"Series of essays by a Western master of Indian mystical tradition. All of Brunton's works are classics in thier field. Very good first American edition lacking dust jacket, text slightly aged with no marks, spine solid. Small indentation on back board, light bumping on corners." View More...
"New Thought cosmological work by American painter and autodidact. Special revised edition in mint condition. Index is stapled separately into back cover. Spine slightly sunned. Bright, white, tight and square." View More...
"VG+ first edition from one of the Lost Generation. Lacks dust jacket, clean blue cloth covers with slight shelf wear on spine edges. Primarily clean with exception of smudge on first page and pencil inscription on inside back page." View More...
"1677 text of (presumably) complete works by Roman poet Claudius Claudianus, 4th century Latin poet, panegyrist who was associated with the court of the Roman emperor Honorius and also particularly with the general Stilicho, for whom many of his elegiac couplets were composed. This 1677 Latin edition was edited by Gulielmus Pyrrho, published in Paris by Frederick Leonard. Some of the contents include his well known pieces, such as Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus, De raptu Proserpinae, In Rufinum, In Eutropium, and others. Ex-lib, Poor condition, leather deteriorated, front and... View More...
Five volumes in slipcase. Near Fine/Good. Harry Abrams Inc. New York, 1978. Deep blue 1/2 leather bound, gold lettering and raised bands. 3115 plates of etchings, plus index volume. 18mo, octodecimo. Books near fine condition, bright, tight and crisp. Small scrape on Vol II spine leather. Slipcase with blue ribbon has small stain on back, bottom right edge separated has been repaired. Very attractive and collectible edition of historical encyclopedic work. View More...
"Kierkegaard and the Existential Philosophy, Lev Shestov, 1967. Author examines Kierkegaard as a proponent for revealed truth, contrasting rationalist thought and concluding that a reconciliation between religion and reason is impossible. Scarce first edition in VG+ condition, clipped jacket. Tight, generally clean, with few minor instances of pencil marks. 314pp." View More...
"Poor condition four volume set, water stains, foxing and severe fraying of cloth boards, some folios exposed at spine, presumably from shelf wear. Volume one missing half cover to spine, some pen notation throughout. Other volumes do not appear to have any pen or pencil marks. Spines intact and no pages shaken or loose. Illustrated with engravings." View More...
"VG+ lacking dust jacket. Author details interdependencies of philosophy, on one side, and on the other of practical and theoretical natural sciences. It influenced many scholars in their views about (the history of) science and philosophy. 714pp, 8vo. Black cloth boards, slightly scuffed, else near fine. No marks, clean and tight." View More...
"Stated first edition with good condition uncliped dust jacket, which has expected shelf wear. Interior clean and tight, no marks. Scarce edition of fiction based on historical scholarship." View More...
"Originally entitled ?An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences.' Into this book President Mather had gathered up all that was known or could be collected concerning the performances of persons supposed to be leagued with the Devil. 1890 reprint of 1684 text by President of Harvard College, father of Cotton Mather, on all things witchcraft known up to that time. Good condition book in brown leather, boards slightly shelf worn. Text pages brown and fragile, deckled edges. Inside plate loose from spine. Some foxing." View More...
"Book gifted by author to Williams College in 1887, college book plate and presumably inscribed by author on presentation. Thus an ex-lib, though lacking most of the inner stamps. Spine gilt with catalog number and title, boards sunned, bumped. Deckled edges. Spine minor edge wear. Very good copy. No marks, hinges and spine good. Nice collectible copy of important Reformed Baptist text. 754pp. 8vo." View More...
"A new age approach to using biofeedback for meditative purposes from the 1970s. Sensitive electronic instruments are used to provide meaningful information about physiologic processes to a mediator. In turn, the subject gains greater awareness and control over the physiology and self-regulates more effectively. The author in describing the method developed, recourses to dada-like cut and paste to suggest the spiritual enlightenment that is possible to attain using biofeedback. Highly entertaining look at 70's new age thought intersecting with scientific theories. 270pp. 8vo. Lacking jacket. P... View More...
Very good HB. Minor bumps on corners. Tight binding with clean pages; no markings. Gold lettering on spine. 336 pp. The New Forest explores explores England's scenery and its connection to history. Detailed and beautiful illustrations throughout book along with 2 maps. View More...
"Two plays on early American colonial themes, primarily the witchcraft delusion at Salem. Not a first printing, but a first edition from 1868. VG, corner bumps and shelf wear, back inside pages has label remnant. Text pages aged, few minor marks. Last pages slight crease towards spine. Clean and tight otherwise." View More...
"Near fine first edition on recent advances in rigorous mathemathical methods. Topics in Mathematical System Theory, ""the child of three fathers and borne of circumstances,"" consists of four parts, each of which is the independent work of one author. nThe book is one of an increasing number which uses the state space formalism of dynamical systems as the leitmotiv for the further development. In this framework one views the generation of outputs from input via the intermediate variable, the state: the model thus displays its memory explicitly. Fine text in a very good protected non price c... View More...
