Hartford: M. S. Davis, Nd. c1910. First & Only Edition. Wraps. 16mo; pp; 8; original printed gray paper wrappers;. Spiritual guide using the metaphor of a ship, akin to a Native American prayer to the four directions; Unusual and unrecorded. More about The Compass. A Metaphysical Treatment
(New York): Columbia College, 1891. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 73, (i); original printed paper wrappers;. A serious discussion of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau and others and their enormous influence on the Founding Fathers and the "Revolution" as movement. More about The Theory of the Social Compact and Its Influence Upon the American Revolution; Submitted in...
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 151; white cloth and black paper covered boards lettered in red in a dust jacket; jacket has minor edge wear and light soiling to the rear panel;. Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers and the author of... More about The Passionate State Of Mind and other aphorisms
New York: Pirate Editions distributed by Grove Press, (1971). First Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo; pp; xii, 308, appendices, bibliography, index; illustrated with photographs, line drawings & cartoons; original printed wrappers, paperback;. A driving force behind the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, Hoffman inspired a generation to challenge the status... More about Steal This Book; Accessories after the Fact: Tom Forcade, Bert Cohen
Boston: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xiv, 239, glossary, bibliography, and biographies of poets; red cloth and yellow paper boards lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. More about Songs of Spiritual Experience. Tibetan Buddhist Poems of Insight & Awakening
New York: Carlton House, Nd c1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; vi, 237; blue cloth and blue paper covered boards, with a red title tile lettered in gilt, and the spine lettered in gilt;. More about Beyond Good and Evil
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; x, 214, index; red cloth lettered in gilt in a dust jacket;. Henry Steele Commager's copy, with his distinctive signature in pencil with the date 1976 on the front free endpaper. Some marginalia from Commager. A discussion... More about The Philosophies And The People
Portland: Shirley and Hyde, Printed by J. Griffin, 1828. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. 576; full sheep with a red spine label lettered in red; this binding had been rebacked at an earlier time, the spine leather is wearing. Still a serviceable and sound edition;. Thomas Upham (1799 – 1872)... More about Elements Of Intellectual Philosophy; Designed As A Text-Book