Books - "philosophy"
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Basel in the Age of Burckhardt: A Study in Unseasonable Ideas
Super octavo, white heavy boards, purple lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate deformity/mishapening to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Basel 19th nineteenth century history Switzerland Europe philosophy culture
The Platform of the Sixth Patriarch
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Columbia
KEYWORDS: platform sutra fifth patriarch tun-huang tun huang translated buddism philosophy spirituality religion religious
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition
Imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lvi + 897pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sm lettering in ink to lower page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light closed tearing in various spots, light soiling to spine & covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy art history technology
Genuine Fake: A Biography of Alan Watts
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: william Heinemann 1986
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alan Watts sixties 60s philosophy
Earth at Omega: Passage to Planetization
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 117pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamp in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, 3cm loss to top of front flap, moderate chafing with light surface loss)
PUBLISHER: The Branden Press 1982
KEYWORDS: philosophy politics Donald Keys planetary existence
The Impossible Question
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG+ (light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in pencil & ownership stamp in ink to ffepsl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate foxing, light discolourationt o spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to lower edges of front cover with archival tape repair)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972
KEYWORDS: first edition spirituality meditation teachings Krishnamurti philosophy
Atmatattwam: Recorded Talks of Sri Adwayananda (Sri K. Padmanabha Menon)
Octavo, brown light card covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 201pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Advaita Publishers 1995
KEYWORDS: talks religion spirituality Sri Adwayananda philosophy
Spiritual Elixir: Timeless Excerpts From Correspondence
Octavo, blue light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, xi + 383pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light foxing to page edges, some page edges roughly cut & creased, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Ruhani Satsang (Books) 1978
KEYWORDS: spirituality religion philosophy Kirpal Singh India
Mysticism: The Spiritual Path
2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xviii + 176pp, vol 2- xxvi + 424pp, VG+ (light fading & bruising to extrems & spines, light foxing to page edges, light smudging to print to front board of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Radha Soami Satsang Beas 1995-97
KEYWORDS: spirituality mysticism philosophy
Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way
octavo, yellow cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 282pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963
KEYWORDS: spirituality philosophy Wei Wu Wei taoism ancient Chinese China
Commentaries on Living: Second Series: From the Notebooks of J. Krishnamurti
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1959
KEYWORDS: philosophy Krishnamurti teachings
Words
Paperback (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1971
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Jean-Paul Sartre philosophy literature
On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism After Structuralism
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987
KEYWORDS: theory literature structuralism philosophy
On Literary Theory and Philosophy
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1991
KEYWORDS: philosophy literature theory literary modernism criticism analysis Freadman Reinhardt
The Critical Historians of Art
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Yale 1983
KEYWORDS: art history critique german philosophers nineteenth century semper riegl wolfflin warburg panofsky aesthetics philosophy
The Self and Its Brain
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 597pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to board edges, sl staining to page edges, gift inscription in ink & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sm tape repair to internal side)
PUBLISHER: Springer Verlag 1977
KEYWORDS: Karl Popper John Eccles psychology philosophy mind body communication brain
Oeuvres de Descartes (13 Book Set)
HEAVY SET (Extra shipping costs will apply), 13 BOOK SET, TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spines, most blocks of pgs uncut throughout each book, x-cv + 252-889pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light to moderate staining to some spines & covers, light cracking to some gutters, light chafing to some books, some separation at spine to some books, some pgs roughly cut, 1cm smudge to ffep of book VI) a beautiful set!
PUBLISHER: Libraire Philosophique J. Vrin 1982-1991
KEYWORDS: Descartes text in French philosophy literature essays correspondance letetrs meditations musings passion collection writings anthology
Zen in the Art of Photography
Sm 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: Images Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Zen philosophy photography
The Sceptical Feminist: A Philosophical Enquiry
Paperback (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: Penguin Books 1983
KEYWORDS: philosophy feminsim gender politics women
The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
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: Paladin 1973
KEYWORDS: philosophy psychology social science mental health