paperback edition. Association copy signed by Hannah Arendt on the first page; Hans Morgenthau's copy from his family estate, although unmarked. [x], 306 pp. Bound in publisher's purple wraps. Very Good+ with moderate wear to covers, light soiling to textblock..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1951. First British edition. (Published in the United States as The Origins of Totalitarianism the same year.) xvi, 477 pp. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with spine lettered in black. Near Fine with tiny tear to crown, a little wear and a few tiny stains..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition, first printing. 333 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with rubbing to spine lettering, light wear to spine ends, uneven fading to boards. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hannah Arendt on the title page. [viii], 343 pp. Bound in publisher's bi-color blocked cloth stamped in red and black; black topstain. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial wear at spine ends. One of the..... More
![Item #140947913 The Works of Aristotle. Volumes 1-8 [of 10]. Aristotle, Thomas Taylor, Frances...](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140947913.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1748030807)
London: Printed for the Translator by Robert Wilks, 1801, 1807-1812. First edition in English of the works of Aristotle, one of 50 sets printed, and boldly signed by the translator Thomas Taylor in ink at the end of the first volume. All volumes bear the armorial bookplates of noted bibliophile..... More
London: T. Payne, B. White, and T. Cadell, 1776. First English edition and the first edition in the English language; translated by William Ellis directly from the Greek. Fireside poet James Russell Lowell's copy, inscribed to him by his friend, American transcendentalist writer and artist C.P. Cranch. Quarto. 8.75 x...... More
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1959. First edition. xviii, 455 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, red topstain. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, rubbed and lightly worn along edges. Includes many of the first English translations of publications by philosophers in the Vienna Circle of..... More
Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1860. First edition, first issue with the correct date of 1860 on the front wrapper. [iv], iv, 305 pp. Disbound gatherings of pages (typically 24 or so per gathering) with original wraps laid in, front wrap detached from spine and rear wrap, but complete. Other..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1983. First edition. Signed by Jean Baudrillard on the front free endpaper, warmly inscribed to prolific French author and politician Max Gallo. 273, [13] pp. Illustrated wraps. In French. Very Good with creased spine, light wear. A turning point in the famous postmodern philosopher's oeuvre, in which..... More
![Item #140947327 Le Deuxieme Sexe [The Second Sex]. Simone de Beauvoir](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140947327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738106042)
Paris: Gallimard, 1949. First edition, limited issue with text in the original French. Limited to 2,105 copies including 2,000 numbered copies on Alfama Marais paper, of which these are 1631 and 357 respectively. Two volumes, bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards with striking color-stamped designs by Mario Prassinos. Near Fine..... More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition, Signed by Simone de Beauvoir on page at front. xxxviii, 715 pp. Bound in publisher's black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. A Fine copy. A classic examination of women in history. More
New York: The Free Press, 1973. First edition, first printing. xiv, (ii) 314 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with white and gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with very light wear to covers, light soiling to rear joint, and faint scattered foxing to endpapers and upper textblock edge. Spine slightly..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. Advance review copy of the first English-language edition. [vi], 280 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with subtle lean to binding, light wear, review slip laid-in at front. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
London: Henry Clements, 1713. First edition, first printing of George Berkeley's work of philosophy. [x], 166, [vi], 44 pp. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf, laced in boards. Blindstamped ruled borders, red morocco title label to spine, all edges speckled red. Bound together with the third edition of another..... More
Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1924. First edition, press copy with "S.P." for Service de Presse on the front cover. Signed by Andre Breton and inscribed to the journalist and literary critic Francois le Grix. An interesting association as Le Grix was renowned for discovering authors like George Bernanos and Francoise..... More
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1937. First edition in English. Bound in publisher's tan printed wraps with price-clipped on front flap with new price over-stamped in American dollars. Very Good with toning and cracking to spine, with light stain at base of spine extending to bottom corners of both cover..... More
Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624. Second edition and first folio edition. [iv], 64, [4], 188, [4], 189-332, [2], 333-379, 370-382, 389-391, 385, 387-557, [7] pp. Two pages misnumbered; pagination eccentricities as issued with no break to text. Printed on laid paper. Divided into..... More
Concord, NH: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1945. First appearance of the foundational essay "As We May Think" by the engineering giant Vannevar Bush, in the July 1945 newsstand issue of The Atlantic magazine. 130, [4] pp. (Bush article pp. 101-108). Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light wear..... More
Glen Ridge, NJ: Self Published, 1923. A manuscript of outsider meditations on science, religion, and metaphysics in the forms of poetry, prose, mathematical equations, and illustrations. [i], 36 pp. 37 sheets written recto only in cursive script with several sketched illustrations. Loosely bound with cord through two Clarke & Baker..... More
Boston and London: Marion Boyars Ltd., 1981. First English language edition; preceded by a 1976 French edition. Signed by John Cage and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's tan cloth-affect covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light toning to..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961. First edition. Signed by John Cage on verso of front free endpaper. The copy of Ihab Hassan with his signature, as well, to paste down. His marginal brackets and checks occasionally throughout text; a list of his notes with corresponding page numbers is written..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press / Bollingen Series, 1973. Later reprint. Signed by Joseph Campbell and inscribed to a former owner on the colophon page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Very Good, light creasing and wear to covers, covers curled outward, light soiling to textblock edge. The author's best-known..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First British edition and the first English language edition. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with very slight lean to spine, slight fading and wear to spine ends, offsetting to endsheets and contents lightly tanned. In a Near Fine..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. First British edition. 495 pp. w/ author's note tipped in. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with gift inscription on front free endpaper, slughtly bumped corners, in a Near Fine dust jacket, toned with age, small tear near head, rubbing to..... More
New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1973. First edition, first printing. [viii], 192 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth titled in gilt on spine. Very Good with light mottling to cloth, paperclip impression to front board, and foxing to textblock edges and scattered throughout. In a Near Fine unclipped dust..... More