Philosophy from Zetetic Books

Dordrecht / Boston / London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990. [5], vi-vii, [8], 2-260pp, [2]. Original printed boards. Spine lightly browned, light dust staining to top edge of text block, corners bumped. Internally a few instances of pencil marginalia, otherwise fairly clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good/No Jacket (as Issued). 8vo.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971. [5], vi-xii, [3], 4-393pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. Quite bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. [5], vi-viii, [3], 2-242pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine faded, several instances of marginalia and marginal lines by Professor James P. Griffin, otherwise quite bright. Richard Mervyn Hare (1919-2002), was a British moral philosopher who held the post of White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1966 until 1983. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1960. [8], 9-276pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, minor chipping to spine ends, small tear catching publisher to foot, lower panel lightly browned with small chip to head. Internally fairly bright and clean. From the library of Professor James P. Griffin, with four pages of handwritten notes by him laid in loosely. The… Read more about this item

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1959. [5]-vi, [3], 2-163pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ lightly browned, worn to extremities, chipped to spine ends and corners with a few small nicks and tears to edges. One or two pencilled lines to margins, but generally clean. Oliver Johnson (1923-2000), philosopher specialising in ethics and epistemology. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. [7], viii-ix, [2], 2-366pp. Original cloth in DJ. Slightly rubbed to extremities, text lightly browned. Presentation copy to Professor James P. Griffin with note to ffep in pencil, and a few notes by Griffin in pen to margins. David Wiggins (1933-) is an English moral philosopher, metaphysician, and philosophical logician working especially on identity and issues… Read more about this item

London: Routledge, 1988. [6], vii-ix, [1], 224pp. Original buckram in DJ. DJ spine faded. Bookplate of Professor James P. Griffin to front pastedown, a couple of instances of marginalia in ink by Griffin, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Alan Harris Goldman (1945-) is an American philosopher and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy at the College of William &… Read more about this item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1954. [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-296pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine browned, worn to spine ends and corners and rubbed to edges. Internally quite bright and clean. From the library of Professor James P. Griffin, with his name stamp to ffep. Margaret MacDonald (1903-1956) was a British analytic philosopher. She worked in the areas of philosophy of… Read more about this item

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. [10], xi-xiii, [5], 5-295pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ rubbed to extremities. Corners gently bumped, otherwise quite bright and clean. Presentation copy from the author to Professor James P. Griffin, with note to endpaper. Wellman (1926-2021) was the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts… Read more about this item

New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. [2], 94pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, a few small nicks and tears to edges. Name stamp of James Griffin to ffep, otherwise internally quite bright and clean. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, as well as a leading figure in 20th-century French… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969. [10], 13-240pp. Original buckram in DJ. DJ very slightly rubbed, spine, lower panel and edges of flaps lightly browned, text block with a hint of browning, but generally quite bright and clean. Elizabeth Ramsden Eames (1921-2019), taught philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale from 1963 to 1990, obtaining the title professor emeritus upon her… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963. [7], viii-xvii, [4], 4-351pp, [2], ii-x. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, rubbed to extremities. Corners bumped, internally quite bright and clean. Marcus George Singer (1926-2016) was an American philosopher. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good+. 8vo.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. [5]-vi, [3], 2-302pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ faded to spine and edges. Bookplate of Professor James P. Griffin to front pastedown, otherwise quite bright and clean. Festschrift for Strawson's sixtieth birthday, including essays by Ayer, McDowell and Quine. Peter Frederick Strawson (1919-2006) was an important and influential philosopher of the late twentieth century. His writings… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988. [6], vii-x, 283pp, [1]. Original buckram in DJ. DJ spine slightly faded, a few pen lines to margins, but generally clean. Timothy Lauro Squire Sprigge (1932-2007), was a British idealist philosopher who spent the latter portion of his career at the University of Edinburgh, where he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, and latterly… Read more about this item

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. [6], vii-xi, [3], 203pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ with a small scrape to spine, some light rubbing to extremities, otherwise quite bright and clean. Zeno Vendler (1921-2004) was an American philosopher of language. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. [6], vii-ix, [1], 284pp. Original cloth in DJ. Bright and clean. Presentation copy from the author to Professor James P. Griffin with note to ffep. Frederick Benenson taught philosophy at the University of Birmingham, specializing in the Philosophy of Science. Presentation Copy from Author. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London & Dunedin: Chatto and Windus in association with University of Otago Press, 1965. [10], 11-112pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine slightly dulled, otherwise quite bright and clean. Stuart Hampshire (1914-2004) was an English philosopher and literary critic. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good+. 8vo.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. [6], vii-viii, [3], 2-133p, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine faded, flaps with some browning. Bookplate of Professor James P. Griffin to front pastedown, with a few pen lines and notes of his to margins. Samuel Scheffler works mainly in the areas of moral and political philosophy and the theory of value. His first book.… Read more about this item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1962. [5]-vi, [3], 2-235pp, [1]; [7], 2-193pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ's. DJ spines browned, couple of small nicks, but generally fairly clean. Contributors include Vendler, J.R. Lucas, and G.E.M. Anscombe. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

London: Pall Mall Press, 1968. [6]-vii, [3], 3-178pp. Original cloth in DJ. DJ spine faded, slightly edge worn, couple of small nicks and tears to edges, internally fairly bright and clean. Max Black (1909-1988) was an Azerbaijani-born British-American philosopher who was a leading figure in analytic philosophy in the years after World War Two. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.