New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 126pp. Light grey cloth spine lettered in blue, black papered boards. Top-edge tanned, scattered marks on front board, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
Los Angeles: AMOK, 1990. Revised and updated edition. Softcover. Octavo. [ii] + lxxii & 259pp. Glossy Grey card covers lettered in white, B&w illustrations in text. From the a reviewer: " 'My Sister and I ' is an apocryphal work attributed to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Following the Nietzsche..... More
London: Gollancz, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 228pp. Original red boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & Index. Lower corner of rear board bumped, lower spine lightly bruised, top edge dusty, a few spots of foxing to page edges and endpapers, otherwise a tight clean VG + copy in..... More
Lawrence KS: Selene Books, 1987. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo. 94pp + ipp bio. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, index. The first republication of Guthrie's 1917 collection of the surviving fragments of the works of Numenius, with his translations and a foreword by Michael Wagner. Whilst it..... More
London: John Murray, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, xiv + 320 pp, Original red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine. A historical study of the various influences of Christian thought in the western political and social landscape, from the pre-mediaeval period, to the modern state, with chapters on "Mystical..... More
Plazac, France: Éditions Arista, (1989). Première Édition en langue française. Softcover. Octavo. 188pp (+ viiipp plates). Pictorial wrappers. Colour and Black and white plates. TEXT IN FRENCH. A biographical investigation of the master alchmist known as Fulcanelli. Light bump at head of spine. Page edges toned. Basically a VG+ copy..... More
London / New York: Allen & Unwin / Humanities Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 150pp. Original crimson cloth gilt-lettered on spine. 'The Muirhead Library of Philosophy' series. Index. Slight chafing at bottom of spine, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (slightly rubbed, unclipped). More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1912. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Two volumes. cxxxii + 146 pp & 298 pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles, etc. to spines, blind rules. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends, fine white line to spine of Vol. II, paper very lightly browned, otherwise a sound and bright..... More
Edmonds, WA: The Alexandrian Press / Holmes, 1985. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Endnotes. A facsmile reprint of Thomas Taylor's translation of Plotinus' "Concerning the Beautiful" with an introduction by Taylor. Covers lightly rubbed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy. More
Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 306pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index. Two fold-out charts at rear. Bump to top of spine, otherwise a clean VG copy (no dust jacket - none called for ?). More
New York: MJF Books, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxvi + 836pp. Black papered spine lettered in gilt, blue papered boards. Index. A sharp, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket has two tiny tears at bottom of spine). More
Edmonds, WA: The Alexandrian Press, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. Booklet. 32pp. Stapled printed card wrappers. A letter, which is said to be more of "a religious treatise", from Porphyry, the third century philosopher - who was one of Plotinus' most important students. Slightest fading along spine, else a clean VG+ copy..... More
Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii + 110 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine; index. Corners, spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped. top of page edges very lightly darkened. Study of Quine & Some Buddhist Logicians. Overall, a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in..... More
Goteborg, Sweden: Akademiforlaget, 1968. First Editions. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volumes. xxiv + 200pp.; xii + 200pp. Papered printed boards. Bibliography & index. Minor bumps to spine ends, boards & spines slightly marked, top-edges dusty, otherwise a solid, unmarked VG pair ( no dust jackets). More
Davis, California: Hermagoras Press, 1992. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Octavo. lvi +[ 272pp ] eccentrically paginated - parallel text / Latin and English. Original printed wrappers, notes and bibliography. "This edition and translation of Ramus's Brutinae quaestiones (Questions of Brutus) will be valuable to scholars and teachers alike. James J...... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Softcover. Octavo. x + 276pp. Bibliography & index. 'Cambridge Studies in Philosophy.' Minor crease to front wrapper, else a tight, clean V+ copy. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. 696pp. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index. Frontis. portrait. Top-edge lightly foxed, slight shelf mark to bottom-edge, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Hutchinson, ND [ 1936 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 120pp. + 54pp. ads. Original cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Collection of essays "Do we Survive Death" by Bertrand Russell, "Is there an Afterlife?" by Rev. E. W. Barnes , "What is Death?" by Prof. J. B. S. Haldane, "Life on..... More
New York: Columbia University Press / The Facsimile Text Society, 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. [ xii ] + 136pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Slight bowing to boards, boards a bit rubbed and discoloured, hint of chafing at spine ends, page-edges toned, else a solid..... More
Paris: Triades-Editions, 1962. Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 266pp. Original printed & illustrated wrappers with folded flaps. Index. Text in FRENCH. An unusual and important edition of this allegorical reflection on good and evil by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743 - 1803), the French mystical philosopher known as "le philosophe inconnu,"..... More
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 218pp. Black cloth lettered in pink on spine. Index. Minor chafing at top & bottom of spine, top-edge dusty, else a sharp, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket rubbed, price-clipped, short top-edge tear to rear panel). More
New York: Scribners, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 602pp. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Spine slightly pulled at top & bottom, minor bumps to top-corners, previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, endpapers slightly discolored, still a solid near-VG copy in Good dust jacket (dust..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 280pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Index. 'Muirhead Library of Philosophy.' Hint of rubbing at spine ends, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly creased & torn at bottom of spine, rear panel slightly..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. 282pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Bumps to top-corners of boards, 1" faded area at bottom of spine, page-edges lightly tanned, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket0. More
