New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. [x], 246 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering, black stamping. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly worn. Six essays by the German-American political theorist and philosopher. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition. vi, 333pp. Original cloth and blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good spine-sunned, unclipped dust jacket with clear tape along top edge of back panel and head. One of the German-born philosopher's major works... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition. vi, 333pp. Original cloth and blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners and a little toning along top edges, in Very Good spine-sunned, unclipped dust jacket, a little edge-worn, small stain to verso of..... More
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1971. First edition. x, 254 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with age-toned pages, foxed top edge, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning. A series of lectures on philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition, signed by Simone de Beauvoir on page at front. xxxvii, [1], 715 pp. Black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. A Fine copy. A classic examination of women in history. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's grey patterned paper over tan cloth spine. Near Fine with light rubbing to titles on spine, slight bruising to spine ends. In a Very Good dust jacket, lightly rubbed and lightly edge worn, with publisher's price of $6.95..... 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Signed first edition. Advance copy with publisher's card announcing "Advance Copy / Publication Date, Nov. 21" laid in along with publisher's reply post card. Inscribed by author to Wallace Sterling, longtime Stanford University President. [xiv], 273, (1) pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering..... 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
London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. First British edition. 495 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Foxed edges, else Fine in a bright, crisp example of the dust jacket, price-clipped with a little foxing. A classic, highly poetic examination of the crowd dynamic as it manifests in society and the..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963. First edition. xv, 199pp. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with gift inscription on front flyleaf, lightly bumped corners. In Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light sunning to spine panel, light foxing. An influential history of Renaissance science and philosophy by the distinguished..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1965. Association copy. First edition, first printing in supplied first issue dust jacket, unclipped with small tear in top of front panel, slightly edge-worn and spine-sunned, Very Good overall. x, 251 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. A few small stains in text. Pioneering Dutch..... More
The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton & Co. Publishers, 1957. First edition. [iv], 116 pp. Original blue wraps. Near Fine with small stain to back wrap near head, bottom edge of textblock slightly soiled. Text free of all markings. Includes two laid-in ads from publisher. An attractive copy of Chomsky's first..... More
London: Audio Arts (Eo Epso Ltd.), 1974. Cassette in case with folded J-card. Vol. 1 No. 2. Some wave to tape labels, offsetting to J-card. Contents: A1 –Michael Craig-Martin An Interview With Michael Craig-Martin A2 –Noam Chomsky Interview By Dr Christopher Evans, May 1973 A3 –Unknown Artist..... More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. First American edition. 183, [2] pp. Original brown cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black. Bumped corners, else Fine in Near Fine spine-sunned unclipped dust jacket. The second English translation of a work by the Romanian aphorist who wrote in French. More
Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1984. First American edition. xxiv, 229 pp. Publisher's cream colored cloth with black spine lettering. Slight lean to spine still Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with sunned spine panel, light shelf wear. A French postmodern work of philosophy that has influenced the fields..... More
Detroit: Black & Red, 1970. First American edition. (Correct first in the English-language, an unauthorized translation by Fredy Perlman among others. No additional printings indicated on copyright page; first issue price of $1 on front cover.) Near Fine condition. A bit of age-toning to wraps, light shelf wear. A handsome..... More
Paris: Buchet/Castel, 1967. First edition. 221 pp. Publisher's white wraps. Near Fine with some light rubbing to wraps, faint stain to fore edge. Internally free of marks and only a little toned with age. About half of the scarce belly band laid in, the rest gone. An attractive copy of..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Dewey on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's red cloth blocked in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with thin strip of fading to cloth at top of spine, offsetting to endsheets from a...... More
Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2007. First edition, first printing. Signed by Freeman J. Dyson on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with trivial rubbing and faint sunning..... More
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841. First edition, first printing. Finely bound in early 20th-century full leather, spine heavily gilt decorated and with raised bands, wide turn-ins with dentelle. Near Fine with rubbing to joints, previous owner bookplate to front pastedown and several marginal marks. More
London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1965. First British edition. 255pp. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, rubbed (especially along edges), lightly edge-worn with two slight creases to front panel. A foundational work of post-colonial theory by the late West Indian-born psychiatrist and..... More
Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1895, 1897, 1904. First edition. viii, 944pp (continuously paginated). Two volumes bound in three. Modern gray cloth with raised bands, paper spine labels, numbered in black, with yellow patterned paper; new pale green endpapers to first two books. In German. Very Good overall with exposed tips, slightly..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First American edition. [vi], 168, [1] pp. Crimson cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with former owner's name written on front free endpaper, citation written on rear endpaper, contents otherwise unmarked. In Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. The first volume in..... More