Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 422 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers have some light brown staining and edge wear, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book focuses on traditional logic, emphasizing the "matter" and "content" of thought over formal structure. It covers the three acts of the mind: simple apprehension (conception), judgment, and reasoning (syllogisms). Key themes include the role of definition, genus, species, and the relationship between language and knowledge. Previous owner's signature is present in blue pen on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34326
Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 355 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Creasing and shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468157
Hardcover. US, Barnes & Noble, reprint, 1995-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Extensive b&w and color photography throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 466129
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
Hardcover. New York, Grossman Publishers, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. Black cloth cover, illustrated dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket; otherwise a tight, clean copy. Record # 804539
Hardcover. Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Press , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 118 pages, Bottom corners bumped. Dust jacket lightly worn at corners and spine. One small tear at top of spine, taped on outside, two other very small tears. Record # 510443
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2001, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages, gilt lettering to spine, color dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket; otherwise, book in excellent condition. Record # 803067
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
Hardcover. Westminster, MD, The Newman Press, Reprints, 1949-1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 486 pages volume 1, 470 pages volume 2, 470 pages volume 3, all hardcovers without dust jackets. Cloth covers are generally in good condition, although volume 1 has light discoloration and volume 3 has one minor stain on the rear cover. Interior pages are all clean and bright. The binding of volume 1 is slightly loose due to a crack at the top of the spine, but it is still contiguous. The bindings of the other 2 volumes are solid. This is a mismatched set, with volume 1 being a 1952 reprint, and volumes 2 & 3 being 1949 reprints. These books present a monumental collection of mystical poetry and prose commentaries, intended to serve as a spiritual roadmap detailing the soul's journey from worldly attachments to the ultimate goal of transforming union with God through divine love. Due to the size and weight of the package, this 3-volume set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34548
Hardcover. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 1st thus., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 405 pages, hardcover. Orange cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is Husserl's last great work, and is important both for its content and for the influence it has had on other philosophers. In this book, which remained unfinished at his death, Husserl attempts to forge a union between phenomenology and existentialism. Clean copy. Record # 34341
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 14th Pr., 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 879 pages volume 1, 939 pages volume 2, hardcovers in slipcase. Slipcase is in rough condition, but the volumes themselves are in very good condition. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Top edges blue. Bindings are solid. In these books, through various dialogues such as Republic, Apology, and Phaedo, Plato addresses complex topics including the nature of virtue, the immortality of the soul, and the essence of piety. Due to the size and weight of the package, these volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's signature is present in black pen on the front end page of volume 2, otherwise clean copies. Record # 34344
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st thus, 2009, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 334 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, with a few closed tears around the spine and some edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book presents an argument that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology support two radical hypotheses about the nature of moral values based on emotional responses, and these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. Previous owner lightly underlined in pencil on some pages throughout, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34167
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. 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
Hardcover. Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, Collector's Edition, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages, hardcover. Leather covers with gilt engravings are clean and bright, as are interior pages. All edges gilt. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected on simpler living in the natural world. By removing himself from the distractions of materialism, Thoreau hoped to not only improve his spiritual life but also gain a better understanding of society through solitary introspection. In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize human development--a cycle of life shared by both nature and man. Previous owner's paste-in bookplate is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34229
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
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1993, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on front and rear fly leaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468269
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