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University of Minnesota Press, 1997. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A flawless copy of this handsome 1997 reprint. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, edited by Gretel Adorno and Rolf Tiedemann. Newly translated, edited, and with a translator's introduction by Robert Hullot-Kentor. #88 in University of Minnesota's formidable "Theory and History of Literature" series.

London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1928 lovely Fanfrolico Press edition of Nietzsche's "The Antichrist". Translated from the original German by P.R. Stephensen and lavishly illustrated by Norman Lindsay, with 7 of his engravings complementing the text. Bound by Kelly & Sons in half-leather over navy-blue boards and limited to 550 copies. Solid, tight and VG, with light staining and wear at the panels. Elephant folio, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. A very impressive, uncommon rendering of one of Nietzsche's darkest texts, originally published exactly 40 years earlier.

Oxford University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1986 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light soiling at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light foxing to the inner flaps and very light creasing to the panels. Thick octavo, 504 pgs. plus tables.

Frankfurt: Verlag Offentliches Leben, 1959. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing at the front panel. Octavo, 125 pgs. Text in German.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine. A solid copy of the 1951 stated 2nd edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the spine. Octavo, part of Routledge's formidable "International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method" series.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1958 1st American edition of Wittgenstein's "Preliminary Studies for the 'Philosophical Investigations' Generally Known as the Blue and Brown Books". Tight and VG+ (light soiling to the pastedowns, very light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very light staining at the spine crown and a tiny amount of light creasing to the foot of the spine. Still though, attractive and very presentable. Wittgenstein's "talks to his classes at Cambridge in the nineteen-thirties" became "the 'Blue Book' and the 'Brown Book', which he dictated in English to students between 1933 and 1935" and which "represent the teaching which accomplished what is sometimes called a 'revolution in philosophy'" (Walter Kaufmann).

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1988. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of this 1988 edition, "translated, with notes and an introduction by Eleonore Stump". Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light chipping along the spine crown. Octavo, 277 pgs.

Princeton University Press, 1998. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1998 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 260 pgs.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1982 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with light foxing to the preliminaries) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the spine ends. Thick octavo, 1,035 pgs.

Cambridge University Press, 1988. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1988 1st edition. All but pristine. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo (over 960 pgs. all told), edited by Charles Schmitt and Quentin Skinner.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co, 1939. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1939 1st US edition, in the uncommon original dustjacket. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, missing the top 2 inches of the spine and with light chipping along the edges. Still though, a perfectly presentable copy. Octavo, 275 pgs. Light ink only to the Ernest Nagel preface, not to the main text.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1979. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light foxing at the spine. Octavo, 394 pgs. "Proceedings of an International Conference Held at King's College, Cambridge March 1977"

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The uncommon, complete set of this sweeping compilation of the "The Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce". 8 volumes all told, bound in 5 separate books. Each book is clean and Near Fine and each boasts a crisp, VG+ to Near Fear dustjacket. Very mild darkening along the spines, a touch of very light rubbing at several of the panels and light creasing along 2 panel edges (Vols. III-IV). Still though, attractive and very presentable. Vols. I-VI are stated second editions (all published in 1960), Vols. VII and VIII are 1958 1st editions. The complete breakdown: Vol. I (Principles of Philosophy) and Vol. 2 (Elements of Logic) form the first book; Vol. 3 (Exact Logic) and Vol. IV (The Simplest Mathematics) form the second book; Vol. V (Pragmatism and Pragmaticism) and Vol. VI (Scientific Metaphysics) form the third book; Vol. VII (Science and Philosophy) forms the fourth book; and Volume VIII (Reviews, Corresponences and… Read More

University of Chicago Press, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1960 2nd printing, in its uncommon hardback. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine and just a touch of creasing at the spine ends. (From the front flap: "In this commentary a leading Kantian scholar makes a full historical, literary, and philosophical examination -- the first one in any language-- of the "Critique of Pure Reason", considering it in relation to the total eighteenth-century backgound.").

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Original wraps. Near Fine. SIGNED BY BUCKMINSTER FULLER on the half-title. A very clean copy to boot of the 1981 1st paperback edition (which was printed simultaneously --we believe-- with the hardback edition). Clean and Near Fine in its beige wrappers, with just a touch of light spotting at the top and bottom-edges.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition of this "first comprehensive biography of Damiao de Gois in any language. Based on extensive research, it presents one of the most colorful figures of Portugal's Golden Age, a widely travelled diplomat, a writer of distinction, a notable composer, and a close friend of Erasmus". Tight and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild chipping and creasing along the spine crown, and a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, part of Martinus Nijhoff's formidable "International Archives of the History of Ideas" series.

Oxford, England: Oxford Uniersity Press, 1967. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. A handsome copy of this 1967 1st thus, edited and translated by Denys Hay and W.K. Smith. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 268 pgs. Original Latin text on each verso, the English translation on the rectos.

Indiana University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1986 1st edition. Solid, tight and VG+ (with small former owner stamp and date at front free endpaper) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing --and one tiny chip-- along the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 285 pgs.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1947 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG example of the fragile dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges. An "analysis of the disintegration of the basic concepts of Western civilization" by Max Horkheimer (1895-1973), the renowned German philosopher and sociologist.

New York: Cahrles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1940 1st thus, the 1st American re-issue of the 1916 original printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, Santayana setting his sites on "egotism in German thinking"