Polylogue by KRISTEVA, Julia - 1977

Avignon, France: Antoine-Ignace Fez, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, [4], 622, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: [pi]8 A-2C12 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title "Vie de S. Vinc. de Paul" on red morocco label in second compartment. Gilt-decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Error in signing: Qv signed Qvi. Printed paper label on front fixed endpaper for bookseller Louis-Guillaume Labottiere, Bordeaux. In an old hand on title page: "ex libris Congregationis Missionis domus Burdigalensis Catalogo inscriptus." Short inscription on front fixed endpaper. The author, Pierre Collet (1693-1770), wrote this biography following the beatification in 1729 and canonization in 1737 of St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660). It was first published anonymously in 1748; in this somewhat abridged version it became very popular. In Very Good- Condition: leather rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; corners… Read More

London: Macdonald, 1953. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Near Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. 312 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. True First Edition (London). A Bright, Clean Example, Gilt Bright, No Marks. Fragile Dust Jacket Is Clean And Complete, Traces Of Rubbing At Corners, Some Browning To White Areas Of Spine And Rear Panel And Flaps, Price 15S Printed On Front Flap, 1/8" Square Chip At Top Spine Edge.

New Dehli: Sterling Publishers. 2001. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new. This book is a compilation of Questions-and-Answers, collected together from several sessions held all over the world with Dada J.P. Vaswani-a brilliant orator, a gifted writer, a scientist-turned-philosopher, and a living saint in the tradition of India's seers and sages. ---excerpt from front inside flap of dust jacket .

Paris: Collectif Change, 1975. First edition. Very Good +. VARIOUS. Change 22: Limprononcable. Lecriture nomade. Collectif Change, Paris, Fevrier1975. TP + 3 4 = Table + 5 222 + 1 leaf, Octavo. First Edition.A collection of philosophical essays by leading French intellectuals of the 20th century. Authors include Levinas and Blanchot, among others.CONDITION: Original wrappers, bright and clean, with slight edgewear. A very good+ copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Londres: par M. Mirabaud, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The Bible of Materialism (PMM 215) HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215 This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered. In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all… Read More

Budissin, Ger. [Bautzen, Ger.]: George Gotthold Monse, 1801. Hardcover. Good -. xii, 676, [4] p.; 20 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black-tooled title and decoration in second compartment. All page edges red. Woodcut headpiece on p. 1. Writing in an old hand at foot of title page. First edition. The author, Georg Heinrich Loskiel (1740-1814), was a Moravian minister from Latvia who came to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1801 to head the Moravian community. This collection of daily spiritual meditations was published in Budissin (now Bautzen, Ger.) shortly before he left Europe for the United States. In 1802 he was appointed presiding bishop of the Northern district of the American province of the Moravian Church. Very scarce. In Good- Condition: leather is rubbed with slight loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is partially separated; back joint is starting at head of spine; lacking the second and third leaves of the index; lacking… Read More

Bethlehem, PA: Society for Propagating the Gospel. Good+. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black cloth. A narrow color faded area on bottom edge of front & rear covers. Front internal hinge with a mended paper tear, with cover firmly attached. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W photograph illustrations. A pioneer effort to evangelize a part of the Dark Continent . Religion, Moravian; B/W Photograph Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

Paris: Collectif Change, 1975. First edition. Very Good +. VARIOUS. Change 22: Limprononcable. Lecriture nomade. Collectif Change, Paris, Fevrier1975. TP + 3 4 = Table + 5 222 + 1 leaf, Octavo. First Edition.A collection of philosophical essays by leading French intellectuals of the 20th century. Authors include Levinas and Blanchot, among others.CONDITION: Original wrappers, bright and clean, with slight edgewear. A very good+ copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Londres: par M. Mirabaud, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The Bible of Materialism (PMM 215) HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215 This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered. In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all… Read More

Paris: Guliemi Rouillij et Philippi G. Rouillij, 1563. First Edition. vellum. Very good. The Nature of Things (PMM 87) LUCRETIUS, Carus Titus. De Rerum Natura. Libri Sex. A Dionysio Lambino. Monstroliensi litterarum Graecarum in vrbe Lutetia, doctore Regio, locis innumerabilibus ex auctoritate quinque codicum manuscriptorum emendati, atque in antiquum acnatiium statum fere restituti, & pretarea breuibus, & perquam vtilibus commentariis illustrati. Guliemi Rouillij et Philippi G. Rouillij, Paris, 1563. 1 blank leaf + TP + [iii] - [xiv] = Karolo Valesio Nono + [xv] - [xvi] = Dionysius Lambinus + [xvii] - [xix] = Idem erudito Lectori + [xx] = Avratus in Lucretium + [xxi] - [xxii] = Philippus Galterus + [xxii] - [xxiv] = errata + 1 - 559 + 1 blank leaf, Small Quarto. First Lambin Edition. PMM 87 Denis Lambin [1520-1572] was a French classical scholar and professor of Latin & Greek. One of the grandest and most moving poems in the Latin language, Lucretius' work has delighted inquiring minds in every… Read More