Philosophy from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London: Printed By M. Flesher, for Rich. Royston , 1632. From the library of British economist and entomologist William Spence (c.1783 - 6 January 1860) with his signature and a quotation about Montaigne in his hand at verso of title page, and his signature again at rear end page. "To the Beholder of This Title", [10], 631, [11,Index]. Separate title… Read more about this item

London: Printed By S. Richardson: And Sold By A. Millar...John Rivington...And, R. and J. Dodsley , 1758. Recently professionally rebacked in closely matching leather with red leather label in gilt, retaining the original leather covers while restoring the edges and corners. Internally clean and bright. With the armorial bookplates of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803), and Bridgewater… Read more about this item

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. xii, 498 pages. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Very Good, bound in contemporary polished calf, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers and edges, boards rubbed at edges, tissue guard detached but complete, interior clean, fresh and unmarked. Uncommon in attractive binding. . Sixth Revised Edition . Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo -… Read more about this item

Hamburg 1883-1885, : Verlag von Otto Meissner , 1883. xxiii, (1), 808, xxvii, 526 pages. Two volumes, The 3rd revised edition of the first volume of Das Kapital , edited by Friedrich Engels after the death of Karl Marx , with First Edition of the second volume of Kapital, edited by Engels and published 1885. .Newly… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1931. Near Fine, slight sunning to cloth at head of spine, in a Very Good SCARCE dust jacket, front flap corners clipped, 1" triangular chip front panel at top edge, smaller chips at fold corners. x. (1), 250 pages. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

[Copenhagen, Denmark]: Hauniae, 1955. A Fine set of the first eight books in this series, in eleven volumes, published 1955, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, and 1979. In original white cloth spines with gilt lettering over blue paper covered boards, the first four books with gilt top edges, three of the first four in publisher's original plain cardboard… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Lefevre, Libraire, 1826. (2 preliminary leaves, 500 pages) frontispiece (portrait). Bound in contemporary red polished calf with blind embossed covers and gilt and blind embossed spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled boards and edges. Very Good, boards lightly rubbed, light toning throughout, the small contemporary bookplate of Edouard Aubert front paste down. The ownership signature of J.B. Girard, US Army,… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksel Intl., 1966. From the collection of noted medieval scholar and polyglot James W. Marchand, with his name stamp front cover. Very Good Plus, crease top corner front wrapper, small marker lines front cover and title page. . First Edition. Printer Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(Cardiff): University of Wales Press, 1970. One of Griffiths two most important works. "This is the first modern commentary on Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride to be accompanied by a new recension of the greek text, and also the first to be undertaken by a classical scholar who is at the same time an Egyptologist." (front flap). Fine in a… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1810. Finely bound by Wood of London in early 20th c., half red morocco over red buckram boards, tasteful gilt decorations back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. xcv, (1), 211, (1 ads) pp. RARE, this early translation into English is the third, after William Fowler in the 1590s and Edward… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. SCARCE in current commerce, and particularly so in such lovely condition. Two volumes, Fine in Fine (Vol. I) and Near Fine (Vol.II) dust jackets, the jacket on Vol. II with a 1/2" triangular chip the bottom edge of rear panel. From the collection of Lawrence Grossberg, noted American scholar of cultural studies and popular… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1965. Original blue cloth with silver lettering at spine bright, x, 251 pages, illustrations. From the collection of noted medieval scholar, linguist, and polyglot James W. Marchand, his name stamp front end page. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small rubs at edges, light soiling, 1/2" closed tear bottom… Read more about this item

New York: Vintage Books, 1980. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To Jack and Peg Albertson, with best wishes, from Douglas Hofstadter, October, 1981". Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awards for non-fiction, and uncommon SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in any edition or printing. Fine in Wraps, as Issued, no number row, a… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie D'Emler Freres , 1828. Two volumes bound uniformly in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers. Very Good, edges worn and rubbed, title signature of Pensees loosened and hanging by bottom threads, scattered toning. Pensees, 498 pages, Lettres, xxxi, 455 pages. Uncommon found as a set and uniformly bound. . First Edition. Quarter Calf.… Read more about this item

Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Publishing House, 1959. One of 5,000 copies in the second printing, October, 1959, after 10,000 copies in the 1st printing, April, 1959. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners. 34 pp. in stapled wrappers. . Second Printing. Pamphlet. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1934. Translated from the German by Alan Harris. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, silver background of lettering at spine a bit rubbed, the title still legible, prior owner name in ink front end page, top edge soiled. A solid copy of this SCARCE Einstein collection of articles, addresses, and pronouncements. . First Edition. Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press Limited , 1969. One of 56 copies on Shadwell paper, hand-made by the printer, in this copy the color is pale gray. Frontispiece drawing by Jack Beal. Fine, as Issued, and one of Eiseley's scarcest books.. Limited Edition. Marbled Boards. Fine, as Issued/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1866. Frontispiece engraved portrait, xxvi, 360 pp. Bound in contemporary unsigned half calf over marbled boards, the back gilt, marbled end papers and edges, Very Good, prior owner name first blank front end paper, light wear at edges of boards, pages clean, bright and unmarked. This Lttle, Brown edition first published 1856, and rather uncommon… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, et al. , 1819. Three volumes handsomely rebound in 20th century quarter calf over marbled boards, new end papers, five raised bands with gilt rules and lettering back, Vol. II with the ownership signature of Wellford Addis of the Bureau of Education, Wash. D.C. at front end page. The binding is Fine, the… Read more about this item

Paris: Charles Pougens, 1798. No date (1798). 206 pp.with 6 pp. score of music of 2 airs: In G minor for fifes --In G major for wind ensemble. Bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt back, Very Good, somewhat newer pastedowns without the blank end papers, period owner name at half-title and title pages, small rubs at corners, gilt a… Read more about this item