PHILOSOPHY

Poyatos, Fernando [Text by William Spray]

(Book #ID 9436)

Published by Fernando Fernando and William Spray, First edition 1998. 1998.

First edition hard back publisher's original dark cream cloth covers, gilt stamping. 8¼" x 10¼" landscape 125 pages acid free paper. 60 full page colour reproductions of paintings of houses and public buildings in Frederiction with text opposite. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, never thumbed. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Poole, Austin Lane

(Book #ID 107307)

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press First Edition 1946. 1946.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 115 pp. Tiny creases to the spine ends, private owner's book plate adhered to front paste down and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Piehler, Paul

(Book #ID 94688)

Published by Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd., 41 Maddox Street, London First Edition 1971. 1971.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, grey dyed upper edges, black end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 169 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the red of the spine and upper rear margin, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0713155795

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Pitman, Michael [Introduction by Bernard Stonehouse]

(Book #ID 29520)

Published by Rider and Company, London First Edition 1984. 1984.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 268 pages ISBN 0091553903. Very slight age darkening to the page edges. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Petra Schneider and Gerhard K. Pieroth

(Book #ID 31993)

Published by Arcana Publishing First UK Edition 2000. London 2000.

Publisher's original laminated card covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 192 pages ISBN 0910261199. Monochrome illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Plamenatz, John

(Book #ID 68890)

Published by Basil Blackwell & Mott Limited, Oxford First Edition 1949. Oxford 1949.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 228 printed pages of text. Tan age spots to the end papers, foxing to the closed page edges, ink name and address dated 1957 to the front free end paper, pencilled underlining to some of the pages. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Peters, F. H. [Translated by] Aristotle | Greek philosopher and scientist born in the Macedonian city of Stagirus, in 384 BCE.

(Book #ID 120770)

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, London Sixth Edition 1895. 1895.

Sixth edition hard back binding in publisher's original Brunswick green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, dark green lining papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (xvi, 359 pp. Lots of relevant notes to the margins throughout, small marks to the fore edge of the front board, rubbing across the spine caps and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Patrick, Morag

(Book #ID 100052)

Published by Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Aldershot, Hants First Edition 1997. 1997.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original plum glazed boards, white title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¾''. Contains 169 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1859725457

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Puryear, Herbert B. [Edgar Cayce]

(Book #ID 61785)

Published by A.R.E. Press Virginia Beach First Edition 1980. 1980.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 226 printed pages of text. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 876041292

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Plumbe, C. Conway

(Book #ID 62106)

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Edition June 1950. London 1950.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, blue dyed upper edges. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 206 printed pages of text. Crease to the board across the lower corner of the upper panel. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with 60 mm closed tear to the upper front gutter, not price clipped 7/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Pater, Walter [Plato]

(Book #ID 107112)

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London Reprinted Edition 1917. 1917.

Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back which has oxidised, edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Larger type face, wide margins, easy to read. Written for delivery to young students of philosophy. By Platonism is meant not Neo-Platonism of any king, but the leading principles of Plato's doctrine, which I have tried to see in close connection with himself as he is presented in his own writings. Contains red and black printed title, 283 + i pp. Pencil notes to the front free end paper, light surface marks to the boards and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Powell, Geoffrey

(Book #ID 72755)

Published by Avebury, Gower Publishing Company Limited, Aldershot, Hants First Edition 1987. Hampshire 1987.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and white designed paper covered boards. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 98 printed pages of text. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0566054779

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Price, Dawson

(Book #ID 98271)

Published by Bread of Life Publications, 8 Kimberley Close, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hampshire First Edition 2006. 2006.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 123 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'To Edith - With love and prayers from Dawson.' Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0953075419

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Pilling, Geoffrey

(Book #ID 100068)

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 39 Store Street, London First Edition 1980. 1980.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¾''. Contains 215 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0710005164

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Phelips, Vivian

(Book #ID 109182)

Published by Watts & Co., Fleet Street, London Third Impression 1937. 1937.

Hard back binding in publisher's original red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 118 pp. Spine ends creased and in Very Good condition. SIGNED by the Author to the half-title page 'For your kind acceptance, Vivian Philips', no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Phin, John

(Book #ID 120758)

Published by Archibald Constable and Co., 2 Whitehall Gardens, Westminster, London First British Edition 1906. 1906.

First British edition hard back binding in publisher's original vertically grained dark green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, blind title to the front, bevelled edges. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. This work explores some of the most infamous scientific impossibilities and the historical attempts made to solve them, detailing concepts such as squaring the circle, perpetual motion, and the philosopher's stone. By presenting these topics in a straightforward manner, the author aims to make complex ideas accessible to the general reader. At the start of the publication, the author introduces the concept of 'scientific follies' - problems that have captivated the human imagination despite being mathematically impossible. Contains (viii), 178 pp with monochrome text figures throughout, capital lettering designs. Small scar mark to the top front gutter, spine caps rolled over and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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