Search Results: Titles starting with G from Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark

Minor rubbing. VG. Philosophy of History Harvard University Press Cambridge [MA] 1993 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, xiii,255 pp., PAPERBACK. "This comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of Giovanni Battista Vico puts all the elements of his theories of authority, politics and civil religion in their proper relationship with his theory of history. As such, it raises provocative questions about the subsequent intellectual development of the anti-modern tradition as it relates to the historical and social sciences of our time" - Publisher's description.

Minor rubbing, VG in a rubbed and torn dustwrapper, dustwrapper Analytic Philosophy Allen & Unwin London/ New York (1970) orig.cloth 22x14cm, 376 pp, Series: Muirhead Library of Philosophy Contains 19 papers. Includes: Norman Malcolm "George Edward Moore"; Morris Lazerowitz "Moore's Commonplace Book"; J.N.Findlay "Some Neglected Issues in the Philosophy of G.E.Moore"; Alice Ambrose "Three Aspects of Moore's Philosophy"; Gilbert Ryle " G.E.Moore's 'The Nature of Judgement' "; Morris Lazerowitz "Moore & Linguistic Philosophy"; A.C. Ewing "Moore & Metaphysics"; C.D.Broad "Philosophy and 'Common Sense' "; A.J. Ayer "Moore on Propositions and Facts"; Gordon Greig "Moore & Analysis"; Theodore Redpath "Moore on Free Will"; Casimir Lewy "G.E.Moore on the Naturalistic Fallacy", etc.

Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. Ethical Philosophy Cambridge University Press Cambridge (2001) orig.cloth 23x15cm, viii,219 pp, Some light binding soil. Contents: Simplicity, Indefinability, Nonnaturalness; Lay of the Land; The Argument for Indefinability; Good's Nonnaturalness; Background; Later Refinements and Problems; Final Refinements; The Paradox of Ethics and Its Resolution; The Status of Ethics: Dimming the Future & Brightening the Past; The Origin of the Awareness of Good & the Theory of Common Sense; Moore's Argument Against Egoism; Against a Metaphysical Self; The Contradiction of Egoism; Moore on Sidgwick ; The Diagnosis of Egoism & the Consequences; Moore's Practical & Political Philosophy: Necessary Rules; Nonnecessary Rules; Moore's Conservatism; Moore's Cosmic Conservatism; The Dialectic of Innocence; Moore's Diagnosis; Critique of Religion; Cosmic Conservatism; Art between Politics & Religion; Moore's Solution & Its… Read More

Minor rubbing, VG. Gerard Fridrikh Muller McGill-Queen's Univ. Press Kingston / Montreal (1986) orig.cloth 24x16cm, xi,290 pp Contents: Present at the Creation: Leipzig & the Founding of the Russian Academy, 1705-31; Fledgling Historian at the Academy 1731-3; Charting Siberia: A Land and Its Past 1733-43; Stormy Decades at the Academy: Historiographer 1743-8; Debate on "Russian" Origins 1749-55; 'Monthly Compositions' 1755-64; Calm & Creativity in Moscow: Educator & Academy Deputy 1765-8; Archivist, Historian, Publicist, 1769-83; Epilogue: Müller &Russian Historiography; Appendices: Thomas Müller's Advice to His Son; Foreword to 'Monthly Compositions'.

Minor rubbing. VG. Mongolia Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran Helsinki (1966) orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 19 pp., Series: Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran aikakauskirja / Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne, 67, 2.

Some page yellowing. Several light spots to cover. Good. German Humor Theo Steiner Stuttgart-Botnang n.d. [1920s?] orig.wrappers 17x11cm, 64 pp., Sechste verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Tübingen humorous anecdotes.

slight corner bump,light cover soil,Good + textual photo illustrations Publishing history Gleerup Lund 1926 orig.cloth 30x22cm, 198 pp, A history of the Lund University booksellers and publishers Gleerup.

Minor wear. VG. Modern Greece Metaichmio Athena 2009 orig. wrappers 21x29cm, 350 pages., Weighs 1.4 kilos. Text in Greek and English. Includes numerous color photo illustrations. Study of contemporary Greek graffiti / street art. ["Vivlos tes hellenikes graffiti skenes..,. / The Bible of the Greek graffiti scene. More than 200 Greek and foreign writers and crews present over 1000 pieces of their work and take us on a journey to their colorful world. The most complete record of the Greek graffiti scene from its first appearance in Greece until nowadays..,." - from rear cover.]

Some rubbing. Spine chip. Some page yellowing. Good. frontispiece + 1 plate History of Medicine Haupt Bern 1953 orig. wrappers 92,(1) pp,, 24x16cm,Name inked on reverse of front cover Series: Berner Beitrage zur Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften, nr. 12.

Some rubbing. VG. In a rubbed dustwrapper., dustwrapper Italian Literature Syracuse University Press Syracuse [NY] (1966) orig.cloth 23x15cm, viii,243 pp Contents: The Novelist: The Enthusiastic Reception: 'L'Intrus'; The D' Annunzian Vogue: 'Episcopo et Cie'; 'L'Enfant de volupté'; 'Le Triomphe de la mort'; D'Annunzio and the 'Latin Renaissance'; The Novels for the Elite:'Les Vierges aux rochers', 'Le Feu'; Last Novel: 'Forse che sì forse che no'; Other Prose Works; The Dramatist: D'Annunzio's Debut as a Dramatist; 'La Gloria','La Gioconda'; A Theatrical Success: 'La Figlia di Iorio'; Plays Never Presented in France: 'Più che l'amore', 'La Nave', Francesca da Rimini'; The French Plays; After the First World War: 'Fedra', 'La Fiaccola sotto il moggio'; The Poet: The Volume of 'Poésies' (1912); Before the Publication… Read More

Spine chips. Cover label. Rubberstamp to title & cover. Good. Textual photos & tables Bulgaria Pech.Moderno Iskustvo Gabrovo 1940 orig.wrappers 65,(2) pp,, 24x16cm, Anthropological-geographic study of Gabrovo in central Bulgaria.

Minor wear. VG. Ethiopia [published by author?] Addis Ababa / Finfinne May 2013 orig. wrappers 21x14cm, viii,87,(1) pp, Title from cover. Title-page reads: "Gada System and United States of Africa : United States of Africa Should Be Built on Its Indigenous Democracy and Ethnic Federalism! / By Robele Tadesse..,. Founder and Chairman of Gada System Advancement Party".

Minor rubbing, light page-edge spotting, VG. Munda Languages Academy of Tribal Dialects Bhubaneswar (1991) orig. wrappers (8),148 pp,, 26x22cm, Series: Government of Orissa, Harijan & Tribal Welfare Department, Tribal Language Study Series, Vol. VI. A Southern Mundari tribal language spoken in Odisha.Text in Oriya characters. Pages 3-44 [Grammar] consist of Gadaba terms in Oriya characters with Roman character transcription. Pages 90 - 148 [ Dictionary]consist of Gadaba terms in Oriya characters with Roman character transcriptions + English definitions.

Minor rubbing. VG. Paul Celan State University of New York Albany [NY] (1997) orig.wrappers 24x15cm, 190 pp, PAPERBACK. Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Translated and edited by Richard Heinemann and Bruce Krajewski ; with an introduction by Gerald L. Bruns.

Minor rubbing, light binding corner bumps, VG. 6pp photo illustrations Himachal Pradesh Himachal Academy of Arts Shimla (2001) orig.boards 22x14cm, 154,(6) pp Entirely in Devanagari characters. Ethnographic-historical account of Gaddi region in Champu district of Himachal Pradesh.

Some rubbing. Light corner bumps. VG. Sanskrit Philology Kuppuswami Sastri Institute Madras 1981 orig. wrappers (296) pp,, 22x15cm, University of Madras doctoral dissertation. ["The Gadyakarnamrta...deals with the relationship between Karnataka and Tamil powers in the 13th Century A.D...the author of the work, Kalakalabha Sakalavidyacakravarttin enjoyed the patronage of the Hoysala rulers in both these regions ..." (from Foreword)]. Consists of a 14-page English introduction, 147-page English critical study + 106pp text of Gadyakarnamrta entirely in Devanagari characters. Contents: Critical Study:The Authors - Vidyacakravarttina; Vidyacakravarttin II (Kalakalabha), Author of the Gadyakarnamrta; Historical Study of the Gadyakarnamrta: The History in the Mythological Preamble; Some Specific Points Examined; Literary Study of the GK; Evaluation of the Author & the Work; The Text.

Front cover heavily spotted. Good. 23pp photoplates Indian Princely States Government of Baroda Baroda 1947 orig.cloth 19x25cm, xxiii,38,(24)p, Includes 23pp photoplates + textual photo illustrations. A rubberstamp to reverse of title. Illustrates & describes the chhatris [tomb monuments erected to commemorate the various Maharajas] of the Gaekwad dynasty of Baroda, an Indian princely state [Gujarat]. Issued by the feudatory "Government of Baroda".

Minor rubbing. Rubberstamp to title-page. Good. Danish Immigrant Sociology Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke København (1970) orig.wrappers 23x15cm, 168 pp. Text entirely in Danish. The first Danish sociological study of a group of Turkish, Greek & English "guest workers" immigration, living conditions and experience in Denmark together with a study of Danish arttitudes towards "guest worker" immigrants.

Minor rubbing. VG. Bulgaria Istoricheski Muzej-kavarna Sofija 2008 orig.wrappers 23x15cm, 288 pp Ethnographic studies of Gagauz minority of Bulgaria. Bulgarian text. Contains 8 papers, each with short (half page) English summaries. Includes:"Gagauzite v Bulgariia : Prouchvaniia i obshta harakteristika" [The Gagauzes: Studies & General Characteristics] ; "Zhilishte" [Dwelling]; " Hrana i kranene: Delnichna i praznichna trapeza" [Food & Nutrition: Everyday & Festive Meals]; "Rod i semeistvo pri gagauzite v Severoiztochna Bulgaria prez prvata polovina na XX v." [Kinship & Family Among the Gagauzes in the First Half of the XXth Century]; "Semeini obichai" [ Traditional Birth, Wedding & Funeral Rites]; "Narodni znaniia i viarvania" [ Folk Knowledge & Beliefs]; Praznichen kalendar" Calendar Feasts]; " Kalendarni praznitsi i obichai na gagauzite v Kavarnensko" [Calendar Feasts & Rituals of the Gagouzes in… Read More

Minor rubbing. VG. Bulgaria Izd. "Marin Drinov" Sofia 2006 orig. wrappers 20x14cm, 206 pp. Bulgarian text. Includes a 2-page English summary. "The Gagauzes: Yet Another View". Ethnographic study of ethnic Gagauz minority of Bulgaria & Moldova. "The book presents and analyzes the main problems arisen by the ethnocultural identity of the Gagaouzes" [Translation of the Bulgarian Table of Contents: Two challenges and one successful attempt (Foreword by prof. Dr. T. Iv. Jivkov); Introduction: Objectives, problems, methods; Territorial Distribution: In Bulgaria; Outside Bulgaria; Statistics: In Bulgaria; Outside Bulgaria; The Problem "Gagaouzes": Ethnogenetic hypotheses: Neither Slavs, nor Turks; Slavic identity; The Problem of Turkic Origin; Successors of Kumans; Successors of Oghuzes; Successors of Seljuk Turks; Successors of Proto-Bulgarians; The Language Problem; Historical and demographic sketches: Migrant or indigenous population; Ottoman domination and… Read More