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N Y: Lemcke & Buechner,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages; Dissertation, printed gray paper wrappers, slight wear to corners and spine, tiny closed tear in front wrapper. 186 pp. Pages clean, bright, and unmarked, most uncut; ink gift inscription from the author to M. Carey Thomas, the second president of Bryn Mawr and a prominent feminist. No signature, just 'Author'. ; Signed by Author .

Unknown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1814. Presumed 1st thus. Hardcover. Medicine; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 125 pages; THE COMPLETE MASTER-PIECE [OF] ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSPHER, DISPLAYING THE SECRETS OF NATURE IN THE GENERATION OF MAN TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE RELATING TO PHYSIOGNOMY, PALMISTRY , & C, & C. A slender volume largely to do with physiology, anatomy, medicine of the day- cures, potions, virginity, etc. All text-block corners clipped diagonally about 1/4". The Complete Master-piece [of] Aristotle. N. P. : printed for the purchasers, 1814. 24mo, contemp. Sheep-backed bds. ; scuffed, corners bumped. "Of" in title effaced by ink, heavy pencil marking on front paste-down. Illus. On p. 120 relating man's body to various creatures, thigh - scorpion, throat - bull, the feet - fish, etc. American Imprints 30705 (locating 1 copy) .… Read More

Thoemmes Press. New with no dust jacket. 2005. Paperback. 2.68 x 8.43 x 5.51 Inches; 4000 pages; ISBN's for each 2 vols- 1843711184, 1843711192, 1843711168, 18437111176, 184371115x. Complete in 10 volumes in original shrinkwrap. .

Mme Ve Courcier,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1817. 3rd. Leather. xxxij, 494: xiv, 426 pages; Vol I with lower rt corner of tp removed. Ex- UIniversity of Pittsburgh. Author a member of Phildaelphis. Bound in 1/2 decorated calf over marbled boards. .

Edinburgh: Bell & Robinson,. Good with no dust jacket. 1788. 1st. Leather. 416 pages; Bound in full leather, fornt cover detached. Title page attempted chemical removal of name has left a dark stain that penetrates in lessening degrees to page 2. See photo. Five raised bands, leather spine lable. "shows how principles of Common Sense are involved in volition, action and the ability to judge morally. Reid gives an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought by such thinkers as Samuel Clarke and Richard Price ", courtesy of Edinburgh University. Bookplate of Simmons College, no other markings. It should be noted that on the borders of the stain on the t/p that there is some separation. .

Firenze: Stamperia Piatti. Good with no dust jacket. 1820. Paperback. Italian Language; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Firm and clean contents, original wraps, last few leaves dog-eared. Light water stains. .

Duquesne University Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Duquesne Studies. Philosophical Series; Vol. 15; royal 8; 253 pages; Book clean and sound, DJ dust stained with moderate wear and short splits. .

London: Printed for James Brackstone. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1742. Hardcover. xiii/407 + [1] pages; Perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the Departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals: With Some Remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. To Which Is Subjoined a Brief Scheme of Ontology, or the Science of Being in General, with Its Affections. Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 650 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today, and have been translated into many languages. He was marked by many as an uncommonly wise and realistic philosopher. Provenance- John Provost armorial bookplate. Full contemporary leather heavily rubbed. Hinges cracked. Lacking first free end paper. Contents generally clean with a little scattered light foxing. Contents… Read More

London: Printed for John Nourse Bookseller To His Majesty 1775. Good with no dust jacket. 1775. 1st. Leather. Collated, hinges cracked and held by the linen straps. Tipped in are two leaves of holographical writing which is apparently dated 1821. .

Edinburgh: Printed By Constable, Et Al, Et Al. Good with no dust jacket. 1810. 1st. Leather. lxxvi, 590, errata pages; Bound in contemporary decoratively stamped calf leather with front cover detached. MIld foxing. 11" x 8.8", Half title is present. Bookplate on yellow die cut paper Charles Marshall PHD. Contents are solid. .

NY: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages; The power to determine culturally between right and wrong, etc. Philosophy, Ethics, Karl Marx, etc. Uncommon work. .

Rennes: R. Vatar. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1793. Hardcover. 18th Century; POLITICS; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; (205x125 mm). Translated by F. Lanthenas. Early calf backed boards. Condition: foxing. Provenance: 19th century owners’s signatures on the title; Charreyre (armorial bookplate). An early combined French edition of the Rights of Man and Common Sense. .

Glasgow: J. & M. Robertson.. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. 476 pages; 6.5 x 4", contemporary leather. Inked entries on first blanks. Front cover detaching. Contents clean and sound, published some time between 1755 and 1824. .

Published for the Author. Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 54 pages; Thesis for the doctorate; The Principle of the Ego in Philosophy with special reference to it's influence upon Schlegel's doctrine of "Ironic". Signed by author on first blank. Romanesque book plate designed by Byron Wilson. Black cloth. A work later printed for the public by Stechert and still used today. ; Signed by Author .

Boston: R. G. Badger. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 4 p. l., 63 p. pages; 15 x 12 cm. Brown paper covered boards with pastedown photo and waterstains. Contents VG. Paper spine label with worn edges. Philosophical humor. OCLC Number: 37913012. Printed presentation slip on front pastedown signed by Maynard the author, who was a partner in the firm of Small, Maynard, & Co. Book shows external wear, with chipping at head of spine and staining to covers. Binding is firm. Pages display small amount of foxing and marginal smudging to one page. Two leaves at back are uncut. Illustrated with title page vignette. ; Signed by Author .

Boston: R. G. Badger. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 4 p. l., 63 p. pages; 15 x 12 cm. Brown paper covered boards with pastedown photo. Paper spine label with worn edges. Philosophical humor. OCLC Number: 37913012 .

William Pickering,. Fine with no dust jacket. 1825. Gilt leather. engravings; 1825-1834 16 volumes 5.5" x 8.5" , shelf length 20". Full bound in orately gilded calf leather. Firmly bound with contents unmarked, A couple of very nearly invisible scuffs, otherwise Fine condition. Full polished calf, raised bands, gilt lettering at small ornaments in spine compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, texts include several engraved plates, facsimile and folded chart. Minor spine label chip to Vol I, full length portrait frontis. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. The father of empiricism. Provenance- D T Pendleton… Read More