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réf. 22214HARDY THOMAS. NEWTON A. Edward. Thomas Hardy Novelist or Poet 4to. Orig. cloth-backed boards with paper labels and glassine dust wrappers in a two-piece box corners broken. Portr. facs. N.p.: Privately printed 1929. First edition. Limited to 950 copies. A fine copy. unknown
réf. 057108799X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1969réf. Q-057108799XFaber & Faber 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Faber & Faber hardcover
1946réf. 219701El patio 1946 406 pages in8. 1946. Relié. 406 pages.
1994réf. 10872Chicago: Open Court 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Good . First Edition. Paperback. 9" X 6". xxii 316pp. MIld wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers corners and edges. Slight curl to fore-edge of front cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Wittgenstein has most often been treated as a thinker whose ideas can be discussed independently of any intellectual tradition. The thrust of this work by a leading exponent of Wittgenstein's thought is to insist upon - and to demonstrate in detail - the mutual relevance of Wittgenstein's work and the tradition of Western philosophy. Far from overthrowing or stepping outside that tradition Wittgenstein builds on it draws from it and contributes brilliantly to the fruition of certain elements in it. In This Complicated Form of Life Garver analyzes from several angles Wittgenstein's relationship to Kant and to what Finch has called Wittgenstein's completion of Kant's revolt against the Cartesian hegemony of epistemology in philosophy. But with respect to the givenness of "this complicated form of life" Wittgenstein appears closer to Aristotle than to Kant.Publisher. 9" X 6". xxii 316pp. MIld wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers corners and edges. Slight curl to fore-edge of front cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Wittgenstein has most often been treated as a thinker whose ideas can be discussed independently of any intellectual tradition. The thrust of this work by a leading exponent of Wittgenstein's thought is to insist upon - and to demonstrate in detail - the mutual relevance of Wittgenstein's work and the tradition of Western philosophy. Far from overthrowing or stepping outside that tradition Wittgenstein builds on it draws from it and contributes brilliantly to the fruition of certain elements in it. In This Complicated Form of Life Garver analyzes from several angles Wittgenstein's relationship to Kant and to what Finch has called Wittgenstein's completion of Kant's revolt against the Cartesian hegemony of epistemology in philosophy. But with respect to the givenness of "this complicated form of life" Wittgenstein appears closer to Aristotle than to Kant.Publisher. Open Court paperback books
1999réf. Q-0812692527Open Court 1999-10-19. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Open Court hardcover
réf. 0812692527.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1994réf. Q-0812692535Open Court Publishing Company 1994-08-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Open Court Publishing Company paperback
réf. B9780812692532Paperback / softback. New. Wittgenstein has often been treated as a thinker whose ideas can be discussed independently of any intellectual tradition. These essays by an American authority on Wittgenstein's thought insist on the mutual relevance of Wittgenstein's work and the tradition of Western philosophy. paperback
réf. 1026038464.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1026036771.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928réf. 110097Boston:: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Second printing. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in a very good moderate edge wear with a few small chips dust jacket.; 410 pages . 1928. Little, Brown and Company, hardcover books
1928réf. 104636Boston:: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Second printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a small chip at the crown of the spine dust jacket. ; 410 pages . Little, Brown and Company, hardcover books
1928réf. 2328410Boston: Little Brown and Company 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Signed by author. Limited edition #482 of 990 copies 950 of which were offered for sale. Signed by author and hand-numbered on limitation page. Lacks slipcase. Spine a bit toned a few minor scuffs to boards. 1928 Hard Cover. 410 pp. Includes color frontispiece and black-and-white illustrations. Includes: Preliminary Canter; This Book-Collecting Game; The Books of My Boyhood; "When We Were Very Young"; The Book Itself; The Binding; The Auction Room; Caveat Emptor; "Abuses Stript and Whipt"; What to Collect--and Why; American Literature; Conversation in the Library at "Oak Knoll"; Humor and Pathos of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary; The Format of the English Novel; One Hundred Good Novels; Index. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1928réf. 223756Boston: Little Brown 1928. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Reprint. Cracked hinge. Text clean. Illustrated. Name plate inside front cover. Corners worn and bent. Edges of cover brown. Little Brown hardcover books
1928réf. JC9383Boston: Little Brown and Company 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards paper spine label; 8vo; pp. 410 illustrated. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped; boards a little soiled and somewhat tanned along the edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down otherwise internally clean and unmarked. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1928réf. 339715Boston: Little Brown 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First trade edition second printing 410pp. Near fine in a very good age toned dustwrapper with the short tear at the spine in a poor slipcase missing the top and bottom edge. Little, Brown hardcover books
1928réf. 22500Boston: Little Brown 1928. First trade edition second printing same month as the first; 8vo pp. 13 1 410 1; color frontis numerous plates and illus. in text some in color; a fine copy in orig. blue cloth-backed boards paper label on spine dust-jacket a little soiled. Little, Brown unknown books
1928réf. 30320Boston: Little Brown 1928. First trade edition 8vo pp. 14 410 2; color frontis numerous plates and illus. in text; dust jacket with a fingernail-size chip out at the bottom of the spine one or two crease tears else a very good copy with the publisher's slipcase missing the top and bottom and acting more like a chemise. Fifteen essays including one on The Auction Room and another on the 100 best novels. Little, Brown unknown books
1928réf. 30560Boston: Little Brown 1928. Edition limited to 990 signed copies on large paper large 8vo pp. 16 410-411; color frontis numerous plates and illus. in text some in color; preserving the original tissue dust jacket chipped and with some tears else a fine copy in orig. yellow buckram-backed paper-covered boards paper label on spine publisher's slipcase. Little, Brown unknown books
1928réf. 12009Boston: Little Brown 1928. Edition limited to 990 signed copies on large paper large 8vo pp. 16 410-411; color frontis numerous plates and illus. in text some in color; a few minor imperfections else a fine copy in orig. yellow buckram-backed paper-covered boards paper label on spine publisher's slipcase peeling along one joint. Little, Brown unknown books
réf. 75-3425Boston MA: Little Brown & Co. 1928 . 4to. Hard cover. 410 pp. Very Good.Alfred Edward Newton 1864-1940 one of the most prominent book collectors in the Philadelphia region was born inPhiladelphia on August 26 1864. His formal education was limited but an interest in books inspired his first collecting effortsin the 1880s. His early working life was haphazard: he began working as a grocery stock boy when he was still in his earlyteens spent a few years as a bookstore clerk tried and disliked banking and eventually joined the Cutter Electrical andManufacturing Company in 1895. Five years later he bought it and became president and remained with the company until hisretirement in 1932…….His interests however lay almost entirely in the realm of book collecting – he claimed nine-tenths of his energies were devotedto his library. He married Babette Edelheim daughter of fellow collector Carl Edelheim in 1890 and socially moved in a circle offellow collectors including Moncure Biddle William Elkins and Christopher Morley. His first book The Amenities of Book-Collecting was published by The Atlantic in 1918. It was an enormous success in the circle of bibliophiles throughout England and America and led Newton to a successful writing and speaking career. Additional books by Newton include A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector 1921 The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers 1925 This Book-Collecting Game 1928 A Tourist inSpite of Himself 1930 End Papers 1933 Derby Day andOther Adventures 1934 and Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography 1936. He also wrote two plays Doctor Johnson 1923 and Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party 1930 andmany brochures privately printed for his friends….He primarily collected British literature and was particularly drawn to Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope and SamuelJohnson. Although he had regular dealings with booksellers in the US and England many of his books came from his fellowPhiladelphian the antiquarian bookseller A. S. W.Rosenbach……Newton and his family lived at their estate Oak Knoll in Daylesford Pennsylvania. After a lingering illness Newton died in 1940 described by the Library of Congress as "the most famous and influential of American book collectors." Hisremarkable collection of rare books was auctioned off by Parke-Bernet in 1941 with his personal papers and his publishedwritings being donated to the Free Library by his son E. Swift Newton in 1954.From the collection of Frederick Ruffner. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1928 hardcover
1928réf. 002175Boston: Little Brown and Company 1928. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Impression of the Trade Edition. Published October 1928 so stated. Quarter blue spine wrap with light blue hard cover and paper paste on title to the spine with three raised bands . Top page edges gilt. This copy is FINE in a FINE unclipped $5.00 net Brodart protected DJ . Color frontispiece with 123 illustrations in aquatone. Exterior is rich. Edges tips and spine ends are sharp with a hint of rubbing at spine ends. Inside is unmarked crisp and tight with minimal toning. DJ is bright and clean with just a hint of darkening to the spine. Exceptional. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
1928réf. 13902Boston: Little Brown & Co 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large octavo 410pp. illustrated. A near finecopy in the publisher's black patterned boards with yellow cloth spine. Spine faintly toned and foxed iuncluding the spine label though another label at the rear gutter bound in by the publisher is still present and in like-new condition. Very gentle bump to one corner but a sharp clean copy internally. Lacking the plain publisher's slipcase. This is number 276 of 990 limited copies 950 of which were for sale printed on large paper and SIGNED by Newton on the limitation page. A lively autobiographical memoir by the most celebrated book collector of his era. Little, Brown & Co hardcover
1928réf. 002235Boston Massachusetts: Little Brown and Company 1928. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. #890 of 999 copies of Large Paper Limited Edition with 950 copies for sale; signed neatly in ink on limitations page; many color and black and white illustrations throughout the text; spine lightly sunned with paper label on spine very lightly faded with a thin black line through top corner; front and rear corner bumped; top edge gilt; 4to size; with 410 pages. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
