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
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. [viii], 275 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with red and black stamping. Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket, light wear. The phrase "the banality of evil" entered American intellectual culture with this work, a still-controversial examination of individual culpability in..... 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
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. [viii], 343 pp. Bound in publisher's blue and tan cloth stamped in red and black. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly shelf-worn, faint crease and hint of sunning to spine panel. An attractive copy. An examination of revolution centered on the..... 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
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
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
Tournai, Belgium: Casterman, 1973. First edition. Signed by Jean Baudrillard on the front free endpaper, inscribed to J.P. Mayer (1903-1992) Professor Emeritus at Reading University, "Pour Peter Mayer, tres cordialement, J. Baudrillard. 148 pp. Wraps. In French. Near Fine with light reading wear. The French postmodern philosopher's critique of Karl..... 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
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First American edition. xliiii, 348 pp. Original half cloth. Near Fine with small scuff to front board, corners tapped, in Very Good+ lightly edge-worn and sunned dust jacket, unclipped. The follow-up to Illuminations, compiling the German Jewish critic and philosopher's writings. 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
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Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1937. First edition in English. Bound in publisher's tan printed wraps, Near Fine with toning and light creases. Laid in are two typed signed letters from the translator sent at the suggestion of Martin Buber to his close friend, activist and education progressive Elisabeth Rotten..... More
Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1628. Third edition. [vi], 77 [Democritus to the Reader], [6], 1-79, 78-96 [hand corrected], 97, 98 [hand corrected], 99 [hand corrected], 100, 101 [hand corrected], 102-208, [4] 209-300, 303, 304, 301, 302, 305-359, "359" but actually 360, 361, [362 skipped], 363-374, [2], 375-584, 583, 584, 585-646, [8..... 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: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First British edition. 273 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good+ with foxed edges, heaviest at top; some erased penciled notes to endpapers; a little musty. In a toned dust jacket with expert restoration to the spine panel and tips, repaired..... 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
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: Mouton & Co. Publishers, 1957. First edition, first issue. 116 pp. Bound in publisher's original blue wraps, binder's error with introduction bound before preface. Very Good with slightly sunned wraps, bottom corner bumped, a single page has marginal notes in ink from former owner headlined "Caveat Lector." Chomsky's..... 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
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First American edition. [viii], 181 pp. Bound in original cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in blue and green. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, shelf worn, a little toned, price-clipped. An important work by the Romanian aphorist. More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1968. First American edition. 222, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth and boards, front board stamped in blind, spine stamped in black. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. The first collection of the Romanian philosopher's work to be translated into English, uncommon..... More
London: Frederick Arnold, 1863. First edition. Signed by George Cruikshank on the front wrap. 48 pp. Publisher's blue wrappers. Very Good+, lightly worn at extremities and a little soiled. An expose of the various absurdities of spiritualism and their assumptions about the spirit world (he wonders why ghosts always appear..... More
San Cristobal, NM: Lama Foundation, 1971. First edition, first printing in the scarce cloth-bound issue. Bound in publisher's original sky-blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with light wear, soiling and toning to cloth. A classic book on spirituality, yoga and meditation by the American yogi and spiritual teacher Ram..... More