CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Voltaire; Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire; Paul Morand. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage.
Stock no. 1829197
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Bound in genuine leather. Grey leather boards with three raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Orange moire endpapers with matching page marker. xix and 131 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A lovely copy. Ribbon page marker is creased.

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THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Francis Bacon; Christopher Morley.
Stock no. 1829196
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Christopher Morley. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. Brown leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Red moire endpapers. Colour frontis. Ribbon page marker. ix and 190 pages. All edges gilt. Some very light rubbing to rear board else a lovely copy.

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THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Robert Burton; Philip Pullman.
Stock no. 1829179
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Marble boards with black spine and gilt decoration and title. Edited by Holbrook Jackson and Introduction by Philip Pullman. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has white scuff marks to base and front spine edge, a few light marks to sides.

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THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Confusius; Lionel Giles. Illustrated by Tseng Yu-Ho.
Stock no. 1828812
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Collector's Edition bound in leather. 3 raised bands to spine. Gilt tooling decorations. Silk moire endpapers. Colour illustrations. Ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. xxv and 130 pages. Translated from the Chinese, with an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Giles. A lovely copy.

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ARE SPECIES REAL? AN ESSAY ON THE METAPHYSICS OF SPECIES
Written by Matthew H. Slater.
Stock no. 1327422
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

New Directions in the Philosophy of Science series. A novel approach to this question aimed at accomodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Blue boards. 214 pages. Appears to be a physical print on demand book (printed by Printforce). ISBN: 9780230393240. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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ANIMAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
Written by Ashley Shew.
Stock no. 1825094
Published by Lexington Books. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Postphenomenology and the Philospophy of Technology series. Investigating the conceptual limits of tool use and technology through the lens of technological knowledge. This book considers animal tool use, techniques, and construction within the context of theories about what constitutes technology and what constitutes knowledge. Glazed pictorial boards. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9781498543118. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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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 very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine with silver title; red boards. American edition. ISBN: 9780674026100. Foxing and marks to outer page edges. Some light browning and edge-creasing to wrapper.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A NOVEL DEFENSE OF SCIENTIFIC REALISM
Written by Jarrett Leplin.
Stock no. 577211
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1997. As new condition.

Glazed boards. ISBN: 0195113632.

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