Porter, Michael E. / Takeuchi, Hirotaka / Sakakibara. Mariko.

Can Japan Compete?

London, Macmillan, 2000. 16 x 24cm. (11), 208 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Smith, John.

Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale, or Memoirs of Wool. – A Collection of History and Argument Concerning the Woolen Manufacture and the Woolen Trade in general.

Reprint of 1747. Two volumes. New York, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1969. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. XVI, 422 + 576 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Par M. Necker, [Jacques].

De L’Importance Des Opinions Religieuses

First Edition. A Londres, et se trouve à Lyon, chez G. Regnault, 1788. c, 19 x 12 cm. Title page, 542 pages (2). With a Frontispiece. Contemporary speckled calf. Elaborate gilt decorations to spine. Gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A lovely copy. See images.

De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Part 1.

The Third Edition. Two non-uniform Volumes. London, Saunders and Otley, 1838. c. 19 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages. Binding Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Binding Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine. Very good condition. Both volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. Internally clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Part 2. Edited with Notes. The translation revised and in great part rewritten, and the additions made to the recent Paris Editions now first translated by Francis Bowen.

Sixth US Edition. Volume 2 only. Boston, John Allyn, 1876. 20 x 13 cm. xiv, 499 pages. Contemporary brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

De Tocqueville, Alexis (Author). Reeve, Henry and Bowen, Francis (Translators).

Democracy in America. Parts 1 & 2 complete. [A non-uniform set of various early editions].

Part 1: Third UK Edition / Part 2: Sixth US Edition. Three Volumes (Part 1 in two Volumes, Part 2 in one Volume). London and Boston, Saunders & Otley and John Allyn, 1838 & 1876. Octavo. Part 1: Vol.1: xxxvi, 302 pages, including a folding map of North America / Vol.2: viii, 325 pages / Part 2: xiv, 499 pages. Part 1, Vol.1: original cloth with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations. Part 1, Vol.2: Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. ‘Fredricton Library’ in gilt on spine / Part 2: Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. All volumes rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper of volume 1. Front hinge of volume 1 cracked. Small corner of front free end paper volume 1 missing. Map in volume 1 glued to title page (upside down) causing small damages and glue stains on title page, see images. All volumes internally clean.

Brown, Rory.

Fighting Monsters: British-American War-making and Law-making.

First Edition. Oxford / Portland, Hart Publishing, 2011. 16 x 24cm. (9), 325 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, very slight signs of shelf wear to dustjacket but otherwise as new.

Guenther, F. / Schmidt, S.J.

Formal Semantics and Pragmatics for Natural Languages.

Dordrecht / Boston, Reidel, 1979. 8°. VIII, 378 pages. Softcover. Original Reidel edition. Near FINE condition. Absolutely clean and tight. [Synthese Language Library – Volume 4].

Postlethwayt, Malachy.

Great Britain’s True System.

Reprint of 1757. New York, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1967. 15 x 22.5 cm. CL, 363 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Russell, Bertrand.

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization ? / The Faith of a Rationalist. An Examination and a Criticism.

Two First Editions. London, Watts & Co., [1930] & [1947]. 18 x 12 cm. 30 pages plus two pages publishers list / Six pages. Original Wrappers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Small stains and some pencil annotations.