Filosofia

Friends in Council

[Arthur Helps] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Smith, Elder, 1872-73. Leather. A smartly bound set of the first and second series of this philosophical work by Arthur Helps. Complete in four volumes.The complete first and second series of this philosophical work by Sir Arthur Helps.In this work, Helps chronicles th...

Lord Macaulay&Apos;S Articles from the &Apos;Edinburgh Review&Apos; Critiquing the Work of James Stuart MILL

T. B. Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay]; James Stuart Mill · 1829 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Edinburgh Review; Longmans, Green, & Co, 1829. First edition. Hardback. A collection Lord Macaulay's famous articles published in the 'Edinburgh Review', critiquing James Mill's essay on government. The first edition.A collection of three very scarc...

Two Letters on Causation and Freedom in Willing, Addressed to John Stuart MILL

Rowland G. Hazard · 1869 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon philosophical treatise by Rowland Gibson Hazard, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Samuel C. Gilman LLD...

Essays of Montaigne

Michel De Montaigne; Charles Cotton [translator]; W. Carew Hazlitt [editor] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

New York, Edwin C. Hill, 1910. Cloth. A smart translated edition of the essays of Michel de Montaigne, limited to one thousand and fifty copies. Nine volumes of a ten volume set, lacking volume one. Limited to ten hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number three hundred...

The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values

Friedrich Nietzsche; Anthony M. Ludovici [translator] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.58 | ¥75,944)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1924. Cloth. A smart third impression of this translated copy of Nietzsche's Will to Power, Volume I: Books I and II only. Third impression. Limited to four thousand five hundred copies, of which this is number three thousand three hundre...

Le Plutarque de L&Apos;Enfance

Plutarch · 1816 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Lyon, Buynard; Bruyset, 1816. Leather. An uncommon leather bound work in which the anecdotes and maxims of Plutarch are used as a springboard for discussions of famous people of antiquity. Published in French. An interesting, leather bound work in which the anecdotes and maxim...

Reflexions Ou Sentences Et Maximes Morales de Rochefoucauld

François de La Rochefoucauld · 1822 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Paris, Lefevre , 1822. Leather. L. Aime-Martin's edition of the noted maxims by François de La Rochefoucauld. The famous maxims of François de La Rochefoucauld, noted French moralist and author of maxims and memoirs from the seventeenth century. This work was originally...

Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues

Iris Murdoch · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Iris Murdoch's philosophical masterpiece, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. An insightful philosophical work containing fictionalised discussion...

Liberties of the Mind

Charles Morgan · 1951 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of thought-provoking lectures and essays by Charles Morgan, inscribed by the author to the title page. Including sections on mind control, the liberty of self-renewal, instances and principles....

The Living Principle: &Apos;English&Apos; As a Discipline of Thought

F. R. Leavis · 1975 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1975 . First edition. Cloth. F. R. Leavis's discussion of the nature of the English language and its value; and excellent first edition in its dust wrapper. A fascinating study of language and its value by literary critic F R Leavis. The first ...

The Third Organon

George Field · 1818 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Not Stated, 1818. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet regarding subjective philosophy, written by George Field. George Field (1777-1854) was an English chemist. His other works include his acclaimed 'Chromatography ; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of...

The Works of Sir William Jones

William Jones; Lord Teignmouth · 1799 · Rooke Books

£5,950.00 (€7,131.92 | $7,860.31 | ¥1,255,193)

London, G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799-1806. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of the varied works of Sir William Jones, profusely illustrated with lovely folding plates throughout, with the first edition The first collected edition of Jones' works.Complete...

Miscellanies by James Harris Vol I: Three Treatises Vol II: Hermes Vol III: Philosophical Arrangements Vol IV and V: Philological Inquiries

James Harris · 1792 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, F Wingrave, 1792. First edition. Leather. A uniformly bound five volume set of James Harris' 'Miscellanies' comprising of his 'Three Treatises', 'Hermes', 'Philosophical Arrangements' and 'Philological Inquiries&apos. C...

Pneumatologia: A Treatise of the Soul of Man

John Flavell · 1698 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.74 | ¥147,670)

Lonond, T Bunce for Tho Parkhurst, [1698]. Leather. One of Flavell's best works, this volume covers the immortal and divine nature of the soul. Early editions of this work are very scarce. This is the second edition. Title page erroneously states 1671, however this is the...

The Cornerstones a Conversation in Elysium

Eric Linklater · 1942 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1942. Cloth. A smart edition of 'The Cornerstones' by Eric Linklater. Eric Robert Russell Linklater (March 8, 1899-November 7, 1974) was a Scottish writer, known for more than 20 novels, as well as short stories, travel writing and autobiograp...

Friends in Council a Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon Second Series

[Arthur Helps] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1877. Leather. A smartly bound set of these intriguing discussions on morality by Sir Arthur Helps. In an attractive uniform prize binding, bound by Bickers and Son. Sir Arthur Helps was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. First publish...

Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereo

Sir Arthur Helps · 1852 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London , Pickering, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating two-volume Pickering first edition from Sir Arthur Helps. The edition is introduced by the author, who remarks that no one but those who have known intellectual society and then been deprived of it can truly appreci...

A Defence of Theological Ethics Hulsean Lectures 1964

G. F. Woods · 1966 · Rooke Books

£27.99 (€33.55 | $36.98 | ¥5,905)

Cambridge , University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A Defence of Theological Ethics from the Hulsean Lectures, 1964 by G. F. Woods. Being six lectures delivered in the Divinity School, Cambridge in the Lent term of 1964. First edition in unclipped dustwrapper. The Hulsea...

Bradwardine and the Pelagiansã‚â by Gordon Leff (1957) Medieval Latin and the Rise of European Love-Lyric by Peter Dronke (1965)

Gordon Leff; Peter Dronke · 1957 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Cambridge University Press; Oxford Clarendon Press , 1957-1965. First edition. Cloth. A set of engaging works on Medieval life and thought, in the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers.  A set of engaging works on Medieval life and ...

Anselm: Fides Quaerens Intellectum; Medieval Latin and the Rise of European Love-Lyric

Karl Barth; Peter Dronke · 1960 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London; Oxford, Scm Press Ltd.; The Clarendon Press , 1960-1966 . Cloth. Two smart volumes of mid-century medieval studies, pairing Karl Barth"s theological reading of Anselm with Peter Dronke"s influential survey of European love-lyric traditions, complete with the original u...