Philosophy Books

Simon & Schuster NY (1944). xxiii & 307. Prefatory note by C. Fadiman. Written on fly: 'Merry Christmas to the Clesters from May Anna Stevens.' 2nd printing. Paper browning. xxiii & 307+pp. Good reading copy. Cloth. Chipped dj. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Doubleday Anchor 1959. ix & 385pp. Spine a little concave. Recommended by Philip Toynbee, W.H. Auden, Mary McCarthy. Good, clean copy. Trade paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Partisan Review NY (1947). 63pp. Famous article issued when Existentialism was the rage. Center stapled. Some fading outside along spine and edges. PR Series Number two. In four parts: Who is 'Existential'? / Existentialism Seeks Its System / Existential Pathos and the Sense of Fact / The Historical Frame: Existentuialism as a 'Philosophical Fragment' Barrett (1913-1992) taught philosophy at NYU, was an associate editor at Partisn Review. very good. Wraps. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Longmans, Green 1940. Illustrated endpapers. Lettering on spine faded. Minor wrinkle and hole in spine where a label had been. Small label shadow on front cover. Light rubs and nicks to spine ends. 188pp. Part of 'The Living Thoughts Library' series edited by Alfred O. Mendel. Long (38 page) essay by Benda followed by selections from Kant's works. Interios is very good, clean and tight. Frontis of Kant. 1st edition. Cloth. 12mo.. (more information)

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Univ of Chicago Press (1993). Translated by Geoffrey Bennington. Attempt at a systematic account of Derrida's thought accompanied in a continuing footnote by Derrida's commentary. ix & 417pp. Bibliography and Supplemental bibliography. Near fine with dj. Illustrations. Hardback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Littlefield Adams 1970. 252pp. Translated by Mabelle L. Andison. Hofstra Bookstore Stamp (small) on half-title page. Famous Classic No. 164. 252pp. Very good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Lincoln-Rembrandt Publishing Charlottesville, VA No Date. Reprint of Macmillan and Co of London 1930 edition. From internal evidence this new printing changed the page order of the preliminaries: New ordering: Table of Contents, Preface. Introduction to Second edition, Text. Text is complete with 320pp including Index. Small tear in rear edge of spine at heel repaired. Very good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Univ. of Michigan Pr. Ann Arbor (1961) (Second printing. vi & 276. Great Whig spokesman in 18th Century. Burke (1729-1797) was the greatest Whig spokesman of his day. very good, mild corner bump. Paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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George Allen and Unwin London (1968). xii & 150pp. Index. Fine. 1st UK edition. Cloth. Nicked dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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State Univ. of New York Press Albany, NY (1982). 4th printing. Small label shadow on cover. Gift note on verso of front cover: From: Jacqueline Sipos, To: Jeff Anderson. May the one always be many for you. Happy, Happy. xi & 274pp. Very good. Illustrations. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Prentice-Hall 1952. Recommended by W.H. Auden, S.I. Hayakawa, John Crowe Ransom, Max Lerner. xvi & 530pp. Small tear in head of spine. Good. Later printing. Cloth. Tattered dj. 8vo.. (more information)

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University of Alabama Press (1974). Translated by Maura Prendergast. Original French edition published in 1950. 294pp plus preliminaries. Bibliography. Index. Covers birth of Surrealism and such topics as automatic writing, painting, objective chance. Fine. No dj. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Yalr University Press (1972). 31st printing. ISBN. 0-300-00034-0. ix+ & 237pp. Recommended by Ernest Nagel. Small label shadow on front cover. A few very light creases on covers. A very goood copy. Trade paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Beacon Press . 5th printing of 1st paperback edition, Oct. 1962. Ex Library. Rebacked with cloth. Fine white tape completely covering worn spine. A few dust marks on covers. Light rubs to cover corners. Light pull marks on endpapers. xiii & 366pp plus Beacon ads. Good, toght copy. No dj. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Beacon Press Boston (3rd printing. April 1949). xiii & 318pp. Famous and beloved CCNY professor. Name on endpaper: Sheila Kleppner, Bronx, NY. Notes & a few tape marks on endpapers. Faded spine and covers. Has bibliography and index. Text block is very good. No dust jacket. Photos. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Random House NY (1947). Includes I. Man and Spirit, The Speculative Philosophors; II. Man and Man, The Social Philosophers; III. Man and the State, The Political Philosophers; and IV. Man and the Universe, The Philosophers of Science. Flyleaves removed from 3 volumes, small tape mark on one cover. crease in rear flyleaf of volume 2. Offered as a set. No dust jackets. 557, 485, 523, 482pp. Long exerpts from the works of famous thinkers down through the ages. Good, tight copies. 1st printing. Cloth. 12mo.. (more information)

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International Publishers (1954). A contribution to the systematic study of Marxism Side stapled. Moderate change of color of spine. 206pp. In three parts: General Principles/ How Society Developes/ The Future: Socialism anf Communism. Very good. Paperback. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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Charles Scribner's Sons (1927). The Modern Student's Library Philosophy Series. xxxviii+ & 448pp + ads. Marks on a several pages only. Little fading and wear outside. Good. No dj. Cloth. 12mo.. (more information)

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Univ. of Chicago Press (4th printing . 1992). Translated with ab Introduction and additional notes by Alan Bass. Very light bump to uppeer outside corner of front cover. Else near fine, clean and tight. xxx & 521pp with fold-out with illustration. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Verso (1997). Translated by George Collins. xii & 308pp. '.exploration of the political history of Aristotle's haunting exclamation--'O my friends, there is no friend.'' '.the posibility of a radically new friendship, a deeper and more inclusive democracy.'. Near fine. Trade paperback. 8vo.. (more information)

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Open Court Publishing Chicago (2nd printing. Jan.1926). xi & 443pp. A little darkening of spine. Some color change of paper. A number of pages with light pencil notes in margins. Good. No dj. Frontispiece of Dewey. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Duquesne University Pittsburgh 1958. xi &211pp. Printed in the Netherlands. Name on endpaper. Duquesne Studies, Philosophy Series. Translated by Ernan MCMulklin and John Burnheim. Very good copy. Cloth. No dj. Large 8vo.. (more information)

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Scribner's (1972). ix & 325+pp. By eminent microbiologist and experimental pathologist. Near fine. Trade paperback. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Knopf 1971. Clipped stubs from dust jacket neatly pasted and taped to front endpapers. Name on endpaper: David Stone. In two parts: The Death of Ethics. The Moral Life. Good. No dust jacket. 1st edition. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Constable London (1939). xix & 284. Signed autographed presentation note to Ambassador Butterworth and his wife: 'To Mrs Butterworth and/or My favorite Ambassador, In which I find I have agreed with practically every Swede. Irwin Edman. Stockholm, Embassy Residence, March 6, 1952.' A few rubs outside, slight canting of binding around axis of spine, else a very good copy. 'impressions of persons and places'. No dust jacket. 1st ed. thus. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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The Modern Library (1936). Tear to corner of head of spine. Soil darkened outside. Rub marks along bottom edges of cover. Slight darkening of paper. lvi & 596pp. Good reading copy. No dj. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo.. (more information)

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Harvard University Pr. Cambridge, MA 1943,. xi & 585. Quest for science of philosophy based on Husserl. Lettering on spine faded. Light rubs to cover corners and spine ends. Several pages with light pencil underlining and marks in margins. A deep and full development of the topic. Good. No dust jacket. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Scribner's (1967). Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. One closed tear in dust jacket. 465pp. In three parts: Meanings and Methods/ Modern Philosophy and Belief in God/ Contemporary Issues of Metareligious Thought. Fine. Cloth. 8vo.. (more information)

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Charles Scribner's Sons 1937. Ex Library. Imprimatur of Patrick Cardinal Hayes of NYC. Nov. 6, 1937. xii & 331pp. A little pencil underlining and marginal marking. Heavy wear to cover and spine, two inch tear along rear edge of spien. Marginal tear in blank early page and in last page of index. Complete. Reading copy only. No dj. Cloth. Small 8vo.. (more information)

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Basil Blackwell Oxford, UK. (1977). Translated by Bart Grahl. Bibliography & Appendices compiled by Ileana Rodriguez and Marc Zimmerman. Introduction by William Mayrl. Signature in red ink on front free endpaper: 'Arthur Schlesinger, Jr'. Light underlining and marginal marks in red ink on several poages of the Introduction else a fine copy. 173pp. Small note in red ink on rear free endpaper. Cloth. Very good dj. Large 12mo.. (more information)

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