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New York: The Macmillian Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1932 Blue hardcover with gold print. Not a reprint. In original dust jacket that has minor chips to top edge now in mylar cover. Text looks never read and is clean and bright with very minor tanning due to age. This book has been classified as culturally significant. Scarce if not rare in this condition Robert Ranulph Marett was born on the Channel Island of Jersey on June 13, 1866. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, specializing in the classics, philosophy, and ethics, and in 1891 he was elected fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, where he remained for the whole of his academic career.He traveled widely in Europe, visited Australia once, in 1914, and in 1930 delivered the Lowell Lectures in Boston. He was Gifford Lecturer at the University of Saint Andrews twice, in 1931–1932 and 1932–1933, and the two published volumes of these lectures, Faith, Hope and… Read More

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0674443268 . Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition.Book looks new. Dust has some fading. Contents clean. "The writings of Francis Hutcheson played a central role in the development of British moral philosophy in the eighteenth century....his edition of Illustrations on the Moral Sense again makes available Hutcheson's contributions to normative ethics and metaethics, thus making possible a more accurate evaluation of his significance in the history of ethics. His epistemology of morals and his theory of justification are critically examined in a substantial introduction by the editor, Bernard Peach. In addition, Hutcheson's correspondence with Gilbert Burnet, the Younger, which is central to an understanding of the controversies in British moral philosophy in the eighteenth century, is made accessible here for the first time since 1735 in an… Read More

Temple University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877227357 . Buk and dist look almost new. Clean contents. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. We pack well, provide tracking, and ship daily or next business day!; 6 X 1 X 8.75 inches; 240 pages .

London: B. Lintot, W.and J. Innys, J.Osborn, T Longman, J.Batley. Good with no dust jacket. 1726. Second Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Original 1726 printing, not a reprint, with leather on board binding that is very worn and hinges cracking, but not seperated. Pages (219) are clean and bright with some browning due to age. Twelve page index in back. Palmer was the printer and book sold by B. Lintott, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn, J Batley, and T. Longman. There is a book plate inside front cover that says Chappel Woodhouse and there is an inscription in front from former owner. Woodhouse was Rev. John-Chappel Woodhouse, educated at Christ Church and he wrote and published Annotations on the Apocalypse in 1805. Wollaston, the author, (1660-1724) devoted his life to writing treatises on religious questions. The Religion of Nature Delineated upholds the intellectual theory of morality of which Samuel Clarke, Newtons disciple was the chief proponent. It has been documented that Benjamin… Read More

Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Impression. Hardcover. 0533043549 . Hardback inscribed by Author " To Janet Knebel, Hopefully this book I was inspired to write on 12 different days will bring the people of the world together in peace, understanding, and harmony. With my compliments, Alan Diamond, 2/22/80" Very rare signed edition. not price clipped. ; 46 pages; Signed by Author .

London: G. Allen & Unwin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover shows wear at edges. No dust. Spine sun faded.Contents clean with browning to endpapers.Has bookplate from former owner. Chapters include: Ethics and Eschatology, Christ attitude toward the Law, Moralizing the Instincts, Sin and Sins, Forgivness, and more. Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide tracking and ship daily or next business day!; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages .