Category: Philosophy

Les Songes du Chevalier de la Marmotte

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale : 1970

Seller ID: 013758

Condition: Very Good

[Originally published 1745). Facsimile reprint, slim 12mo, pp 108, marbled endpapers, extremely clean internally, full calf with gilt decorated spine, corners very slightly bumped, otherwise a very good copy. [Number 84 of a limited edition of 250 copies.]
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Magia Delle Preghiere. Volume 1 (La teorie) antico manuale di preghiere e formule magiche. Volume 2 (La pratica) figure e sigilli per uso magico

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Fratelli Melita Editori : 1988

Seller ID: 008567

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Two volumes. Illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp 115, (8); (40), paperback, neat inscription on endpaper of first volume, price painted out on rear cover of second volume, otherwise good clean copies. [Complete sets are scarce]
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Novum Organum, or True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature

By: Bacon, Francis [Francis Lord Verulam]

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London & New York, George Routledge & Sons : 1897

Seller ID: 018261

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Small octavo, not illustrated, pp 245, + publisher's catalogue 8 pages, fore-edge a little foxed and also pages 6/7. otherwise clean internally, green cloth, the spine head slightly bruised, otherwise very good. {Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books}. [Francis Bacon, 1561 - 1626, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as contributing to the scientific method and remained influential through the later stages of the scientific revolution. Bacon's seminal work Novum Organum was influen...
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Swedenborg and Shakespeare - A Comparison

By: Baynham, George W.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, James Spiers : 1894

Seller ID: 008717

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Good

Small 16mo, (measures 104mm x 164mm), pp 16, scattered foxing, no covers (as issued). Extremely scarce. {Postage will be reduced}.
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A New Discourse of Trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; the Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade and Nature of Plantations are discussed.

By: Child, Sir Josiah

Price: £225.00

Publisher: London Bridge, J. Hodges (et al) : 1745

Seller ID: 016628

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Fourth edition, [1754]. Small 12mo, pp (4), xlvi, 232, a little age-toning and a few blemishes, the endpapers and the first and last few pages have some browning around the margins, overall however the contents are sound and tight, contenporary full calf a little worn, rubbed at the corners, the spine dull, some cracking at the joints but all firm. [Child {c. 1630/31 - 1699) was an English merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He purchased Wanstead Manor in Essex in 1673 from the executors of Sir Robert Brooke and spent m...
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A World of Wounds: Ecolgists and the Human Dilemma

By: Ehrlich, Paul R.

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Oldendorf/Luhe, Ecology Institute : 1997

Seller ID: 014864

ISBN: 0932-2205

Binding: Laminated boards

Condition: Very Good

Large octavo, pp xxiv, 210, laminated boards, a very good copy, almost as new. [Recipient of the ECI Prize in 1993 for terrestrial ecology. Reviews and analyses the essential aspects of modern ecological research and its bearing on society and on related sciences. The author deplores that many ecologists are not doing enough to motivate society into counteracting the increasing degradation of our environment. Hence, he outlines and discusses what, in his opinion, research ecologists should do to avoid the world's plunge towards ecocatastrophe.
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Familiar Territory - Observations on American Life

By: Epstein, Joseph

Price: £7.50

Publisher: New York & Oxford, Oxford University Press : 1979

Seller ID: 016940

ISBN-13: 9780195026047

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Octavo, pp xii, 204, extremely clean internally, dark blue cloth, a bit faded but otherwise good, no dustwrapper.
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Histoire de Calejava, ou de L'Isle des Hommes Raisonnables; avec le paralelle de leur morale & du Christianisme

By: Gilbert, Claude

Price: £17.50

Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale : 1970

Seller ID: 013749

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

[Originally published 1700]. Facsimile reprint, 12mo, pp 329, (7), very clean internally, full calf, raised bands on spine, rubbed and scuffed, several bits of calf are peeling on the lower cover. [Limited edition of 250 copies, this one being number 69.]
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L'homme en société, ou nouvelles vues politiques et économiques pour porter la population au plus haut degré en France. Tome I-II.

By: Goyon de la Plombanie, Henri de

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale

Seller ID: 013756

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

[Originally published 1753]. Facsimile edition, two volumes bound in one, 12mo, pp xii, 262; 279, marbled endpapers, exceptionally clean internally, full calf, gilt decorated spine, very slightly worn and marked. {Number 93 of a limited edition of 250 copies}. [Published anonymously, as was often the case with this author. Foreshadows the effects of increased production on society, the results of industrialisation, urban migration and overcrowding, he proposed the use of cartography to record natural borders and indicate ownership of land, and the improvement of road transport with the use of...
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Evolution and Ethics, 1893 - 1943

By: Huxley, T.H. & Huxley, Julian

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, The Pilot Press Ltd : 1947

Seller ID: 018512

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Octavo, not illustrated, pp viii, 235, endpapers age-toned, otherwise quite clean internally, blue cloth slightly faded and worn, in a rather poor dustwrapper.
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What Is Man ? - Evolution's Answer

By: Machin, Arthur

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, C.A. Watts : 1949

Seller ID: 007782

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Small 8vo, pp vi, 209, very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn and faded, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped but which is a little worn, frayed and faded.
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The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefits With an Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, and a Search Into the Nature of Society.To which is added A Vindication of the book from the aspersion contain'd in a presentment of the Grand Jury......

By: Mandeville, Bernard de

Price: £300.00

Publisher: Shakespear's-Head over-against Katherine Street, J. Tonson : 1724

Seller ID: 019383

Binding: Quarter leather

Condition: Good

[title continues...."and an abusive letter to Lord C.]. Third addition. Octavo, title page, pp [xiv], 428, [12], [2], 443-477, (pages 74/75 are mispaginated 82/83, but all is correct), some pencil underlining and marginal lining (see illustration) but nowhere too offensove, otherwise the pages are remarkably clean, rebound in marbled boards and leather spine with paper title label, slightly dull and rubbed but good and sound. [Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (1670 -1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he lived mos...
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Pursuing Innocent Pleasures - The Gardening World of Alexander Pope

By: Martin, Peter

Price: £18.50

Publisher: Hamden, Connecticut, Archon Books : 1984

Seller ID: 017764

ISBN-13: 9780208020116

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxvi, 309, rear endpaper slightly marked, otherwise very clean internally, grey cloth with very slight signs of use, the spine slightly bleached.
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Bioethics - an introduction for the biosciences

By: Mepham, Ben

Price: £17.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 2005

Seller ID: 013581

ISBN-13: 9780199267156

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A few illustrations and charts within the text, large octavo, pp xvi, 386, paperback, lower cover has a slightly creased corner, otherwise a very good bright copy. [Bioethical issues remain front-page news, with debate continuing to rage over issues including genetic modification, animal cloning, and "designer babies" With public opinion often driven by media speculation, how can we ensure that informed decisions regarding key bioethical issues are made in a reasoned, objective way? Ideal for students new to the subject, Bioethics: An Introduction for the Biosciences offers a balanced, objecti...
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Song of the Sky

By: Murchie, Guy

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Secker & Warburg : 1955

Seller ID: 018980

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with small line drawings, octavo, pp 408, the fore-edge and top edge a little foxed, the front endpaper a little age-toned and with a neat signature, otherwise clean internally, blue cloth very slightly worn and faded, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, but it is a little worn chipped and frayed. The dustwrapper is designed by the British modernist and surrealist painter John S. Tunnard. [Guy Murchie was an American writer about science and philosophy: aviation, astronomy, biology, and the meaning of life. He was, successively, a world traveler; a war correspondent; a photograph...
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Between Earth and Sky - our intimate conection to trees

By: Nadkarni Nalini

Price: £16.50

Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press : 2008

Seller ID: 016066

ISBN-13: 9780520248564

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

A few illustrations, octavo, pp xii, 322, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [World-renowned canopy biologist Nalini Nadkarni has climbed trees on four continents with scientists, students, artists, clergymen, musicians, activists, loggers, legislators, and Inuits, gathering diverse perspectives. In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, art, and photography, she becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that illuminates the profound connections we have ...
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Beyond the Horizon

By: Pankaj, Shruti

Price: £3.75

Publisher: Mitcham, Kavi-Lok : 1981

Seller ID: 014010

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Small octavo, pp 84, paperback, a very good copy.
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Vues d'un Citoyen

By: Piarron de Chamousset, Claude-Humbert

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale : 1970

Seller ID: 013753

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

(Originally published 1757). Facsimile reprint, two volumes in one, 12mo, pp (8), 239, (i); 277, (5), extremely clean and bright internally, full calf, gilt decorated spine, slightly rubbed and scuffed, but a good sound copy. [Number 85 of a limited edition of 250 copies.]. {The author, 1717 - 1773, was a French master at the Court of Auditors, physician and philanthropist. Born in Paris, he was the originator of mutual benefit societies. According to A. Piron (1838), in 1758 he established a new postal system at Paris charging two sols for a single letter under one ounce, replacing the ear...
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The Two Biologies - an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 24th October 1963

By: Pringle, J.W.S.

Price: £4.50

Publisher: Oxford at The Clarendon Press : 1963

Seller ID: 017730

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Small slender octavo (measures 35cm x 14cm], pp 28, very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly age-toned and marked around the spine. [Postage will be much reduced].
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Reflections on the Philosophy of Sir Arthur Eddington. The First Arthur Stanley Eddington Memorial Lecture 4 November 1947.

By: Ritchie, A.D. (introduction by C.E. Raven)

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1948

Seller ID: 018855

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

12mo, pp x, 38, a bit creased and folded throughout, plain paper covers with attached dustwrapper, slightly age-toned and marked. [Postage will be reduced]
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