Filosofia

Fanfare and Other Papers

John Brophy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Eric Partridge Ltd, 1930. Cloth. A limited edition collection of papers by John Brophy, including a series of interesting essays on Egypt, in the original dust wrapper. A limited edition, being one of 600 copies published, and the first time these works were published,...

Unholy Trinity

Eric Gill · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1938. Paperback. A unique series of essays exploring power in society, by English sculptor Eric Gill, adorned with striking illustrations. The first edition of this work.In the original stapled wraps. With the original envelope/slipcase. This...

Modern Utilitarianism, or the Systems of Paley, Bentham, and MILL Examined and Compared

Thomas Rawson Birks · 1874 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of Thomas Rawson Birk's examination of utilitarianism, regarding the perspectives of the esteemed philosophers John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham and William Paley. First edition. Bound in the pu...

The Literature of Political Economy: A Classified Catalogue of Select Publications in the Different Departments of That Science

J. R. McCulloch [John Ramsay McCulloch] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the uncommon first edition of John Ramsay McCulloch's important bibliography of the early literature of political economy. The first edition, first issue. With a thirty-two pa...

The Essays of Francis Bacon Lord Verulam (the Books of the Verulam Club)

Francis Bacon · 1910 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London, Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1910. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of Francis Bacon's highly regarded essays. A bright copy of Francis Bacon's essays, which cover topics drawn from both public and private life and are written in a wide range of styles.Bound in a r...

The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne

Michael Lord of Montainge; John Florio [translator] · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Routledge & Sons, c1900. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of essays from French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, from the Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books series. A collection of essays contained in three ...

Recreations of a Psychologist

G. Stanley Hall · 1920 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

New York, D. Appleton and Company , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of psychological essays and studies from American psychologist Granville Stanley Hall. First edition. A collection of essays acting as illustrations of the psychological pr...

Le Couple Futur

Jules Bois · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Librairie des Annales, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work from French writer Henri Antoine Jules-Bois, in the original French. French. First edition. A fascinating exploration into the possibility of the advent of a better couple, which would...

Uber Die Farbenempfindungen: Psychophysische Untersuchungen

G. E. Muller · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Leipzig , Johnn Ambrosius Barth , 1930. First edition. Cloth. An attractive two-volume set exploring the psychology of colour theory, from significant early German experimental psychologist, Georg Elias Muller. The very scarce first edition of this work. Complete in two volume...

The Brain As an Organ of Mind

H. Charlton Bastian · 1885 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Kegan Paul, 1885. Cloth. Henry Charlton Bastian's study of the human brain and the nervous system, in connection with nineteenth-century understanding of evolution. The third edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, blind-stamped to the...

An Enquiry After Happiness

Richard Lucas · 1764 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, J. Buckland, et al. 1764 . Leather. The tenth edition of Richard Lucas's philosophical and religious work surrounding true happiness, complete with three parts in two volumes. The tenth edition of the work. First published in 1685. Complete with three parts bound ...

Chearful Thoughts on the Happiness of a Religious Life, to Which Are Added, Reflections on the Unacceptableness of a Death-Bed Repentance

Edward Harwood · 1767 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, T. Becket and P A. de Hondt, 1767. Leather. A very scarce volume containing two philosophical religious works by Presbyterian minister Edward Harwood. A very scarce work.A volume of the philosophical works of Edward Harwood.Containing:'Chearful Thoughts on the Hap...

Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag · 2003 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Paperback. The uncorrected proof of Susan Sontag's thought provoking work on violence, with a letter from the publisher. The uncorrected proof. With a letter from the publisher providing information on the work. In the publishe...

A System of Synthetic Philosophy: First Principles

Herbert Spencer · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1898. Cloth. The fifth edition of Herbert Spencer's first principles of his fascinating system of Synthetic Philosophy. The fifth edition, tenth thousand of this work in the publisher's original pebbled cloth binding, with pictorial gilt...

The Twisting Lane: Some Sex Offenders

Tony Parker · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this interesting study of human behaviour, by sociologist Tony Parker. First edition, in the publisher's original grey cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by...

Character

Samuel Smiles · 1874 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, John Murray, 1874. Leather. A handsome copy of Samuel Smiles' book on character, which followed his successful volume on self-help. The new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine, and marbled end papers and edges.Bookplate to ...

Album D&Apos;Un Pessimiste

Alphonse Rabbe; Henri Girard · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Les Presses Francaises, 1924. Leather. A smart new edition of Alphonse Rabbe's philosophical pondering on life, inscribed by the editor, Henri Girard. Signed by the editor, Henri Girard, to the head of the half-title.In the original French.A new edition of the best...

The Curve of Fate, from the Man-Ape to the Man-God

J. Lonsdale Bryans [James Lonsdale Bryans] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Andrew Dakers Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this philosophical work on evolution, Christianity, and the fate of mankind, by the eccentric James Lonsdale Bryans. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original clot...

Aristotle&Apos;S Treatise on Rhetoric an Analysis of Aristotle&Apos;S Rhetoric

Thomas Hobbes · 1833 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Oxford, D. A. Talboys, 1833 . Cloth. An interesting analysis of Aristotle's Rhetoric by Thomas Hobbes. A second edition copy. This volume provides a translation from the Greek of Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric with an analysis of it by Thomas Hobbes. With the addi...

Les Entretiens D&Apos;Ariste Et D&Apos;Eugene

Dominique Bouhours · 1691 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.06 | $911.53 | ¥145,560)

Amsterdam, Jacques le Jeune, 1691. Vellum. A new edition of the popular philosophical work by Dominique Bouhours, in the original French. In the original French.A new edition.Illustrated with an engraved title page.Register runs as T12, V7.Collated, complete.A series of six fi...