Collector's Editions: Philosophy & Spirituality

The below information is given to in the following order: Author(s), Title, Edition Description, Width Height, Pages, Binding, PubDate, Publisher, City of publication, Condition, Price.

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, F. Christopher Smith, translator : : Dialogue and Dialectic : : Investigates the merits of the two main methods of rigorous discourse.  First English-language edition with some stains to the faces and no dustjacket 6.25 x 9.25 221 pp. Philosophy & Discourse Yale University Press New Haven 1980 cloth fine $ 22

Barrett, Francis : : The Magus -or Celestial Intelligence : : First published in London in 1801 this is the first Carol Publishing Group edition in solid pale green paper boards 8 x 10 276 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Citadel Press/ Carol Publishing Group New York 1989 perfectbound As New $ 28

Beck, Peggy, Anna Lee Walters, Nia Francisco, editors : : The Sacred : : Examines some historical American Indian religious movements over the past five hundred years. Still stiff in its cellophane wrapper 8 x 11 360 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Navaho Community College & Northland Publ. Scottsdale AZ 1990 perfectbound Mint $ 38

Belliotti, Raymond Angelo : : Stalking Nietzsche : : In Greenwood's 'Contributions to Philosophy' series, number 68. Hunts down N. with sidebars of pomo dialogues -as if they were cops on a stakeout for our hero. Big point text 6.25 x 9.5 189 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Greenwood Press Westport CT 1998 sewn cloth Mint $ 20

Brown, Norman O. : : Closing Time : : A McLuhanesque sensorium; Joyce's 'Wake', Vico's 'New Science' and his own' Love's Body' get most of the straight lines.  N.O.B. embossed in silver beneath the dustjacket. 5.75 x 8.5 40 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Random House New York 1973 cloth Fine $ 22

Buck-Morss, Susan : : The Dialectics of Seeing : : From the detritus of pop culture, this is thinking about it set in Baskerville and bound in green paper cards. 'A picture-book of philosophy' 6 x 9 493 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality MIT Press Cambridge MA 1996 perfectbound Fine $ 21

Campanella, Brother Thomas, A.M. Elliot & R. Miller, translators : : The City of the Sun : : Originally written in Latin and published in Frankfurt in 1623, this is an English translatation from the Italian of 1948. Facsimile of Latin edition title page. bindind and cards intact 5 x 7.75 40 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality The Journeyman Press London 1981 perfectbound fine $ 12

Derrida, Jacques : : D'un ton apocalyptique adopte naguere en philosophie : : First separate publication of a paper delivered at the 1981 conference at Cerisy-la-Salle France. 6 plates of b x w portent, Bataille's 'St. Jean devore le livre' graces the cover 4.75 x 7.25 106 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Editions Galilee Paris 1983 perfectbound Fine $ 20

Derrida, Jacques : : Writing and Differance : : First British edition of US, U. of Chicago edition. Boards are lifting a bit, dustjacket is frayed and a previous owner has left his autograph on the green frontpaper. 6.25 x 9.25 1978 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1978 cloth Good $ 27

Dunning Stephen : : Dialectical Readings: Three Types of Interpretation : : Distinguishes the theoretical from the transactional from the transformational as he interprets examples from the work of 18 thinkers from B.F. Skinner to Roland Barthes 6 x 9 191 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality The Pennsylvania State UniversityPress University Park 1997 perfectbound As New $ 17

Eliade, Mircea : : Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy : : A masterpiece in Comparative Religion and Mythology, drawing examples from around the globe complete with extensive footnotes, bibliography and index 5 x 8 610 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Penguin New York 1989 perfectbound MInt $ 20

Feuerbach, Ludwig : : Samtliche Werke I: Gedanken uber Tod und Unsterblichkeit   : : Gunter Holzboog edition of 1960 reprinting without alteration the Jodl edition of 1903. Features the essay, "Gedanken uber Tod und Unsterblichkeit 5 x 7 375 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Fromman Verlag Gunther Holzboog  Stuttgard-bad, Cannstadt 1960 sewn cloth Good $ 45

Feuerbach, Ludwig : : Samtliche Werke V: Pierre Bayle   : : Same terra-cotta boards and design as Volume 1. This volume was edited by Wilhelm Bolin and reprinted in 1960. Not as foxed as my Vol.1   5 x 7 436 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Fromman Verlag Gunther Holzboog Stuttgard-bad, Cannstadt 1961 sewn cloth Fine $ 55

Feuerbach, Ludwig : : Samtliche Werke XI: Jugendschriften : : Last volume in Bolin & Jodl series that was completed in 1911. This reprint of 1962 was edited with indices added by Hans-Martin Sass. Minor foxing on the top face        5 x 7 374 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Fromman Verlag Gunther Holzboog Stuttgard-bad, Cannstadt 1962 sewn cloth Good $ 50

Hart, Kevin and Geoffrey H. Hartman, editors : : The Power of Contestation: Perspectives on Maurice Blanchot : : Title taken from the contribution by Vivian Liska. Editors have essays, as do Philippe Lacoue-Labarthes and G.L.Bruns 6.25 x 8.25 222 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 1971 cloth Mint $ 25

Kierkegaard, Soren; Lee M. Capel, translator : : The Concept of Irony : : Second printing of the Midland edition. Purple for the title, green for author's name on the front white paper cards with author silhouette. Back corner has a crase 5 x 8 442 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Indian University Press Bloomington 1971 perfectbound Good $ 19

Koestler, Arthur : : The Thirteenth Tribe : : Thesis that the Khazars chose Judaism as a means of resistance. Desert dune full front cover very striking. From the fourth printing of the paperback. Nicks only minor 5.25 x 7.75 224 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Picador London 1983 perfectbound fine $ 15

Krell, David Farrell : : Postponements : : Pursues Nietzsche's dalliance with the eternal feminine between purple cloth boards. No jacket -good delve into Nietzsche's subjectivity 6.25 x 9.25 117 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Indian University Press Bloomington 1986 cloth Fine $ 21

Leggett, Trevor, compiler and translator : : A First Zen Reader : : Sixteenth printing .Book responds to the simple question, "What is Zen?" Orange on putrid green laminate cardstock with white titles still firm. B x w illustrations inside 4.5 x 7.25 236 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Charles E. Tuttle Rutland VT 1987 perfectbound Good $ 13

Nietzsche, Friedrich : : Von Gut und Bose : : Subtitled, Das Positive und Aufbauende aus Nietzsche's Ethik" -This is a not a book that Nietzsche wrote, rather one selectled under topics from his work by one Hans Werner 4.75 x 7.5 114 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Benno Schwabe & Co Basel 1942 cloth Good $ 27

Nietzsche, Friedrich; Genevieve Blanquis, translator : : Alss Sprach Zarathustra / Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra : : Complete text of Nietzsche's grand work in German and French facing pages with a preface by the translator. Laminate covers feature 3 views of the same author photo 4.25 x 7 317 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Aubier-Flammarion Paris 1969 perfectbound Good $ 17

Pascal, Blaise : : Pensees et Opuscules : : In the 'Classiques Illustres Vaubourdolle' series -notes to the extracts by Fernand Flutre. Clear cover, spine worn however 4.75 x 7 95 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Librairie Hachette Paris 1935 perfectbound Good $ 15

Riding, Laura : : Four Unposted Letters to Catherine : : As if addressed to the 8 year-old daughter of Robert Graves & Nancy Nicholson; a handbook of wisdom and on the wisdom of thinking. Cover over cloth has sticker smudge 5.5 x 7.5 79 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Persea Books New York 1993 Cloth As New $ 22

Scott, Charles E. : : The Language of Difference : : Re-issue of 1988 hardcover. Deals more with the underpinnings of 'differance' than with Derrida's actual texts. Much to do with Nietzsche. Black cover lettered in hot pink 6 x 9 188 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Humanities Press Atlantic Highlands NJ 1989 perfectbound Fine $ 16

Stcherbatsky, Francis Thomas : : Buddhist Logic, Volume 2 : : An unabridged and corrected republication of Vol. 2 first published by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. circa 1930. Turquoise paper covers still stiff 5.5 x 8.5 465 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Dover New York 1962 perfectbound Good $ 16

Strauss, Leo : : Natural Right and History : : Seventh impression of the 1953 edition. Text originally from the Charles E. Walgreen Foundation lectures. Cover title printed over the American Declaration of Independence 5.25 x 8 326 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Noonday Press New York 1973 perfectbound Good $ 18

van der Leeuw, Geraldus, David E. Green, translator : : Sacred and Profane Beauty : : The renowned religious historian seeks to re-acquaint artists with the holy and priests with the beautiful. Lurid white and orange printed violet paper covers have ripples 7 x 9.5 312 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Abingdon Press Nashville 1963 perfectbound Good $ 23

Vico, Giambattista; Thomas Goddard Bergin & Max Harold Fisch, translators : : The New Science of Giambattista Vico   : : Red paper covers and text still in pristine condition, faces show traces of smoke exposure. Complete and unabridged, 'Finnegan's Wake's' "commodiius vicus" 6 x 9 455 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Cornell University Press Ithaca NY 1994 perfectbound Fine $ 22

Weil Simone : : Cahiers III : : The third volume of Plon's collection of Weil's notebooks. Tout en Francais: comprises the end of her # 8 as well as # 9, 10 & 11 complete; concluding her 'cahiers Marseilles' 5 x 8 296 pp. Philosophy & Spirituality Librairie Plon Paris 1974 perfectbound Fair $ 20