ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
Written by George Faludy.
Stock no. 1831527
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, born in Rotterdam, was a philosopher, theologian and humanist. With his books, he had a great influence on the cultural and intellectual climate. Erasmus was a world citizen: he believed it was important for people to treat other people, the world and themselves with care and attention. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 298 pages including index. ISBN: 0413269906. Slight discolouration to top and tail of boards. Foxing to top edge of text block. Personal inscription in ink to half-title page. Brown pictorial dustwrapper lightly edge-worn, lihgtly sunned/faded to spine, and a few light marks.

HISTORY AS THE STORY OF LIBERTY
Written by Benedetto Croce.
Stock no. 1831327
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A brilliant and penetrating discussion of history and the writing of history it is Croce's contention that history must be considered first as the history of liberty, one of the greatest possessions of the human race.Beige cloth boards, red titles. 324 pages including index, plus publisher adverts to rear. Top edge red. Third impression. Some mottling/browning to board edges. Text block grubby and foxed. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Burgundy dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, rear panel is browned and grubby.

AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL: THE REITH LECTURES FOR 1948-9
Written by Bertrand Russell.
Stock no. 1831256
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A series of six lectures exploring the balance between social order and individual freedom in modern society. Delivered in 1949, Russell examines how institutions like government, education and religion shape behaviour, often at the expense of personal liberty. Pale yellow cloth boards, green titles. 125 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Top edge green. Spine lightly browned, some foxing to boards. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some scattered foxspots present. Green dustwrapper is browned, stained and marked, title barely visible to spine.

THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS
Written by C.A. Patrides.
Stock no. 1330885
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition.

The selected discourses of four seventeenth-century philosophers. Paperback edition. 343 pages including index. ISBN: 052129942X. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open. Light foxing and slight grubbiness to textblock. Name and date in ink inside front cover else contents clean.

JOHN STUART MILL: VICTORIAN FIREBRAND
Written by Richard Reeves.
Stock no. 1830992
Published by Atlantic Books. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition.

A biography of John Stuart Mill, an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. Richard Reeves covers Mill's political and social activism in detail. Mill identified problems with Victorian London, and he wanted to fix them. He was driven to make Victorian London a better place with less poverty, less overcrowding, and more prosperity. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. 616 pages including index. ISBN: 9781843546443. Light reading creases (vertical) to spine. Corners a little creased and lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Some foxing to contents else clean.

ISAIAH BERLIN
Written by John Gray.
Stock no. 1330760
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. ISBN: 0002555824. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Grubby mark to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and a tiny bit scuffed to rear panel.

THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Cecil Keeling.
Stock no. 1330752
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Marble effect boards. Small b/w decorations to text. 349 numbered cream pages. Minimal foxing to textblock and minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Slight musty smell to contents. Contained in original publisher's slipcase which is slightly stained.

SECRETS OF ART & NATURE
Written by John Wecker; R. Read.
Stock no. 1830487
Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile of the 1660 edition. Undated. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine reads 'Secrets of Art and Science'. Facsimile title page reads: 'Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being The Summe and Sbstance of Naturall Philofophy, Methodically Digefted'. A physical copy of a print on demand book. A nice copy.

CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Voltaire; Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire; Paul Morand. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage.
Stock no. 1829197
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Bound in genuine leather. Grey leather boards with three raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Orange moire endpapers with matching page marker. xix and 131 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A lovely copy. Ribbon page marker is creased.

THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Francis Bacon; Christopher Morley.
Stock no. 1829196
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Christopher Morley. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. Brown leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Red moire endpapers. Colour frontis. Ribbon page marker. ix and 190 pages. All edges gilt. Some very light rubbing to rear board else a lovely copy.

ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. xi and 214 pages including index. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

ANIMAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
Written by Ashley Shew.
Stock no. 1825094
Published by Lexington Books. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Postphenomenology and the Philospophy of Technology series. Investigating the conceptual limits of tool use and technology through the lens of technological knowledge. This book considers animal tool use, techniques, and construction within the context of theories about what constitutes technology and what constitutes knowledge. Glazed pictorial boards. vii and 141 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9781498543118. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean. Feels unread.