Filosofi

Auguste Comte and Positivism

John Stuart Mill · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1907. Cloth. A philosophical treatise on Auguste Comte and his school of positivism, by John Stuart Mill. An insightful philosophical work by John Stuart Mill, in which he explores the theories of Auguste Comte.Mill pays particular...

The Elements of Individualism. A Series of Lectures.

William Maccall · 1847 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, John Chapman, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Scottish minister William Maccall's philosophical work on individualism, with the author's signature to the front pastedown. A very scarce first edition.Tipped in to the front pastedo...

Les Caracteres de Theophraste: Traduits Du Grec Avec Les Caracteres Ou Les Moeurs de Ce Siecle

Theophrastus; Jean de La Bruyere · 1885 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Paris , Garnier Freres, 1885. Leather. A leather bound copy of Bruyere's translation of Theophrastus' philosophical work 'The Characters&apos. With the original French text. Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards. Undated, dated from an identical c...

A Philosophy of Solitude

John Cowper Powys · 1933 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical guide from John Cowper Powys, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. A best-selling guideb...

Light and Leading: Being Light Leaders Reprinted from the Times

None stated · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of this collection of philosophical thoughts reprinted from 'The Times', in the original dust wrapper. The first edition in book form. First published in 'The Times' magaz...

The Works of Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, Williams and Norgate , 1880-1907. Leather. A brilliant collection of uniformly leather-bound works from Herbert Spencer, including the first edition of his two-volume autobiography. From the library of Foyle's co-founder, W. A. Foyle. An impressive collection of w...

Seneca&Apos;S Morals by Way of Abstract

Seneca; Roger L'Estrange · 1682 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Tho. Newcomb; Joanna Brome, 1682. Leather. The second edition of Roger L'Estrange's translation of Seneca's insightful moral essays, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The scarce second edition of Roger L'Estrange's translation, first pu...

The Foundations of Manchester: Comprising the College and Collegiate Church, the Free Grammar School, and Chetham&Apos;S Hospital

The Episcopal See of Manchester · 1848 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Manchester, Thomas Agnew, 1848. Cloth. A scarce complete set of this detailed account of the foundations of Manchester. Complete in four volumes. Scarce work. Volume three is illustrated with thirty-seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed work on the foundations of Manches...

Das Weltbild Der Iranier

O. G. Von Wesendonk · 1933 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Munchen [Munich], Ernst Reinhardt, 1933 . First edition. Leather. An excellent example of the first edition of Otto Gunther von Wesendonk's study of the philosophy and world view of the people of Iran. In the original German. Illustrated with a double page map of the &ap...

Kleine Schriften I II III IV

Hans-Georg Gadamer · 1967 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Tubingen, J C B Mohr, 1967-77. First edition. Cloth. The bright first edition of Hans-Georg Gadamer's collection of philosophical writings in four volumes. The first edition of this work. With bibliographical references. In the original German. Philosophical discussions b...

Suite Des Reflexions Sur Ce Qui Peut Plaire Ou Deplaire Dans le Commerce Du Monde

Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde · 1699 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Amsterdam, Les Heritiers d'Antoine Schelter, 1699. Leather. A scarce French work by l'Abbe de Bellegarde, a collection of dialogues reflecting on the conduct of life. In the original French.Second edition, scarce to see an early edition.Illustrated with an engraved t...

Discourses on Prophecy, in Which Are Considered Its Structure, Use and Inspiration: Being the Substance of Twelve Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincoln&Apos;S Inn

John Davison · 1825 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Murray, 1825 . Leather. The scarce second edition of this theological study of Prophecy in full calf binding. Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its Structure, Use and Inspiration: Being the Substance of Twelve Sermons Preached in the Chapel of Lincol...

The Formation of Character

Gustavus Cohen · 1884 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Bloomsbury , 1884. Cloth. A very scarce and intriguingly illustrated copy of Gustavus Cohen's Formation of Character. A very scarce and intriguingly illustrated copy of Gustavus Cohen's Formation of Character. This copy includes 16 illustration done by Fritz...

The Real Earth and Other Studies

W. W. L. · 1916 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, The Path Publishing Company, 1916. Hardback. A very scarce work of anthroposophy, examining some of the larger questions of life; presented by the editor of the Path Publishing Company. With chapters such as 'Is there Deliverance?', 'The 'I'&ap...

Reincarnation and Other Essays

Eugen Kolisko · 1940 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, King, Littlewood & King, [1940]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on reincarnation and other spiritual essays, complete with its rare, unclipped dust wrapper. Eugen Kolisko was an Austrian-German physician, known for his pioneering work in an...

Five William and Robert Chambers Publications

Various · 1838 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838-42. Leather. A collection of five miscellaneous publications of William and Robert Chambers, bound in one volume. A collection of five volumes published by William and Robert Chambers, bound in one volume. The volume comprises the ...

S. Francis of Assisi: The Mirror of Perfection

Sebastian Evans [Trans.]; Leo of Assisi; Paul Sabatier [Ed.] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, David Nutt, 1898 . Vellum. The first English edition of "The Mirror of Perfection," signed and dated at Assisi by its editor Paul Sabatier, in a striking contemporary hand-painted vellum binding. In a contemporary hand-painted vellum binding, with a stylised foliate de...

Thoughts Moral and Divine; Collected and Intended for the Better Instruction and Conduct of Life

Wellins Calcott · 1756 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Nonerinted for the Author by E. Owen, 1756 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Calcott"s alphabetically arranged collection of moral, religious and literary reflections. In a contemporary quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards.  First edition...

John Ruskin Lectures: Munera Pulveris; the Ethics of the Dust; the Crown of Wild Olive; Sesame and Lilies; Unto This Last

John Ruskin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, George Allen & Sons, 1904-1910. Leather. A charming red prize calf group of John Ruskin's lectures, among the most influential polymaths in Victorian Britain. Five volumes of prestigious lectures from Victorian polymath and philanthropist John Ruskin, later printi...

Les Essais de Michel de Seigneur de Montaigne Donnez Sur le Plus Anciennes Et Les Plus Corrected Editions Augmentex de Plusieurs Lettres de L&Apos;Auteur Et Ou Les Passages Grecs, Latins Et Italiens Son Traduits Plus Fidelement Et Citex Plus Exactement Que Dans Aucune Des Prededentes

Michel Deigneur de Montaigne; Pierre Coste (editor) · 1725 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Paris, Par La Societe, 1725. Leather. The complete three volumes of Michel de Montaignes essays. With a portrait frontispiece to volume I and a red and black title page to all volumes. With Memoires Pour Servis Aux Essais de Michel Deigneur de Montagne bound to the rear of vol...