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Rationalism in Greek Philosophy


Boss, George

Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 488 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A study of the changing basis of Greek philosophy. Moderate to heavy fading, edgewear and soiling to dust jacket. Bumping to corners. Age toning and light spotting to text block edge. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951495


Price: $29.00 

Cries in the New Wilderness: From the Files of the Moscow Institute of Atheism by: Epstein, Mikhail N. Transl. Adler, Eve
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Cries in the New Wilderness: From the Files of the Moscow Institute of Atheism by: Epstein, Mikhail N. Transl. Adler, Eve

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Paul Dry Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition despite light bumping along the top edge. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book presents a completely new view of the spiritual life of Russian society. Inside the disintegrating Soviet Union, a professor compiles "The New Sectarianism," a classified manual of manifestos, articles, and sermons by members of banned religious sects. All are distinctly Russian, having emerged from the spiritual malaise of official state atheism. Clean copy. Record # 34282
Price: $18.00 

 

Theology Ideology and Liberation: Towards a Liberative Theology (SIGNED COPY)


Scott, Peter

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in a bright, very good dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf and dated 13.11.97.

Record # 404912


Price: $50.00 

 

Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell. Volume 7: Theory of Knowledge. The 1913 Manuscript


Russell, Bertrand

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Unwin Hyman, 1st thus, June 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 7 only. 258 pages. Blue cloth, gilt title and decorations, top edge gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, minor sunning to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458135


Price: $50.00 

 

Contemplation and Action, 1902-14


Russell, Bertrand

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited, 1st thus, January 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 12 only. 612 pages. Blue cloth, gilt title and decorations, top edge gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458139


Price: $50.00 

In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture Appiah, Kwame Anthony
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In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture


Appiah, Kwame Anthony

Softcover. Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459189


Price: $13.00 

Human Forecast, The by: Darwin, Galileo K.
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Human Forecast, The by: Darwin, Galileo K.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 142 pages. Slightly warped, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 460104
Price: $12.00 

Work, Inc.: a philosophical inquiry by: Byrne, Edmund F.
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Work, Inc.: a philosophical inquiry by: Byrne, Edmund F.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.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
Price: $12.00 

 

Non-Violence and Aggression - A Study of Gandhi's Moral Equivalent of War


Horsburgh, H. J. N.

Hardcover. London, University of Oxford Press, 1st UK, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 207 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Some light pencil marks in first chapter. Maroon cloth covers. Dust jacket with light wear along edges.

Record # 610795


Price: $25.00 

 

Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated - Vol. 55 - Number 3 - September, 1872, The


Wells (Editor), Samuel R.

Softcover. New York, Samuel R. Wells, 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages plus 24 pages of ads and commentary. Periodical format. Black & white illustrations. Covers with moisture staining (no wrinkling). Interior clean, unmarked.

Record # 611793


Price: $38.00 

 

Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated - Vol. 58 - Number 2 - February, 1874, The


Wells (Editor), Samuel R.

Softcover. New York, Samuel R. Wells, 1st, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 67 pages plus 12 pages of ads and commentary. Periodical format. Black & white illustrations. Covers with light foxing, chipping at top of spine. Interior clean, unmarked.

Record # 611794


Price: $38.00 

The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation Berger, Peter L.
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The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation


Berger, Peter L.

Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Anchor Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Slight fading on spine, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230546


Price: $23.00 

 

Die Hegelsche Rechte (GERMAN TEXT)


Lubbe, Hermann

Hardcover. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Friedrich Frommann Verlag, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Hardcover. German Text. Original owner's signature on front endpaper. Pages and edges very lightly yellow from age. Orange fabric covered, light soil to spine, shelf wear. Clean inside. Boards clean.

Record # 30457


Price: $44.00 

The Japanese and The Jews by: Ben-Dasan, Isaiah Transl. Gage, Richard L.
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The Japanese and The Jews by: Ben-Dasan, Isaiah Transl. Gage, Richard L.

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
Price: $12.00 

 

Asiatic Mythology: A Detailed Description and Explanation of the Mythologies of All the Great Nations of Asia


Hackin, J. and others

Hardcover. New York , Thomas Crowell, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 460 pages, 16 color and 354 b&w illustrations. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Bright dust jacket but with chipping and closed tears. Owned by a smoker with the accompanying odor. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 407049


Price: $38.00 

Construction of Social Reality, The Searle, John R.
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Construction of Social Reality, The


Searle, John R.

Softcover. Free Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers.

Record # 454180


Price: $8.00 

 

Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think


Esposito, John L.

Hardcover. New York, NY, 1st, February 25, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 204 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457557


Price: $13.00 

 

Christian Converts and Social Protest in Meiji Japan


Scheiner, Irwin

Berkeley, University of California, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607983


Price: $35.00 

 

Masks, Transformation, and Paradox


Napier, A. David

Softcover. Berkeley, California University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610702


Price: $15.00 

 

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 

 

Sherpas Transformed, The: Social Change in a Buddhist Society of Nepal


von Furer-Haimendorf, Chritstoph

Hardcover. New Dehli, India, Sterling Publishers, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 197 pages, b&w photos. Light wear and sunning to mylar protected dust jacket with small chip missing from lower edge of spine. Light sunning to black cloth, overall a nice copy.

Record # 809800


Price: $35.00 

 

Truth in the Religions: A Sociological and Psychological Approach


Watt, William Montgomery

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Some sun-fading on covers. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Underlining and notes in pencil throughout first half of book. Good reading copy.

Record # 856147


Price: $13.00 

Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists Dorson, Richard M. (ed.)
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Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists


Dorson, Richard M. (ed.)

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 751 pages in two volumes. Hardcover with dust jackets, protected by brodart covers. Very minor wear, clean and tight copies.

Record # 2230555


Price: $38.00 

Charisma and Sacred Biography Williams, Michael A. (ed.)
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Charisma and Sacred Biography


Williams, Michael A. (ed.)

Hardcover. US, Journal of the American Academy of Religion Studies, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 180 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Slight blemish on spine, otherwise clean and tight copy. JAAR, Thematic Studies 48/3 & 4.

Record # 2230621


Price: $25.00