History of Philosophy
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The Anatomy Of Melancholy
by Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621.
Nietzsche
by Martin Heidegger
Translation of: Nietzsche.
Originally published in 4 v. by Harper & Row, 1979-1987.
Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published in 4 v. by Harper & Row, 1979-1987.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Secret Teachings Of All Ages
by Manly P Hall
Originally published: San Francisco : H. S. Crocker Co., 1928.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Critique Of Practical Reason
by Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development of the field of ethics and moral philosophy, beginning with Fichte's Doctrine of Science and becoming, during the 20th century, the principal reference point for every moral philosophy of a deontological stamp.
Wittgenstein Lectures and Conversations On Aesthetics, Psychology, and Religious Belief
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
History of Philosophy Books & Ephemera
A Selection Of Games At Chess, Actually Played In London, By The Late Alexander Mcdonnell, The Best English Player With His Principal Contemporaries
by Walker, William Greenwood
Thomas Hurst, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 1836 . First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Olive, blind-stamped cloth, blue & white patterned end-papers. Upper hinge broken, splitting to ends of spine. Internally excellent, clean and bright.
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SGD 240.74
Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice
by Hanh, Thich Nhat
Doubleday / an Image Book, 1995. Pages [198] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. No remainder marks. Covers clean, colors bright, no reading creases at spine, minimal display indications. Bu author of Peace is Every Step et al. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Trade Paperback. As New. Illus....
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SGD 8.22
Chess rendered familiar by tabular demonstrations of the various positions and movements, as described by Philidor. With many other critical situations and moved and a concise introduction to The Game
by Pohlman, J. G
Baldwin Craddock and Joy London 1819. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition 1819 A complete copy of this rare work. Frontis 449pp [2] ads. The vast bulk of the book is taken up with almost 300 pages each with 6 chess board diagrams. Frontis coming loose from the binding, closed tear to title. Period half calf worn and rubbed. Owner's gift inscription to pastedown.
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SGD 773.82
Nouvelle maniere de jouer aux echecs
by Stamma, Philip
Utrecht, J. V. Schoonhoven, 1777. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. Nouvelle Maniere de Jouer aux Echecs (New Way To Play Chess). Sieur Philippe Stamma. Utrecht, J V Schoonhoven. A Fine copy, attractively bound in later half vellum over marbled boards, new blanks, complete with the half title and title engraving by Wit Jansz. 12mo xxxi, [1], 163, [1] pp. Rare only two appearances at auction in the last 100 years. OCLC 3447985. Provenance Ex Libris Igor Kalinski (1944-2003) Ukranian Chess FIDE...
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SGD 1,203.72
Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein : The Political Economy of Inequality, Unions, and Social Democracy by Austen-Smith, David
ISBN: 9780521714853
Cambridge University Press, 468 pages
Michael Wallerstein was a leader in developing a rigorous comparative political economy approach to understanding substantive issues of inequality, redistribution, and wage-determination. His early death from cancer left both a hole in the profession and a legacy that will surely provide the foundation for research on these topics. This volume collects his most important and influential contributions, organized by topic, with each topic preceded... Read more about this item
Cambridge University Press, 468 pages
Michael Wallerstein was a leader in developing a rigorous comparative political economy approach to understanding substantive issues of inequality, redistribution, and wage-determination. His early death from cancer left both a hole in the profession and a legacy that will surely provide the foundation for research on these topics. This volume collects his most important and influential contributions, organized by topic, with each topic preceded... Read more about this item
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SGD 18.30
The Marrow of Astrology, In Two Books, Wherein is Contained the Natures of the Sines and Planets, with their several Governing Angels,
by Kirby, Richard & John Bishop
London: for William Fisher & Richard Mount, 1688 & 1689. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First collected edition 1688 - 1689 three parts in one (including Appendix).Full title The Marrow of Astrology, In Two Books, Wherein is Contained the Natures of the Sines and Planets, with their several Governing Angels. Book Two and Appendix with separate titles and pagination. A few leaves lightly spotted and a few with stained lower margin towards end causing some marginal fraying, contemporary...
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SGD 1,504.65
Lettera sugli scavi fatti nel circondario dell'antica Treja
by Benigni, Fortunato
Macerata, Francesco Mancini, 1812. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lettera sugli scavi fatti nel circondario dell'antica Treja. First edition, engraved vignette title and 15 plates on 13 sheets, 2 folding, with 16pp. offprint in smaller format by A.L.Millin (the dedicatee of the main work) reviewing the book bound in at end, foxing and marginal water-staining affecting only a few leaves, abrasion to one plate, generally in near fine condition, original printed wrappers, Macerata, 1812....
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Plato
by A.E. Taylor
The Easton Press, The Library of Great Lives, Collector's Edition, 1991. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Near Fine. Easton Press bookplate with prior owner's name affixed to front fly leaf; title and dedication pgs have 1/4 in tear at bottom near spine. Else Fine / As New. Appears unread. Bound In full (genuine) black leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no other ownership markings. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding...
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SGD 93.19
Egypt's Sunken Treasures
by Goddio, Franck; Clauss, Manfred (Editors)
Flawless copy, appears unread. 464 pp.
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SGD 41.12
Prejudices: Fifth Series
by Mencken, H. L
Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Very Good. COLLECTIBLE 1926 Alfred A Knopf 1st Edition Book is in VERY good condition (good bcs missing DJ) NOT EX-LIBRARY Decorative front & back paste-downs There are signs of visible wear which may include markings, bookplate or authors name, bumping, small tears, non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects Condition based on age of book To ensure you receive the...
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SGD 121.84
Philosophical Investigations/Philosophische Untersuchugen
by Wittgenstein
1958. Macmillan, New York. Second Edition. 232pp. Book is in good condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. No DJ. Orangish-Brown boards with some rubbing/bumping on corners/edges due to shelfwear. Clean text. Good binding. In this second edition the text has been revised with a few alterations on the German side 'confined to spelling or punctuation'. 'A large number of small changes made in the English text.' Several passages have been significantly altered (listed in the notes).There are signs of visible wear which...
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SGD 93.47
The Communist Postscript
by Boris Groys; Thomas H. Ford (trans.)
London: Verso. 1st printing (2009). 127pp. Pictorial laminated boards. NEAR FINE copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2009.
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SGD 17.20
Mikhail Bakunin: A Study in the Psychology and Politics of Utopianism
by Aileen Kelly
New Haven: Yale University Press. 1st thus (1987). 320pp. VG clean copy . Very Good. Soft cover. 1987.
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SGD 17.20
Tetrascroll
by Fuller, R. Buckminster
ULAE/St. Martin's Press, 1982. Paperback. Used - very good condition. Binding is tight. Some shelf wear. Bumping at corners and front edge. Bottom right of front cover and top left of back cover have curled corners. Discoloration from a sticker near the top right of front cover. Discoloration near the bottom edge of front cover and back cover. Binding glue visible inside front cover. Bumping at front edge has caused pages to be slightly creased along edge up until p 10. Smudges at the top of p 122. No...
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SGD 30.15
The Chess Euclid A collection of Two Hundred Chess problems and End-Games
by Herr Kling
London, H. Hurst and Co., 1849. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. frontispiece 26pp and 16pp ads plus 214 illustrations. Original dcorative cloth lacking spine but internally excellent. Tital says "Revised and Corrected" but not previously published.
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SGD 214.95
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms: Volume 4: The Metaphysics of Symbolic Forms
by Cassirer, Ernst
Yale University Press, 1996 8vo (24 cm), XXVI, 237 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. The fourth and final volume in the magnum opus of Ernst Cassirer, this text presents the metaphysics that is implicit in the author's epistemology and phenomenology of culture.
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SGD 84.45
Neuwe Biblische Figuren
by Amman, Jost. 1539-1591 & Johann Melchior Bocksberger
Frankfurt 1565 Georg Rabe, Sigmund Feyerabend and Weygand Hanen Heirs. later edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition, appearing only a year after the first. Oblong 4to (160 x 201mm.) Title in red and black, 5pp. text including 3pp. preface by Feyerabend, 132 woodcut illustrations by Amman after Johann Melchior Bocksperger extra illustrated with an additional plate from a later printing inserted at C2 (i.e. all 130 illustrations from this edition are present as called for) Paper repair...
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SGD 3,009.30
Sammtliche Werke Dritter Band 3 Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung Zweiter Band
by Schopenhauer, Arthur:
Brockhaus, 1966. Very Good. 8° Leinen. Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Deckel farblich inhomogen, Seiten altersgemäß angedunkelt
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SGD 36.89
The Builder's Golden Rule, or the Youth's Sure Guide, third edition, 1787.
by Pain, William
London for the author 1787. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Third Edition 1787, complete with all 100 engraved plates, contemporary owner's inscription to rear blank, period calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1787 (ii)+iv+18+ii+54 pp. Plates numbered 1--94 plus 6 in bis. (complete). Plates notably fresh and free of spotting. Note full title - The builders golden rule, or the youths sure guide: containing the greatest variety of ornamental and useful designs in architecture and...
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SGD 644.85
The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy
by H.P. Blavatsky
Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Press, 1952. Volume 2 only. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding tight. Ownership stamp inside front cover and small "Whole Life Library" stamp on title page and inside back cover (where there is also a bit of adhesive residue). Author's name underlined on title page. Else clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly age-toned overall. Red cloth binding shows light abrasion with lightly worn and lightly bumped corners. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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SGD 34.26
Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-right
by Sandifer, Philip
Eruditorum Press, 2017. No remainder marks. Covers clean, colors bright, no reading creases at spine, minimal display indications [marks at rear are part of the cover design]. Pages [345] unmarked, binding tight and square; A tiny moisture mark ca. 1/8", decreasing in size, at top corner of first 10 pages else as new. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected...
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SGD 191.87
The Modern Prince and Other Writings
by Antonio Gramsci
New York: International Publishers. 5th printing (1972). 192pp. VG clean copy . Very Good. Soft cover. 1972.
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SGD 17.20
A New Treatise on the Game of Chess, on a Plan of Progressive Improvement, Hitherto Unattempted: Containing a Very Considerable Number of Rules, Explanations, Notes and Examples
by Sarratt, Jacob Henry
Printed for R P Moore, London, 1821. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1821. Two volumes page edges untrimmed and a little dusty, occasionally a few odd light spots, generally exceptionally clean and bright. No ownership marking nor annotation. Bound in full modern brown calf, 5 raised bands and twin red and black morocco title labels, new endpapers, retaining half titles to both volumes. 8vo xxviii, [i] errata, [i], 213pp; & 395pp. Provenance Ex Libris Igor Kalinski...
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Wittgensteinianism and Religion (Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Volume 18, No. 4: October 2001).
by William Hasker, [Editor]
Wilmore, KY Department of Philosophy, Asbury College, 2001. Paperback Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to the lower front corner; a couple of small, faint spots at the rear panel; Address label at rear panel; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 117pp. D.Z. Phillips [Advisory Editor]. Essays by Rush Rhees, Peter Winch, Lars Hertzberg, M. Jamie Ferreira,...
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