Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Quadrangle Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages, hardcover. Tan cloth boards have some light staining, but are otherwise in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This collection of original philosophical papers confronts the future of metaphysical thought. Part I of the book scans the contemporary spectrum of metaphysical orientations, from linguistic analysis and process-philosophy, through phenomenology, existentialism, and scholasticism, to neo-Hegelianism and oriental thought. Part II focuses on the relationship between metaphysics and various areas of human concern: language, logic, science, value, society, and religion. Clean copy. Record # 34356
Hardcover. NY, Weatherhill, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 193 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear and rubbing, but is still in good condition overall. Gray paper cover boards with a black cloth spine are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book compares and contrasts the Japanese and the Jews with keen critical insight tempered by affection. While drawing freely from personal experiences, literature and popular sources, he also turns to such traditional materials as medieval Japanese social and legal documents, the Talmud, and the Torah in his search for the forces that have shaped the Japanese and the Jew as we know them today. Some of the previous owner's notes and musings are present in black pen on the rear end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34507
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 4th pr., 1951, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 445 pages, hardcover. Tan cloth covers are in good condition overall, with minor discoloration and bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a mesmerizing work of political imagination about a European woman's self-annihilating plunge into the intrigues, passions, and pagan rituals of Mexico. Previous owner's name signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34214
Hardcover. Northampton UK, Methuen & Co, 1st UK, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 181 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has minor dents and rips, with some fading and staining. Binding is in generally good shape. This 1957 essay by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre attempts to reconcile Marxism with existentialism. Sartre argues that existentialism and Marxism are compatible, even complementary, even though Marxism's materialism and determinism might seem to contradict the abstraction and radical freedom of existentialism. Previous owner's name signed on interior front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33600
Hardcover. NY, Portfolio, Assorted Reprints, Box Set Edition, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 201 pages, 226 pages, and 264 pages respectively, hardcovers in original slipcase. Dust jacket of 'Ego is the Enemy' has some bending and edge wear, but is still in very good condition overall. All other dust jackets are clean and bright, as are all paper cover boards and interior pages. Bindings are solid. This trilogy of stoic philosophy books teach one how to overcome obstacles, master ego, and find stillness through ancient wisdom applied to modern life. Clean copies. Record # 34442
Softcover. Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover, B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Minor wear but generally in good condition. Long before "turn on, tune in, drop out" became the credo of the American counterculture, Aldous Huxley was using mescaline and LSD in controlled, carefully documented experiments. Accounts of those psychedelic experiences, along with his interest in Eastern mystical religions, accompany the moving story of Aldous Huxley's later years with his wife, Laura. Huxley's fascination with the spiritual world remained with him throughout his life and never wavered through his final illness in 1963. THIS TIMELESS MOMENT takes the reader into the lively mind of one of the most profound thinkers of any generation. Previous owner's name on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33578
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 413 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, with minor edge wear and rubbing. Burgundy cloth covers with a blue cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. A couple interior pages have minor staining which does not impact the legibility of any text blocks. Binding is solid. This biography presents the story of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34496
Hardcover. New York, NY, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 363 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Decorative staining on top edge. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, otherwise clean tight copy. Record # 467968
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, 340 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Light creasing to several pages, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 340 pages. Record # 467517 Record # 467517
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