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New York : Pantheon Books, 1987.
First edition of this collection of writings by Chomsky. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Noam Chomsky on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by James Peck. Jacket design by Henrietta Condak.
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New York : Random House, 1979.
First edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For James with warmest wishes from Elaine Pagels.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari.
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New York : Frederick Fell, Inc, 1973.
First edition of Mandino’s classic work on salesmanship and success. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare.
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London : Geoffrey Bles, 1943.
First edition of Lewis’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by C.S. Lewis on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. Exceptionally rare signed.
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New York : Criterion Books, 1961.
First edition in English of Levi-Strauss’ landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Boldly signed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half-title page. Translated from the French by John Russell. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1979.
First edition of this classic work of twentieth century philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Rorty on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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London : Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1694.
Rare second edition of this fundamental work in the history of Western thought, the first to name Locke as the author and to include the frontispiece portrait of him. Folio, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, rebacked retaining original morocco spineContinue reading "An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding: In Four Books."
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, 1973.
First edition of the Nobel laureate’s influential first book, which claimed that attention can be identified with effort, cemented the association as a research paradigm in the cognitive sciences. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with a sticker to the side panel and chip to the rear panel.
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New York : The Philosophical Library, 1956.
First edition of Sartre’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1956.
Sixth edition of Einstein’s clear and systematic exposition of the theory of relativity, with the ownership stamp on the front and rear pastedowns, “Stephen Hawking Newton Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge, England.” Octavo, original cloth. Translated By Edwin Plimpton Adams and Ernest G. Straus. Fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association.
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New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this revised guide to the classic bestseller. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Edmund White, co-author of the original “The Joy of Gay Sex” published in 1977, on the title page. Edmund White was a prominent American novelist, essayist, and cultural critic whose work has been foundational to contemporaryContinue reading "The New Joy of Gay Sex."
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New York : Little Brown and Company, 1991.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Edward with best wishes! Daniel C. Dennett January 2023.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with chips and wear. Jacket design by Steve Snider. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
First edition of the author’s heartfelt work on ethical business. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Charles Handy on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Sisco & Evans.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1969.
First edition of “one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades” (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his brother and sister-in-law on the front free endpaper, “Best Wishes to William Rogers from John Searle.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustContinue reading "Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language."
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Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1965.
First edition of Schein’s work on organizational dynamics and psychology. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “With best wishes E.H. Schein.” Also laid in is a signed note from Schein. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : The MacMillan Company, 1931.
First edition of this volume of Einstein’s speeches and letters concerning his views on Zionism. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt innerContinue reading "About Zionism: Speeches and Letters."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1968.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Plato’s dialogues on love and friendship. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with blackContinue reading "Dialogues On Love and Friendship: Lysis, or Friendship; The Symposium; Phaedrus."
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Cambridge : The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “My best greetings to Mr. Clint Jones W. Edwards Deming 7 May 1990.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : Constable, 1928.
First edition, first issue, with “were” for “was” on p.442, line 5 of “the world’s most important book since the Bible” (Ramsay MacDonald). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Elzabeth Robins from G. Bernard Shaw.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by EricContinue reading "The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism."
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London : Cresset Press/ Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1928.
The Shakespeare Head Press limited edition of this collection of Francis Bacon’s reflective writings. Folio, printed on Batchelor’s Kelmscott hand-made paper, bound in the original publisher’s full vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the front panel and spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt. One of 250 numbered copies,Continue reading "The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban."
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Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998.
First edition of this foundational text on leadership principles. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by John Maxwell on a bookplate to the front free end paper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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London : John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar, 1675.
First edition in English of the most important writings of Niccolo Machiavelli, widely considered the foundation of the modern study of politics. Includes The History of Florence, The Prince, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War. Folio bound in three quarter modern calf over marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label, modern endpapers butContinue reading "The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence: The History of Florence; The Prince; The Discourses of Nicholas Machiavel; The Art of War In Seven Books."
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2010.
First edition of this analysis of the American work-family conflict. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Justice Ginsburg, with admiration and thanks for your work. Joan Williams, Sept. 2011.” American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court ofContinue reading "Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter."
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Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, 1493.
First edition of the most fully realized illustrated book of the fifteenth century and one of the most impressive volumes ever published. Imperial folio, bound in three quarter calf with five raised bands to the spine, morocco title labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, copiously illustrated with 1,809 splendid woodcuts by WohlgemuthContinue reading "Liber Chronicarum [Nuremberg Chronicles]."
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