New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. 275 pp. Tan cloth with red and black lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped at head and toned just a bit along fore edge. A few small spots of foxing to fore edge and slight offsetting to... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. 275 pp. Tan cloth with red and black lettering. Near Fine with slightly bumped bottom corners, internally clean and straight, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped at head and tail, rubbed front panel, small tear in top of front panel... 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
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1960. First edition. Complimentary copy with slip from publisher laid in, author's name apparently written in a hand other than his own. 416 pp. Original yellow and blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a little wear along... More
London: New Left Books (NLB), 1973. First British edition. (Correct first in the English language as well.) 192pp. Reddish green cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a bit of rubbing. Small ding to top of front board. A very neat, clean copy of... 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First American edition. [viii], 86 pp. Gray cloth blocked in maroon, lettered in gilt, edges stained orange. Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some uneven toning to front and spine panels, rubbing, lightly worn edges, tiny closed tear to top of front... 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
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
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. x, 251 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Foxed fore edge, else Fine, in Very Good original unclipped dust jacket with a few small chips to edges with a few associated creases, light foxing. A nice copy of... 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
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First American edition. [viii], 181 pp. Original cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in blue and green. Near Fine with cloth sunned along top and bottom edges, in Very Good+ slightly toned, unclipped dust jacket, small closed tear to top of front panel. An... 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
Hammersmith, London: The Doves Press, 1914. First edition. 141 (2) pp. with "To the Subscribers of the Doves Press: Apologia" single sheet laid in. Full limp vellum with gilt spine title. One of 150 copies on paper. Vellum lightly toned, somewhat foxed and dust-soiled and a little bowed. Contents in... 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
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1887. 427, 4 pp (ads). First edition, first printing. Publisher's pebbled burgundy cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Very Good with cloth rubbed through at corners, chipped at spine ends and faded at spine. Ding to edge of front board. Inner hing slightly started... 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, 1965. First American edition. Advance review copy with letter from Selma Shapiro at Pantheon Books about the book laid in, dated April 22, 1965. xiii, 299 pp. Red cloth with black stamping on front, gilt lettering on spine. Very Good+ with spine lettering rubbed, lightly dust-soiled... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. First American edition. xiv, 288, [1] pp. Black cloth, front lettered in red, spine in gilt. Fine in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a little sunning to spine panel, two faint paperclip impressions to top of front panel, little tear near head. A philosophical... 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
New York: Pantheon Books, 1977. New York: , 1977. [x], 333, [1] pp. Original crimson cloth lettered in yellow on front board and silver on spine. First American edition. Very Good+ with a little foxing, very slight bowing to boards, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, a little toned with... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1972. First American edition. [vi], 245 pp. Original red cloth lettered in silver with black design on front board. Very Good+ with heavy foxing to top edge in Very Good+ dust jacket with very little sunning to spine panel, light edge wear, front flap creased. An... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938-01-01. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in dust jacket with price of $4.00 intact. Pages lightly toned. Previous owner details written large on half title page. Bronze cloth lightly rubbed and lightly soiled. The dust jacket shows rubbing, edge wear and soiling, with..... More