The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt - 1966

Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel, for Thomas Buck, 1640. 6th edition, 1640. Also includes Gerards Prayers: or, A Daily Practice of Piete, seventh edition. Full calf with spine label, gilt ruled spine with decorated compartments, [22], 321, [14], 155 pages. Title page has decorative elements surrounding the text, no additional engraved title, no evidence that one was ever bound in. Covers worn and rubbed, front cover detached, spine ends lightly chipped, text block sound, pages age-toned and foxed but generally clean with a few old underlines in the first meditation. . Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., 1871 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 32pp, bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, head & tail-pieces, with binding and hinges tight. In a protective mylar cover. Covers show rubbed leather tips. This paper was contributed to the American Quarterly Church Review, to appear in July, 1871.

Amsterdam: Jodocum Janssonium (Jodokus Jansson), 1651. (4 Bl.), 672, 44 S., (2 Bl.); Titelvignette, Kapitelbordüre, Schlußvignette in Holzschnitt; zusammen mit Coronis apologetica pro Colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis, quantum per otium licuit, fideliter collecta a P. S. (= Petro Scriverio). Accedit ejusdem de colloquiorum utilitate dissertatio; Titelblatt u. die ersten drei nicht nummerierte Blätter (Inhaltsverz. u. Vorwort) als unauffälliges Faksimile miteingebunden, moderner Pergamentband unter Verwendung einer alten Handschrift, handschriftl. Rückentitel . Pergament. Befriedigend. 13 cm.

Londini: Prostant Apud Robertum Scott, Bibliopolam. Good+. 1686. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in tan paper covered boards. Text is tight, bright & intact. [4.136pp]. Latin text. Covers are scuffed & spine head is rubbed with minor loss. 2-3 lines of old notes from early owner on one front & one rear endpaper. Rare marginal note. Bookplate & blind stamp of University of Chicago: no other library markings. The author was a scholar and librarian who was said to have the best private library in the world (Massil 2003). Philosophy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages .

Ron L. Hubbard - Science of Survival. Simplified, Faster Dianetic Techniques - Wichita (Kansas), Hubbard Dianetic Foundation; The Wichita Publishing Co, 1951 - First Edition, 4th printing- Hardcover (rebound, library binding) - 328pp - 20x14 cmCondition Good - Rebound in library binding, label removed inside and small stamp on title page. Cover a bit dirty, inside in really good condition.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel, for Thomas Buck, 1640. 6th edition, 1640. Also includes Gerards Prayers: or, A Daily Practice of Piete, seventh edition. Full calf with spine label, gilt ruled spine with decorated compartments, [22], 321, [14], 155 pages. Title page has decorative elements surrounding the text, no additional engraved title, no evidence that one was ever bound in. Covers worn and rubbed, front cover detached, spine ends lightly chipped, text block sound, pages age-toned and foxed but generally clean with a few old underlines in the first meditation. . Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Athens, Tenn: William P. Reid, 1833. Hard Cover. Good. Title page continued: "And a Dissertation on the Prophecies, in reference to the rise and fall of the beast, the cleansing of the sanctuary, the beginning and duration of the millenium, and the little season; together with a calculation shewing the exact time of the death of Christ, and, also, calculations shewing the precise time of the rise and fall of the beast, and the beginning of the millennium, &c. . . . Second Edition." Printed by John M. Gibbs. xii, 298, [2], 97, iii p.; 22 cm. Contemporary binding: leather spine with gilt-tooled spine title "Pearson's Analysis" and blue-, black-, and white-patterned paper over boards. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: LaMonte Sayler. A Dissertation on the Prophecies has separate title page and pagination. Published in Athens, Tenn., by W.P. Reid, but printed by Gibbs & Hoon. The author, Abel Pearson (1779-1856), organized Soddy Presbyterian Church,… Read More

Amsterdam: Jodocum Janssonium (Jodokus Jansson), 1651. (4 Bl.), 672, 44 S., (2 Bl.); Titelvignette, Kapitelbordüre, Schlußvignette in Holzschnitt; zusammen mit Coronis apologetica pro Colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis, quantum per otium licuit, fideliter collecta a P. S. (= Petro Scriverio). Accedit ejusdem de colloquiorum utilitate dissertatio; Titelblatt u. die ersten drei nicht nummerierte Blätter (Inhaltsverz. u. Vorwort) als unauffälliges Faksimile miteingebunden, moderner Pergamentband unter Verwendung einer alten Handschrift, handschriftl. Rückentitel . Pergament. Befriedigend. 13 cm.

London: Seeley's. Good+. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Written after a trip to the Moravian Missions in South Africa, these are a collection of essays on a variety of topics including music and the abolition of slavery. Clean embossed dark green cloth with bright gilt title on front cover. Mended front internal hinge with cover firmly attached. A few pages with margin marks and turned down page corners. Religion; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 84 pages .

First edition. Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor for the London Unitarian Society. London. 1815. Octavo. xvi, 493pp. 3pp publisher's adverts. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Rubbed with to extremities. Some browning/foxing, mainly to endpapers. Occasional light marginal pencil lining. Adhesive residue to fep. with bookplate of G. P. Burns, and his signature to ffep.
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) British Enlightenment polymath. Scientist, theologian, philosopher he was the first to identify oxygen and other core gases. He invented soda water. In 1794 he emigrated to Pennsylvania where was befriended by Thomas Jefferson as 'one of the few lives precious to mankind'. His achievements have only recently begun to be acknowledged. His metaphysical works influenced Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert Spencer.
Thomas Belsham (1750-1829) Nonconformist author. Successor to Priestley at Hackney.
The Priestley v. Horsley, Unitarian v. Trinitarian controversy documented for the first time.… Read More