Books - "philosophy"
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The Origin of Perspective
Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, xxiv + 477pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional pencil underlining & annotations) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, sm red label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1994
KEYWORDS: philosophy perspective criticism appreciation history Hubert Damisch
The Writing of the Walls: Architectural Theory in the Late Enlightenment
Quarto, black cloth boards, green lettering to spine, vii + 230pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading & scuffing to spine & edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press 1986
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy neoclassicism history France French enlightenment
The 9 Lungs - Success Beyond 3 Generations: The Confucian Enduring Leadership Par Excellence
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xxxi + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges with light fading to also, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Dragon Press 1996
KEYWORDS: 9 lungs ancient Chinese wisdom philosophy China culture ancient history antuiquity principles
Laws of Nature and Our Building Structure: Vastushastra (The Edifice Science) Vol. 1
INSCRIBED, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers with some light chafing & soiling also, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cosmo Publishing House 1995
KEYWORDS: edifice science philosophy vastushastra
Living in a New Country: History, Travelling and Language
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1992
KEYWORDS: Australia migration migrants culture anthropology sociology social science history philosophy Paul Carter first editions
The Theory of the Avant-Garde
Octavo softcover (VG) some occasional annotation; 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: Belknap / Harvard University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation theory philosophy avant-garde
Every Third Thought: On Life, Death and the Endgame
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Picador 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions Robert McCrum death dying philosophy psychology literature
Le Phenomene Humain
Oeuvres de Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1.
TEXT IN FRENCH; 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: Editions de Seuil 1967
KEYWORDS: pierre teilhard de chardin christianity christian religion theology philosophy
L'avenir de l'homme
Oeuvres de Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 5
TEXT IN FRENCH; 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: Editions de Seuil 1962
KEYWORDS: pierre teilhard de chardin christianity christian religion theology philosophy
Genese d'une pensee: Lettres (1914-1919)
TEXT IN FRENCH; 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: Bernard Grasset 1961
KEYWORDS: pierre teilhard de chardin christianity christian religion theology philosophy
Tristes Tropiques
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: Penguin 1992
KEYWORDS: anthropology literature philosophy Claude Levi-Strauss
Depth of Translation: The Book of Raft
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: NMA Publications 1999
KEYWORDS: first editions travel literature philosophy language
Man Ray
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1989
KEYWORDS: dadaism surrealism philosophy Man Ray biography memoir dadaist movement
The Rhetoric of the Frame: Essays on the Boundaries of the Artwork
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 322pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers with som elight chafing & soiling, prev, bookseller's sm label to rear cover & inside front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to some gutters- some pgs loosened but still attached, moderate annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: essays collection prose writings literature art criticism appreciation philosophy congresses picture frames framing presentation
Art as Existence: The Artist's Monograph and Its Project
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to silver buckram spine, xiii + 378pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl creasing to eps)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2006
KEYWORDS: first editions art criticism authorship history artists biographies philosophy
Story and Space in Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Continuous Narrative
FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl warped front board, light foxing to page edges, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions art history renaissance criticism appreciation philosophy Italian narrative perspective
Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 495pp, illus, Near FINE (occasional sm pencil annotations) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Zone Books 2004
KEYWORDS: art history philosophy visual arts criticism appreciation
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Sm octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to red title plate to front board, x + 99pp, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine with some minor loss & fading, moderate staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, gift inscription in pencil to ffep, occasional moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Arthur L. Humphreys 1912
KEYWORDS: literature prose Oscar Wilde philosophy socialism
Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning From Antiquity to Abstraction
OWNERSHIP NAME OF FRANCIS POUND, ART CRITIC, square maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 335pp, VG+ (sl bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Bulfinch / Little, Brown and Company 1993
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation philosophy color colour aesthetics symbols
Of Love and Lust: On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions
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: Grove Press 1957?
KEYWORDS: relationships psychoanalysis psychology love romance sexual philosophy Theodor Reik