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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto, The (Great Books in Philosophy) by: Marx, Karl
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto, The (Great Books in Philosophy) by: Marx, Karl

Softcover. US, Prometheus Books, reprint , 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Creasing and edge wear to covers. Underlining and notes throughout. A tight reading copy. Record # 466944
Price: $12.00 

Euclid's Elements: All Thirteen Books Complete in One Volume by: Editor: Densmore, Dana Transl. Heath, Thomas L.
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Euclid's Elements: All Thirteen Books Complete in One Volume by: Editor: Densmore, Dana Transl. Heath, Thomas L.

Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Green Lion Press, Reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 499 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is the exemplar, not just of classical geometry, but also of the axiomatic and deductive structure characteristic of all pure mathematics. This volume contains diagrams on every spread for convenient reference; and running headers on every page indicate both Euclid's book number and proposition numbers for that page. This volume also contains a glossary of Euclid's Greek terms. Clean copy. Record # 34338
Price: $18.00 

Hair: Sex Society Symbolism by: Cooper, Wendy
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Hair: Sex Society Symbolism by: Cooper, Wendy

Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Hardcover. No dj. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine (faded). Tanning from age to edges. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Record # 31888
Price: $12.00 

Heinrich Heine: Selected Works by: Heine, HeinrichEditor: Mustard, Helen M.Transl. Knight, Max
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Heinrich Heine: Selected Works by: Heine, Heinrich Editor: Mustard, Helen M. Transl. Knight, Max

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 446 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book contains a compilation of the most recognizable works of Heinrich Heine, demonstrating the remarkable man's witty, satirical style. A major portion of this book is devoted to Heine's two most important prose works, "The Romantic School" and Concerning the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany." This volume also includes a brief selection of Heine's most representative poetry. Clean copy. Record # 34019
Price: $14.00 

Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst
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Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst

Softcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 481 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this updated second edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with sections on such current topics as postmodernism, deconstructionism, black history, women's history, and more. Clean copy. Record # 34188
Price: $12.00 

Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study by: Nevin, Thomas R.
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Irving Babbitt: An Intellectual Study by: Nevin, Thomas R.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 194 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book examines the controversial critic's attacks on collegiate educational reform, his literary and aesthetic criticism, his political philosophy, and his fusion of humanism with Buddhism. Clean copy. Record # 34327
Price: $45.00 

Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia by: Chamberlain, Lesley
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Lenin's Private War: The Voyage of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile of the Intelligentsia by: Chamberlain, Lesley

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. This book details how, in 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals - mostly philosophers, academics, scientists, and journalists - to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles. Clean copy. Record # 33984
Price: $12.00 

Letters of Karl Marx, The by: Padover, Saul K.
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Letters of Karl Marx, The by: Padover, Saul K.

Softcover. Englewood Cliffs NJ , Prentice Hall, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468263
Price: $12.00 

Meaning of Human History, The by: Cohen, Morris R.
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Meaning of Human History, The by: Cohen, Morris R.

La Salle, IL, Open Court Publishing Company, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. No dust jacket present. Clean, tight copy. Record # 854647
Price: $12.00 

Meditations and Contemplations: In 2 Volumes (Bound as 1 Volume) by: Hervey, James, A.M.
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Meditations and Contemplations: In 2 Volumes (Bound as 1 Volume) by: Hervey, James, A.M.Meditations and Contemplations: In 2 Volumes (Bound as 1 Volume) by: Hervey, James, A.M.

Meditations and Contemplations: In 2 Volumes (Bound as 1 Volume) by: Hervey, James, A.M.

Hardcover. Aberdeen, Scotland, Privately Printed by John Boyle, Early Reprint, 1788, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 520 pages, hardcover. Covers have significant wear, with staining and some text markings, and both the front and rear boards have completely separated from the spine at the hinges. Interior pages have foxing throughout, but are still legible. This book is in need of rebinding. Hervey's writing is characterized by a deep reverence for God, and a desire to help readers grow in their faith and understanding of the Christian life. This volume contains both Vol. I and Vol. II of Meditations and Contemplations, with sections titled: Meditations Among the Tombs, Reflections on a Flower Garden, A Descant on Creation, Contemplations on the Night, On the Starry Heavens, and A Winter Piece. Clean copy. Record # 34022
Price: $26.00 

Mythmaker, The: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by: Maccoby, Hyam
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Mythmaker, The: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by: Maccoby, Hyam

Hardcover. New York, Barnes & Noble, Reprint, 1986, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. White boards and natural color cloth spine with gilt lettering. Minor wear to edges and top of spine. White and off-white pictorial dust jacket with black lettering. Some scuffing and marking on back. Light edgewear and minor browning along top edge. Sticker residue at front bottom right corner. Record # 803122
Price: $12.00 

Nietzsche & Jewish Culture by: Editor: Golomb, Jacob
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Nietzsche & Jewish Culture by: Editor: Golomb, Jacob

Softcover. NY, Routledge, 1st thus, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This unique collection of essays examines the reciprocal relationship between Nietzsche and Jewish culture. Frederick Nietzsche occupies a contradictory position in the history of ideas and each of the essays explores one of his thoughts. Previous owner's underlining and marking is present throughout in black pen. Record # 34194
Price: $20.00 

Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" by: Editor: Schacht, Richard
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Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" by: Editor: Schacht, Richard

Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 479 pages, soft cover. Covers have some minor edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a part of the Philosophical Traditions series, being volume 5. In this unique collection, 25 notable philosophers offer diverse discussions of Nietzsche's book's central themes and concepts. It presents a cross section of contemporary Nietzsche scholarship and philosophical investigation that is certain to interest philosophers, intellectual and cultural historians, and anyone concerned with this master thinker of the modern age. Clean copy. Record # 34323
Price: $15.00 

Orpheus - A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon
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Orpheus - A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon

Hardcover. NY, Horace Liveright, 2nd, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Small stain to front cover otherwise Record # 53841
Price: $12.00 

Orpheus: A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon
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Orpheus: A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon

Hardcover. New York, Horace Liveright, 2nd, Dust Jacket: None, 487 pages. Translated by Florence Simmonds. Brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Pages are age toned. Front hinge is a little loose. Water stain on bottom edge of pages. Rubbing to corners, light edgewear, and wear to top and bottom of spine. Minor scuffing and marking to covers. Record # 803093
Price: $12.00 

Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, The by: McManners (editor), John
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Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, The by: McManners (editor), John

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 768 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color and Black and white photographs. Tape repair on dust jacket, some edgewear. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468250
Price: $12.00 

Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit by: Wills, Garry
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Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit by: Wills, Garry

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages. Related ephemera folded in. Previous owner's gift inscription on half-title page. Beige marble endpapers. Natural color boards, and black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Minor bump to bottom and wrinkling at right corner of back board. Color pictorial dust jacket with some minor smudging and soil. Price clipped. Very light edgewear. Record # 803184
Price: $12.00 

Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution by: Ozment, Steven
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Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution by: Ozment, Steven

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 459138
Price: $12.00 

Reconstruction in Religion by: Kuenzli, Alfred E.
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Reconstruction in Religion by: Kuenzli, Alfred E.

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1961, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages, collection of 14 essays by various contributors, INSCRIBED BY HADLEY CANTRIL, a contributing scholar, design embossed on front cover, gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket. Wear to edges of dust jacket, overall, a clean, tight copy. Record # 803065
Price: $12.00 

Religions of Mankind - Today and Yesterday by: Ringgren, Halmer and Ake V. Strom
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Religions of Mankind - Today and Yesterday by: Ringgren, Halmer and Ake V. Strom

Hardcover. London, Oliver & Boyd, 1st UK, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Ed. by J. C. G. Greig Record # 53839
Price: $12.00 

Sources of Indian Tradition - Volume II by: de Bary (Editor), Wm. Theodore
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Sources of Indian Tradition - Volume II by: de Bary (Editor), Wm. Theodore

Softcover. New York, Columbia University Press, Reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Volume II only. Softcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Fading to spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610744
Price: $12.00 

Structural Study of Myth and Totemism (A.S.A. Monographs 5) by: Leach, Edmund (Editor)
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Structural Study of Myth and Totemism (A.S.A. Monographs 5) by: Leach, Edmund (Editor)

Softcover. London, England, Tavistock Publications, Reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 185 pages. Softcover. Wrapper has some tanning/spotting from age. Back cover has previous bookstore label (see image). Some tanning/foxing to edges, pages clean. Binding good. Record # 33441
Price: $12.00 

Studies in the Upanisads: Studies No. 3 by: Mukhopadhyaya, Govindagopal
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Studies in the Upanisads: Studies No. 3 by: Mukhopadhyaya, Govindagopal

Hardcover. Calcutta, India, Sanskrit College, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, with chipping to the top and bottom of the spine, but it has since been protected a plastic Brodart sleeve. Yellow cloth covers are slightly discolored, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, though not perfectly square. This book is a part of the Calcutta Sanskrit College Research Series, being No. 9. It presents a way of understanding and appreciating the value of the Upanisads in English text. Previous owner's name is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34460
Price: $68.00 

The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Disintegration of Scholasticism 1100-1600 by: Editor: Kretzmann, Norman; Kenny, Anthony; Pinborg, Jan
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The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Disintegration of Scholasticism 1100-1600 by: Editor: Kretzmann, Norman; Kenny, Anthony; Pinborg, Jan

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 1035 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has edge wear and rubbing, with a few closed tears. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Significant foxing is present along the page edges. Binding is solid after a careful repair. This book is a history of the great age of scholasticism, from Abelard to the rejection of Aristotelianism in the Renaissance. It combines the highest standards of medieval scholarship with a respect for the interests and insights of contemporary philosophers, particularly those working in the analytic tradition. Clean copy. Record # 34541
Price: $40.00 


  
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