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Reasons and Persons by Parfit, Derek - 1984

Reasons and Persons

by Parfit, Derek

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Important & influential text, intended for the general reader as well as the philosopher, assuming no previous knowledge of philosophy. Divided into four sections, discussing self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity, and responsibility toward future generations, this is considered one of the most influential books on moral philosophy published in the last century. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first printing, noting no later printings. Book shows minor wear, light creasing to the page edges of about the first half of the book; minor smudging to page edges, tiny faint spot to front endsheet; jacket (cover photo by the author) shows minor edgewear, a few tiny chips. Text clean, no names or marks; xv, blank, 543 pages; index, bibliography, notes, a few figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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  • ISBN 10 0198246153
  • ISBN 13 9780198246152
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Place of Publication Oxford
  • Date Published 1984
  • Size Octavo
  • Keywords Philosophy, Ethics, Morality, Rationalism, Self, Personal Identity, Personhood, BIBLIO-LIVE-2
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by Obama, Barack

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Written With My Left Hand
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Written With My Left Hand

by Barker, Nugent; foreword by Lord Gorell

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London: Percival Marshall & Co Ltd, 1951. 21 macabre, humorous, & fantastic tales by this well-regarded but now obscure author, comprising his entire known output. Original edition, hardcover in jacket, as pictured; evocative art by "Eisner". Should appeal to fans of Walter De La Mare and John Metcalfe, according to Douglas A. Anderson's foreword in the 2002 reprint. Light wear to book, minor corner bumps, couple of tiny spots of foxing; jacket shows light rubbing, minor creasing, a few small chips, tiny stain to rear panel, some fading to spine; pages lightly tanned. Text clean; ix, blank, 233 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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The Mirror of Legends
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The Mirror of Legends

by Lazare, Bernard; translated by Brian Stableford

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Snuggly Books, 2017. Collection of esoteric short stories translated from the French, "based on Greek, mythological and Biblical sources...[a] mixture of erudition, heretical speculation and heightened lyricism...." Lazare (1865-1903) was a notable French Symbolist, journalist, polemicist, & anarchist, opposing persecution of Jews and Armenians. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued; one of only 60 copies so bound. Light wear, dent to spine, base of spine bumped, else fine. Text clean, no names or marks; xvi, 178 pages.. First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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The Tyranny of the Dark
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The Tyranny of the Dark

by Garland, Hamlin

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London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Novel of a "girl" with psychic powers she doesn't understand, and her rescue from 'darkness' by her lover; a change in subject matter for Garland, better-known for his literary realism and memoirs of rural life, though he became interested in spiritualism in the 1890s, and spent much of his time investigating psychic phenomena after his move to Hollywood in 1929. Bleiler, Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction p. 79. Hardcover in partial jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, corners rubbed, minor bumps to edges; jacket torn & creased, with only a 1-inch square of the spine left - a remarkable survivor! Ink name & date on free endsheet, some foxing, mostly to/adjacent to the plates, endsheets tanned; text clean; [viii], [439] pages; 8 b/w plates as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by W. E. Mears. Duodecimo.
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Our Journey Together (Signed by President Donald Trump)
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Our Journey Together (Signed by President Donald Trump)

by Trump, Donald J

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Winning Team Publishing, 2021-12-06. Limited. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12x1x10. Signed. Boldly and beautifully SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP on a large decorative bookplate attached to the front endpaper. Brand new gorgeous gift worthy condition. Note! This is a large and heavy book so overseas buyers should obtain a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.
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The Man Who Was There
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The Man Who Was There

by Morris, Wright

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First edition 1st printing, Fine minus book with push at top of spine and lightly bumped top corner, bookseller notations and price in light pencil on front end page; in a Near Fine jacket with light edge and corner wear, slight color loss, couple of tiny chips, soiled along edges of back panel and flaps. Signed by Morris on front end page. Morris’ second novel. Clipped listing from Robert Dagg Rare Books, San Francisco, Summer 2006 catalogue is laid-in and notes – The author’s own copy with his early owner signature on flyleaf.
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Agent Running in the Field (Signed, Limited Deluxe Edition)

by Le Carre, John

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SIGNED, LIMITED, and NUMBERED FIRST UK DELUXE EDITION. NEW, Unread. London, Viking, October 17, 2019. Bound in Red Leather, still in the Original Shrinkwrap in which the book was originally sold. This Exclusive Edition is Signed by Le Carre on the Title/Limitation Page and numbered out of only 100 copies printed. This copy is still sealed so the limitation number is not known.
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Psmith Journalist
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Psmith Journalist

by Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)

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viii+247 pages with twelve plates including frontispiece plate. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue pictorial cloth with cream lettering to spine and white, black and blue pictorial to spine and cover. (Ahern 015c) First edition first issue with "Black" at foot of spine measuring eight of an in rather than three sixteenths of an inch.
Psmith, Journalist is a novel by P G Wodehouse, first released in the United Kingdom as a serial in The Captain magazine between October 1909 and February 1910, and published in book form in the UK on 29 September 1915, by Adam & Charles Black, London, and, from imported sheets, by Macmillan, New York, later that year. The story was also incorporated into the US version of The Prince and Betty, published by W.J. Watt and Co., New York, on 14 February 1912. This combined the magazine versions of The Prince and Betty and Psmith, Journalist, and is a very different book from that published as The Prince and Betty in the UK.
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White Fang
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White Fang

by Jack London

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Condition: VG+. First edition, second issue with tipped in title page (as expected). 327 pp. followed by two leaves of ads. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's stamp to FFEP and an owner's bookplate affixed to rear of first color plate. Solid and square book. Front pastedown has some cracking at hinge.
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The Fountainhead

by Rand, Ayn

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Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Early printing. No "First Edition" statement on the copyright page. Red cloth binding with gilt titles. Jacket is second issue with author photo and three reviews on the rear panel and priced at $3.00. The jacket is bright and has a little fading to the spine. Very attractive copy of this important work.
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Reasons and Persons
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Reasons and Persons

by Parfit, Derek

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Reasons and Persons

by Parfit, Derek

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Oxford University Press, 12/04/1984 00:00:01. hardcover. Good. **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket 1984 Reprint; with previouis owner signature on ffep and title page
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Reasons and Persons
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Reasons and Persons

by Parfit, Derek

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Important & influential text, intended for the general reader as well as the philosopher, assuming no previous knowledge of philosophy. Divided into four sections, discussing self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity, and responsibility toward future generations, this is considered one of the most influential books on moral philosophy published in the last century. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first printing, noting no later printings. Book shows minor wear, light bumping to corners, small dent to upper edge of front board; jacket (cover photo by the author) shows a hint of edgewear, minor creasing. Text clean, no names or marks; xv, blank, 543 pages; index, bibliography, notes, a few figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Townsend, Jacinda

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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
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Gold

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.

Quelques Optimistes.

by Sempe

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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan

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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)

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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More
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Christopher Blake

by Hart, Moss

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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares

by Jones, Gayl

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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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