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BEYOND THE ZONULES OF ZINN: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR BRAIN
Written by David Bainbridge.
Stock no. 2137787
Published by Harvard University Press.
Circa
2008.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
American edition. An otherworldy journey through the central nervous system with an accessible and entertaining account of how the brain's anatomy has often misled anatomists about its function. Black cloth spine with silver title; red boards. B/w diagrams. viii and 338 pages including index. ISBN: 9780674026100. Foxing and minor marks to outer page edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is in excellent condition.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- MEDICAL
- PHILOSOPHY
A NEW THEORY OF BEAUTY
Written by Guy Sircello.
Stock no. 1822192
Published by Princeton University Press.
1st
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Princeton Essays on the Arts, 1. A comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. Mustard cloth boards, white title to spine. Vertical crease to spine. Large bookplate to front pastedown else contents clean. Dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and rubbed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHILOSOPHY
THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson.
Illustrated by Mrs. Herbert Railton.
Stock no. 1820468
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
1st thus
1891.
Almost very good condition.
Limited Edition of 150. The Temple Library series. Vellum(?) spines, orange/brown title to spine, green cloth boards. Deckle-edged. Numbered copy 139. Both spines grubby, volume II spine is also worn with chips of missing vellum and title is faded. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- PHILOSOPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
THE AMBIVALENCE OF BERNARD MANDEVILLE
Written by Hector Monro.
Stock no. 1818868
Published by Clarendon Press.
1st
1975.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A consideration of The Fable of the Bees and also Mandeville's little-known other books including a pamphlet on public executions and another on public brothels, a medical treatise on nervous indigestion.Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198120613. Light browning to text block. Blue dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- SATIRE
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES AND THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE
Written by Chandra Wickramasinghe.
Stock no. 817411
Published by University College Cardiff.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This volume brings into focus fundamental enquiries in many areas of contemporary thought, mainly in Science, but also in sociology and philosophy. The majority of articles in this volume were based on lectures delivered at the Inaugural Seminar of the Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka, December 1982. Edited by Chandra Wickramasinghe. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and graphs. vii and 390 pages. ISBN: 090644957X. Two small circular blind stamps to prelims else contents fine. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ASTRONOMY
- SOCIOLOGY
- PHILOSOPHY
LA DOCTRINA PSICOLOGICA Y PEDAGOGICA DE LUIS VIVES
Written by Fermin De Urmeneta; Luis Vives.
Stock no. 811728
Published by Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cintificas.
1949.
Very good condition.
Beige card wraps. Black title to spine, red title to front. Text in Spanish. 636 pages. Contents very good. Covers browned and a little chipped at edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- SPANISH
- PHILOSOPHY
A NOVEL DEFENSE OF SCIENTIFIC REALISM
Written by Jarrett Leplin.
Stock no. 577211
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The author attempts to develop a line of argument capable of contending with epistemological skepticism borne of science itself. Glazed boards. xii and 204 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd (a print-on-demand company). ISBN: 0195113632. Light grubby marks to boards. A few minor marks to text block. Contents clean.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHILOSOPHY
DIE RHETORIK DER GRIECHEN UND ROMER IN SYSTEMATISCHER UBERSICHT
Written by Richard Volkmann.
Stock no. 990453
Published by B.G. Teubner.
1874.
Very good condition.
Modern blue card wraps with original front cover laid down. 508 pages. Text in German. Covers slightly marked. Library sticker to front cover. College stamp to bottom of title page. Prelims browned. Pages unopened.
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- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- PHILOSOPHY
- ANTIQUARIAN
PHILOSOPHISCHE PROBLEME
Written by Harald Hoffding.
Stock no. 990436
Published by O.R. Reisland.
1903.
Very good condition.
Modern brown card wraps with original front cover laid down. 109 pages + booklist. Text in German. Small college stamp to a couple of pages. Pages lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- PHILOSOPHY
ERNST HACKELS NATURPHILOSOPHIE
Written by Hans Belart.
Stock no. 990456
Published by Franz Wunder.
1905.
Very good condition.
Modern brown card wraps with original front cover laid down. 64 pages. Text in German. Small college stamp to bottom of title page. Light foxing to contents. Pages unopened.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- PHILOSOPHY
ALLGEMEINE GESCHICHTE DER PHILOSOPHIE
Written by Paul Deussen.
Stock no. 990454
Published by F.A. Brockhaus.
1911.
Very good condition.
Modern brown card wraps with paper title label to spine. 530 pages. Text in German. Pages unopened. College stamp to a couple of page margins.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHERS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Written by S.C. Brown.
Stock no. 554728
Published by Harvester Press.
1st
1979.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A series of eleven lectures. Edited by Brown with an introduction examining the relation of each philosopher to the general climate of ideas in the 18th century. The Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures Volume 12 1977-78. ISBN: 0855276053. Name in ink to front endpaper else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PHILOSOPHY