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LOVE THE WORDS AND INSPIRATION MOTHER TERESA
by MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
Unread. Better than new. No inscriptions, annotations or marks. Illustrated with black and white motifs and photographs throughout. Designed by Cameroon Gibb, Annatjie Mathee, and Carolyn Lewis, with a foreword by Desmond Tutu and introduction by Mike Nicol. A book of short quotes by Mother Teresa.
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£9.40
WILDERNESS DAWNING
by PICKFORD, PETER
Rear of Dust jacket has a number of shallow indentations and one deeper scratch 30mm long; scuff at head of spine. Book is slightly worn on lower edge, hardly noticeable. 28pp of text with line dwgs and 2 double p photos, followed up to p160 by glossy col photos with explanations. Actually the best wildlife photos I have ever seen. An ideal Coffee Table Book.
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£13.38
Outline of Philosophy, Part I
by Shaw, Charles Gray
One of ten volumes in the Pocket Library of the World's Essential Knowledge by Funk & Wagnall. Nothing worse than an incomplete set, so here is the chance to add to your set or start collecting this series. Red fabric covered boards with gilt print and decoration on the spine. Mild wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The first of two parts on Philosophy; part two in Volume VI. I do have other volumes from this set. Combine your order and save on postage.
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£4.48
The Turtle Tattoo
by Wolfson, Margaret Olivia
Very little wear to book or jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The author, a "professional storyteller", provides life advice through the telling of allegorical tales in this compact book.
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£3.87
Mind, Language and Society Doing Philosophy in the Real World
by Searle, John
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. x, 175 pages. Brings philosophical concepts from the abstract to real world understanding and application. The author stresses that there is a real world out there to deal with, and condemns the belief that the reality of our world is dependent on our perception of it....
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£15.65
The River of Time
by Allen, Eula
Very little wear. Staples are rusty. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A product of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment. A very rare book.
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£39.07
Questioning Ethics Contemporary Debates in Philosophy
by Kearney, Richard & Dooley, Mark (Edited by]
London and New York: Routledge. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 302 pages. Original contributions by major philosophers are organised around five sections: Hermeneutics, deconstruction, critical theory, psychoanalysis, application of ethics. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.
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£14.60
HARVEST, Volume One . TRAVEL.
by STUART, Vincent (Ed)
London.: Castle PRESS,, 1948. Pictorial dj by Hans Tisdall was rather rubbed on top edge, now restored; less rubbed on lower and front edges. Book has pages yellowed. 67pp includes 16pp b&w photos of art.. First Edition. Hard Cover Black Boards.. Fine in Plastic/Very Good. 252x9p55mm. A delightful anthology of Travel in the search of Art, Growth and Sociological understanding.
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£15.17
Nitya Sutras
by Hatengdi, M. U. and Swami Chetanananda
Stated first edition. Mild wear at the edges and corners. Front cover has a couple of scratches and a sticker that resists removal. Spine is square and uncreased. Pages are clean and tight, with a couple of dog-ears and a stray mark or two. A dozen or so illustrations and photographs. A fairly rare and highly valued volume.
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£19.53
Belief and Resistance Dynamics of Contemporary Intellectual Controversy
by Smith, Barbara Herrnstein
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Havard University Press. 1997. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 221 pages. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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£9.39
The Sky of the Heart
by Chetanananda, Swami
Very little wear. Square, uncreased spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally translated by M. U. Hatengdi. Rather scarce. Second edition. Originally printed under the title Nitya Sutras. (For a copy of the first edition, see ST09115.)
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£16.28
All Life is Problem Solving
by Karl Popper
this book contains some penciled noted and underlining and some of the pages are bent over at the toppicture is the actual book
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£28.38
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
by Fulghum, Robert
Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, spine is creaseless. Owner's name inside front cover and a small sticker on the lower spine. I've always wondered about this title, because i really need to know how to drive and do my taxes, and neither one was taught in kindergarten back in the 1950s.
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£2.44
THE ROAD TO LAMBARENE
by AUGUSTINY, WALDEMAR
Dust jacket has spine slightly faded and re-coloured. Book has all pages yellowing. Translated by Blake, William J.
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£8.36
Selves and Their Good
by Wodehouse, Helen
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover 12mo, 73pp. Very Good with some age toning, in Very Good dust jacket with some discoloration including sunning to the spine. A.L.S. sentiment laid-in, written on Girton College, Cambridge letterhead: "With kind regards, H. M. W." Helen Marion Wodehouse (12 October 1880 20 October 1964) was a British philosopher and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, and ] the first woman to hold a professorial Chair at the...
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£36.63
THE INGENUITY GAP
by HOMER-DIXON, THOMAS
Dust jacket is slightly marked. Book has top edge slightly grubby. Covered in plastic
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£9.40
The Cosmic Way
by Peto, Frank
Cosmic Way Society, 1981. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Black cloth 8vo, 117pp. Near Fine with slightest nudging to corners. Old bookseller's pencil on the front flyleaf; else clean and unmarked.
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£16.28
THE LAZY MAN'S GUIDE TO ENLIGHTENMENT
by GOLAS. THADDEUS
Bit damaged on rear cover where a bookseller's sticker has been removed; pages browning from outside to in. Very scarce which is surprising in view of the number of printings. Please expect reduced postage to overseas.
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£8.36
Mankind in the Making
by Wells, H. G
London: Chapman and Hall, 1906. Hardcover. Good +. New and Cheaper Edition," 1906. 8vo, 166pp. Hardcover cloth binding with 1p publisher's ads at both front and rear. Binding slightly cocked, cloth at front joint beginning to split, but not too shaky. Previous owner's signature on the front flyleaf; contents tanned but otherwise unmarked.
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£13.02
The BOOK OF LIFE
by JACKSON, ANDREW
Edges slightly scuffed. Unmarked; 24pp col photog plates.
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£9.20
Spinoza's Critique of Religion
by Strauss, Leo
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. 327 pages. Softcover. Small bump to upper spine edge, name of previous owner in pen in front end papers. Otherwise very clean and tight copy. Record # 2230996
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£25.23
Thinking in an Emergency
by Scarry, Elaine
Little wear. The pages are clean and tight, the spine is uncreased. A part of Amnesty International's Global Ethics Series. Argues in favor of thinking versus reacting in an emergency, at the political level.
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£5.29
Prabodha Sudha (Nectar of Enlightenment)
by Tirtha, Swami Poornananda
The plain-paper dust jacket has fading, spots and many tears and abrasions. The book, much less so; the rust-colored fabric, with white print on the front and spine, shows a little fading at the head and tail of the spine. Little other wear to the fabric, although there is a slight warp to the front board and indications that it has been exposed to a small amount of moisture. The pages show no water stains. The book has been read, and the stitching is stretched a bit. The pages are generally clean, with...
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£34.59
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN ALBUM
by Mortier, Jeanne & Aboux, Marie-Louise (Editors)
London.: Collins, 1966. Covers slightly marked more esp in the area around head & tail. 223pp incl dateline and bibliography.. First Edition in English.. Hard Cover White-ish Cloth.. Very Good in Plastic./None. 278x26mm.
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£15.67
