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Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1965. Original blue cloth with silver lettering at spine bright, x, 251 pages, illustrations. From the collection of noted medieval scholar, linguist, and polyglot James W. Marchand, his name stamp front end page. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small rubs at edges, light soiling, 1/2" closed tear bottom edge rear panel, the spine showing none of the common fading from green to blue. First Edition, First Printing of Chomsky's pioneering first book, which helped to earn him the distinction of "the father of modern linguistics". A quite handsome copy of an elusive and important book. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902. Both volumes Near Fine, lacking the scarce dust jackets, top edges gilt, prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand, on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery, dated Nov. 15, 1873, one sheet folded, with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul, I remember seeing (?)'s book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & (?) my belief to that event(?) is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully, T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley ( 1825-1895) was a British educator, biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution.… Leer más

New York: Basic Books, 1959. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spine evenly browned and with one small 1/8" dia. hole. First American Edition, First Printing of Popper's "Logik der Forschung", first published in Vienna in 1932 and the book that gave the philosophy of science a firm foundation in 20th century thought. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 1959. First American Edition, First Printing of Popper's "Logik der Forschung", first published in Vienna in 1932 and the book that gave the philosophy of science a firm foundation in 20th century thought. The book is Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spinea bit browned and with some toning, 1/4" and 1/2" tears at top edge front panel. A quite handsome copy of this highly regarded classic, SCARCE in collectible dust jacket .. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. SCARCE in current commerce, and particularly so in such lovely condition. Two volumes, Fine in Fine (Vol. I) and Near Fine (Vol.II) dust jackets, the jacket on Vol. II with a 1/2" triangular chip the bottom edge of rear panel. From the collection of Lawrence Grossberg, noted American scholar of cultural studies and popular culture, his name stamp front end page both volumes. International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method, Editor: Ted Honderlich. . Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin , 1943. SCARCE. Near Fine, handsomely bound in mid-20th century leather spine over marbled boards by G. Gauche, Paris, their small stamp front end page, light wear to boards at corners and light rubbing to raised bands at spine. A copy that would grace the shelves of any fine collection. . First Edition. Leather and Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie D'Emler Freres , 1828. Two volumes bound uniformly in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers. Very Good, edges worn and rubbed, title signature of Pensees loosened and hanging by bottom threads, scattered toning. Pensees, 498 pages, Lettres, xxxi, 455 pages. Uncommon found as a set and uniformly bound. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1958. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spine sunned to brown and small chips and edge wear. SCARCE in dust jacket, no other jacketed copies found in current commerce. From the collection of noted economist George J. Stolnitz, his signature front end page. Stolnitz was an international expert on demographic trends and a frequent consultant to the United Nations and U.S. government agencies, and a past president of the Population Association of America. Boulding was the founder of the evolutionary economics movement and a cofounder of General Systems Theory, and the author of two Citation Classics: The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society (1956) and Conflict and Defense: A General Theory (1962). . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes , 1805. RARE. Twelvemo printing, 6 3/4" x 4 1/2", four volumes bound in two. In contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, the backs with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and richly ornate gilt tooled decorations, marbled end papers, top edges gilt. Very Good Plus, 3/8" chip to top edge of rear cover Vol. I & II, light soiling to vellum. Bindings tight, interiors clean and fresh. . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1934. Translated from the German by Alan Harris. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, silver background of lettering at spine a bit rubbed, the title still legible, prior owner name in ink front end page, top edge soiled. A solid copy of this SCARCE Einstein collection of articles, addresses, and pronouncements. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.