Search Results: Philosophy/Epistemology/Metaphysics from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Orig. published in German in 1982 as "Zeit Der Ideologien,'' this is the First English-language Translation, First Printing, from 1984, in 305 pages with General Index & Name Index in rear. Just removed from storage where it has been since being received brand new for review for an academic publication, this hardcover 8vo has brown cloth over boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is equally Fine, with no fading or wear. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. First Thus . Boxed Set. Near Fine. Boxed set of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet, c. 1982. All 4 books are Near Fine & obviously never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: pages are all moderately-heavily tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality. Foxing to all spines. The box is graded only Fair because it is split along a seam on the bottom edge & heavily bumped at one lower corner, with rubbing to extremities, & light soiling all over. One 2" tear along one top edge seam, but still very sturdy & functional Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. Boxed Set. Near Fine/Good. Boxed set from the late 1960s-early 1970s (pre-ISBN) of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet. All 4 books are Near Fine & feel never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing except for a few short creases at heel of "Atlas." Pages are all lightly tanned around edges only, but completely unmarked. "The Fountainhead" has a partial bookplate from former owner inside front cover. The box is downgraded to only Good due to heavy rubbing along one edge & bumping/slight tearing of the paper covering at all corners. Else, completely sturdy with no tears. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

Chicago/La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 2006. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Vol. 25 in the "Popular Culture and Philosophy" series, this volume explores philosophical elements in the Beatles' lives & lyrics, relating them to the ideas of the great classical philosophers. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 2006, with 18 chapters in 301 pages with Index, Discography, Beatles Covers. Trade paperback book is in VG+ condition: completely clean & bright, but downgraded due to highlighted sentences here & there. Else, binding strong & straight, pages white. Not ex-lib. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Arcade Pub, 1997. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. One of the highest-ranking men in the Catholic Church goes head to head with the acclaimed author ("The Name of the Rose"), scholar, philosopher, & self-proclaimed secularist in an "intellectually stimulating dialogue" debating some of the hottest topics of our day. In 102 pages. Translated from the original Italian by M. Martini, Introduction by H. Cox. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1997, this slim hardcover has bright red cloth-covered boards with a quarter red paper-wrapped spine, lettered in bright gilt. Condition of BOTH book & unclipped DJ is Fine: look & feel Brand New & never opened! Completely clean , binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages white & completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless, with no wear or fading. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. One of the "Life" booklets by the author, a noted philosopher, author, & teacher who promoted the New Though movement at the turn of the 20th century, in this final chapter to his "What all the World's a-Seeking" volume, a sort of self-help book which posited that "what you live in your thought world you will find, sooner or later, objectified in your life." In 51 pages + 2pp of ads for his other books in rear. From 1900, this small (12mo) hardcover has a light blue cloth-bound spine with gray paper pastedown decorated in green & lettered in gilt to front board. Condition is just Good: generally quite clean, with the occasional spot or smudge. Sewn binding is secure, pages creamy white with moderate tanning, heavier around edges. Former owner's name in light pen to ffep; no other writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Exterior edgewear & rubbing to extremities,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Julian Press, 1988. Second Edition . Soft cover. As New. A "classic of New Age literature,'' orig. published in 1971; this is the Third Printing of the new 1988 edition, with a new Preface by the author in which he reflects on the work's continued, but shifting, relevance & meaning both to the individual & the world. Trade paperback has 207 pages , including Notes & Bibliography.Condition is As New: actually a Brand New book just recovered from stored stock. Completely clean, binding straight & strong, hinges intact, pages white. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. NO fading or edgewear. Please see our photos--they show the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't have on hand! Photos & description sole property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1982. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Comic-book format & humor render Darwin's basic principles & theory of evolution easy to understand! In 176 pages, lavishly illustrated on each one, this trade paperback book with brown decorative wrappers is in Near Fine condition, marred only by extremely mild edgewear & rubbing. Else, completely clean, binding tight & square. NO underlining/highlighting/writing; NOT ex-lib.Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1979. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. McGuinness, Michael. Comic-book format & humor render Albert Einstein's work & theory of relativity comprehensible to the layperson. In 173 pages, illustrated on every one, + Bibliography in rear. Trade paperback book with brown decorative wrappers is in Near Fine condition: only flaw is slight tanning to outer page edges & extremely mild rubbing to extremities. Else, completely clean, binding tight & square. NO underlining/highlighting/writing; NOT ex-lib. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

London, England: Folio Society, 2014. First Thus . Hardcover. As New/As New. Scheruebel, Paul. Lovely new edition from the Folio Society of this work by the esteemed Danish philosopher "that no one knows quite what to make of,'' says Jonathan Ree in the Introduction. Orig. published in Danish in 1843 under a pseudonym as "Frygt og Bæven." In xvi + 146 pages, brilliantly illustrated by Swiss artist Paul Scheruebel with full-color plates that invoke "mythology, the Lowbrow Movement, & abstract expressionism" throughout the text. Text follows that of the 1985 Penguin edition, with minor emendations. Hardcover 8vo has red cloth-covered boards with a stunning image stamped in frown & silver to front, brown lettering to spine. Condition of both book & accompanying slipcase is As New: virtually flawless & completely unmarked. Just removed from the shelves of a private collector's library. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1984. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. VG-/G+/Near Fine. His "most brilliant, thought-provoking and unusual book.in which Castaneda.constructs a stunning portrait of the 'sorcerer's world' that is crystal-clear & dizzying in its implications." A FIRST EDITION, second printing, this hardcover is VG-/Good+ in a Near Fine, unclipped DJ. With red paper-covered boards, the book is very clean, but marred by scattered underlining in red pen, with an occasional marginal note. Very mild dampstain to top outside page edges that internally shows up only on endpapers, not text pages. The unclipped DJ bright & colorful with just the slightest edgewear (very mild wrinkling & teeny chips to both ends of spine). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends &… Read More

Berkeley, California: Parallax Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. The beloved Buddhist monk & acclaimed peace activist, together with 14 other authors, discuss the Five Wonderful Precepts of Buddhism & how they might improve both one's personal life & society at large. Trade paperback book from 1993 is Near Fine; bought as a duplicate copy & never opened or read. Only flaws are very slight spotting to top & fore edge side outside page edges & slight dogearing to first page. Otherwise, it is a Brand New book! Completely clean, binding strong & square, white pages are completely unmarked.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins Press, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Issued to commemorate the centennial of Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species,'' this book demonstrates how his theory of evolution was the culmination of over a century of scientific thought. In 15 Chpts, 471 pages, Index. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1959, this hardcover book has burnt orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering & design to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): just removed from storage after 30 years, it is remarkably clean & bright, binding tight & square, hinges secure, pages creamy white, NO foxing. Only flaw is former owner's name stamp on ffep; NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to only Fair due to insect damage suffered during storage in the form of chipping along all edges, larger missing piece at top of front cover, inner edge by spine; nicely protected in… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. Rand's first magnum opus which popularized her philosophy of Objectivism in 1943. Never out of print over the ensuring decades, this is the FIRST EDITION bound in red cloth with gilt to front & spine, with all the requisite error points. This is a Later Printing, though, as it has no edition statement & a price or $6.00, not $3.00; NOT the new centennial edition. It is also an Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings in the front matter only (no stamps on outside page edges). Condition is thus only Good: binding strong & secure, pages lightly but evenly tanned. Gilt lettering bright, not faded, First Issue red boards bright, with residue & stains from old tape used to secure DJ to book. The DJ itself is also Good, with spine fading, rubbing to extremities, & some small chips. Old call letter sticker from library on lower spine. The old library mylar has been… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1989. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. This is the First Trade Paperback Edition from 1989, First Printing, with publisher's notice laid in. In 106 pages with Index, Notes, Suggestions for Further Reading in rear. Condition is New: completely clean & bright & unopened. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1979. Trade Paperback. VG+. Zarate, Oscar. Comic-book format & humor render Sigmund Freud's basic principles & theories of human psychology & psychoanalysis intelligible for the layperson. In 174 pages, illustrated on every one, + glossary in rear. Trade paperback book with brown decorative wrappers is in VG+ condition, downgrade due to tanning around all outer page edges, mild edgewear to both covers, & a few dark spots to bottom outside page edges. Else, completely clean, binding tight & square. NO underlining/highlighting/writing; NOT ex-lib.Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

London/New York: George Allen & Unwin Ltd/Fernhill House, 1971. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The acclaimed German psychotherapist & Zen Master explores the teaching & tradition of Hara--the Japanese term for "vital center,'' & its significance in attaining soul-body unity & self-realization. In 208 pages, a black-and-white frontispiece & 7 internal illustrations, & 3 Japanese texts on Hara in the Appendix. Orig. published as "Hara: Die Erdmitte des Menschen,'' in 1956, this is the First English-Language translation from 1962 (this the Third Impression, 1972). Hardcover book is Fine in an equally Fine, unclipped DJ: red-brown cloth covered boards, stamped on front & lettered on spine in silver, are bright & clean, as is the interior. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning. NO writing, underlining, or highlighting; not ex-lib. The DJ is equally pristine, with NO… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Two prominent psychologists, whose own work is included, have edited this "anthology for the nuclear age (but darkly applicable in this time of COVID-19),'' a collection of writings from over two millenia, including the thoughts of philosophers, poets, religious leaders, political statesmen, dreamers.alongside the voices of ordinary people who have witnessed darkness & disaster firsthand. Is humankind on the brink of annihilation.or is the darkness a way through to the light? A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1984, this hardcover book is in Fine condition (just removed from where it has been stored since new). Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Near fine due to a slight bit of edgewear along top. Nicely protected in new mylar cover free. Our photos depict he Exact book you will… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1955. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Collection of well-considered essays on American life in the post-WWII world, focusing on work, play, ethics, morality, leisure, relations between the races & sexes, & more. Written both before & after the author's bestseller, "The Lonely Crowd,'' in 302 pages + 2 pages of ads for other Anchor titles. This is another Anchor paperback (A58) for the Gorey completist, though he did just the typography here; cover art by Miriam Woods. Orig. published in hardcover in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1955. From a single collection, it is in Fine condition: just a tad less crisp than brand new! Looks & feels never opened, with the tiniest of creases to the bottom outside corner of front cover. Else, binding strong & straight, pages white with a hint of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Nicely protected in new… Read More

Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2006. Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol 44 in the "Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie" series, with 10 Chpts & 157 pgs, offers papers (all in German) on Cardinal Nicholas Cusanus (of Cusa), 1401-1464, originally presented at the XI Internationalen Kongresses fur Philosophie des Mittelalters der Societe Internationale pour l'etude de la Philosophie Medievale (SIEPM) in Portugal. IN GERMAN. Book is NEW w/glossy yellow boards, no DJ as issued. Completely clean & tight. , Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.