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A History Of Western Philosophy

A History Of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell

Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1946.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Life Of the Mind

The Life Of the Mind

by Hannah Arendt

The author’s final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man’s mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices.

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Bérmunka és tőke (Wage Labour and Capital)

Bérmunka és tőke (Wage Labour and Capital)

by Karl Marx (Trans.: Jakab Waltner)

Budapest: Gutenberg, 1898. First Hungarian edition. In bit later paper. Cover rubbed. Small tears inside, still in very good condition.. First Hungarian edition. In bit later paper. 29 p. First Hungarian edition of Wage Labour and Capital.
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$1964.20
Arabs and Berbers

Arabs and Berbers

by Gellner, Ernest; Micaud, Charles (Editors)

Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback. First Edition. Fine with very light age-toning to paper. No marks. Near Fine bright dust jacket protected by clear plastic cover. Maps. Figures. Index. From Tribe to Nation in North Africa. Scarce / Rare.
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$250.00
Capitalism in the Modern World, Fabian Tract #310

Capitalism in the Modern World, Fabian Tract #310

by Cole,G. D. H

1957. Capitalism in the Modern World, Fabian Tract #310 by G. D. H. Cole, October 1957, 33 pages, paperback,
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$2.88
Arbeiter-Jugend - Monatsschrift der Sozialistischen Arbeiterjugend Deutschlands - 13. Jahrgang 1921,

Arbeiter-Jugend - Monatsschrift der Sozialistischen Arbeiterjugend Deutschlands - 13. Jahrgang 1921,

by Verband der Arbeiterjugendvereine Deutschlands

1921. original Ausgaben, Berlin, Arbeiterjugendverl, 1921, gr.8°, 424 S., mit einigen s/w-Abbildungen, teils mit Noten, mit Buchschmuck (Zierrahmen) und Initialen, zudem Werbeanzeigen im Anhang jedes Hefts, privater Pappband mit handgeschriebenem, montiertem Rückenschildchen und Marmorbezugspapier, Einband geringfügig berieben und beschabt, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Ausgezeichnetes historisches Quellenmaterial zu Deutschland in den frühen 20er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Rubriken:... Read more about this item
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€20.00
The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath.

The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath.

by BERNANKE, Ben

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2015. Signed on the half-title page by former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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$75.00
YOU MIGHT LIKE SOCIALISM

YOU MIGHT LIKE SOCIALISM

by Lamont, Corliss

Modern Age Books, 1939. First Edition. soft cover. Very Good. New York: Modern Age Books. [1939]. First Edition. Softcover. x+308pp. Very Good condtion. Covers show a bit of grime, light creasing, and shelfwear; there is a 1" closed tear at top left of cover.  Some dust spots to top edge. Inside its clean, square, and tight. "My purpose...is to give...the main reasons that prompt contemporary Americans from every walk of life, including members of the upper and middle class, to adopt... Read more about this item
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$35.00
Selected Letters of Hubert Murray

Selected Letters of Hubert Murray

by Murray, Hubert; edited by Francis West

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. xiii, 255p., cloth-covered boards, very good condition in like dust jacket. Murray was a judge and Lieutenant Governor in Papua from 1904 to 1940.
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$15.00
Portuguese in South-East Africa 1488-1600. Publication of the Ernest Oppenheimer Institute of Portuguese Studies of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Portuguese in South-East Africa 1488-1600. Publication of the Ernest Oppenheimer Institute of Portuguese Studies of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

by Axelson, Eric

Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1960 first issue. x, 226p., presswork on coated alkaline paperstock throughout, illustrated with b&w reproductions of very old maps and charts, one a fold-out. Pale green cloth boards lettrered red, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is sound and sturdy, with corner-tips and rims slightly bumped, entirely clean within and unmarked. The dj is edgeworn with a clear tape repair at the head. All said, a very good copy.
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$40.00
4 Vertats": Le petit livre de l'Occitanie

4 Vertats": Le petit livre de l'Occitanie

by Larzac, Jean

Paris: Maspero, 1971. Paperback. 213p., purple wraps, in very good condition. FM/ petite collection maspero.
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$12.00
Levine: the Life of a Revolutionary [By] Rosa Levine-Meyer; with an Introduction by E. J. Hobsbawm

Levine: the Life of a Revolutionary [By] Rosa Levine-Meyer; with an Introduction by E. J. Hobsbawm

by Levine-Meyer, Rosa (1890-1983)

Farnborough, Saxon House, 1973. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 225 pages; Description: x, 225 p. 1 illus. , ports. 24 cm. Subjects: Meyer-Levine, Rosa (1890-) . Germany --History --Revolution, 1918. Notes: Includes index.
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$45.60
Unter dem Banner des Marxismus. I. Jahrgang 1925, Heft I Marz - Zweite unveranderte Auflage

Unter dem Banner des Marxismus. I. Jahrgang 1925, Heft I Marz - Zweite unveranderte Auflage

Wien: Verlag fur Literatur und Politik, 1925. Magazine. 199p., ads, a library-bound journal in 9.5x6 inch plain terracotta wraps with hand-lettered spine title and library numerals, and bound with a sturdy old cord through library punctures. First-issue covers have been retained (and are in good shape) although the spine panel may be absent. Paperstock is alkaline and strong. Cord holding nicely, supplementing and perhaps supplanting original fastening. Beneath the plain wrapper the original spine panel... Read more about this item
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$20.00
The Story of Fabian Socialism

The Story of Fabian Socialism

by Cole, Margaret (1893-1980)

London : Heinemann, 1963. 1st Edition in this form. Paperback. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 366 pages; Description: 366 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Photo and facsimile plate illustrated. Subjects: Fabian Society (Great Britain) . Socialism --Great Britain --History. , Series: Mercury Books ; No. 47.
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$25.20
inprecor [1977, No. 14, 13 Oct 13] international press correspondence

inprecor [1977, No. 14, 13 Oct 13] international press correspondence

Brussels: United Secretariat of the Fourth International, 1977. Magazine. One issue, published fortnightly,32p., Shelf and edge worn of newsprint wraps, minor tearing of cover wrap and minor bumping of several pages, else in readable condition. The twice monthly news organ of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International at the time, the largest conglomeration of Trotskyists in the World. Inprecor represented the majority faction in the leadership of the Fourth International, organized around... Read more about this item
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$12.00
In Russian and French Prisons

In Russian and French Prisons

by Kropotkin,Peter

1971. In Russian and French Prisons by Peter Kropotkin, Schocken Books, new intro by Paul Avrich, paperback, 387 pages, remainder copy, clean text.
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$3.52
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, 3rd Revised Edition

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, 3rd Revised Edition

by Ludwig Von Mises

This book is very clean and crisp. The text, covers and bindings are fine. The only possible flaw is a smudge mark on some front bottom right pages. I have a fair DJ to go with the book. I probably read about 1 page and then stopped never to go back again given that it was light years above my brain power at that period of time.
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$36.55
Marxismus und Stalinismus

Marxismus und Stalinismus

by Lukács, György [Georg]

Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1970. Paperback. 251p., pages evenly browned, mild rubbing soil on wraps, else in very good condition. Text in German. Politische Aufsätze Ausgewälte Schriften IV.
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$10.00
Left luggage : from Marx to Wilson / by C. Northcote Parkinson

Left luggage : from Marx to Wilson / by C. Northcote Parkinson

by Parkinson, C. Northcote (Cyril Northcote) (1909-1993)

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1970. New edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 207p. ; 18cm. Subjects; Socialism in Great Britain History. Socialism Great Britain. Socialism; history. Socialism; description. Political ideologies.
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$13.14
Grundrisse : foundations of the critique of political economy (rough draft) / (by) Karl Marx ; translated [from the German] with a foreword by Martin Nicolaus

Grundrisse : foundations of the critique of political economy (rough draft) / (by) Karl Marx ; translated [from the German] with a foreword by Martin Nicolaus

by Marx, Karl (1818-1883)

Harmondsworth ; London : Penguin : 'New Left Review', 1973. Paperback edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; (904 pages). Subjects; Marxism & Communism. Economics. Philosophy. Economics; history.
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$30.00
The Twilight of Colonialism

The Twilight of Colonialism

by Matyushin, V

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1974. Paperback. 79p., wraps, 4x6.5 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition.
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$15.00
The Soviet System and Modern Society

The Soviet System and Modern Society

by FISCHER, George

New York: Atherton Press, 1968. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(-). Illustrated throughout with charts. xiii, 199 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (chip at spine, rubbed, wear at edges). New York: Atherton Press, 1968. First edition with minor rubbing at spine, internally clean. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust(-) wrapper.<br/> <br/>
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$15.00
TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIALISM. What it is Not; What it is: How it May Come.

TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIALISM. What it is Not; What it is: How it May Come.

by Kelly, Edmond

New York:Longmans, Green and Co. , 1910. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. New York:Longmans, Green and Co. 1910. 2nd printing. xix+446pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very good, clean copy. An indent from the remains of a&nbsp;paper clip left in place to long on the first couple pages, otherwise clean and bright, inside and out. The dust jacket is lightly sun-faded and age toned, otherwise also in very good condition.&nbsp;
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$25.00
Bulletin in defense of Marxism [12 issues]

Bulletin in defense of Marxism [12 issues]

by Le Blanc, Paul, Steve Bloom, R. L. Huebner, Sarah Lovell, Bill Onasch, George Saunders, Evelyn Sell, Rita Shaw, [and] Jean Tussey, Editorial Board

New York: Fourth International Tendency, 1991. Twelve issues of the bulletin, an incomplete run for the period between April 1984 and February 1991; Issues present are Nos. 6-9, 54, 58, 58, 59, 63-65,75, 81; a yellowing stripe across issue No. 59 else generally in very good condition, 8.5x11 inches in stapled wraps. Issued by expelled and former members of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. who formed the Fourth International Tendency.
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$45.00
Traumfabrik Kommunismus - Die visuelle Kultur der Stalinzeit = Dream Factory Communism - The Visual Culture of the Stalin Era,

Traumfabrik Kommunismus - Die visuelle Kultur der Stalinzeit = Dream Factory Communism - The Visual Culture of the Stalin Era,

by Groys, Boris / Hollein Max (Hrsg.)

2003. Erstausgabe, Ffm. / Ostfildern-Ruit, Schirn-Kunsthalle / Hatje Cantz, 2003, 4°, 461 S. mit sehr zahlreichen Farb- und s/w-Abbildungen und Illustrationen, Text zweisprachig: Deutsch und Englisch, illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), schönes, sauberes Exemplar, ungelesen (hhstah) Aufwändig bebilderter Katalog. Erschien anlässlich der Ausstellung "Traumfabrik Kommunismus" in der Schirn-Kunsthalle Frankfurt vom 24. September 2003 bis 4. Januar 2004. Should your order's weight exceed 1kg, we... Read more about this item
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€90.00
Marx and Engels. Collected works, vol. 29: Karl Marx, 1857-61

Marx and Engels. Collected works, vol. 29: Karl Marx, 1857-61

by Marx, Karl, Frederick Engels

New York: International Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. xxiv, 592p., illustrated with one facsimile, hardbound in open-weave gilted red cloth boards, very good condition in like dust jacket and cardboard slipcase. Marx' economic works and Economic Manuscripts.
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$35.00
Central Africa: Background to Argument

Central Africa: Background to Argument

by Raven, Faith

London: The Africa Publications Trust, 1960. Pamphlet. 44p., stapled wraps, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled else very good condition. Focused on Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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$12.00