RECONSTRUCTION IN PHILOSOPHY
1921
First UK edition of this work that lays out philosopher and psychiatrist John Dewey's thoughts on restricting the field of philosophy and culture at large.
Philosophy
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STIFFED: THE BETRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN MAN
(1999)
Inscribed first printing of this reflection of the effects of a culture of toxic masculinity on individual men, and how that in turn shapes the American landscape.
FROM DEATH-CAMP TO EXISTENTIALISM: A Psychiatrist's Path to a New Therapy [Man's Search for Meaning]
(1959)
Rare first English-language edition of Frankl's classic presentation of logotherapy, now best known by its later title, MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ALAIN LOCKE: Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
(1989)
First edition of this anthology of Locke's philosophical writings, some previously unpublished, each "directly arguing for, criticizing, or expressing a fundamental notion of race, culture, civilization, identity, or value."
THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN
1869
First US edition, with interesting pencil marginalia by an educated 19th-century American reader – including a reference to New Jersey's little-known 18th-century laws granting women voting rights.
LOST IN THE COSMOS
(1983)
Signed limited first edition of this popular philosophical work by the author of THE MOVIEGOER, "a darkly humorous parody of the literature of self-help" (Hoogheem).
ELEMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIND
(1840)
First printing of this groundbreaking treatise on female psychology by a pioneer in women's education.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS: Selected Papers
1979
Inscribed first edition of these classic papers on countertransference in psychoanalysis.
DISCOURSES CONCERNING GOVERNMENT
MDCXCVIII [1698]
First edition of this major influence on the US Founders, "probably the best elementary book of the principles of government [...] which has ever been published in any language," according to Thomas Jefferson (1804 letter to Mason Locke Weems).
OUTRAGEOUS ACTS AND EVERYDAY REBELLIONS
(1983)
Inscribed first printing of this collection featuring the first 20 years of her writing on feminism, culture, and politics — with the program from a speaking engagement at Moravian College.
WOMEN AND ECONOMICS
1898
Startlingly rare first printing of Gilman's most important nonfiction work.
DE RERUM NATURA, ETC
[circa 1935]
Mock-epic manuscript in six cantos, offering meticulously footnoted anonymous rhyming invective against the New Deal, the Nietszschian Superman, and the unappreciative American publishing industry.
ON CERTAINTY / UBER GEWISSHEIT
1969
First printing of this first English edition of Elizabeth Anscombe's translation (with Denis Paul) of arguably Wittgenstein's most influential text.
ON CERTAINTY / UBER GEWISSHEIT
1991
Majestic Arion Press limited edition of Wittgenstein's last work, illuminated with twelve prints by Mel Bochner.
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