PHILOSOPHY from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

Twenty-Nine Essays, Michel de Montaigne, selected and introduced by Mortimer J. Adler; translated by Donald M. Frame; illustrated by Carol Wald. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., 482pp. with illustrations. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt decoration front and spine, gilt edges. In fine, unmarked, unread condition.

Arcology: The City in the Image of Man, Paolo Soleri. Published by The MIT Press, New York, October, 1973. First MIT Press Softcover Edition, (stated). Illustrated card covers. Oblong 15¾" x 9" tall., 121 double pp. Full page illustrations throughout in black and white. In very good condition: card covers have rubbing and light creasing; inked name to free endpaper,… Read more

Browning's Dramatic Monologues, Browning Robert, Byatt A.S. Published by The Folio Society, London, 1992. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xxxi., 310pp. with frontispiece and in text illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith. Quarter red cloth over decorative cloth boards, illustrations in mauve. Light rub to foredge front board and otherwise contents are in fine condition; housed in slipcase with… Read more

Dimensions of Baha'i Law, Danesh, Roshan. Published by Baha'i Publishing, USA, 2019. Card covers. 286pp. with index. Inscription to dedication page from Mary Danesh. Contents are otherwise in fine, unread condition; card covers have very light shelf wear. Organized around four distinct areas—Baha'u'llah's conception of law itself, the constitutional dimensions of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah's theory of social change… Read more

Pig City Model Farm: A Handbook on Architecture and Agriculture Kovitz, Rob. Published by Treyf/Coach House Press, Toronto, 1992. Card covers. Non paginated, includes black and white photograsm graphic and illustrations, notes and appendices. Light shelf wear to card covers, contents are in fine condition without marks, tears or folds. "If we could suddenly see this arranged order as it will… Read more

The Sacred Edict. With a Translation of the Colloquial Rendering by F.W. Baller. Published by the China Inland Mission, Shanghai, 1921. Fifth Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. pp. vi, 216. Printed in Chinese and English. Original half suede over buckram, banded spine with gilt titles on dark leather labels; green patterned endpapers. Contents have a few tiny and light… Read more

Two Cheers for Democracy, Forster, E. M. Published by Edward Arnold & Company, London, 1951. First Edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 372pp. Book review and newspaper clipping laid in. Navy cloth boards with gilt titles, red top edge. Pencilled name and date to endpaper, toning to endpapers and light toning to text block; otherwise, contents are in fine condition.… Read more

Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death, Søren Kierkegaard. Published by Princeton University Press, 2013. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 504 pp. Light wear to front cover; contents fine without marks, tears or folds. First published in 1849 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, this novel established Kierkegaard as the father of existentialism.

William James: Selected Writings, William James. Introductory essay by Robert Coles. Published by Book of the Month Club, New York, 1997. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 549 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper, gilt spine, blue endpapers.A series of twenty lectures on Psychology, Human Behavior and Personality, Pragmatism, Religion, Neurology, the Sick Soul, the Divided Self, Conversion, Saintliness, Mysticism,… Read more

The Classics and The Man of Letters: The Presidential Address delivered to the Classical Association on 15th April 1942, T.S. Eliot, Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, 1942. First Edition; early printing (see Donald Gallup A40). 12mo up to 7½" tall., 27pp. Light blue, yapped-edge card covers with black titles front; sewn binding with two signatures. Contents in fine… Read more

The Art Of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere, Iyer, Pico. Published by Simon & Schuster/ TED, 2014. 12mo up to 7½" tall. 74 pp. illustrated. Black boards with silver titles. In mint, unread condition in as new unclipped dustjacket.

The Odyssey of Homer, Homer, Butcher, S.H. And Lang, A. (Translated by) Charles W. Eliot (editor). Published by P. F. Collier & Son Company, New York, 1968, 61th edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 334 pages. Harvard Classics: Registered Edition as per half-title; Deluxe Edition as per spine. Green faux leather with gilt decorative borders and colophon front… Read more

Essays English and American (Thackeray, Newman, Ruskin, Huxley, Thoreau and Others (The Harvard Classics) Thackeray; Newman; Ruskin; Huxley; Thoreau et al. Eliot, Charles W. (Editor); Published by P. F. Collier & Son, 1968. 61th edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 420 pages. Harvard Classics: Registered Edition as per half-title; Deluxe Edition as per spine. Green faux leather with… Read more

Essays, Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis; Areopagitica and Tractate on Education; Religio Medici by Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne (The Harvard Classics), Charles W. Eliot (editor). Published by P. F. Collier & Son Company, New York, 1968, 61th edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 332 pages. Harvard Classics: Registered Edition as per half-title; Deluxe Edition… Read more

A Dictionary of Quotations from Authors Old and New, Together with an Alphabet of Proverbs, Volume I and II, Moorhead, J K; Lee, Charles (Editor Ernest Rhys). Everyman Series 809/810. Published by J M Dent & Sons Ltd; Dutton and Sons, New York. Circa 1928. 16mo up to 6½" tall., xvi, 380; viii, 425 pages. Maroon silky cloth, gilt… Read more

935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral IntegrityLewis, Charles, Published by PublicAffairs, New York, 2014. First Edition.Quarter black over white boards, red spine titles. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 364 pages including index. Volume in unread condition; light crease to lower front of unclipped dustjacket which is otherwise fine.

God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion, Stenger, Victor J. Published by Prometheus Books, New York. 2012. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 408 pages including bibliography and index. In unread, unmarked condition.

The Essence of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its Philosophy and Practice,Kyabgon, Traleg. Published by Shambhala, 2001. First Edition. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 188 pages including index.Light wear to covers and otherwise in mint, unread condition.

The Best Buddhist Writing 2004. McLeod, Melvin (Editor). Published by Shambhala, Boston, London, 2004. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 363 pages. Card covers. In mint, unread condition without marks etc. The Best Buddhist Writing 2004 features selections from the Dalai Lama; Thich Nhat Hanh; Pema Chödrön; Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones; novelist and journalist Pico Iyer; Huston Smith,… Read more

Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World, Das, Lama Surya, Broadway Books, 1998. Card covers. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 414 pages including index. Light toning to pages and otherwise in fine condition without marks, tears or folds. Lama Surya Das, the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition, presents the definitive book on… Read more