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D17784Near Fine. 8vo 1 page together with holograph addressed envelope bearing canceled stamp. Letter to J.H. Ryckman about planning a tea. <br/><br/> unknown books
1896D17860London: Longmans Green and Co 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First issue in publisher's maroon cloth. A few offsetting stains to endpaper but still a tight VG copy of Russell's first book. <br/><br/> Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
1946124638London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1946. First English edition of the book universally hailed as the most outstanding work on the subject of Western philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. One of the most important philosophical works of all time Russell's History of Western Philosophy provides a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages--from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza Kant and the twentieth century. Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy is still unparalleled in its comprehensiveness its clarity its erudition its grace and its wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. George Allen and Unwin Ltd hardcover books
189700007991Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 7 viii-xvi 201 3 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering and publisher's device in gold on the spine double-rules blind-stamped to top and bottom of spine double-ruled blind-stamped border to both boards. Russell was one of the principal founders of analytic philosophy and one of the 20th centuries most important thinkers in philosophy of language logic and philosophy of mathematics. Russell won the Nobel Prize and was also well-known as a pacifist and an advocate for numerous progressive causes. Blackwell & Ruja A3.1a. A very presentable copy of Russell's first primarily philosophical book presaging his important work in logic and the philosophy of mathematics. A Very Good book with rubbing and light wear to the extremities owner's name written on front pastedown and stamped on the free front endpaper and half-tilte page. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1929117490New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First edition of this work by Russell in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. An exceptional signed example. According to Russell he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for Marriage and Morals. "When I was called to Stockholm at the end of 1950 to receive the Nobel Prize -- somewhat to my surprise for literature for my book Marriage and Morals -- I was apprehensive since I remembered that exactly 300 years earlier Descartes had been called to Scandinavia by Queen Christina in the winter time and had died of the cold" Russell Autobiography p. 521. which Russell questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. In Marriage and Morals Russell argues that the laws and ideas about sex of his time were a potpourri from various sources which were no longer valid with the advent of contraception as the sexual acts are now separated from the conception. He argues that family is most important for the welfare of children and as such a man and a woman should be considered bound only after her first pregnancy. Horace Liveright hardcover books
190353075Cambridge: At the University 1903. First edition of Russell's groundbreaking work. Quarto original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. From the library of Brian Anthony Farrell with his ownership signature to the pastedown. Farrell's work on Freud's psychoanalytic theories The Standing of Psychoanalysis was published by Oxford University Press in 1981. In near fine condition. A nice example with noted provenance. During his days at Trinity College Cambridge Russell began an intense study of the foundations of mathematics in which he discovered "Russell's paradox" challenging the foundations of set theory. In 1903 he finished work the first volume of The Principles of Mathematics intending to complete the project in a second volume where he planned to cover "a symbolic account of the assimilation of mathematics to logic. "After finding out that his mentor Alfred North Whitehead planned to publish a work with practically the same subject matter he decided to collaborate with him instead thus the second volume was never published. At the University hardcover books
1959117453London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1959. First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Bertrand Russell on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. Russell gives an account of his philosophical development. He describes his Hegelian period and includes hitherto unpublished notes for a Hegelian philosophy of science. He deals next with the two-fold revolution involved with his abandonment of idealism and adoption of a mathematical logic founded upon that of Giuseppe Peano. After two chapters on Principia Mathematica 1910-1913 he passes to the problems of perception as dealt with in Our Knowledge of the External World 1914. In a chapter on 'The Impact of Wittgenstein' Russell examines what he now thinks must be accepted and what rejected in that philosopher's work. He notes the changes from earlier theories required by the adoption of William James's view that sensation is not essentially relational and is not per se a form of knowledge. In an explanatory chapter he endeavours to remove misconceptions of and objections to his theories as to the relation of perception to scientific knowledge. George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover books
190397331Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1903. First edition of Russell's groundbreaking work. Quarto original cloth. From the library of philosopher Augusta Klein with her annotations. Augusta Klein was an author and philosopher; co-author with William Ralph Boyce Gibson of The Problem of Logic. In near fine condition. During his days at Trinity College Cambridge Russell began an intense study of the foundations of mathematics in which he discovered "Russell's paradox" challenging the foundations of set theory. In 1903 he finished work the first volume of The Principles of Mathematics intending to complete the project in a second volume where he planned to cover "a symbolic account of the assimilation of mathematics to logic. "After finding out that his mentor Alfred North Whitehead planned to publish a work with practically the same subject matter he decided to collaborate with him instead thus the second volume was never published. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
190336082Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1903. First edition of this foundational work of mathematics the first in English on the subject. Octavo original blue cloth titles to the spine in gilt. In near fine condition with light rubbing. From the library of philosopher and historian of mathematics Dietrich Mahnke dated June 1939 on front pastedown noting that the marginalia are those of the previous owner Professor Friedrich Kunke. Rare and desirable with noted provenance. In 1959 Russell wrote My Philosophical Development in which he recalled the impetus to write the Principles "It was at the International Congress of Philosophy in Paris in the year 1900 that I became aware of the importance of logical reform for the philosophy of mathematics. . I was impressed by the fact that in every discussion Peano showed more precision and more logical rigour than was shown by anybody else. . It was Peano's works that gave the impetus to my own views on the principles of mathematics." This work was supposed to be followed by a second volume that would explain entirely in symbolic terms the relationship of logic to mathematics. However after finding out that his mentor Alfred Whitehead planned to published a similar work Russell approached Whitehead about a collaboration. The result was Principia Mathematica published between 1910 and 1913. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
192954042New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First edition of this work by Russell in which he questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his publisher "To Horace Liveright from Bertrand Russell with love & admiration." The recipient Horace Liveright<b> </b>was an American publisher and stage producer. With Albert Boni he founded the Modern Library and Boni & Liveright publishers. He published the books of numerous influential American and British authors. In 1917 Liveright founded the Modern Library. It was formed as a reprinting line publishing inexpensive books from European modernists while Liveright published the work of contemporary Americans. <sup id="cite_ref-ModernLibrary_5-0" class="reference"></sup>Liveright published work by T. S. Eliot The Waste Land Charles Fort The Book of the Damned Theodore Dreiser An American Tragedy and Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals. The company also published the first books by Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner Hart Crane Dorothy Parker and S. J. Perelman. In very good with light rubbing. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. A significant association. According to Russell he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for Marriage and Morals. "When I was called to Stockholm at the end of 1950 to receive the Nobel Prize -- somewhat to my surprise for literature for my book Marriage and Morals -- I was apprehensive since I remembered that exactly 300 years earlier Descartes had been called to Scandinavia by Queen Christina in the winter time and had died of the cold" Russell Autobiography p. 521. which Russell questions the Victorian notions of morality regarding sex and marriage. In Marriage and Morals Russell argues that the laws and ideas about sex of his time were a potpourri from various sources which were no longer valid with the advent of contraception as the sexual acts are now separated from the conception. He argues that family is most important for the welfare of children and as such a man and a woman should be considered bound only after her first pregnancy. Horace Liveright hardcover books