Hermsprong, or Man as He is Not
London, The Folio Society, 1960 (first thus). More
London, The Folio Society, 1960 (first thus). More
Santa Fe, Bennett Books, 1997 (first thus) / 1956. More
London, Turnstone Books, 1973. Plus several plates from photographs. More
Santa Fe, Bennett Books, 1989 (reprint)/ 1973. "... a book that dares to disturb complacency and arouse a practical concern for the future of our planet ..." (rear cover). More
Amsterdam, North-Holland Publishing Company, 1959. With the contemporary ownership signature of (Professor) Brian Medlin, and his very occasional emphases. More
Tolz, Bremer Presse, 1920. Number 215 of 270 copies printed by Johannes Hoops, based on the first complete edition of 1625. This may be a secondary binding; it is certainly not up to the standard of the quality of the paper or the presswork. More
London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus). Edited by Geoffrey Keynes; preface by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1929. The Rede Lecture, 1929, delivered by novelist and MP John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. More
London, The Folio Society, 2010 (second printing)/ 2005. An attractive edition of Burton's 1621 classic, with a new introduction by Philip Pullman. The text follows the 1932 edition published by J.M. Dent & Sons. [3 items]. More
Flinders University, Department of Languages, 2007. Sections include Classical Greek Philosophy and The Greek-Australian Migrant Experience. Text in English and in Greek. More
Cham, Springer, 2016. Number 42 in the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science series. More
[Paris], Gallimard, 1983. Part of the 'Bibliothèque de la Pléiade' series; the text is in French. More
London, The Folio Society, 1997 (first thus). Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Rivers Scott. More
London, The University of Chicago Press, 1958 (second impression)/ 1956. More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987. Inscribed, dated (2 June 1987) and signed by joint author John Finnis. There is a publisher's printed and handwritten card to the recipient loosely inserted. More
Not having time to offer a full critique of a manuscript Vogel has sent him, Gorki writes that he will limit himself to a brief sketch of his own conception of religion, which is entirely contrary to Vogel's. 'La religion surgit de la sensation de la liaison entre l'homme et..... More
Amstelodami [Amsterdam], Apud Danielem Elsevirium [Elzevir], 1678. A scarce offprint from the 1679 Elzevir edition of Livy's 'History of Rome' (the second and third volumes bearing the date 1678, as here; not to be confused with the 1678 edition in one volume). With an early printed ownership label of 'M..... More
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1956 (third impression)/ 1950 (first UK edition). 'After a lifetime spent in the teaching of a system of knowledge which he gave only to a small circle of pupils, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff decided shortly before his death in October 1949 to publish the first..... More
New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1973 (third printing)/ 1973. Gurdjieff's pupils 'managed to write down what they had heard afterwards. These are the talks presented in this book. Incomplete as they are, they are an authentic rendering of Gurdjieff's approach to work on oneself ...' (dustwrapper). With 38..... More
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1869 (fourth edition)/ 1860 (Volumes I and II) and 1866 (second, revised, edition)/ 1860 (Volumes III and IV). Sir William Stirling Hamilton (1788-1856), Scottish philosopher, 9th Baronet of Preston and Fingalton. Provenance: Edward C. Stirling, with his small name-plate in each volume. Sir Edward Charles..... More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008. More
London, Macmillan and Co., 1892. More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1939. With the ownership signature of Dr Edith Ulrica 'Rica' Hubbe (1885-1967), dated 1940. Rica maintained a correspondence with an array of Adelaide notables; 'including letters from 'Ray' and Phyllis Cilento and Doris Simpson'. The State Library of South Australia holds 'papers relating..... More
Ann Arbor, Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy for Xlibris, 2017. The 'satirical tale of artist Hephzibah Brown, who is persuaded by Cedric, the Imp of Perversity, to follow him to the recently independent Ghana, following with the temptation that they will compose a tourist book for him to write and..... More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999/ 1987 and 1998/ 1987. Volume 1 presents 'the texts in their own new translations, and these are accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary designed for use by all readers, including those with no background in the classical world' while Volume 2 'converts the collection..... More