The Origins of Science: An Enquiry Into the Foundations of Western Thought.
238pp., 8vo, two-toned cloth, dust wrapper; ownership signature on front flyleaf. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., (1962). Very good. More
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The Humanist Frame.
New York: Harper, 1961. 432pp., tall 8vo, cloth, torn d.w. New York: Harper, (1961). Near fine in good dust wrapper. More
A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals.
New York: Appleton, 1878. Illustrated. 8vo, 3/4 tan calf, marbled boards, marbled edges, ornately gilt spine with red and green leather labels. New York: Appleton, 1878. Very good (+). A textbook which is a little masterpiece of its kind. Huxley never accepted without qualification the Darwinian principle. He thought "transmutation may take place without transition" and thereby anticipated the findings of modern research. He liberated the English anatomical school from the deductive method, and sounded the keynote of the social..... More
Isis and Osiris.
New York: Dutton, 1948. 231pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.: (d.w. chipped and worn). New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948. More
The Philosophy of Plotinus: The Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews, 1917-1918
London: Longmans, 1941. 2 volumes. xx + 270pp. and xii + 254pp., 8vo, red cloth; lightly rubbed. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1941. A very good set. More
Andre Gide: A Study of His Creative Writings.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1970. xii + 448pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. Small ownership ink stamp on fly leaf otherwise very good(+) in very good d.w. More
Apes, Angels, & Victorians: The Story of Darwin, Huxley and Evolution.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1955. 399pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1955). A very good(+) copy. More
Ramakrishna and His Disiples.
Illustrated. 348pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1965). First Edition. Very good. More
Faith Without Dogma: In Quest of Meaning.
Illus. with several diagrams. 126pp., thin 8vo, blue boards, d.w. N.Y.: Harper & Row, (1964). Near fine. More
L'Honneste Homme et Le Scelerat. Scavoir, si pour parvenir dans le monde il faut etre honneste ou scelerat.
Paris: Michel Brunet, 1700. vi + 186 pages, 24mo, full contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine. Paris: Michel Brunet, 1700. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+). More
The Eighteen Nineties: A Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century
London: Grant Richards, 1913. Frontis., illustrated. 368 pages, 8vo, gilt-lettered orange cloth; spine cocked with some fading and spotting; armorial bookplate inside front cover. London: Grant Richards, 1913. A very good copy. More
Perspectivism in Art.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1973. Some illustrations in b/w. 177pp. 12mo, brown cloth, d.w. (d.w. slightly scuffed at edges, small sticker ghost on front loose flyleaf, bottom spine end on cloth bumped). New York: Philosophical Library, (1973). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture
New York: Oxford University Press, 1943. Three volumes. Translated by Gilbert Highet. 8vo, green cloth; covers dust soiled, spines darkened, heavy pen underlining in the first 86 pages of volume I. New York: Oxford University Press, 1943-1945. Internally clean and bright, a very good set. Volume I is a 1945 second edition, Volumes II & III are 1943, 1944. Volume I: Archaic Greece, The Mind of Athens. Volume II: In Search of the Divine Centre. Volume III: The Conflict of..... More
Principles of Psychology
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1985. Frontispiece by Lynn Shaler. Tall thick 8vo, full burgundy morocco, decoratively gilt spine and covers. Franklin Center: Franklin Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Gilt at top edge is very slightly spotty, still a fine copy. More
Leone Battista Alberti's Kleinere Kunsttheoretische Schriften.
Vienna: Braumuller, 1877. xliii, 54-270, [2]pp of German Text. Slim 8vo, rebound in plain maroon boards with spine label; uncut edges. Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller, 1877. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this scarce book, with the small ownership plate of art historian Meyer Schapiro. The original front wrapper is preserved within, darkened and chipped at edges, but with an ink inscription from Dr. Janitschek Quellenschriften fur Kunstgeschichte und Kunsttechnik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, Volume XI. More
The Quest for Beauty.
B/w illustrations. 318pp., 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. lightly worn & ownership signature on front flyleaf. N.J., Englewood Cliffs; Prentice-Hall Inc., 1957. Very good. More
Sartre and the Problem of Morality.
Transl. from the French and with an Introduction by Robert V. Stone. 279pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Bloomington: Indiana UP, (1980). signed by Robert Stone. More
The Commonplace Book of Thomas Jefferson; A Repertory of His Ideas on Government
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1926. Introduction by Gilbert Chinard. 403pp. Small 4to, maroon cloth, cloth very lightly soiled, edge of corners rubbed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1926. More
The Literary Bible of Thomas Jefferson; His Commonplace Book of Philosophers and Poets
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1928. Introduction by Gilbert Chinard. 210pp. Small 4to, maroon cloth, small bump to top edge of front cover, lacks folding facsimile, cloth lightly soiled. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1928. More
The Literary Bible of Thomas Jefferson; His Commonplace Book of Philosophers and Poets
New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Introduction by Gilbert Chinard. 210pp. 8vo, green cloth, light browning to endpapers near center hinges, otherwise very good. New York: Greenwood Press, (1969). More
Melanges Politiques et Philosophiques Extraits des Memoires et de la Correspondance de Thomas Jefferson
Paris: Paulin, Libraire-Editeur, 1833. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf with blind-stamped design on each spine and gilt lettering, spine ends and edges of corners worn, moderate foxing throughout both volumes, modern pencil annotations on the margins of a few pages of volume one, errata page creased in right margin. Paris: Paulin, Libraire-Editeur, 1833. Sabin 35890. More
Scientific Inference
London: Cambridge University Press, 1957. 236 pages, small 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper (overall toning and wear to wrapper, price clipped). London: Cambridge at the University Press, 1957. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Relational Value Meanings.
175pp., tall 8vo, pr. wrs.; (front wr. chipped & previous owner's name on title page). University of Oregon, 1943. Good. More
Pure Logic and Other Minor Works.
London: Macmillan, 1890. Edited by Robert Adamson and Harriet A. Jevons. 4 plates. [xxv], 299, [1] pp., original rust cloth. Ownership signature inside front cover. London: Macmillan, 1890. First Edition. A near fine copy. More
Rightness and Goodness: A Study in Contemporary Ethical Theory.
Hague: 1959. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1959. First Edition. Fine. Ownership signature. More