O’Meara, John J.

Understanding Augustine.

[First Edition]. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1997. 23 x 15 cm. 165 pages. Dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. A nice clean copy.

Rousseau, John James [Jean Jacques].

Emilius; or, An Essay On Education. By John James Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. Translated from the French by Mr. Nugent.

First Edition in English. Two Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, in the Strand, 1763. 20.5 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (4), 406 pages plus two pages publishers list / Vol.2: (6), 406 pages, (38) [Index]. With six Plates, as per List of Plates in Volume 1. Uniform contemporary calf. Raised bands and red morocco spine labels with gilt titles. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor losses to spine ends, see images. A little age darkened throughout. Names of previous owners in ink. Front free end paper and half title page a little worn with two small holes. Overall a very nice set in solid contemporary bindings.

Russell, Bertrand.

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization ? / The Faith of a Rationalist. An Examination and a Criticism.

Two First Editions. London, Watts & Co., [1930] & [1947]. 18 x 12 cm. 30 pages plus two pages publishers list / Six pages. Original Wrappers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Small stains and some pencil annotations.

Russell, Bertrand.

History of Western Philosophy. and its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.

Second Impression. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1947. 22 x 14 cm. 916 pages. New (2023) half cloth over marbled paper boards. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. New end paper. Very good condition. Binding in ‘as new’ condition. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

S. Hutchinson Harris.

The Doctrine of Personal Right. Obra Premiada en el XIII Concurs, Corresponent A L’Any 1932.

First Edition. Barcelona, 1935. 22 x 17 cm. 593 pages. Original tectured cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Schama, Simon.

Landscape and Memory.

First Edition. London, HarperCollins Publishers 1995. 23 x 15 cm. xi, 652 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original black cloth, inside original decorated dust jacket; now inside archival jacket. Fine, inside fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Roger [Katz] on the title page.

Skolimowski, Henryk.

Polish Analytical Philosophy – A Survey and a Comparison with British Analytical Philosophy.

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967. 8°. XI, 275, 11 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. Very good+/Near fine condition.

The New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1792. To which is prefixed, The Conclusion of the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

First Edition. London, Printed for G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. xxxix, 208, (148), [326] pages. Several tables in text. Full calf with elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Red spine label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Joints beginning to crack, but boards securely in place. Sound binding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean.

Thucydidis [Thucydides].

Thucydidis De Bello Peloponnesiaco. Libri Octo. Graece et Latine. Ad Editionem Ios. Wasse et Car. Andr. Dukeri. Accurate Expressi Cum Varietate Lectionis et Annotationibus.

Six Volumes – Complete. Biponti [Zweibrücken], Studiis Societatis Bipontinae. Ex Typographia Societatis, 1788-89. 21 x 12 cm. Vol.1: civ, 411, (2) / Vol.2: 578 / Vol.3: 568 / Vol.4: 527 / Vol.5: 596 / Vol.6: 288 plus c. 250 pages Index [Indices]. Volumes 1-5 with a small title page engraving. Speckled calf boards. Later matching and uniform spines? with gilt decorations & titles. Gilt dentelles. Very good to near fine condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing/browning, mainly to end papers and first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. A lovely complete set.

[Trembley, Abraham] Baker, John R.

Abraham Trembley of Geneva. Scientist and Philosopher 1710-1784.

First edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1952. 15 x 23 cm. 259 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition throughout. Exlibris on pastedown.

Tupper, Martin F.

Proverbial Philosophy. [First and Second Series].

Thirty-ninth Edition. London, Hatchard and Co., 1863. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 522 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author. Fine contemporary dark morroco with elaborate gilt decorations to boards and spine. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller label on front paste down (Willis and Sotheran, London). First and last pages mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy in an attractive and sturdy contemporary binding.

Waddington, C.H [Conrad Hal].

Organisers & Genes.

First Reprint 1947. Cambridge, at the University Press, 1947. 21.5 x 14 cm. x, (2), 160 pages with Illustrations and two Plates – complete. Original green cloth with silver title on spine. Inside original price-clipped dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Boards mildly faded. Dust jacket a little age darkened with short closed tear to top of spine. See images. Series: Cambridge Biological Studies.

Watts, Isaac.

Logick: or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth. With a Variety of Rules to guard against Error, in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences.

The Eleventh Edition. London, Printed in the Year 1755. 16.5 x 10 cm. TP in red and black, (6) [Dedication & TOC], 336 pages. Contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt title on red morroco label. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Small material losses to corners and spine ends. Spine label worn. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Lacking front free end paper and half title. A few pencil tick marks in text. A nice copy.

Wei, Wei Wu.

The Tenth Man. The Great Joke (Which Made Lazarus Laugh).

Hong Kong, University Press, 1971. 8°. XII, 234 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of wear to the binding. Very Rare !

Werfel, Franz.

Between Heaven and Earth. Translated by Maxim Newmark.

First Edition, First Printing. New York, Philosophical Library, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 252 pages. Original red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Gilt signature of Franz Werfel on front board. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Mild rubbing and bumping to binding. Front hinge open, but holding. Dust jacket worn with some tears and minor paper losses. Now in protective plastic jacket.

Wheen, Francis.

Karl Marx.

First Edition. London, Fourth Estate, 1999. 23 x 15 cm. 431 pages. Original paper covered boards, inside original decorated dust jacket; now inside archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Roger [Katz] on the title page.