Moral Essay, preferring Solitude to Publick Employment, ... by Mackenzie, Sir George - 0

New York, NY: Fleming H. Revell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards have minor scuffing/shelf wear at corners and edges. Ex-library book with labels, card pocket, previous owner's stamp, and old markings on fly page. Previous owner's name/note on fly page/title page. ; Inscribed and signed by author on front end page. Cover and text are unmarked and clean, except as noted. Collectible. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Signed by Author .

New Dehli: Sterling Publishers. 2001. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new. This book is a compilation of Questions-and-Answers, collected together from several sessions held all over the world with Dada J.P. Vaswani-a brilliant orator, a gifted writer, a scientist-turned-philosopher, and a living saint in the tradition of India's seers and sages. ---excerpt from front inside flap of dust jacket .

1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Run of 36 issues over almost a decade from Vol. LXXIII No. 292 (October 1964) through to Vol. LXXXII No. 327 (July 1973); issues 292 to 320 (December 1971) are edited by Ryle, the rest by Hamlyn; issues 292 to 296 are published by Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh and the remaining issues by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, in both cases for the Mind Association; original grey paper wrappers, 8vo, generally around 160pp plus 14pp of book advertisements or notices in each issue. The early issues through to 302 have wrappers lapping the contents and are consequently slightly ragged on the edges in places while the remaining issues are cut flush and generally in very good condition though two or three of the volumes have small tears or fraying on the spines and in a few cases there are neat ownership initials in ink on the upper right corner. Mind began in 1876 and now concerns itself particularly with analytical philosophy, the Mind Association describing its focus as… Read More

Hardback. Very Good. Robert Freebairn, Edinburgh, 1715, first edition of the works; large folio, two volumes well bound in one in appropriate quarter tan pigskin with brown cloth sides, spine gilt; pp [ii], xxii, 26, [8], 466, 37, [3], 41, [1], 30, 5, [2], 13-18; [iv], 104, [6], 34, 4, 241, 36, 38, 16; engraved decorative publisher's frontispiece by Andrew Johnston engraved by M Van der Gucht and three title pages in red and black (volume 1, volume 2, and Poematum, this last dated 1714); a little browning, occasionally severe and with some old water staining and fragility of the top margins towards the end but otherwise a very good, crisp, clean copy sensitively rebound. NOTE: as this volume weighs approach 5kg there may be a need for additional carriage charges beyond the default shown, this depending on ultimate location and method of carriage. Buchanan, 1506-1582, the Scottish historian and humanist scholar was, according to historian Keith Brown "the most profound intellectual… Read More

Author's photo on the frontis of this second of his three volume autobiography. The green cloth cover boards are showing some wear on the corners. The dust jacket in a mylar cover is unclipped and has some chips on the top and bottom of the spine. The binding is secure and the text block is clean, unmarked mildly foxed. There is an "A" and the publisher's colophon on the publication page. 187 pp

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, no date. Volume 2 only. The Origin of the Mental Capacities and Dispositions of Man and their Normal, Abnormal and Supernormal Manifestations. Thick 8vo., 6 1/2"x10," dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. vii+361 pages. Very good plus, clean tight copy. Volume 2 only.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

Bethlehem, PA: Society for Propagating the Gospel. Good+. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth. A narrow color faded area on bottom edge of front & rear covers. Front internal hinge with a mended paper tear, with cover firmly attached. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W photograph illustrations. A pioneer effort to evangelize a part of the Dark Continent . Religion, Moravian; B/W Photograph Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

1st Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Run of 36 issues over almost a decade from Vol. LXXIII No. 292 (October 1964) through to Vol. LXXXII No. 327 (July 1973); issues 292 to 320 (December 1971) are edited by Ryle, the rest by Hamlyn; issues 292 to 296 are published by Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh and the remaining issues by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, in both cases for the Mind Association; original grey paper wrappers, 8vo, generally around 160pp plus 14pp of book advertisements or notices in each issue. The early issues through to 302 have wrappers lapping the contents and are consequently slightly ragged on the edges in places while the remaining issues are cut flush and generally in very good condition though two or three of the volumes have small tears or fraying on the spines and in a few cases there are neat ownership initials in ink on the upper right corner. Mind began in 1876 and now concerns itself particularly with analytical philosophy, the Mind Association describing its focus as… Read More

Hardback. Very Good. Robert Freebairn, Edinburgh, 1715, first edition of the works; large folio, two volumes well bound in one in appropriate quarter tan pigskin with brown cloth sides, spine gilt; pp [ii], xxii, 26, [8], 466, 37, [3], 41, [1], 30, 5, [2], 13-18; [iv], 104, [6], 34, 4, 241, 36, 38, 16; engraved decorative publisher's frontispiece by Andrew Johnston engraved by M Van der Gucht and three title pages in red and black (volume 1, volume 2, and Poematum, this last dated 1714); a little browning, occasionally severe and with some old water staining and fragility of the top margins towards the end but otherwise a very good, crisp, clean copy sensitively rebound. NOTE: as this volume weighs approach 5kg there may be a need for additional carriage charges beyond the default shown, this depending on ultimate location and method of carriage. Buchanan, 1506-1582, the Scottish historian and humanist scholar was, according to historian Keith Brown "the most profound intellectual… Read More

Lee Lozowick, 1975. Paperback. Used - very good condition. Book is clean and tight with some shelf wear and signs of age/use. Front cover is creased vertically along spine and about 1.25" from spine. Bottom corner of front cover is also creased. Light bumping at corners and edges. Back cover is tanned around edges and has dry residue from a sticker on the original price marking. Binding glue is visible at the top corner between title page and first page of text. No writing or highlighting. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.