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Price: $17.10
Publisher: U.S.A., Penguin Books: 1976
Edition: 38th Impression.
Seller ID: 007550
ISBN: 0140150625
Condition: Very Good
x, + 691pp. Book clean. Slightly concave, but firm, spine. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn. Selected and translated, with an Introduction, Prefaces, and Notes, by Walter Kaufmann. " . . . includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: 'Twilight of the Idols', 'The Antichrist', Nietzsche Contra Wagner' and 'This Spoke Zarathustra'. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility and inexhaustab... View more info
Price: $23.75
Publisher: London, Profile Books: 2009
Edition: First U.K. Edition, First Impression
Seller ID: 010930
ISBN: 1846680689
Condition: Near Fine
x, + 291pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles over undamaged black, round-cornered flexi-boards. Textblock pristine, all edges gilt (aug.). No dustjacket (as issued). An unusual collaboration between an author and a rapper/author stemming from a chance meeting, a suggestion of a future project that lead to Greene spending much of 2007 in the company of the artist/businessman/reformed felon, 50 Cent. That project was this volume, the musings (or! maybe philosophy) of the rapper known as 50 Cent. Book weight approx. 530g. View more info
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Dorset, England, Element Books: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010824
ISBN: 1852300280
Condition: Very Good
x, + 180pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper softly creased and surface indented, mildly edgeworn only. "This is the first book to bring the major aspects of Ahimsa - dynamic harmlessness - into focus for the Western reader. Nathaniel Altman provides a thorough grounding in a philosophy that has been practised by such notables as Thomas Merton, M.K. Gandhi, Bertrand Russell and Martin Luther King - to name but a few. But he goes further than this and shows how Ahimsa can be practically applied by each of us in our daily lives . . . " Book weight ap... View more info
By: Andrew Milner, et al (Edited by)
Price: $38.00
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom (and elsewhere), Berg Publishers: 1990
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 009450
ISBN: 0854965912
Condition: Near Fine
xv, + 208pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over trivially bumped spine. Plain buff boards and text-block pristine. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally bumped as spine, else near fine. This collection of essays, edited by Andrew Milner, Philip Thomson and Chris Worth, were originally presented as a series of research seminars organised in 1986-87 by the Centre for General and Comparative Literature at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The articles discuss central theorists of postmodernism, feminist reading of the concept of avante-garde, the re-reading ... View more info
By: Appelbaum, David and Thompson, Mel (Editors)
Price: $25.65
Publisher: London, Vega Books: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 007109
ISBN: 1843336138
Condition: Very Good +
350pp., frontispiece, and intext, monochrome halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Plain black boards lightly bumped. No dustjacket. Much philosophy is presented in this book, which includes: Prelims., Intro., Foreword, Eras and Cultures, Knowledge and Reality, Eastern Perspectives, Ethics, Philosophy of : Science, Biology, The Mind, Religion, Ancient & Medieval, Modern Period, Art, Eastern Religion, Language, Education, History, Law & Politics, plus Glossary, Index, more. Book weight approx. 1.64 KG. * Buyers outs... View more info
By: Audi, Robert
Price: $14.25
Publisher: London, Routledge: 1991
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 000458
ISBN: 0415070465
Condition: Very Good
214pp., a stand alone volume in the series: "The Problems of Philosophy: Their Past and Present". Side-stapled, book is clean and square, minute edge curl to foredge corners only. Card wrapper likewise, plus a few minor blind indentations. 'Practical Reasoning' will interest readers concerned with ethics and the philosophy of mind, as well as those interested in the nature of human action. Contents include: Part 1, Historical Background: Practical reasoning in Aristotle, Hume and Kant. Part 2: Practical Reasoning, Intentional action and Rationality. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage ch... View more info
By: Avalon, Arthur
Price: $20.90
Publisher: New York, Dover Publications: 1972
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 006713
ISBN: 0486201503
Condition: Good+
cxlvi, + 360pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Some biopredation on front and rear fly sheets, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. This copy is an unabridged edition of a title first published in English in 1913, by Luzac and Co., London. With an extensive Introduction, it is essentially a series of conversations between the great god Shiva and his Shakti, or consort-energy. 14 chapters. 'Arthur Avalon', translator, commentor, and introducer, is the pseudonym of eminent jurist and Tagore Professor at the University of Calcutta, Sir John Woodroffe (1865-193... View more info
Price: $16.15
Publisher: Briar Hill, VIC, Australia, Indra Publishing: 1989
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 006093
ISBN: 0958771820
Condition: Very Good +
79pp., 4 pages b/white halftone illustrations, plus b/white line-drawn chapter heading illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has nominal edgewear only. Contents include six chapters: Prelims., The Beginnings of Yoga, 'Yogies' and 'Bogies'-Yoga in the West, Yogic Powers (Siddhis)-'Levitation vis a vis Psychological Integration, Yoga as a 'Transcendental' System-The Place of Meditation and the Yogas, The Ethics of Yoga, The Guru and the Disciple (Guru-Shishya), plus Appendices A, B & C: The Eight Limbs of Yoga, Glossary, Bibliography. Book weight a... View more info
By: Blunden, Andy
Price: $12.35
Publisher: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, Intervention Press: 1991
Seller ID: 002743
ISBN: 0646063677
Condition: Very Good
v, + 263pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. ISBN sticker affixed to colophon page, otherwise leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. "The object of this book is to offer the reader an introduction to the whole range of Marxist theory. It is addressed to the serious student who is prepared to work quite hard in coming to grips with new concepts . . . " The first of three volumes, this volume includes: Prelims., Intro., Part 1/ Classical Marxism. 2/ Modern Marxism. 3. Marxism of today/Post World War 11. Appendices. Index. Book weight approx. 430g. View more info
By: Bookchin, Murray
Price: $16.15
Publisher: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Black Rose Books: 1987
Edition: Second (Revised)
Seller ID: 006288
ISBN: 0920057624
Condition: Good
194pp. Book clean. Spine firm. A former owner's name, an original seller's stamp, and random flecks on front flysheet. Foxing flecks on text-block edges. Art-illustrated (J.W.Stewart) card wrapper mildly edgeworn and creased. In this book, Murray Bookchin, ecological issues spokesman for over twenty years, identifies social ecology as an alternative to society's head-on collision with disaster . . . Five chapters, Notes. Book weight approx. 270g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
Price: $22.80
Publisher: Carlton, Vic, Australia, Melbourne University Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 008124
ISBN: 0522846149
Condition: Very Good +
x, + 155pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Model for a World Fair Maintenance Machine', John Howley) card wrapper nominally scuffed. A stand-alone volume in the MUP 'Interpretations' series. " C.P.Snow long ago diagnosed a breach in our civilization between the two cultures: Literature and Science . . . a critical introduction to recent efforts to construct an interdisciplinary analysis of these two cultures, copiously punctuated with the voices of many scientists and writers . . . The result is an analysis of the discourses circulating in today's mindscape... View more info
Price: $16.15
Publisher: London, Collins: 1951
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 012749
Condition: Very Good
254pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Khaki-colour, original cloth boards unmarked. An original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a former owner's name on ffep., a foredge fleck on several leaves, foot untriimed, else random ballpoint pen marks on several pages. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, slightly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear. Some of the essays (now revised) in this book have been previously in print. In this volume of eight essays, Professor Butterfield widens his field of investigation into the scientific... View more info
Price: $26.60
Publisher: London, Duckworth (The Right Book Club): 1931
Edition: First U.K..
Seller ID: 012044
Condition: Good
vi, + 264pp. Book square. Blue cloth spine bumped, foxed and faded (title clearly legible). Plain papered boards mildly soiled (one mark on rear blue quarter cloth), plus lower foredge tips worn. Text-block edges flecked, else leaves tanned. No dustjacket. An early believer in the Marxist communist ideology, William Henry Chamberlin, American-born (Brooklyn, 17 Feb., 1897; d. 12 Sep., 1969) historian/journalist was later to change his beliefs after observing the negative aspects of collectivism whilst working in the U.S.S.R. This book attempts to set forth a reasoned proposition that collectiv... View more info
By: Crook, John and Fontana, David (Edited by)
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Great Britain, Element Books: 1990
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009113
ISBN: 1852301546
Condition: Very Good
231pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper has soft corner crease to front panel, else mildly edgeworn and scuffed. "In this fascinating series of essays relating Buddhist philosophy and practice to modern psychological theory, the contributors show how the Buddhist 'wordless view' can broaden our knowledge of the mind, and modify and enrich human experience. An invaluable guide for the interested reader and the professional alike by practising psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors, it offers the perfect map for anyone ex... View more info
By: Daly, Mary
Price: $17.10
Publisher: North Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Spinifex Press: 1993
Seller ID: 010710
ISBN: 1875559124
Condition: Very Good +
xiii, + 477pp. Four b/white illustrations by Sudie Rakusin. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. The resplendent philosophical autobiography of the world's foremost radical feminist philosopher . . . Book weight approx. 723g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: de Botton, Alain
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Ringwood, VIC, Australia, Penguin Books: 2002
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 010476
ISBN: 0140276610
Condition: Very Good +
264pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Pages clean, very soft corner crease to several leaves. Illustrated card wrapper very good. "Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here there are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety, the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. Book weight approx. 195g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post und... View more info
By: Douglas, C.H.
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Women's Division, the Electoral Campaign (Non-Party Political) with Permission of K.R.P. Publications:
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 006702
Condition: Good
No publication date (c. late 1930s). Staplebound (single staple) format. 16pp. Former owner's detail on first/title page, plus random red pen underlining, throughout. Text-printed grey pressings wrapper in good condition. "Notes for the address delivered at the Central Hall, Liverpool, on October 30th, 1936." Originally published in 'The Social Creditor'. Pamphlet weight approx. 20g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Ehlers, Henry
Price: $16.15
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1968
Edition: 1st Impression
Seller ID: 001838
Condition: Good+
xi, + 386pp., b/w intext line drawings. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Laminated, printed card wrapper mildly splayed and edgeworn. Contents, in 'parts', include: Preface, Introduction, Part 1. Sets [Classes, terms]. 2. Propositions. 3. Inferences. Index. Book weight approx. 560g. View more info
By: Feldman, Fred
Price: $22.80
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1994
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 008455
ISBN: 0195089286
Condition: Very Good +
xiv, + 249pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Two short black felt pen marks to lower text-block edge (does not affect text pages), otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "What is death? Do people survive death? What do we mean when we say that someone is 'dying'? Presenting a clear and engaging discussion of the classic philosophical question surrounding death, this book studies the great metaphysical and moral problems of death, concluding with a novel consequentialist theory about the morality of killing, applying it to such thorny practic... View more info
By: Ferrell, Robyn
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia, Indra Publishing: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 002948
ISBN: 1920787011
Condition: Very Good +
192pp. Book clean, square. Slightest reading crease on spine. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. 'The Real Desire' is a collection of essays, written over the last ten years, by Robyn Ferrell, who is now Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. This collection is for the general reader as well as the academic and student." Essays of Discovery, Rites of Passage, Disillusionment, and Critical Analysis. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
