Before Confucious: Studies in The Creation of Chinese Classics
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. Soft cover. 8vo. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. ix, 262 p.p. Light rubbing to covers, edges. Otherwise near fine. More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. Soft cover. 8vo. SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture. ix, 262 p.p. Light rubbing to covers, edges. Otherwise near fine. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997. Soft cover. 8vo. xii, 295 p.p. Corners bruised. Covers slightly curled. Light rubbing to spine ends. Some notes in pencil on abbreviations page, else clean throughout. In very good condition. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Full green cloth. viii, 180 pp. Spine sunned, slight bruising to upper corners of boards, else fine. An English translation of Silvestris' Latin philosophical treatise on the creation of the universe. More
Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (tall). Quarter blue paper, cream paper boards. xvi, 110 pp. Fine overall. Regardless of your religion, personal philosophy, or station in life, The Sacred Portable Now can give you a better appreciation for the miracle of the quotidian. More than a...... More
London: Theosophical Publishing House Ltd., 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 125 p.p., [1]. Quarter tan cloth over brown paper boards, with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Tipped-in errata to index. Corners very lightly bumped, small stain to front joint, otherwise an excellent copy of a scarce Sinnett title..... More
Durban: Sivananda Press. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. N.d., [ca. 1965]. Second edition, 5000 copies. Full russet paper boards with yellow stamped decoration to boards.[14], 589 pp. Slight crease to spine. Dust jacket lightly bumped to top edges, blue scuffs to foot of rear cover..... More
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 147 pp. B&W photos in text. Very slight crease to rear cover, fine overall. Details the exhibition of philosophical works post-1870 from the Slater and Walsh collections held by the Thomas Fisher..... More
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Soft cover. 267 pp. Bump to fore edge of front cover, sunning to spine. Fine overall. "[Sorabji] starts...by examining philosophical treatments of animals in ancient Greece. From there he goes on to current thinking and..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Hardcover. 8vo. Three books bound as one. An Attic Philosopher (1853): viii, 144 p.p. The Leipsic Campaign (1852): viii, 128 p.p. Schamyl (1854): vii, 144 p.p. Includes appendix. Half-bound in brown morocco with marbled paper boards. Light wear to spine ends, corners, and edges..... More
New York: A.L. Burt. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. N.d., [ca. late 1879 to ~1900, author's preface dated 1879]. Orig. olive cloth. Floral endpapers. x, 340 pp., publisher's ads. B&W frontis. portrait w/tissue guard. Rubbing to extremities, some scuffing to boards, spine cocked. Ink ownership stamp of..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. green cloth. xi, 278 pp. [2] B&W plates. Spine sunned, gilt titles rubbed. Some pencil marginalia. Else fine. More
New York: Anthroposophical Publishing Co., 1971. Soft cover. 18mo. Soft cover. 59 pp. Covers are tanned and stained (worse at rear). Chip to upper corner of front cover. Some pencil underlining and marginalia. More
London: Anthroposophical Publishing Company, 1954. Soft cover. 16mo. Orig. blue card wraps. 63 pp. Edges sunned, creasing to lower corners of both covers. More
[Sydney?]: The Langlea Printery Ltd., 1933. Soft cover. 8vo. [ii] 114 p.p. Staple bound. Original blue wraps with sunning to spine and edges, chips/tears to edges, and a damp stain to rear cover. Text block edges tanned. A few black and white illustrations. Decorative tissue fly. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full black cloth. 310 pp. Interior lightly age toned. Dust jacket is sunned and creased to spine, creased and bumped to extremities, damp stained to spine heel. Dr. Stern's new book is a...... More
Boston: Shambhala, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full number line. Quarter white cloth, grey paper boards. 115 p.p. Light bruising to spine ends and upper corner of front board. Some light chafing to dust jacket. In budo - which can be translated as "the way of brave and enlightened activity"..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (super). First edition stated. Full black cloth, silver lettering to spine. 200 p.p. Extensively illustrated in B&W. Slight bowing to rear board. A few spots of bumping and chafing to dust jacket. For the first time in English, The Essence of Aikido..... More
London: Baynes & Son, 1837. Hardcover. 8vo. New edition, with notes, and life of the author. [xii], 447 p.p. Full red leather binding with blind tooling and dentelle panel and heraldic device to covers. Inner edge dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. Front hinge starting. Gilt title on black leather spine label..... More
New York: Swedenborg Foundation, 1970. Soft cover. 4.25" x 6.75" Soft cover. xii, 419 pp. Damp staining to spine head, wear to head of front cover, some creasing to rear. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1949. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. xiii, 367 pp. Sunning to spine and offset panels to boards. Interior age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned. More
La Salle, IL: The Open Court Publishing, 1938. Soft cover. 18mo. Orig. tan wrappers, sewn and glued. ix, 207 pp. Covers age toned, bumped and creased at corners, a few damp stains. Some pencil underlining and marginalia. Ownership inscription to head of ffep. More
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1925. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. red cloth, gilt title to spine, blind stamped harp device to front board. xiii, 230 pp., [6 pp. ads]. Cloth is damp stained, spine tilted. Light wear to corners and spine ends. More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Compiled and translated by John Stevens. Green paper boards. 141 p.p. B&W photos. Black ribbon marker. Fine condition. More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations, 13. Based on the edition of John F. Leyerle. Orig. tan cloth. xii, 354 pp. Small scuff to foot of spine, else fine. Testament of Love was written by 14th century politician Thomas Usk while he was..... More
New York: New Directions, 1964. Soft cover. 12mo. First paperback edition. 256 p.p. Some damp staining and foxing to covers, bumping to spine ends, creasing to corners. A six cent U.S. postage stamp pasted to front hinge with Franklin D. Roosevelt's image, offsetting from stamp to facing page. Ink ownership..... More