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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1984.
First edition of this exposition of Searle’s philosophical issues. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Best wishes to John Rogers from John Searle.” Fine in a very good dust jacket.
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New York : Hyperion, 2007.
First edition of this powerful work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. Introduction by Barack Obama and Sam Brownback. Cover design by Phil Rose. Uncommon signed.
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Walpole, New Hampshire : Printed for Preston Merrifield, at the Press of Charter & Hale, 1807.
Rare edition of Benjamin Franklin’s The Way to Wealth, one of the most famous pieces of practical moral advice in early American literature. Tricesimo-secondo, original light blue paper wrappers over a sewn binding. In very good condition with chipping and a few small losses. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase and folding chemise.
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Lexington, Kentucky : Stamperia del Santuccio, 1959.
First edition of Thomas Merton’s translation of the sayings of the Desert Fathers, exquisitely printed by the artist and printer Victor Hammer, one of only 50 copies. Octavo, original blue-gray boards, printed in red and black on Japanese hosho paper, and the pictorial dust jacket with Latin text and a two-color initial letter cut inContinue reading "What Ought I to Do? Sayings of the Desert Fathers."
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London : Robert Wilks, 1806-12.
Exceptionally rare complete set of the first edition in English of the works of Aristotle, limited to only 50 sets, signed by the translator Thomas Taylor in volumes one and four. Quarto, 11 volumes, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, ribbon book marks bound in, marbledContinue reading "The Works of Aristotle."
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1924.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, top stain yellow, frontispiece of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini, illustrated. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best wishes Houdini and alls well 3/11/25 Cleveland O.” On 9 March 1925, illusionist andContinue reading "A Magician Among the Spirits."
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New York : Basic Books, 1998.
First edition of this classic philosophical work. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John R. Searle on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Storrings.
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New York : William Morrow & Company, 1984.
First edition of the tenth anniversary edition of one of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century. Octavo, original half cloth. One of only 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 751. Boldly signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. With the rare original wrap-around bandContinue reading "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values."
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1958.
First edition of Arendt’s classic penetrating examination of the human condition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Cordially Hannah Arendt.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Founded over a century ago in 1900, TheContinue reading "The Human Condition."
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New York : Bantam Books, 1995.
First edition of this important work on emotional intelligence. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Michal, With deep appreciation of your role as a culture shaper and secret Bodhisattva. Dan Goleman.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by One Plus OneContinue reading "Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ."
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London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869.
First edition of Mill’s classic work defending the rights of women. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth by Edmonds & Remnants with their ticket to the rear pastedown. In good condition with losses to the spine. Bookseller’s ticket to the front pastedown of S & T Gilbert.
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London : Printed for T. Payne, at the Mew Gate; B. White, in Fleet-street; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1776.
First edition in English of Aristotle’s’ enormously influential work on government, the only edition in the English language published during the 18th century. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins. In good condition. AContinue reading "A Treatise on Government. Translated From The Greek of Aristotle."
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Chicago : The University of Chicago, 1960.
First edition, third printing of Hayek’s classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Hayek on the title page beneath his name. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
First edition, early printing of this exploration of the power of “thin-slicing”- the unconscious mind’s ability to find patterns and make rapid, accurate decisions based on minimal information. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jeff Malcolm Gladwell.” Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Yoori Kim: onContinue reading "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."
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Colorodo : Navpress, 2002.
First edition of the Message translation of the Bible. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, lenghthily inscribed by Eugene Peterson on the front free endpaper, who has written out the opening verse of Genesis, “For Douglas – ‘First this: God created the heavens and the earth- all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was aContinue reading "The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language."
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New York : The World Publishing Company, 1969.
First edition of this collection of essays regarding the nature of art. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature."
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Naples : R. Marotta and Vanspandoch, 1830.
Finely bound example of this literary and moral critique of scholars, writers, intellectuals, and academic culture. Tricesimo-secondo, written in Italian, bound in three-quarters later morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine. In very good condition.
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London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915.
First edition of Wells’ philosophical novel of an idea, exploring one man’s lifelong search for moral nobility and his conviction that the conquest of fear is the foundation of the noble life. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago”Continue reading "The Research Magnificent."
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The Hague : Mouton & Company, 1957.
First edition of one of the most consequential works in the history of modern linguistics and one of the landmark intellectual publications of the twentieth century. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with the added words, “Syntax is the study of the principle and processes by which sentences areContinue reading "Syntactic Structures."
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New York : Basic Books, 2021.
First edition of the first comprehensive biography of the influential economist and public intellectual, Thomas Sowell. Octavo, original publisher’s boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Rogers, Warm regards JLR.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai.
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London : Geoffrey Bles, 1960.
First edition of this influential theological work in which C. S. Lewis examines the nature of human affection, friendship, eros, and charity, exploring their distinctions and their relation to divine love. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Harvey. A nice example.
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Boston : Beacon Press, 1959.
First edition in English of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning in 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel on the front free endpaper. Both Frankl and Wiesel survived Auschwitz, and both spent the rest of their lives transmuting that survival into somethingContinue reading "From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning]."
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London : Watts & Co., 1926.
First British edition of Wells’ polemical defense of The Outline of History against Hilaire Belloc’s criticisms. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006Continue reading "Mr. Belloc Objects to “The Outline of History”."
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1937.
Early printing of one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dale Carnegie on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.
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Aristotle. Translated by William Ellis
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