Filosofia

Le Pluralisme Coheãƒâoeã‚âRent de la Chimie Moderne

Gaston Bachelard · 1932 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Paris, J. Vrin, 1932. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of Gaston Bachelard's contribution to the philosophy of science. Published in French. A first edition of Gaston Bachelard's early work on Coherent Pluralism of Modern Chemistry. Published in French. Know...

Origine Des Decouvertes Attribuees Aux Modernes

M. Dutens · 1968 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Duchesne, 1968. Leather. A very smart reprint of these volumes on philosophy and religion, in the original French language. French language. Two volumes. Reproduced by photomechanical process from the original work dated 1776. Limited to 2700 copies, this is number 105....

Arvelighed Og Moral En Undersogelse

Karl Gjellerup · 1881 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

Kjobenhavn, Andr. Schous Forlag, 1881. Leather. A scarce comprehensive study of heredity and morality, in the original Danish language. Danish language. Scarce work. A detailed theological study of heredity and morality, strongly supporting naturalism and Darwinism. Written by...

Jacobis Spinoza Buchlein Nebst Replik Und Duplik

Fritz Mauthner [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Munich, Georg Muller Verlag, 1912. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this study of Jacobi's and Mendelssohn's interest in Spinoza's work, edited by Fritz Mauthner. The first edition of this uncommon work in a half calf binding. Volume II of the ser...

Spiritualism and Psychical Research

J. Arthur Hill · 1913 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1913. Cloth. A scarce work on the study of spiritualism by John Arthur Hill. Scarce work. A study of spiritualism with reference to the history of spiritualism, psychical research, cases of apparent telepathy or clairvoyance, the subliminal self,...

A Delineation of the Primary Principles of Reasoning

Robert Boyd Kidd · 1856 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Richard Bentley, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon volume in which Robert Boyd Kidd offers a philosophical treatise on logic. A first edition of Robert Boyd Kidd's treatise on logic. Based on a lecture delivered to the members of the Mec...

Prospero and Caliban

O. Mannoni; Pamela Powesland (translator) · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1956. Cloth. A scarce translation of this work by Octave Mannoni. Translated from the French. The psychology of colonization. A collection of essays on dependence, inferiority, phycological dependence and political independence. Written by Octave Man...

Lettres ãƒâ‰Crites a Un Provincial Par Blaise Pascal, Prãƒâ©Cãƒâ©Dãƒâ©Es D&Apos;Un ãƒâ©Loge de Pascal Par M. Bordas Demoulin, Discours Qui Remportãƒâ© le Prix Dãƒâ©Cernãƒâ© Par L&Apos;Acadãƒâ©Mie Franãƒâ§Aise le 30 Juin 1842, Et Suivies D&Apos;Un Essai Sur Les Provinciales Et le Style de Pascal Par Franãƒâ§Ois de Neufchãƒâ¢Teau

Blaise Pascal; M. Bordas Demoulin; François de Neufchateau · 1846 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Fréres , 1846. Leather. A handsome, full morocco, edition of Blaise Pascal's provincial letters alongside an essay by François de Neufchateau and an introduction by Demoulin. A new edition. In handsome full morocco binding with gilt det...

Albania, or, Certaine Concernments of Great Brittany

George Raleigh · 1641 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, John Sweeting, 1641. Leather. A fascinating mid seventeenth-century narrative of the political and religious state of Great Britain during this time, a very scarce work. A fascinating mid-seventeenth century work on the political and religious state of Great Britain du...

The Opening of the Eyes

Olaf Stapledon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Methuen and Co, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the first edition of Olaf Stapledon's posthumously published account of 'the various stages of his spiritual Odyssey&apos. The first edition, first impression of Olaf Stapledon's posthumou...

Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this collection of essays concerning fear by A. C. Benson. Arthur Christopher Benson was an English essayist and poet, highly regarded for his literary criticism, poems, volume of essays, and noted ghost s...

The Magazine of Natural Philosophy

Edward Joseph Lowe [editor] · 1856 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Groombridge and Sons , 1856. Leather. A scarce copy of The Magazine of Natural Philosophy with illustrations throughout. This is a scarce copy of The Magazine of Natural Philosophy, edited by Edward Joseph Lowe.The magazine was intended to be a popular account of ever...

De Veritate Religionis Christianae; Hugonis Grotii Annotationes Ad Libros de Veritate Religionis Christianae

Hugo Grotius · 1675 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Oxoniae , E Theatro Sheldoniano , 1675. Leather. Hugo Grotius's popular politico-theological work on the Christian religion, an early edition in the original Latin. Popular work by Hugo Grotius providing a rudimentary yet systematic discussion on Christianity in the seven...

Wings and the Child, or the Building of Magic Cities

E. Nesbit · 1913 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edith Nesbit's work on the education and imaginative development of children, illustrated throughout. A compelling work on the importance of imagination and creative play for th...

Psycho-Therapy: Its Doctrine and Practice

Elizabeth Severn · 1935 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Rider and Co. 1935. Cloth. A scarce copy of this fourth impression volume on psycho-therapy by Elizabeth Severn. A work on psycho-therapy by psychoanalyst Elizabeth Severn, the fourth impression of this scarce work. Looking at psychotherapy practices and doctrine, with...

Growing Into Light

Max Freedom Long · 1955 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Vista , Huna Research Publications, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this earnest description of the spiritual 'Huna system&apos. The first edition of this work by Max Freedom Long, in which he attempts to describe the "Huna system," his theory of metaphys...

The Mysticism of Plato Sincerity Rested Upon Reality

[John Philips Potter] · 1832 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, R. Hunter, 1832. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet discussing Platonism and its historical and philosophical importance, by John Philips Potter. A very scarce pamphlet.'The Mysticism of Plato' is a treatise discussing the philosophy of Plato, and his doctrine ...

The Pleasures of Life, Parts I and Part II

Sir John Lubbock · 1899 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1899. Unbound. A series of life affirming talks given by an English Baron throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century. The 1899 edition of Sir John Lubbock, Baron Avebury's series of talks on the 'Pleasures of Life', here with...

Plaisirs Vicieux

Leo Tolstoy; Alexandre Dumas · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Paris, Bibliotheque Charpentier, 1892. Cloth. The first French edition of this philosophical work exploring man's relationship with alcohol, written by Leo Tolstoy. Translated 'Vicious Pleasures', this work handles alcohol, smoking tobacco and narcotics, and soc...

Feeding the Mind

Lewis Carroll · 1907 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1907. Cloth. A first edition of a delightful psychological musing by Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland&apos. The first edition of the work. With an introduction by English hymn writer and clergyman, William H. Draper....