1770ref. 2305606Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1770. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rebound: cloth spine and corners marbled boards new end sheets. Ink name and stamp on title page of each volume. 1770 Hard Cover. viii 424; vi 442 pp. 12mo. French translations of eight of Plato's Dialogues: Theaetetus; Protagoras; Hippias I; Hippias II; Gorgias; Ion; Philebus; and Meno. Translated from the Greek by Abbe Jean Nicolas Grou 1731-1803 who already had translated Plato's Laws and the Republic. Grou a Jesuit fled to Holland when his order was suppressed in France and it was there that these Dialogues were published. Later he returned to Paris and adopted the alias Leclaire remaining there until the Revolution drove him into a second exile in England. As well as Platonic translations Grou published theological works of a popular nature including The Spiritual Life: A Comprehensive Manual for Catholics Seeking Salvation. Marc-Michel Rey hardcover books
1769ref. 2305607Amsterdam / A Philadelphie. Se vend a Paris: Marc-Michel Rey / Chez Ruault Libraire 1769. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 1769 first French edition of Plato's The Laws bound together with a 1778 third edition of Benjamin Franklin's La Science du Bonhomme Richard The Way to Wealth. Some pencil marginalia in 'Richard' edges a bit rubbed with minor loss from corners tiny piece of volume II spine label missing. viii 8 398 2 151 5; 502 pp. 12mo. Contemporary full leather morocco spine labels gilt titles and triple rules marbled edges and endpapers. French translation of The Laws a series of twelve Platonic dialogues written towards the end of his life. Grou a Jesuit fled to Holland when his order was suppressed in France and it was there that these Dialogues were published. Later he returned to Paris and adopted the alias Leclaire remaining there until the Revolution drove him into a second exile in England. As well as Platonic translations Grou published theological works of a popular nature including The Spiritual Life: A Comprehensive Manual for Catholics Seeking Salvation. The publisher includes a dedication to the then-living philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This set also includes a 1778 edition of La Science de Bonhomme Richard Sabin 78111 which is a French version of Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth. This work includes the sayings of Poor Richard as well as the interrogation of Benjamin Franklin relating to the Stamp Act Pennsylvania's new constitution and the interrogation of William Penn by parliament. Franklin spent a good deal of time in France and was well-liked there. The Way to Wealth was his most popular work and though it first appeared in England in 1757 it was the French translation originally published in 1777 that first included his commentary on British taxation of the American colonies. Herein he presages the colonists' discontent with being taxed and ordered about by a foreign power. Marc-Michel Rey / Chez Ruault, Libraire hardcover books
1977ref. 45698Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press 1977. Near Fine/Very Good. Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press 1977. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's cloth in unclipped navy blue dust jacket lettered in white; xvii1376pp. Very light shelf wear to jacket margins spine panel sunned else Very Good and sound. Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press unknown books
1961ref. 183886London: Penguin Books 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good in wrappers. Has bumped corners and spine smudged cover. Penguin Books unknown books
1956ref. 242939New York: Liberal Arts Press 1956. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good in wrappers. Paperback rubbed at spine ends and bent corners browned at edges. Translated by F. J. Church. Liberal Arts Press unknown books
1957ref. 176442New York: Bobbs Merrill 1957. Softcover. Like New. Paperback book is in like new condition. Bobbs Merrill unknown books
1981ref. 118625NY/Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 17th. About very good in wrappers. Minor pen markings some pgs show light yellow stains notes in pencil on last end pg some brown stains on panels. Bobbs-Merrill unknown books
1948ref. 165203Chicago Illinois: Henry Regnery Company 1948. Softcover. Good. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Text pages are toned good. Henry Regnery Company unknown books
1953ref. 658Exposition Press 1953. YOUNG Sherman Plato. THE WOMEN OF GREEK DRAMA. NY: Exposition Press 1953. 8vo. blue cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Very Good little wear edges; worn number of small chips tears & creases; price-clipped d/j. $10.00. Exposition Press unknown books
1979ref. 47620Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1979. Very Good /Very Good. Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 1979. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket lettered in white; 227pp. Light wear to jacket margins spine panel a bit sunned else Very Good and sound. Cornell University Press unknown books
1937ref. 209589New York: Random House 1937. Slipcased. VG-/VG/VG: The slipcase has some wear and rubbing to the corners and edges. Stray nicks on the faces of the slipcase. One of the bottom edges is torn. The books are in excellent condition with clean body pages and solid binding. Two tan casebound books with gilt text on a dark brown plate on the spine. They are held within a brown slipcase with black text on a tan plate on the 'spine.' Plum colored textblocks. Volume one has xiii 879 pages; Volume two has 939 pages. Contents are as follows: v. 1. Introduction -- Charmides -- Lysis -- Laches -- Protagoras -- Euthydemus -- Cratylus --Phaedrus -- Ion -- Symposium -- Meno -- Euthyphro -- Apology -- Crito -- Phaedo -- Gorgias -- The Republic. v. 2. Timaeus -- Critias -- Parmenides -- Theaetetus -- Sophist -- Statesman -- Philebus -- Laws -- Appendix. Random House unknown books
1963ref. 195283New York: The Heritage Press 1963. Hardcover. VG/VG the black stylized design of cloth spine sunned/faint to a light yellow. boards edges corners & spine ends have light wear. tightly bound; likely unread. slipcase has wear to corners & edges; sunning to entrance edges. blue & black cloth boards w/ maroon & gilt printed spine plate. 275 pgs w/ bw illustrations. red paper slipcase. Remains a nice sharp and bright copy; light handled and likely unread. Lovely illustrations by Hans Erni. Includes publisher's newsletter/introduction 'Sandglass.'. The Heritage Press hardcover books
1979ref. 195397Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1979. Limited Collector's Edition. Hardcover. VG. Red leather boards with five compartments and four raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and illustration; textblock is fully gilted; cloth bookmark; xiv 208 pp.; richly illsutrated. One of the series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" published by Easton Press. A Gorgeous Book! Easton Press hardcover books
1975ref. 185425Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library 1975. Hardcover. VG leather at spine has a small area worn off. Book is otherwise very clean. Green leather boards with gilt tooling gilt lettering on spine with 3 raised bands; orange silk end papers; all edge gilt; two page color frontispiece; 415 pp; yellow silk ribbon page marker. "This limited edition . is published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection The 100 greatest books of all time." Originally written circa 380 B.C. The Republic is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and other various Athenians and foreigners examining the meaning of justice. Also discussed are Plato's "Theory of forms" the nature of the philosopher the conflict between philosophy and poetry and the immortality of the soul. One of Plato's most famous works and one of the most important books written on the subject of philosophy and political theory. This copy includes the translation of The Republic that was first published in Everyman's Library in 1935 and color plates of Raphael's famous fresco The School of Athens. Franklin Library hardcover books
1917ref. 178026Jena; Leipzig: E. Diederichs 1917. Hardcover. VG cover exhibits general shelf wear inscription of previous owner on flyleaf occasional pencil markings throughout but generally very clean readable and tight. Brown binding with gold lettering and decoration on spine and gold stamp on front board. Printed endsheets. German. 96 pp. One woodblock capital and one piece of ephemera. Plato's dialog "Phaedros" translated into German. A diverse philosophical work Phaedros is a dialog between Socrates and Phaedros concerning topics such as love the art of rhetoric reincarnation the soul and madness. The work was written around the time of Plato's "Republic" and "Symposium." E. Diederichs hardcover books
1937ref. 173642unknown: Freinds of Socrates 1937. Softcover. VG clamshell box is in 3 pieces the actual book is in VG condition. Tan wraps with black lettering inside a clamshell box 90 pp 8 bw plates. Of this edition 150 numerated copies have been printed in 14 point Garamond type on Holland paper by Belser at Stuttgart in Germany in the month of January 1937 under the typographic dir. of T. Stahly. The engravings were printed by Franz von Foullon at Frankfurt-Main. This copy is number 15. With 8 original engravings by Ferdinand Springer.This dialogue is reprinted from the works of Plato translanted by Floyer Sydenham and Thomas Taylor ed. by the latter and published for the first time in London 1804. Freinds of Socrates paperback books
1980ref. 1410087Norwalk: Easton Press 1980. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Octavo ix pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with gold print. Boards in black leather. Text block has gilt edges moire endpapers white ribbon marker. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and decorative portrait medallions woodcuts. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410087. FP New Rockville Stock. Easton Press hardcover books
ref. 149457hardcover. near fine/near fine. Translated from the Greek. 64 illustrations in color and 61 in b/w. 223pp. 8vo cloth. Near-fine copy in a near- fine dust wrapper. unknown books
1927ref. 60165NY: Scribner's Sons 1927. Small 8vo pp. 448. A very good copy. The was poet Barbara Howes' copy with her signature on the end paper and her extensive pencil holograph commentary on the end papers and here and there in the text. Scribner's Sons unknown books
1926ref. 37372Paris: The Pleiad 1926. No. 97 of 475 copies. Large 8vo pp. xxxvi. Patterned paper over boards with small paper label on spine. A nice copy. The Pleiad unknown books
1979ref. 43870Norwalk:: Easton Press. Near Fine. 1979. Hardcover. Translated from the Greek with introductory analyses by Benjamin Jowett. Collector's edition. Quarto fully bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine. ; 208 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
1979ref. 45254Chapel Hill NC: The University of North Carolina Press 1979. Very Good/Very Good. Chapel Hill NC: The University of North Carolina Press 1979. First American Edition. Octavo; 160pp. Printed dust jacket; green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges and spine a touch sunned. Boards also worn along edges with spotting to cloth sizing along top edge; binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good. The University of North Carolina Press unknown books
1940ref. 591334New York: G. Schirmer 1940. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single sheet-insert-making six pages. Price sticker on the front cover light bumping to the the corners else near fine. For voice and piano. Plate number 24733. Our music theory isn’t sharp enough to discern which mode it’s in but hopefully it’s in either Dorian or Phrygian otherwise Plato would not approve! G. Schirmer unknown books
1912ref. 573202New York: G. Schirmer 1912. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Folio. Single sheet bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Partially separated at the fold but still sound old price stamp and ink check mark on the front cover toning and light edgewear still very good. For high voice and piano. Plate number 23278. Our music theory isn’t sharp enough to discern which mode it’s in but hopefully it’s in either Dorian or Phrygian otherwise Plato would not approve! G. Schirmer unknown books
1968ref. 50623Mount Vernon NY: Limited Editions Club 1968. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine -. Quarto. xv 1 208 2pp. Plus 20 unnumbered leaves of plates. Goatskin vellum with brown calf spine label over brown boards front cover with a gilt vignette. Housed in publisher's matching brown cardboard slipcase with gold paper spine label. Illustrated with 20 plates of line drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies this is #1363 printed at the Press of A. Colish and signed on the limitation leaf by Eugne Karlin. Horizontal scratch on back cover of slipcase otherwise a near fine copy. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
