Essays in a pluralistic art world. Pp. xxx+450, index; qr. black paper, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2000. First edition. More
Revised edition. Pp. 218, appendix; post 8vo; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1980. *First published in 1964. More
The life and thought of William Godwin. Pp. xii+398, 12 plates, chronology, references, index; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; Routledge & KeganPaul, London, 1980. First edition. *Biography of the philosopher and novelist: husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley, and friend of Coleridge, Lamb and Hazlitt. More
Looking Backwards to the Future. Pp. [vi]+234(last blank), index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper; text block browned; Hutchinson, London, 2001. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 25.10.01) on the title page. 'Explores the future of everything - from education, work and marriage..... More
With a new preface by the author. Pp. 752(last blank), appendices, references, bibliography, index; black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, lightly bruised at foot of spine; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; several leaves browned, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson..... More
in four volumes. The seventh edition. Pp. lvi+774+[14]+[ii]+714+[10]+[ii]+610+[8]+[vi]+670+[10], engraved frontispiece portrait, indices; med. 4to; later half calf, spines decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with earlier gilt lettered red & brown title & volume labels (a few slightly chipped) laid on, marbled papered boards, lower board of first volume..... More
Pp. xvi+274, 8 plates, 2 full page maps, index; dust wrapper; scattered pencilled marginalia, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. *Autobiography of the internationally renowned philosopher and historian of ideas. More
A Selection of His Correspondence with the General Public 1950-1968. Introduced and Edited by Barry Feinberg and Ronald Kasrils. Pp. xxx+[6](facsimiles)+172(last blank), frontispiece portrait, index; post 8vo; gilt lettered green cloth, faintly scuffed; fore and bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split; text block faintly browned, edges..... More
The Man and his Mind. Pp. viii+346, frontispiece portrait, plus 23 plates, appendices, index; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, with mottled fading, edges and backstrip rubbed and split, with a few small chips, backstrip slightly browned; bookseller's sticker..... More
To which is added, A Discourse, under the Title of An After-Thought. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. Pp. [xxx]+524+[12](table of contents), engraved frontispiece; early calf, spine ruled in gilt around five raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, the boards with double gilt rule border, edges and split lightly..... More