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UK: Oxford Univ Press, 1985. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 394 pages. Index. "An excellent biography that does not conceal the warts." - Financial Times. Average wear. Front black leaf removed. Lengthy gift inscription and rubber stamp upon half title. Bit of writing inside back cover. Sound copy..

USA: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pages. Index. "Intended to contribute to the advance of AI by clarifying and removing the major sources of philosophical confusion which continue to preoccupy scientists and thereby impede research... A fascinating study in the nature and future of AI, written in a style which is certain to appeal to and inform laymen and specialists alike." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy..

Scarborough, ON, Canada: Prentice-Hall Canada, Incorporated, 1994. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 499 pages including index. Small application of liquid paper atop title page. Book appears to have been read once but improperly stored as spine is moderately twisted. Light underlining in black ink on page 151. Only light wear and faint soiling. Green covers remain glossy. Clearly distinguishes bioethics from the many competing moralities in Canada, from philosophical and medical ethics and, above all, from applied ethics. Presents bioethics as requiring an inductive method, with careful attention to historical, medical, scientific and social detail. Examines the major issues from scientific, medical, legal and ethical perspectives, focusing on Canadian examples, laws and debates. This multidisciplinary approach makes the text appropriate not only for the students of philosophy and religion, but also for a variety of medical and legal studies..

Scholarly Title, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 297 pages. Author Index. Subject Index. "Offers the first complete international biography of material related to both C.G. Jung and the Jungian school of thought. Entries in all major European languages cover subjects ranging from psychology to philosophy, religion to myth, literary criticism to aesthetics." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important reference..

New York: Burt Franklin, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 356 pages. Bound reprint of numbers 1-23, originally printed October 5, 1843 through May 28, 1845. "The 'Phalanx' will explain the system of universal Association or principles of a new Organization of Society, discovered by Charles Fourier, in regard both to practical details and universal theory, and will enter into an exposition of the higher and more scientific parts of Fourier's discoveries, which have not hitherto been made known in this country, or published to any extent in English." - from page 3. Clean with light wear. Binding tight. Bookplate inside front board. Bit of writing upon front free endpaper. A quality copy..

Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1955. Book. Fair. Paperback. Fourth Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 48 pages. "Reflections on 'The Quiet Way' tract, attributed to a saintly recluse who took the religious name Wen Ch'ang, who flourished during the Tang dynasty." - pg. 3. Prior owner's stamp atop title page. Considerable marginalia and underlining in pencil and ink. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy..

The University of Chicago Press/Phoenix Books. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. Third Impression. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper to Swedish journalist Arvid Fredborg, dated 1982 in Berlin. 570 pages. A National Review Panel ranked this work as the ninth best non-fiction book of the twentieth century. "A positive statement of the principles of society that in scope and breadth is more like a new Wealth of Nations... A thorough exposition of a social philosophy which ranges from ethics and anthropology through jurisprudence and the history of ideas to the economics of the modern welfare state." - Publisher. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding sound. Dust jacket in poor condition with numerous defects..; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; LOC # 59-11618 Von Hayek, Friedrich A. The Constitution of Liberty Arvid Fredborg social philosophy ethics anthropology jurisprudence history of ideas economics modern… Read More

USA: The University of Chicago Press/Phoenix Books, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 570 pages. Footnotes. Index. "...A thorough exposition of a social philosophy which ranges from ethics and anthropology through jurisprudence and the history of ideas to the economics of the modern welfare state." - from dust jacket (not included). A National Review Panel ranked this work as the ninth best non-fiction book of the twentieth century. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate external soiling, primarily to bottom edge. A sound copy..

USA: The University of Chicago Press/Phoenix Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 0710015038 . First printing. x, 570 pages. Extensive footnotes. Index of authors quoted. Index of subjects. "A thorough exposition of a social philosophy which ranges from ethics and anthropology through jurisprudence and the history of ideas to the economics of the modern welfare state." - dust jacket. A National Review panel ranked this work the ninth best non-fiction book of the twentieth century. Date of Hayek's passing inked atop front free endpaper. Two tiny ink marks to footnote on page 475. Occasional faint pencil erasures to first quarter of book. Dust soiling to top edge otherwise book quite clean with light wear. Binding sound. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality first printing copy. Cody & Ostrem B-12, Pressman p.180.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Economics Classical… Read More

Boulder, CO: Westview Press/American Enterprise Institute, 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 182 pages. Surveys not just conservative, liberal and radical views of masculinity but also the alternatives offered by the men's rights movement, spiritual growth advocates, and black and gay rights activists. The first book to survey the range of responses to feminism that men have made, and also the first to put political theory at the center of men's awareness of their own masculinity. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Some page corners were folded. Light to moderate wear. Good working copy..

USA: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages. References. Index. "William Whewell is now recognized as the first systematic writer on the history and philosophy of science. This book shows how he engaged in metascientific criticism in the early Victorian period, when the social and intellectual status of science and scientists were still matters of contention." Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press / German Historical Institute, 1997. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages including index. Presents Descartes central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: George Braziller, 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322 pages including references and index. An exploration into the acquisition and use of knowledge for human purposes. Elaborates upon the theme that rational knowledge cast into the form of internally consistent, logically constructed and closed models of science constitutes a useful, but by no means sufficient, tool for dealing with matters of human design for a human world. Minor lean to spine. Considerable ink pen underlining to first half of contents. Some marginalia in reference section. Average wear. Binding solid..

Munchen: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Briefly inscribed and initialed (F.A.H.) by Hayek atop title page. 34, [2] ads, pages. Text in German. "Vortrag gehalten bei Antritt einer Gastprofessur an der Paris-Lodron Universitat Salzburg am 27. Januar 1970" - subtitle. Prof. Hayek's printed mailing address taped to lower half of title page. Unmarked with light wear. Moderate soiling to back cover. A quality copy..

Toronto: Penguin Books, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342 pages including index. "A remarkably thoroughgoing critique of folly. The spectacle of Saul blasting away at the conventional wisdom of left and right alike has the intellectual kick of Akira Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo'." - Newsweek. Very light wear. Prior owner's address label atop half-title page. Excellent copy..

Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1960. First English Edition. Hardcover. "A compilation of essays, many reprinted from European economic journals, on subjective value theory, a priori theorems, the science of human action, the methodology of economics, and so on. First English translation of the 1933 German first edition." - Greaves & McGee B-10. Includes a new Preface by the author. xxiii, [1], 239 pp. Index. Former library copy with average wear and usual markings. No dust jacket. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. ; The William Volker Fund Series in the Humane Studies; 8vo .

Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0391023713 . Signed, without inscription, by Murray Rothbard atop front free endpaper. "Economics can help supply much of the data for a libertarian position but it cannot establish that political philosophy itself. For political judgements are necessarily value-judgements, political philosophy is therefore necessarily ethical, and hence a positive ethical system must be set forth to establish the case for individual liberty." - Preface. "Rothbard (1926-1995) was a central figure in the 20th-century American libertarian movement and a founder and leading theoretician of anarcho-capitalism" - Wikipedia. Clean and unmarked with moderate peripheral wear to original dark blue cloth brightly lettered in gilt. Binding tight. Light foxing to edges. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. A quality signed copy of this fascinating study. ; Sm 4to; Signed by Author .

New York: Collier Books. Good. 1978. Revised Edition. Paperback. 0020746903 . 338 pages. Index. Signature of Murray Rothbard in blue ink upon title page appears to have been stamped or written in autopen. "Provides a penetrating and enlightening rationale for his approach, and applies the libertarian idea to every aspect of politics." - from back cover. "... A benchmark of how far leftward the right wing of standard brand American politics now stands." - The Washington Post. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Murray N. Rothbard Liberterianism Libertarian Manifesto Freedom Government Liberty Laissez-faire United States Economic Policy Social Policy Austrian School Economics .

England: Cambridge - at the University Press, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 208 pages. Includes: Introduction; Analysis of Contents; English Translation; Notes to the English Translation; English Index; Arabic Text; Arabic Index; Variants and Readings in the Hebrew Version. Errata slip tipped in at Table of Contents. Tight and square. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear to publisher's air force blue cloth. Dust jacket not included. A quality copy..

London: Pan, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 323 pages. Index. Bibliography. Intended to "get Western women to confront their heritage; to understand how they have been conditioned; to recognise the good as well as the bad, and to learn from it." - Church Times. Unmarked. A little more than average wear. Binding intact. Sound working ocpy..