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The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker.

London: Printed for J. Bew, 1783.

Rare first edition in English of the author’s classic work. Duodecimo, 2 volumes, bound in three-quarters contemporary calfskin over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in fi...

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Dalio, Ray [Madeleine Albright]

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail.

New York : Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2021.

First edition of this provocative read read from the legendary investor. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Madeleine- Thank yo...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147667

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Locke, John

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding: In Four Books.

London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1694.

Rare second edition of this fundamental work in the history of Western thought, the first to name Locke as the author and to include the frontispiece portrait of him. Folio, bound full paneled calf, m...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149739

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Carnegey (Carnegie), Dale and J. Berg Esenwein

The Art of Public Speaking: An Inspirational Working Handbook of Instruction For All Who Would Become Efficient Public Speakers.

Springfield: Home Correspondence School, 1915.

First edition of Carnegie’s pioneering work which would become the predecessor to countless self-improvement books. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt. Co-author Dale Carnegy would later chan...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-95246

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Bell, Daniel

The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting.

New York: Basic Books, 1973.

First edition of this insightful work which speaks about the coming of the service economy and the importance of knowledge for creating stratification in the new society. Octavo, original half cloth....

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-118638

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Schweitzer, Albert

Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1949.

First edition, early printing of the Nobel laureate’s classic autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Schweitzer on the recto of a photograph to Miss Margaret Lial...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140103

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Laski, Harold Joseph

The Political Works of Harold Joseph Laski.

London, New York, New Haven: GeorAllen & Unwin Ltd.; Harper & Brothers; Yale University Press , 1919-1941.

Finely bound collection of the political works of English political theorist and economist Harold Laski. Octavos, 22 volumes, uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere Bindery in three quarters morocco with...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-90438

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Villeray, Le Coq de [Voltaire]

Reponse ou Critique des Lettres Philosophiques De Monsieur de Voltaire (Response and Critique of the Philosophical Letters of Mr. Voltaire).

Basle: Chez Christophe Revis, 1735.

First edition of Le Coq de Villeray’s response to Voltaire’s Letters Concerning the English Nation, published in 1733. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, gilt title to the spine, raised bands,...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-82395

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Confucius

The Morals of Confucius A Chinese Philosopher, Who flourished above Five hundred Years before the Coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Being one of the Choicest Pieces of Learning Remaining in the Nation.

London: Printed for F. Fayram at the South Entrance into the Royal Exchange, 1724.

Rare third edition in English of The Morals of Confucius, the first published work to introduce English readers to Confucianism. Small octavo, bound in full period or period-style speckled calf with e...

$3,000.00 Item Number: RRB-138719

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Kahneman, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust j...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-44758

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Fromm, Erich

The Art of Loving.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956.

First edition of this groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their capacities for love. Octavo, original cloth....

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-98633

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Kama Sutra.

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Illustrated Sanskrit manuscript of the definitive ancient Indian Hindu guide to the philosophy of love and desire. Late 19th century or earlier, bound accordion style. Twenty-three leaves, Sanskrit te...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-148932

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Rawls, John

John Rawls Autograph Letter Signed.

Cambridge, Massachusetts:, January 14, 1985.

Rare autograph letter signed by one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century. Small octavo, one page on Harvard University Department of Philosophy letterhead, the text reads...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-146554

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Peale, Norman Vincent

The Power of Positive Thinking.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.

First edition of Norman Vincent Peale’s enduring classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Norman Vincent Peale on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First p...

$2,800.00 Item Number: RRB-133171

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Breuer, Marcel

Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer.” The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an indus...

$2,750.00 Item Number: RRB-22041

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Rand, Ayn

The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature.

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 raise...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-151966

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Levi-Strauss, Claude

Tristes Tropiques.

New York: Criterion Books, 1961.

First edition in English of Levi-Strauss’ landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Boldly signed by Claude Levi-Strauss...

$2,600.00 Item Number: RRB-150084

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Russell, Bertrand

The Principles of Mathematics. Volume 1.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903.

First edition of Russell’s groundbreaking work. Quarto, original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein, with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-autho...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-97331

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Aristotle

Logica: Aristotelis Ex Tertia Recognitione. Libri Logicorumad Archetypos Recogniti.

Parisiis: Petri Vidouei, 1531.

Rare 16th century French printing of Aristotle’s third book of logic. Folio, bound in full vellum, elaborate woodcut vignette-border title-page, illustrated with numerous in-text woodcut diagram...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133411

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Sidgwick, Henry

The Methods of Ethics.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1874.

First edition of Sidgwick’s magnum opus, which “in many ways marked the culmination of the classical utilitarian tradition” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Octavo, original br...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126877

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Frigyes, Karinthy

Minden Másképpen Van (Ötvenkét Vasárnap). [Everything is Different (Fifty-Two Sundays)].

Budapest: Athenaeum, 1929.

Rare first edition of this collection of stories in the original Hungarian which introduced the sociological phenomena of “six degrees of separation.” Octavo, original wrappers with titles...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146211

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Habermas, Jurgen

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989.

First edition in English of this analysis of the historical rise and decline of a space for critical, rational debate between citizens and the state. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly s...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151430

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Goldman, Emma

Anarchism and Other Essays.

New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911.

Second revised edition of Goldman’s most important collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Goldman. Boldly signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. In very good c...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144296

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Marx, Karl. Edited by Freidrich Engels

Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.

Hamburg: Verlag von Otto Meissner, 1883-1885.

Rare early printing of one of the most influential books ever published. Octavo, original cloth over pebbled leather boards, all edges speckled red. In very good condition with ownership stamps, tape...

$2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-104806

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