The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte; Freely translated and condensed by Harriet Martineau by Auguste Comte; Harriet Martineau (translator) - 1856

USA: Cornell University Library Digital Collections, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. VOLUME ONE ONLY! Printed paper wrap, octavo 385pp., not illustrated. Book has hint of shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.

New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1856. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Dark brown, blind-stamped cloth with clean, unmarked pages. Cover is scuffed, soiled and worn. Front board has become detached from text block, as has the spine, which is also chipped at top. Front internal hinge has been repaired with white tape, to no avail, and dark brown free endpaper removed. Rear hinge is cracked. Significant foxing on front free endpapers, frontispiece, and title page. Six books bound as one. Ex-library. A rare volume and a good reading copy. "It may appear strange that, in these days, when the French language is almost as familiar to English readers as their own, I should have spend many months in rendering into English a work which presents no difficulties of language, and which is undoubtedly known to all philosophical students. . . . My strongest inducement to this enterprise was my deep conviction of our need of this book in my own country, in a form which renders it accessible to the larger number of… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2009-07-20. Reissue. Paperback. Used:Good.

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New York: Peter Eckler, n.d.. Reprint. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 838pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Reprint of the first American edition published in 1858 by Calvin Blanchard. Strongly influenced by the Utopian socialist Henri de Saint-Simon, Comte developed the positive philosophy in an attempt to remedy the social malaise of the French revolution, calling for a new social paradigm based on the sciences. Comte was of considerable influence in 19th century thought, impacting the work of thinkers such as Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill. Minor shelf wear on binding. Lower edge of back cover partly discolored. Tiny inscription in pen at back of free front endpaper. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 5x1x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing