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$35.00
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The Scone in New Zealand Literature, and Other Essays 1990-2020


SIMPSON, TONY

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Blythswood Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa literature literary essays collection anthologies Tony Simpson social commentary

$20.00
xx122pol221261

Rangikura


TIBBLE, TAYI

FIRST EDITION, octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Victoria University of Wellington Press 2021

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers poets authors literature poetry verse Tayi Tibble poems

$15.00
xx122pol221262

The Gramophone Room


STEAD, C K (Selected by) & GIFKINS, MICHAEL (Selected by)

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Department of English, University of Auckland 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand short fiction poetry poems verse literature anthologies collections

$27.50
xx122pol221264

Through Other Continents: American Literature Across Deep Time


DIMOCK, WAI CHEE

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: American literature literary studies

$100.00
3d2/20

Symbolic Logic: An Introduction


FITCH, FREDERIC BRENTON

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 238pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (minor fading & rubbing to spine, moderate chipping to edges- minor loss, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Ronald Press 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy logic symbolic literature Frederic Brenton Fitch

$42.50
3d2/23

The Problem of Induction and Its Solution


KATZ, JERROLD J

Octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 125pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1968

KEYWORDS: philosophy induction literature Jerrold J Katz

$60.00
3d2/25

Philosophy and Computer Science


COLBURN, TIMOTHY R & FETZER, JAMES H (Series Editor)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xi + 243pp, VG (moderate curling to cover edges, minro chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling/ink markings to page edges)

PUBLISHER: M E Sharpe 1999

KEYWORDS: philosophy computer science literature Timothy R Colburn

$60.00
3d2/26

Causation, Physics, and the Constitution of Reality: Russell's Republic Revisited


PRICE, HUW (Ed) & CORRY, RICHARD (Ed)

Super octavo, white & purple light card wrappers, purple & yellow lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 403pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's initials in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature physics Bertrand Russell essays

$50.00
3d2/28

A Companion to Wittgenstein's Tractatus


BLACK, MAX

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 451pp, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading & moderate tanning to spine & edges, sl creasing & chipping to egdes, minor general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature Ludwig Wittgenstein companion tractatus

$40.00
3d2/30

Essays on Wittgenstein's Tractatus


COPI, IRVING M (Ed) & BEARD, ROBERT W (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 414pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning& foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning & soiling, 2.5cm clsoed tear to base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1966

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature essays Ludwig Wittgenstein first editions

$850.00
3d2/31

Kurt Godel: On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems


GODEL, KURT & MELTZER, B (Trans) & BRAITHWAITE, R B (Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE! PENCIL ANNOTATIONS OF NZ PHILOSOPHER G J REID, octavo, light green/grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, viii + 72pp, VG (moderate staining & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, aforementioned annotation throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy scuffing to spine, 3cm tear to base of spine- tidy archival tape repair, moderate chafing & soiling, minor tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd 1962

KEYWORDS: UK first editions philosophy literature English translations Kurt Godel principia mathematica

$60.00
3d2/32

The Anatomy of the Soul: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Mind


KENNY, ANTHONY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 146pp, VG (light bruising & tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occassional pencil markings) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & rear cover, minro tanning & foxing to flaps, minor creasing & chipping to edges- 1cm closed tear to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1973

KEYWORDS: first editions literature essays philosophy Anthony Keith

$100.00
3d2/52

The Handbook to the Bay of Plenty and Guide to the Hot Lakes, the Boiling Springs, the Healing Baths, the Geysers, the Intermitting Fountains &c in the Rotomahana and Taupo Districts, (Province of Auckland) New Zealand


N/A

Ex-library- stiffened boards utillizing original cover, octavo, black hand-written lettering to spine, marbled eps, large folding map to prelims- tidy, 20pp + 18pp ads to rear, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing & foxing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Langbridge & Edgcumbe 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical travel literature guides Rotomahana Taupo hot lakes thermal pools

$40.00
3d1/2

Causation and the Types of Necessity


DUCASSE, CURT JOHN & TOMAS, VINCENT (Intro)

SCARCE, ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, iii + 156pp + catalogue to rear, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear pastedowns)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1969

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature causation

$40.00
3d1/3

Writings on Physics and Philosophy


PAULI, WOLFGANG & ENZ, CHARLES P (Ed) & VON MEYENN, KARL (Ed) & SCHLAPP, ROBERT (Trans)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, purple & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 289pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag 1994

KEYWORDS: philosophy physics science literature Wolfgang Pauli

$40.00
3d1/4

The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas


GILLESPIE, CHARLES COULSTON

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 562pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to bottom corners of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: UK first editions essays literature science history scientific ideas

$40.00
3d1/6

Philosophical Introduction to Probability


GALAVOTTI, MARIA CARLA

Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & covers, x + 265pp, VG+ (occasional light pencil markings, minor curling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear)

PUBLISHER: CSLI Publications 2005

KEYWORDS: philosophy probability literature Maria Carla Galavotti

$40.00
3d1/7

A Realistic Theory of Categories: An Essay on Ontology


CHISHOLM, RODERICK M

Octavo, pink glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, ix + 146pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: philosophy theory literature ontology metaphysics Roderick M Chisholm

$40.00
3d1/8

Education and Inquiry


ANDERSON, JOHN & PHILLIPS, D Z (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 228pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink & pencil annotation to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasig & chipping to edges, 2.5cm closed tear to base of rear cover- archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions philosophy literature essays education

$55.00
3d1/9

Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of Metaphysics


GRACIA, JORGE J E

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, xx + 315pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: University of New York Press 1988

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics literature essays Jorge J E Gracia

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