RUSSELL BERTRAND

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1914

London, George Allen Unwin. 1967, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression of first edition, price clipped DW, 230pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013215

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy British Bertrand Russell Language Science Knowledge

RUSSELL BERTRAND

The Conquest of Happiness

London, George Allen Unwin. 1930, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth rubbed to joints , corners just starting to fray, both feps removed, minor foxing to closed edges, 252+ 4pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007435

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy British Literature Politics Education Peace War Pacifist Bertrand Russell First Edition

RUSSELL BERTRAND

Fact and fiction

London, George Allen Unwin. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book VG and clean, DW unclipped and tidy but sunned to spine, minor rubbing to spine ends. 282pp + adverts, assorted essays on various topics by the pre-eminent moral philosopher of the twentieth century. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001474

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy British Literature Politics Education Peace War Pacifist

RUSSELL BERTRAND

Human Knowledge, it's scope and Limits

London, George Allen Unwin. 1966, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG in VG price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, reprint, 538pp overview of human knowledge in following fields; world of science / languagr / science and perception / scientific concepts / probability / postulates of scientific inference. fifth impression. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012698

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy British Bertrand Russell Language Science Knowledge

MAGEE BRIAN

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

New York, Oxford University Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0198246730) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW, book and wrapper near fine, minor handling wear to DW, 400pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009144

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy German Enlightenment Arthur Schopenhauer 0198246730

BATES BRIAN

The Way of Wyrd, Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

London, Book Club Associates. 1985, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) near fine in same unclipped DW with slightest rubbing to corners, along similar lines to carlos castaneda, the author has used his University researches into Anglo-Saxon pagan magic and myth to write a fictional account of the methods of a pagan Anglo-Saxon shaman, encountering a christian missionary and drawing him into the Web of Wyrd, much to interest pagan practitioners, 208pp includes bibliography. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004803

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Anglo Saxon Pagan Asatru Asatruar Paganism Occult Fiction Castaneda Aryan Teutonic Folk Magic Witchcraft Shamanism

THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY

The Holy Bible + The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; The Revised Version without the marginal notes of the Revisers, issued in connexion with the centenary of the British and Foreign Bible Society 1904

London, Cambridge University Press. 1903, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2000 gram rate i.e. double standard shipping cost) black leatherette cloth with blind stamped Bible Society logo and title to upper board inside a blind panel, spine has gilt 'Holy Bible', minor splitting at very ends of joints, front hinge opened but holds well on formidable binding, rear hinge cracked, clean unmarked copy but has some dust soiling to closed edges and paste downs, large solid tome, text is in quite large and clear typeface, 931pp Old Testament + 268pp New Testament bound in the one volume. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010885

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Bible Vintage Antique Small Pica 8vo Octavo Clean Copy Christian Bible Revised Version Large Print

FULLER R BUCKMINSTER

Nine Chains to the Moon

London, Jonathan Cape. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0224008005) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first UK edn, DW unclipped but with some small areas of discolouration, rear panel has small puncture in the joint, and some surface scoring, edges slightly rubbed or soiled still VG- though, Book top edge dusted blue, other closed edges slightly foxed, top corner edge of first few pages yellowed 346pp text generally VG and clean. "An original and stimulating adventure story for the mind, NINE CHAINS TO THE MOON exhibits the unique daring of Mr. Fuller's ideas which have led to the invention of his Geodesic dome and to other revolutionary results of his Dymaxion principles in design, architecture, and engineering."" a guide to the future, an intellectual balance sheet, a universal inventory of civilization, an appraisal of man's habit's of thought, a provocative argument for a streamlined future in which man will divert to his own purpost the trends of progress.". Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012341

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Buckminster Fuller Geometry Architect Geography Economics 0224008005

ZAEHNER R C

At Sundry Times an Essay in the Comparison of Religions

London, Faber. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW has some edge tears and split to bottom of lower joint, gift inscription to fep otherwise VG copy of the first edition, 230pp Comparative religion of Indian and Abrahamic religious views. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003900

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Comparative Religion Religious Studies Christian Christianity Islam Muslim Hinduism Buddhsim

JINARAJADASA C

Goethe's Faust, Analysed in a Series of Incidents in Successive Incarnations of Faust

Adyar, Theosophical Publishing House. 1932, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (200 gram rate) brwn cloth with silhouette of Goethe and title in black to cover, minor damp mottling to top edge of boards, minor dust soiling to endpapers, inscription and Theosophical Book Depot stamp to fep, 65pp, uncommon work. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005155

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Theosophy German Romantic Philosophy Romanticism Poetry Reincarnation Mysticism

JERUSALEM CHAMBER

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated Out of the Greek: Being the Version Set Forth A. D. 1611 Compared with the Most Ancient Authorities and Revised A. D. 1881

Cambridge, University Press. 1881, First Thus. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (2kg rate so double normal shipping cost) brown cloth, bevelled edges, rubbed to edges and spine ends, corners starting to fray, old ownership details to verso of fep 'Alex S Bremner Edinburgh Scotland', xxv 606pp, large clear type with large clean margins, one collation stands proud but still attached by one cord, nice internally clean copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007618

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Bible New Testament Christian 1881 Edition Printed for Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Pica Royal 8vo Copy of Alex S Bremner Edinburgh Scotland

BRADLAUGH CHARLES

Humanity's Gain from Unbelief and Other Selections from the Works of Charles Bradlaugh

London, Watts & Co. 1932, reprint. Decorative Boards, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (500 gram rate) dust jacket chipped to corners with some loss to tail of spine, Intro by Bonner, includes Humanity's Gain from Unbelief / A Plea for Atheism / Who Was Jesus Christ and What Did He Teach? / Doubts in Dialogue [discussions between Christian Priest & Unbeliever; Theist and Atheist; Curate and Doubter; Missionary & Atheist; etc] ix 148 + 2pp adverts, name stamp at head of intro. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005829

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Thinker's Library Freethought Rationalism Atheism

KINGSLEY CHARLES

The Water of Life and Other Sermons

London, MacMillan. 1890. Half-Leather, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. half bound in red leather with marbled boards, leather tips rubbed, gilt to spine, marbled closed edges and end papers, Book plate to fep with motto "Ut Quo Cunque Paratus" possibly of the Lambert family, 242pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009703

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Charles Kingsley Water-Babies Sermons Leatherbound Uniform Binding Lambert Book Plate

BISHOP OF CHICHESTER

The English church

London, Collins. 1942, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Various. (500 gram rate) DW rubbed spine , small edge tears, inscr to fep, 48pp + col plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000865

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Britain in Pictures Series British History Culture English Church Theology Anglican Various

PANKHURST CHRISTABEL

The Lord Cometh, the World Crisis Explained

London, Morgan & Scott. 1923, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) lacks prelims, starts at title, 130pp, end-times theory, bible prophecy etc, evangelistic. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005489

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Christian Religious Theology Eschatology Bible Prophecy End-Times Jesus Messiah