Hardcover. New York, John Wiley & Sons, reprint, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 452 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles and black embossed illustration, b&w tissue-protected frontispiece of Ruskin's portrait, brown decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. Slight edgewear and rubbing to covers, previous owner's inscription on blank preview page, a few brown markings to right edge of page block, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, stiff binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, The American Philosophical Society, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 579 pages. B&w photographs. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Light foxing to top edge. Wear, chipping to dust jacket. A nice, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , The Macmillan Company, 1st U.S., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 141 pages. Red cloth cover in good condition. Inside bright, clean and crisp. Dust jacket has some wear. Frontispiece has b&w illustration of the opening verses of the Koran. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York , Abaris Books, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages. Oversized red decorated cloth cover, gilt lettering, minor wear to corners. This copy does not have original slipcase. Light foxing on top and fore edge, but inside is bright and clean, with many colored illustrations throughout. Contains a history of the Prayer Book and a synopsis of the life of Emperor Maximilian I.
Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 341 pages, gilt title on spine, blue cloth cover. Very slight edge and corner wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co, reprint, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 530 pages, dust jacket edge wear and small tears, price clipped. Pencil markings and underlining on some pages, foxing on edges, and previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise, clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Church Missionary Society, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages, gray cloth with gilt titles, frontispiece color illustration and foreword by Randall Cantuar, Archbishop of Canterbury dated March, 1925. No publication date on copyright page, crease on frontispiece, minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Joseph Steen & Co, reprint, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, All leather bound, with illustrations, a critical introduction, sermons and essay, and historical index. Gilt border on covers and title on spine with all edges marbled. Bound upside down, cover worn with wear and rub, two rough worn down patches on cover, otherwise, internally clean and tight.
Hardcover. New York , Nelson & Phillips, 1st, 1873, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 309 pages. Terracota cloth with gilt titles and decor to front and spine. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers, previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Abaris Books, 1st Thus, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Text in German and English. Translation by Mary J. Gregor. No dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Otherwise, tight clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Garland Publishing, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt titles on spine, 347 pages. A reprint of the 1912 London edition. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Otherwise, tight clean copy.
Hardcover. La Salle, Illinois, Open Court, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 151 pages. No. 14 of the Paul Carus Lecture Series. Tears on dust jacket and some foxing on rear of dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbing on front. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Small notes and markings in pencil on about 20 pages. Light creasing on top edge. Nice reading copy.
Hardcover. New York, Mahlon Day, reprint , 1836, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. Compilation of three separate volumes published in different times. Rear fly leaf creased. Foxing throughout. Otherwise clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Malden, NA, Wiley-Blackwell, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.
Softcover. New York, Penguin Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 420 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy.
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Antiquarian Religion & Philosophy Books
This section brings together used, rare and out-of-print works in philosophy, theology and religious thought, from primary texts to scholarly studies. Titles include Arthur Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation, E.R. Dodds's edition of Proclus: The Elements of Theology and H.S. Harris's Hegel's Development: Night Thoughts.
The shelves range across the Western canon and beyond, with volumes such as Jonathan Bennett's Learning from Six Philosophers and dual-language religious texts. Multi-volume sets and antiquarian printings are common, and editions range from student reading copies to fine older bindings, making this a good place to track down scarce and long-out-of-print works.
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