Description:
March 6, 1870.. 1870.. Good. - Octavo, 7-7/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Approximately 250 words penned on three sides of a folded sheet with Croly's monograph embossed in blind at the top of the first page and the text of the third page penned vertically on the verso of the first. A substantial letter addressed to the American philosopher and historian John Fiske in which David Goodman Croly discusses plans for the first issue of the "Modern Thinker": "I enclose another prospectus of the 'Modern Thinker,' the first number of which I hope to have out by June...." and suggests that Fiske might have an interest in becoming an editor for the periodical: "I shall myself get out the first two numbers but if the means can be raised you will probably be invited to act as editor of the subsequent publications...." Wanting to make an impression and "shock people" he asks if Fiske can help "not in money but in the furnishing of one striking…
Read More Search Results: Philosophy from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
You searched for:
- Subject: Philosophy from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Results 1 - 20 of 35
More Photos
A 3-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE POSITIVIST JOURNALIST DAVID GOODMAN CROLY, Addressed to the American Philosopher and Historian JOHN FISKE.
by Croly, David Goodman (1829-1889).
- Used
- good
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£1,020.50£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
£1,020.50
£3.88
shipping to USA
More Photos
AUTOGRAPH penned by the founder of the Society for Ethical Culture FELIX ADLER together with a clipped portrait of Adler.
by Adler, Felix (1851-1933). Jewish American intellectual who founded the Society for Ethical Culture in NYC.
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£122.46£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Very good. - Felix Adler's signature penned on a 4-1/8 inch high by 6 inch wide sheet of creamy white paper. Folded across the left edge and the bottom edge of the sheet with remnants of tape along the edges of the verso. Near fine.Together with a 5-3/4 inch high by 4-1/8 inch wide black & white portrait of the philosopher clipped from a magazine or book. Lightly creased along the top and bottom edges with remnants of tape from mounting on the verso. Very good. The son of a Jewish Rabbi, Felix Adler (1851-1933) was born in Germany and emigrated to America with his family when he was only 6 years old. Graduating from Columbia University, he returned to Germany to obtain a doctorate from Heidelberg University before moving back to teach at Cornell University. Preaching occasional sermons at his father's Temple in New York City, Adler was noted for omitting references to god in his sermons. In 1876, at the age of 24, he founded the New York Society for Ethical Culture, which promoted social justice. An…
Read More Item Price
£122.46
£3.88
shipping to USA
BOOKS ON COMMUNISM: A bibliography
by Kolarz, Walter; editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£12.25£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Ampersand Ltd, (1963).. (1963).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly soiled with the spine somewhat faded. viii & 568 pp. Very good. <p>Second enlarged edition.
Item Price
£12.25
£3.88
shipping to USA
CONDITIONS OF CIVILIZED LIVING
by Ulich, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£28.57£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1946.. 1946.. Very good. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Octavo, charcoal cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a printed green dust wrapper. The covers are slightly soiled and bumped at the corners and the dust jacket is rubbed and soiled along the extremities, with several small chips to the edges. 251 pages. The endpapers are darkened at the edges. Very good in a good dw. <p>First edition. Inscribed and signed by Robert Ulich on the front endpaper.<p>"Tracing the pattern of modern living back through the history of civilization, the author shows how society changed from a compound of conflicting elements into a medieval harmonization of parts, and then decayed into modernism. This decay is illustrated by the deliberate lowering of modern standards of mass entertainment forms, the modern philosophy of education pressing all men into a single mold and the one-sidedness of character resulting from over-specialization of skills…
Read More Item Price
£28.57
£3.88
shipping to USA
DE L'ESSENCE DE LA VERITE. Traduction et Introduction par Alphonse de Waelhens, Professeur a l'Universite de Louvain, et Walter Biemel
by Heidegger, Martin
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£16.33£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Louvain: E. Nauwelaerts / Paris: Joseph Vrin, 1948.. 1948.. Fair. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The binding is bumped & lightly soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. The top third of the front joint is split. 106 & [1] pages plus an erratum page. There is an owner's blind stamp on the half-title. The book is shaken and bowed. Good only. <p>First edition thus.<p>A title in the series "Les Philosophes Contemporains: Textes et Etudes". The text is in French.
Item Price
£16.33
£3.88
shipping to USA
DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: Eastern and Western Thought
by Reese, William L
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£8.16£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
(Atlantic Highlands, NJ): Humanities Press / (Hassocks, U.K.): Harvester Press, 1980.. 1980.. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Rubbed; corners very lightly creased. 644 pp. There is a small stain to the front endpaper & light foxing to the fore- edge. Very good.
Item Price
£8.16
£3.88
shipping to USA
DISCORSI SOPRA LA PRIMA DECA DI TITO LIVIO
by Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£61.23£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Firenze: G. Barbera, 1864.. 1864.. Good. - 16mo, 4-1/2 inches high by 3 inches wide. Marbled boards backed with a green calf spine titled with roulettes in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and the corners are lightly bumped. 798 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece by N. Boratynski. The front hinge has been reinforced with early paper tape. The top corners of the first few pages are slightly dampstained and there are occasional minor stains throughout. Small pieces are torn from the corners of a very few leaves, not affecting the text. A previous owner's name is penned on the front endpaper and there are a very few marks in pencil and ink. Good.
Item Price
£61.23
£3.88
shipping to USA
EDUCATION AND THE GOOD LIFE
by Russell, Bertrand
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£20.41£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: Liveright Publishing Company, circa [1930].. [1930].. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are a bit darkened & the head of its spine is chipped. The copy on the dust jacket spine has been printed too far to the left, as published. vi & pages 7-319. Very good. <p>Later printing.
Item Price
£20.41
£3.88
shipping to USA
ENTRETIENS AVEC GEORG LUKACS
by Lukacs, Georg; Abendroth, Wolfgang; Holz, Hans Heinz; Kofler, Leo; Pinkus, Theo
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£12.25£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Paris: Francois Maspero, 1969.. 1969.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream & blue wrappers. The binding is slightly darkened with light rubbing to the rear wrap. 128 & [1] pages plus colophon. Very good. <p>The subjects of the four interviews are "Etre et conscience", "Societe et individu", "Considerations sur une politique scientifique" and "Bilan provisoire".<p>The text is in French, translated from the German by Marcel Ollivier.
Item Price
£12.25
£3.88
shipping to USA
THE ETHICS OF THE DUST. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£40.82£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1866.. 1866.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth decorated in gilt on the spine with the title set wihin an elaborately decorated gilt circle on the front cover. Top edge gilt. The head of the spine is chipped & there is slight wear to the tail of the spine and corners. 250 pages and 1 ad. The hinges are starting to crack. The endpapers and pastedowns are slightly soiled and there is a previous owner's name penned on the front blank. A good copy. <p>First American edition of these informal lectures on the subject of ethics which Ruskin had the opportunity to deliver, within the give and take of answering questions, at a girls' school in the country. Ruskin playfully alludes to mineralogy as a means of linking together the diverse themes.
Item Price
£40.82
£3.88
shipping to USA
A FORGOTTEN PHILOSOPHER. Reprinted from The Monist, April, 1920
by (Holbach). Cushing, Max P
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£20.41£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
The Monist, 1920.. 1920.. Good. - Octavo, softcover. printed self-wraps. 6 pages. The front edges of the pages are rippled & the edges of the first page are slightly darkened with some light staining to the front edge. There is light creasing to the bottom corner of the last page. Good. <p>Signed "Compliments of M. P. Cushing" above the title.<p>Holbach [d. 1780] was a wealthy patron of philosophy and a close friend of Diderot. His salon was a meeting place for the Encyclopedists, Though an amateur, he wrote extensively on science, theology, politics, morals, and philosophy, his best-known work being "Systeme de la Nature [1770], an exposition of scientific materialism.
Item Price
£20.41
£3.88
shipping to USA
GEORG LUKACS: The man, his work and his ideas
by (Lukacs, Georg). Parkinson, G. H. R.; editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£8.16£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1970).. (1970).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with an area of slight bubbling to the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are slightly faded. The top edge of the rear panel of the dust jacket is a bit darkened and lightly creased & chipped. [viii] & 254 pages. There is a small, light stain to the fore-edge. Very good. <p>Contributors include David Craig, H. A. Hodges, A. G. Lehmann, Istvan Meszaros, Stanley Mitchell and Roy Pascal.
Item Price
£8.16
£3.88
shipping to USA
HE DIED FOR US. (Offprint).
by Traubel, Horace.
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£28.57£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Philadelphia. PA: The Conservator, 1902., 1902.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound into printed cream-colored wrappers. The wraps are lightly chipped with the front & bottom edges of the front wrap darkened & its bottom corner creased. Pages 23-33, unopened, with tributes to the Conservator from John Swinton and Francis Howard Williams printed on the inside front wrap & on the rear wrap. The bottom corners of the first 3 leaves are creased. Very good. An offprint from The Conservator: "Collects: Three ".
Item Price
£28.57
£3.88
shipping to USA
More Photos
HEGELS THEOLOGISCHE JUGENDSCHRIFTEN: Nach den Handscriften der Kgl. Bibliothek in Berlin. Herausgegeben von Dr. Herman Nohl.
by (Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich; and Nohl, Herman).
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£61.23£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Tubingen: Verlag von T.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1907., 1907.. Good. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in tan paper wraps titled in gray on the front cover and the spine with the publisher's ads printed on the rear cover. The covers are stained and creased with a chip out to the lower portion of the spine. x, [ii], 405 & [3] deckle-edged pages. The corners of the pages are lightly creased. A good, partially unopened copy. First edition.Hegel's theological writings for young people: based on the manuscripts of the Kgl. Library of Berlin. Edited by Herman Nohl.From the library of Dr. Clemens E. Benda, the authority on Down syndrome, with a postmarked stamped envelope addressed to him laid into the book. Clemens has additionally underlined and emphasized paragraphs with marginal pencil marks throughout the chapter titled "Der Geist des Christentums und sein Schicksal" (The Spirit of Christianity and its Fate). Considered the authority on Down syndrome, which was then…
Read More Item Price
£61.23
£3.88
shipping to USA
HIGH NOON AND DARKEST NIGHT: Some Observations on Ortega y Gasset's Philosophy of Art. Monday Evening Papers: Number 3. (Cover title)
by (Ortega y Gasset, Jose). Read, Herbert
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£12.25£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1964).. (1964).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The front wrap is very slightly faded along the spine. 18 pages. Near fine. <p>One of a series of papers read at the Center's Monday evening sessions to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. Herbert Read was a Fellow of the Center in 1964 and again in 1965 and read this paper on May 11, 1964.
Item Price
£12.25
£3.88
shipping to USA
HUMAN VALUES AND VERITIES
by Taylor, Henry Osborn
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£40.82£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London, U.K.: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine, in dw. The covers are bumped. The dw is chipped & lightly soiled with pieces out of the top edge & 2 tears to the spine, & a piece has been excised from the front flap. xiv & 282 pp. There is light staining to the prelims & scattered light foxing & staining to the text pages. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "Ruth Putnam from Henry Osborn Taylor / October 1930 / (We found many V. & V's in the Astor Library!)".<p>A study of human values, ideals and aspirations in the fields of science, philosophy, religion and the arts.
Item Price
£40.82
£3.88
shipping to USA
More Photos
HUMANISM AND MARX'S THOUGHT.
by Parsons, Howard L.
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£61.23£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, (1971)., (1971).. Very good. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine, in a white dust wrapper titled in black and illustrated in orange on the front panel. There is minor soiling and rubbing to the dust jacket. xiii, [i] & 421 page. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition."The purpose of this work is to expound humanism as an attitude and a philosophy, to show how the thought of Karl Marx is a distinctive and forceful form of humanism, and to apply Marx's thought to certain important social questions." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb].
Item Price
£61.23
£3.88
shipping to USA
More Photos
HUMANISM AND BEYOND.
by Johnson, Robert L.
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£20.41£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Philadelphia: United Church Press, (1973)., (1973).. Good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Brown boards titled in white on the spine, in a printed dust wrapper. The corners and head and tail of the spine are bumped. The edges of the dust jacket are lightly creased with a couple of chips to the top edge of the jacket. 127 pages. There is a Samuel Weiser bookseller's label on the front pastedown. The rear hinge is cracked. Good. First edition.
Item Price
£20.41
£3.88
shipping to USA
HUSSERL'S PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM.
by Spiegelberg, Herbert (1904-1990).
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£61.23£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Press, Inc., (1960)., (1960).. Fine. INSCRIBED BY HERBERT SPIEGELBERG TO HIS COLLEAGUE CLEMENS E. BENDA, THE AUTHORITY ON DOWN SYNDROME - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed green wraps. [14] pages, numbered 61 through 74. Near fine. An offprint, reprinted from "The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. LVII, No. 2, January 21, 1960".Inscribed on the front cover by the American philosopher Herbert Spiegelberg to his colleague Clemens Benda, the authority on Down syndrome. Dated "4.VII.62" by the author and signed "H. Spiegelberg". Spiegelberg has additionally crossed out the conclusion of John Wild's essay on the first page and a half, which precedes his own article.Born in Strasbourg, the American philosopher Herbert Spiegelberg (1904-1990) played a significant role in advancing phenomenological philosophy in the U.S. He met Edmund Husserl and other pioneers in the European phenomenological movement while studying at the University of…
Read More Item Price
£61.23
£3.88
shipping to USA
More Photos
INTELLECTUAL PIETY: A Lay Sermon.
by Davidson, Thomas (1840-1900).
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£306.15£3.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., 1896., 1896.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-7/8 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light greenish tan printed wraps. There are a couple of light brown rust stains to the lightly soiled front cover with a small chip out from the top front corner of the cover. 30 pages. The top front corners of the first few pages are creased and there are tiny brown spots to a couple of the pages. Very good.First edition. RARE. WorldCat locates only 5 copies.
The Scottish-American philosopher Thomas Davidson (1840-1900) was born at Old Deer near Aberdeen, Scotland. He first moved to Canada in 1866 and then to the United States a year later. He spent a few months in Boston before taking a position as classical master and subsequently principal in a St. Louis, Missouri high school. After eventually settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Davidson continued his extensive world travels while learning the languages of the cultures he visited, including French, German, Italian,… Read More
Item Price
£306.15
£3.88
shipping to USA