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1909. London, The religious Tract Society, 1909. Orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering. Frontispiece in photogravure. XXVI,388 pp., many illustrations on 17 plates after photographs, 1 folded map. Clean and fine.

1870. London, Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1870. 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers, inner hinges repaired with tape,scattered brownspots. With Six Chromolithographed pages with blank spaces of figures, toys etc. to be filled with the numbered pictures. Almost all are filled.

1855. Leipzig, Ernst Schäfer, 1855. Lex8vo. Recent boards with printed titlelabel on spine. VI,514 pp. and 73 lithographe plates of which 66 are chromolithographed. Text with some scattered brownspots. the last two plates with small nicks to margins Scarce first edition.

1868. leipzig u. St. Petersburg, Haessel, 1868-69. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. V,812 pp. Light browning to leaves.

1889. Utrecht, Utrecht, Stoom- Boek- en Steendrukkerij " de Industrie", J, Van Druten, 1889. Folio-oblong (370x580 mm). In contemporary boards with the original front wrapper pasted on to front board. Stamp to front board, front free end-paper and title-page. Soiling to extremities and hindges weak. Internally fine and clean. 9, (1) pp + 22 plates depicting the Indian Ocean. Rare work on meteorological observations in the Indian ocean for December, January and February 1889.

1895. Wien, Seidel und Sohn, 1895-96. 4 uniform modest hcloth with the original printed frontwrappers pasted on upper boards. Stamp on title-pages. (10),231;(4),216;(10),247;(10),205 pp., 33 large folded plates, laid in at ends, folded tables. Internally clean.

1833. München, Lindauer'sche Buchh., 1833. Cont. hcalf. Back gilt. Stamp on title. XII,188,(2) pp. and 1 large folded lithographed plate. (Lehrbuch der Taktik. Theil I).

1937. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1937. 8vo. In the original green full cloth with the original dust wrapper. Dust wrapper with wear, lacking 5 mm to top and bottom of spine and the upper right part of the back. Apart from the dust-jacket, a very fine and clean copy. XIX, (1), 151 pp. Economist Simon Kuznets's copy of the first edition of Bowley's conclusive work on wages and income in United Kingdom. Bowley produced a stream of studies on British economic statistics, beginning in the 1890s with works on trade and on wages and income, and proceeding to studies of national income in the 1920s and -30s. The present, although rather short, work became highly influential, as it introduced much of Bowley's more technical work to a broader public.Simon Smith Kuznets (1901 - 1985) Russian American economist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for "his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social… Read More

1946. New York, Tudor, (1946). Original full cloth. XV,399 pp. and 7 plates.

1806. No Place, no printer, 1806. 4to. Later modest hcloth. Stamp on titlepage. (1),82 pp. A bit browned.

1960. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1960. Lex 8vo. Uncut and partly unopened. Original self-wrappers. A few tears to extremities, but otherwise an excellent copy. A few light pencil annotations to a few leaves in the beginning, otherwise internally very nice, clan, and fresh. Old owner's name and a marginal stain to half-title. XVII, (1), 486, (2) pp. The first edition of Gadamer's main work, "Truth and Method", the aim of which is to uncover the nature of human understanding. A main work of philosophical hermeneutics as well as 20th century continental philosophy in general.Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 - 2002) is the decisive figure in the development of twentieth century hermeneutics. He is without doubt one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and he has had an enormous impact on philosophy, theology and aesthetics, acquiring the greatest respect and reputation in Germany and the rest of Europe, which has been far from restricted to academic circles. "Truth and Method" is intended to… Read More

1960. Tübingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 1960. Orig. blue full cloth w. gilding to front board and gilt title on spine. Orig. dust-jacket w. water-staining to spine, a few minor tears, no loss. Not price-clipped. Apart form the waterstaining, a truly excellent copy in near mint condition. XVII, (1), 486, (2) pp. The first edition of Gadamer's main work, "Truth and Method", the aim of which is to uncover the nature of human understanding. A main work of philosophical hermeneutics as well as 20th century continental philosophy in general.Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 - 2002) is the decisive figure in the development of twentieth century hermeneutics. He is without doubt one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and he has had an enormous impact on philosophy, theology and aesthetics, acquiring the greatest respect and reputation in Germany and the rest of Europe, which has been far from restricted to academic circles. "Truth and Method" is intended to be a description of what we consciously or… Read More

1935. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1935. Lex8vo. In the original full black cloth. Extremities with lidt wear and soiling, especially to front bard. Internally fine and clean. IX, (1), 451, (1) pp. From the library of the Welch philosopher Henry Habberley Price with his name on front free endpaper: "H. H. Price / New College / Oxford". First edition of Reichenbach famous work on the theory of probability which 1949 was traslated into English (The Theory of Probability, 1949).Reichenbach studied civil engineering, physics, mathematics, and philosophy at Berlin, Göttingen, and Munich in the 1910s. Among his teachers were neo-Kantian philosopher Ernst Cassirer, mathematician David Hilbert, and physicists Max Planck, Max Born, and Arnold Sommerfeld. Reichenbach received his degree in philosophy from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 1915 with a dissertation on the theory of probability titled Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit (The… Read More

1956. Berlin, Göttingen, heidelberg, 1956. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. XI,435 pp.

1903. Leipzig, Teubner, 1903. Orig. full cloth. Back partly loose and worn, edges worn. Stamp and name on title. XV,594 pp. Internally fine. First edition.

1935. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1935. Lex8vo. In the original publishers cloth. Black leather title label with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's name to. A very fine and clean copy. IX, (1), 451, (1) pp. First edition of Reichenbach famous work on the theory of probability which 1949 was traslated into English (The Theory of Probability, 1949).Reichenbach studied civil engineering, physics, mathematics, and philosophy at Berlin, Göttingen, and Munich in the 1910s. Among his teachers were neo-Kantian philosopher Ernst Cassirer, mathematician David Hilbert, and physicists Max Planck, Max Born, and Arnold Sommerfeld. Reichenbach received his degree in philosophy from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 1915 with a dissertation on the theory of probability titled Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit (The Concept of Probability for the mathematical Representation of Reality), published in 1916. Between 1917 and 1920, while he was… Read More

1908. Leipzig u. Berlin, B.G. Teubner, 1908-10. 2 orig. full cloth, gilt. Light wear to spine ends. X,410;X,470 pp. A few underlinings.

1906. Leipzig u. berlin, Teubner, 1906. Orig. full cloth. Gilt. VIII,310 pp. + a8 Tables. Name on title. Fine and clean. a few pencil-underlinings. First edition.

1968. Bln., 1968. orig. cloth. 342 pp.

1935. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1935. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth. Stamps on titlepage. IX, (1), 451, (1) pp. From the library of the Danish logician and philosopher Jørgen Jørgensen with his name on front free endpaper. First edition of Reichenbach famous work on the theory of probability which 1949 was traslated into English (The Theory of Probability, 1949).Reichenbach studied civil engineering, physics, mathematics, and philosophy at Berlin, Göttingen, and Munich in the 1910s. Among his teachers were neo-Kantian philosopher Ernst Cassirer, mathematician David Hilbert, and physicists Max Planck, Max Born, and Arnold Sommerfeld. Reichenbach received his degree in philosophy from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 1915 with a dissertation on the theory of probability titled Der Begriff der Wahrscheinlichkeit für die mathematische Darstellung der Wirklichkeit (The Concept of Probability for the mathematical Representation of Reality), published in 1916. Between 1917 and 1920,… Read More