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New York: American Book Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. In 1929, Moore, a professor at Cornell University, published this book on education philosophy and on the need to teach citizenship as a part of American students' education and as essential as mathematics or english. This copy is a scarce first edition. About 5 1/4 x 7 1/2,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Very Good. As one reviewer noted about Ornstein, the late Stanford psychologist, he was "gifted with the ability to expound difficult ideas simply." That is the case with "Multimind" in which he breaks down traditional barriers between for example, science and religion, that have hampered understanding of what our… Read more about this item

Boston: Otis, Broaders, and Company, 1839. First Edition Thus. . Full-Leather. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. Abercrombie was an early 19th century Scottish physician, author and philosoper credited today for the first work on neuropathology as well as several other medical works. In 1830, he also published "Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth," which he… Read more about this item

New York: Summit Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. French's polemic against sexual abuse and discrimination is still current and still strong reading 20 years after publication. Some of her carefully researched data may now be dated but the issue is not. One of the country's leading feminist philosophers and bestselling novelist of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The eighth novel by this greatly under-appreciated writer is this story of two Forham classmates whose paths re-cross 25 years after graduation. Peter Quinn, now a successful Washington lawyer and lobbyist, narrates the post-graduate lessons he receives from Edgar Lannin, a cynical, street-smart… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. the first book in a new mystery series from the author of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, features another lady, Scotswoman Isabel Dalhousie, who loves problems, especially those that are none of her business; slight spine lean, o/w Fine in like dustjacket. … Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage paperback, Anchor A58; Essays selected by Riesman from his celebrated "Individualism Reconsidered" in a careful defense of American individualism and equally carefully considered criticism of conformity; an excellent introduction to Riesman's thought. First Printing of the First Anchor Edition; some soiling… Read more about this item

New York: Collier Books, 1963. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Collier Non-Fiction AS 523; originally published in 1961 as "The Price Of Liberty," Barth's discussion of civil liberties under attack by law enforcement, of freedom restricted in the name of security, are still issues being debated in… Read more about this item

New York: New York University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Roberts provides a sober, detailed critique of the ideas and attitudes of African-American neoconservatives such as Clarence Thomas, Shelby Steele, Stephen Carter and V.S. Naipaul; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows small tear at bottom of fold between front panel… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1987. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The tenth collection of short stories by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike. A Fine collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The companion volume to Moore's bestselling "Care Of The Soul" explores the difficulties and rewards of relationships; First Printing of the First Edition; dustjacket is rubbed, somewhat worn.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. Wilson's second book, following up on themes raised in his celebrated bestseller "The Outsider," suggests that twentieth century man needs a new religion; text and boards are clean, tight, square; price-clipped dustjacket shows edgewear, rubbing. Hard To Find.