London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xii, [1], 14-576 pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. Illustrated by a wood-engraved frontispiece, a map, thirty-two full-page illustrations, and several in-text illustrations. The..... More
London: Thos. De La Rue & Co., 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], viii-xv, [2], 2-720, [2] pp. Half contemporary black calf over purple pebbled cloth boards, spine in six compartments with a purple morocco label lettered in gold, all edges decoratively speckled. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map..... More
London: John Baskett, 1716. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Book of Common Prayer unpaginated, Psalter pagination as follows: [3], 4-237, [7] pp. Contemporary fine-grain red morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt tooling on the boards and spine, early marbled endpapers and pastedowns; all edges gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece of King..... More
New York: Random House, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 3-383, [5] pp. Navy cloth with red lettering on the front board and orange lettering on the spine. With four plates of black and white photographs. Recounts the author's experiences traveling with the press corps covering the 1972 U.S. Presidential..... More
Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 4to. [16], 672; 590, [56] pp. Contemporary full vellum, spines in seven compartments, each spine with a maroon morocco label lettered in gilt. Fore-edge and bottom textblock decoratively speckled. Both volume's title pages printed in red and black. Volume one..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xvi, [1], 2-441, [5]; [3], vi-xvi, [1], 2-474, [2] pp. Bound in navy cloth with gold lettering and decorations in gold and black on the boards and the spines. Each volume illustrated by a frontispiece, 235..... More
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[London]: Macmillan and Co., 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], x-lvi, [1], 2-723, [3]; [6], x-lxxxv, [4], 2-530, [2] pp. Contemporary smooth calf with twin gilt rules on the boards, spines in six compartments, with a red and green morocco label lettered in gilt on the spines; all..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1906. First English language edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], x-xii, [4], x-xviii, [1], 2-326, [2]; [5], vi-ix[4], 2-447, [3] pp. Half contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt decorations on the spines with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 314 pp. Yellow cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine, horses embossed in red on the front board. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece photograph of..... More
[New York]: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers [1953] [1955] [1957], 1953; 1955; 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, [2], 1-428, [4]; [7], viii-xiii, [6], 4-512; [7], viii-xvi, [5], 4-537, [3] pp. Royal blue cloth with silver and black lettering on the front board and spine, spine with blue..... More
London: Richard Phillips, 1808. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-256 pp. Nineteenth-century half green leather over marbled boards (binding ca. 1835). DeMorgan 90 (DeMorgan's speculation that 1816 is the first edition is incorrect). Contemporary owner has tipped in leaves with their hand-written calculations and notes, one of which..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-265, [11] pp. Quarter white cloth over navy paper boards with a gold decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $11.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A...... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 460, [4] pp. Green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gold on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece and nine additional plates. A contemporary owner's name on the free front..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [3], 2-225, [1] pp. Navy cloth with copper lettering on the spine. Price of 45s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. SEP, "Promises". Slater 581. Lyons' first book: here the classic objection to rule utilitarianism..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 5-291, [7] pp. Black paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine and the author's initials in gold on the front board; red topstain. Price of $24.00 on front flap of dust jacket..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1975], 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-x, [2], 273, [3] pp. Quarter yellow cloth over red paper boards with red lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. The first printing of the first edition. A very..... More
Glasguae [= Glasgow]: Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis [= Published by Robert and Andrew Foulis], 1750. Second edition. Hardcover. Small (Pot) 8vo. [5], 2-248, [2] pp. Contemporary full calf, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, maroon morocco label on the spine, boards' edges show gilt tooling. Gaskell..... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxxi, [1], 1-508 pp. Contemporary calf with the spine in six compartments, a red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine. Illustrated with a few full-page and numerous in-text diagrams. With a discussion of canals, gases, the movement of..... More
New York: The Overlook Press (1979), 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-318, [6] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on front flap of jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gold endpapers. Ahearn APG 001c. Signed by the author on the title page. A...... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. Later Edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 4to. Pagination begins and ends with each new play in all three volumes. Text printed in two columns. Quarter bound in black morocco over red cloth, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations on each spine. Volume..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. [7], xii-xiii, [4], 2-367, [1] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. With illustrations by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson: a frontispiece, eighteen additional full-page illustrations, and several in-text illustrations. A fascinating history..... More
London: Hutchinson (1964), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [10], 11-511, [1] pp. Bound in burgundy cloth with swastika device stamped in black on the front board, four horizontal black bars and lettering in gilt on the spine, maps on endpapers and pastedowns. Price of 21s net on the front..... More
New York: Published by The Century Co. [1889], 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 24 vol. Large 4to. [6], v-xviii, [1], 2-272; 273-544; 545-816; 817-1200; [6], 1201-1504; 1505-1776; 1777-2080; 2081-2422, [2]; [6], 2423-2694; 2695-2982; 2983-3254; 3255-3556, [2]; [6], 3557-3860; 3861-4132; 4133-4484; 4485-4880, [2]; [6], 4881-5184; 5185-5440; 5441-5712; 5713-6000; [6], 6001-6240; 6241-6512; 6513-6796;..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888; 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 8 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-x, [1], ii-xxxvii, [2], 2-470, [4]; [5], vi-ix, [2], ii-ix, [2], 2-640, [2]; [5], viii-xi, [2], 2-578, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [2], ii-xxx, [1], 2-516, [4]; [5], iv-vii, [2], 2-649, [3]; [5], iv-vii, [2], 2-777, [3];..... More
[Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press [1980], 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], 2-218, [2]; [7], 2-143, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spines. Edited by G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. Von Wright. Translated by G.E.M. Anscombe. Text in German and English. Wittgenstein worked extensively on..... More