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Humanism Books & Ephemera
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari
Vintage; 2014. Paperback. Uncreased spine. In very good condition.
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NZ$11.68
The Pattern of the Future
by Comfort, Alex
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1949. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price clipped DJ is edgeworn and age-toned. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Book cloth is slightly wrinkled. 53 pages. Four BBC Talks on Religion and Humanism given by poet, Alex Comfort in 1949. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$30.94
La Fiorita d’Italia; in Italian, decorated manuscript on parchment
by Guido da Pisa
BOOK DESCRIPTION: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY COPY OF GUIDO DA PISA'S HISTORY OF ROME, IN ITALIAN. In Italian, decorated manuscript on parchment, Italy, Tuscany, Florence(?), c. 1440-1460. Dimensions 260 x 182 mm., 83 folios, lacking nine leaves, horizontal catchwords, written in brown ink by two different scribes in Italian cursive mercantesca script in single column on 38 lines, penwork initials. BINDING: ORIGINAL dark brown calf over wooden boards blind-tooled with fillets, twisted rope and x-form motifs,...
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NZ$89,024.00
Indian Renaissance Institute: Prospectus
Dehra Dun: Indian Renaissance Institute, 1947. Pamphlet. 8p. pastebound pamphlet, 6x9.75 inches, some uneven toning and edgewear. Unused application form laid in. Includes a secretary's report for activities up to November 1947. The Institute (later Association) was founded and led by M.N. Roy, a prominent Indian revolutionary, whose international adventures included working to found the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India (Tashkent Group). He was a delegate to the Communist...
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NZ$214.00
Expositio in epistolas Pauli, illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin with frontispiece miniature possibly by a son of Jean Budé
by HAIMO OF AUXERRE
A BEAUTIFUL ILLUMINATED COPY OF THE COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL BY HAIMO OF AUXERRE COMMISSIONED BY Jean II Budé. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin, France, Paris, c. 1460-1480 and c. 1500. Dimensions 278 x 105 mm. 193 folios, catchwords, guide words, numerous small initial in red and blue, TEN LARGE DECORATED INITIALS in blue or red and gold accented with foliage and flowers, LARGE FRONTISPIECE MINIATURE with acanthus leaf border and bas-de-page the arms of Jean Budé. BINDING: Late...
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NZ$214,000.00
Vernacular Translators in Quattrocento Italy: Scribal Culture, Authority, and Agency
by Rizzi, Andrea
Brepols N.V., 2017. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Brepols N.V., 2017. 1st Edition . Near Fine/No Jacket. Book in NF condition in the original laminate boards. Internally clean. illustrated. 233pp.
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NZ$127.42
HINDU MYSTICISM: Six Lectures
by Dasgupta, S.N
Chicago: Open Court, 1927. First edition. Cloth bound in very good condition; Board corners slightly worn.. Norman Wait Harris Foundation Lectures, 1926; Label covers original printing note showing London as publishing location; 168 pages.
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NZ$64.03
Epistola de morte Hieronymi; Epistola ad Cyrillum de magnificentiis Hieronymi; Epistola de miraculis Hieronymi; Vita Sancti Hieronymi; Vita sancti Pauli; illuminated medieval manuscript on parchment
by Pseudo-Eusebius of Cremona, Pseudo-Augustine, Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, Jerome
ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT IN LATIN ON PARCHMENT, Northern Italy, c. 1440-1470. 203 x 153 mm. 70 folios, complete (collation, i-vii10), remnants of quire and leaf signatures, flourished vertical catchwords, written in a humanist minuscule on 30 long lines (justification, 147-149 x 95-100 mm), horizontal lines ruled very lightly in ink, single vertical bounding lines ruled in lead, prickings remain in top and bottom margins on some leaves, rubrics and paragraph marks in pale red, two-line red or blue...
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NZ$99,296.00
Indomitable Spirits. The figure at the end of the century
Laguna Beach, CA: Art Institute of Southern California, 1999. Staplebound. [20]p., illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Presentation inscription from Stephen Douglas to R.B. Kitaj. Catalog for an exhibition (August and September 1999) of work by fourteen artists who depict the human spirit. With an essay by curator Grady Harp. With a presentation from Stephen Douglas, whose work adorns the front cover, to Ronald Brooks Kitaj.
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NZ$68.48
The betrayal of Marx
by Bender, Frederic L
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Paperback. vii, 452p., some mild shelfwear, corners a bit worn, else very good.
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NZ$20.54
The Gate of Silence
by Stace, Walter Terence
Boston: Beacon Press, 1952. Hardcover. [10], 50, [6]p., boards. 8.5 x 5.75 in. Light blue dust jacket with a small tear and chips at head of spine; chipped at foot of spine; edges and spine sun-faded. Author's signature on page opposite the title page; one of 500 signed copies. Poems by the philosopher who taught many years at Princeton.
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NZ$34.24
Human Nature and Progress
by Schilpp, Paul Arthur
Stockton, CA: College of the Pacific, 1954. Pamphlet. 96p., wraps. 7.5 x 5.25 in. Presentation inscription. Good. Pacific Philosophy Institute publication, 4. Discusses dilemmas facing humanity at the dawn of the atomic age. Schilpp was a professor of philosophy interested in questions of moral decision making. Presentation inscription to Helen Mineta, sister of Congressperson Norman Mineta.
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NZ$42.80
Vision and Realism: A Hundred Years of The Freethinker; foreword: Barbara Wootton
by Herrick, Jim
London: G.W. Foote & Co, 1982. Paperback. viii, 129p., wraps, 5.75x8 inches. Light handling wear to wraps, else very good.
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NZ$30.82
Proceedings of the first international congress on humanism and ethical culture. Amsterdam, August 21-26, 1952 at the Municipal University
by [Roy, M.N.], Julian Huxley, J. P. van Praag, et al
Utrecht, Netherlands: Humanistisch Verbond, 1953. Paperback. 151p., 6x9 inch wraps in dustjacket; corners mildly bumped, slight soil on dj and wear along top-edge, ownership signature in pen on front dj, wrappers browned, rubberstamp on front dj from the Rochester Humanist Association, in good condition. M.N. Roy is recognized as one of the newest members elected by the board.
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NZ$51.36
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[Small archive of News & Letters items from 1976]
Detroit: News and Letters, 1976. Ephemera. This small archive comprises one letter written and signed by Ron Brokemeyer, a 3 page official call for convention by the Resident Editorial Board, an advertisement for a new series, and a 6p. pamphlet of the Constitution and By-laws of News and Letters Committees. Constitution has minor pen notation on front, and most items maintain a light damp stain on top the left corner, the letter by Brokemeyer is a tear in one corner, otherwise all items are in very...
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NZ$37.66
Towards Tomorrow : the Autobiography of Fenner Brockway (SIGNED COPY)
by Fenner Brockway
Hart-Davis, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. beige end-papers; title page in red & black; inscription on front end-paper reads: "Hilda Willis All the Best! Fenner Brockway. Christmas '81." Fenner Brockway was born in 1888 in Calcutta, the son and grandson of missionaries, became a journalist and dedicated socialist and pacifist, serving three years hard labour for refusing to fight in the Great War. He entered Parliament in...
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NZ$74.33
The humanist frame
by Huxley, Julian (1887-1975) [editor]
London : Allen & Unwin , 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 432 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The humanist frame / Julian Huxley -- Body, brain, mind and soul / Russell Brain -- Human animal / C.H. Waddington -- Science is human / J. Bronowski --...
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NZ$45.09
Pomponii Gaurici neapolitani, ... De sculptura seu statuaria:
by Gaurico, Pomponio (1481-1528)
Antwerp: Ioannes Grapheus, 1528. Second Printing. Very Good. Octavo (16 cm) [64] leaves, signed a-h in 8s. Full-page "Charity" printer's device (thought to have been designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst) on last page. Italic type. Title page elaborated at an early date in ink with image of a chalice or urn. Several ownership inscriptions in ink on title page. Marginal notes in manuscript on a4r and in lower margin of f3v. Manuscript note canceled on g6v. Bound in recent full calf with gilt...
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NZ$7,704.00
Essays of a Humanist (Pelican Books)
by Huxley, Julian
Penguin Books, Middlesex, Britain, 1964. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. preface by author,acknowledgements and index. Photographic card cover with black coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. A collection of the author's essays, setting out the facts and principles of Evolutionary Humanism. For, as the rear panel blurb states "... His important 1962 Galton Lecture on 'Eugenics In Evolutionary Perspective' is...
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NZ$10.06
Great humanists
by Hough, Lynn Harold
Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1952-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Good first edition in good price ($3.50) unclipped dust jacket. Presents better than good. Book cover (not dust jacket) is heavily stained as well as interior of dust jacket and the rear end paper. Binding is tight and text is clean. Light edge wear and chipping to the dust jacket. Some staining to page edges. Will be shipped in clear, protective, archival quality Brodart cover.
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NZ$38.43NZ$30.75
En damus C. Plinii Secundi divinum opus cui titulus, Historia mundi....
by Pliny the Elder (Plinius Secundus, Gaius); Desiderius Erasmus; Ermolao Barbaro
Basel: Johannes Froben, 1525. Very Good. Folio (37 cm); [18] leaves, 671, [143] pages. Woodcut printer's device, the double-headed caduceus designed by Holbein, on title page, on verso of p. 671, on the title page of the index, and on the final page. Holbein's detailed chiaroscuro woodcut initials throughout. Bound in vellum over boards, titled in manuscript on spine. Old jottings in manuscript on upper board (apparently an Italian and Latin vocabulary list including the names of foodstuffs)....
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NZ$8,560.00
Lettere di molte valorose donne,
by Lando, Ortensio; Lucrezia Gonzaga?
Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1548-49. First edition. Very Good. Octavo (17cm); 161 [3] leaves (including final blank). Printer's device on title page and on verso of last leaf. Woodcut initial H on f.2 populated with racquetball players, and woodcut initial D on f.3 by the figure of a woman petting a boar. Italic and Roman type. Slight yellowing, light water stain to some lower outer corners. A very good copy in c.1750 polished vellum, gilt-lettered morocco label to spine. C16 underlining...
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NZ$5,478.40
A. Persii Satyrarum liber I.D. Iunii Iuvenalis Satyrarum lib. V. Sulpiciae Satyra I.
by Persius & Juvenal; Pierre Pithou, ed
Paris: Mamert Pattison, at the press of Robert Estienne, 1585. Very Good. Octavo (17 cm); [10], 302, [10] pages. Estienne device on title page. Foliated woodcut initial and ornamental headpiece at beginning. In c17 polished calf, double-ruled in gilt on boards; five raised bands on spine, with gilt floral tools in the compartments. All edges gilt. A fine copy with some wear to corners and joins of binding; a few scattered underscorings and marginalia in an early hand. References: Schreiber, 258;...
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NZ$1,284.00
The Wreck of Western Culture. Humanism Revisited
by Carroll, John
Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 2004. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 278 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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NZ$17.68
Manabendranatha o antarjatika kamiunijama
by Roy, Samaren
Calcutta: Paribesaka Ananda, 1984. Hardcover. v, 153p. hardcover, very good, text in Bengali; inscribed in English by the author. Eight pages of plates. Biography of M.N. Roy, a prominent Indian revolutionary, whose international adventures included working to found the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India (Tashkent Group). He was a delegate to the Communist International, expelled in 1929. After WWII he advocated a new philosophy expounded in his 1947 manifesto, New Humanism.
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NZ$77.04
