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Essays in Radical Empiricism.
by JAMES, William (Arie de Jong Copy)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
First British edition. Near fine in the very scarce seldom seen dust jacket. Ownership signature on front end page of (presumably) Arie de Jong (1865-1957) Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gained new strength in the Netherlands. Else clean, bright, and unmarked with a bit of foxing to edges and prelims. Jacket is well preserved for age with some chipping to corners and some amateur tape repairs made to reverse which are partially visible from outside. First UK edition, first impression, published the same year as the first US edition. James originally assembled an early version of the collection in 1906, choosing essays which were first published in journals. A year later he composed a separate list of essays for a proposed book under this title, which remained unrealized until 1912 when his colleague and biographer Ralph Barton Perry amalgamated James's choices with some of his own additions to create this edition. The collection includes James's groundbreaking essays on "pure experience" and "radical empiricism". As the writings span the years 1884-1906, this edition captures the gradual development of James's philosophical theories as he engaged in lively debates with his contemporaries while a professor of psychology and philosophy at Harvard.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125
- Title
- Essays in Radical Empiricism.
- Author
- JAMES, William (Arie de Jong Copy)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- New arrivals October 2021; Psychology & The Occult;
- Size
- 8vo
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