Filosofia

Proverbial Philosophy

Martin F. Tupper · 1853 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , T. Hatchard, 1853. Cloth. Martin Farquhar Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy, a long series of didactic moralisings composed in a lawyer's chambers in Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, during 1836. Fourteenth edition. With a portrait of the author to frontispiece ...

The Progress of Philosophy in the Past and the Future

Samuel Tyler · 1868 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott and Co, Trubner and Co, 1868. Cloth. A scarce and interesting philosophical work. Second edition, enlarged. 'Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by Samuel Tyler, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court...

Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria

John Macadam · 1860 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

Melbourne , Mason and Firth, 1860. Cloth. Volume IV of the records of the meetings, proceedings and observations of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, Australia. The Philosophical Institute of Victoria combined with the The Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Scie...

De L&Apos;Education

Felix Dupanloup · 1850 · Rooke Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Orleans, Gatineau, 1850. Leather. A scarce edition of this essay on the importance of education. A scarce edition of this essay on the importance of education. In French. Flix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (3 January 1802 11 October 1878) was a French ecclesiastic. He was a dist...

Aphorisms on Man

Rev. John Caspar Lavater · 1790 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.46 | $328.94 | ¥52,528)

Dublin , Printed by W. Sleater and P. Byrne , 1790. Leather. The third edition of this collection of aphorisms from Swiss philosopher Johann Kaspar Lavater. The third edition, published in Dublin. Previous editions were printed for J. Johnson, London.Translated from the origin...

M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera Quae Supersunt Omnia

Marcus Tullius Cicero · 1748 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

Glasguae [Glasgow], Rob. et And. Foulis, 1748-1749. Vellum. Handsomely bound in full vellum, this is a wonderful collection of nineteen volumes of the works of Cicero. A very scarce edition published in mid 18th century Glasgow. In the original Latin. Very scarcely seen in mul...

Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1913. Leather. A beautifully bound, fine paper edition of this collection of essays from the renowned Scottish novelist, in a full vellum decorative binding. The fine paper edition.In the publisher's original full vellum, with gilt decorations to ...

The Battle of the Two Philosophies

[Lucy F March Phillipps] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work evaluating the opposing philosophical theories of John Stuart Mill and William Hamilton. The first edition.A very scarce philosophical work.In the publisher's original ...

Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy

John Stuart Mill · 1865 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.58 | $210.05 | ¥33,542)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 . Cloth. The single volume 'People's Edition' of John Stuart Mill's important discussion of Political Economy, a work credited with helping to establish him as a leading public intellectual. The 1865...

Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart MILL, Entitled, &Apos;Examination of Sir William Hamilton&Apos;S Philosophy&Apos;

George Grote · 1868 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, N. Trubner & Co, 1868 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of George Grote's defence of John Stuart Mill's criticisms of the works of Sir William Hamilton. A very scarce first edition.The work of English political radical and classical histor...

Science, Theism, and Revelation, Considered in Relation to Mr. MILL&Apos;S Essays on Nature, Religion & Theism.

John T. Seccombe · 1875 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1875 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce essay written by John Seccombe regarding the relationship between the essays of John Stuart Mill with science, theism and revelation. First edition. Bound in the publisher's paper wraps. Very...

First Essay on Population: A Reprint in Facsimile of an Essay on the Principle of Population, As It Affects the Future Improvement of Society, 1798.

Thomas Robert Malthus · 1966 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Macmillan, 1966 . Cloth. An excellent, facsimile edition of Thomas Robert Malthus's eighteenth-century essay on population, with the publisher's dust wrapper. A reprint in facsimile of Thomas Robert Malthus' 'An Essay on the Principle of Population&...

A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties; Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health

Adolphe Quetelet; Andrew Combe · 1842 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers; Maclachlan, Stewart & Co, 1842-1843. First edition. Leather. The scarce first English translation of Adolphe Quetelet's work on statistics and social sciences, bound with Andrew Combe's 'Principles of Physiology&apos. Two ...

Fireside Reflections: Life Is Not Easy

Charles H. Hodgson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce philosophical work from English writer Charles Herbert Hodgson. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of philosophical reflections on life, with chapters on pretending, k...

The Colour-Sense: Its Origin and Development. An Essay in Comparative Psychology.

Grant Allen · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. Cloth. A smart second edition of this interesting psychological work on colour in nature from Canadian science writer Grant Allen. Second edition. Exploring the question of colour in nature, its manifestation in the orga...

Escape from America

Struthers Burt · 1936 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of American novelist Struthers Burt's collection of philosophical essays about the state of America in the 1930s. The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work....

The Contemporary Review February 1887

Various · 1887 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Isbister and Company Limited, 1887. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this scarce magazine, previously held in the library of H. Rider Haggard with his inscription to the front board. Scarce work. February 1887 issue. Previously held in the library of Sir Henry...

Die Emanation Der Psychophysischen Energie

Dr Naum Kotik · 1908 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Wiesbaden, J. F. Bergmann, 1908. Paperback. An investigation into telepathy in connection with a radioactive brain, in the German language. German language. The report of an experimental investigation into direct telepathy related to the question of brain radioactivity. Writte...

Literature and Occult Tradition: Studies in Philosophical Poetry

Dennis Saurat; Dorothy Bolton (Translator) · 1930 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, G. Bell and Sons LTD, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this comprehensive work regarding occult literature and philosophical poetry. The uncommon first translated edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. A comprehensive...

The Soul of the Universe

Arthur Bodley Scott · 1937 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Rider & Co. 1937. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon example of this philosophical examination written by Arthur Bodley Scott. This work explores attitude, creation, the ego, conflict, healing, the planes of being, glamour and reality, play and the seed.Written by Arthu...