Resultados de búsqueda: LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

Twenty-Nine Essays, Michel de Montaigne, selected and introduced by Mortimer J. Adler; translated by Donald M. Frame; illustrated by Carol Wald. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., 482pp. with illustrations. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt decoration front and spine, gilt edges. In fine, unmarked, unread condition.

Two Cheers for Democracy, Forster, E. M. Published by Edward Arnold & Company, London, 1951. First Edition. 12mo up to 7½" tall., 372pp. Book review and newspaper clipping laid in. Navy cloth boards with gilt titles, red top edge. Pencilled name and date to endpaper, toning to endpapers and light toning to text block; otherwise, contents are in fine condition. Dustjacket has chipping, small tears and a missing piece to top edge rear panel.A collection of essays. The first section entitled 'The Second Darkness', contains versions of Forster's anti-Nazi broadcasts of 1940, and other political commentary. The second section entitles 'What I Believe', contains Forster's reflection on art in general, as well as on particular artists including Virginia Woolf, Andre Gide, Orwell, Tolstoy."We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two." E.M. Forster, OM CH was an English fiction writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference… Leer más

William James: Selected Writings, William James. Introductory essay by Robert Coles. Published by Book of the Month Club, New York, 1997. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 549 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper, gilt spine, blue endpapers.A series of twenty lectures on Psychology, Human Behavior and Personality, Pragmatism, Religion, Neurology, the Sick Soul, the Divided Self, Conversion, Saintliness, Mysticism, Philosophy, etc. In mint, unread, unmarked condition. Also available: Sigmund Freud: Selected Writings; Carl Gustav Jung: Selected Writings

Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Zen Flowers: Chabana for the Tea Ceremony Mittwer, Henry Published by Tuttle Publishing, 1992 First Gift Book Edition. 144 Pages, 12 Color Plates, 38 B/W Sketches, List Of Plants, Glossary And Notes, Bibliography, Index, Red and White Flower Patterned Cover; Green and Black Titles Front and Spine; Gray Endpapers. Completer With Issued Paper Band Cover. Very Tiny Rubbing To Spine and Corner Edges; Otherwise in As New, UnRead Condition.