The scarce first edition, first impression of these two talks by C.S. Lewis on the subject of his Christian faith, which were originally broadcast...

The first edition of this thought-provoking collection of essays on religious themes by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), author of the acclaimed Narnia ser...

Stoic philosophy. A fine large-paper edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, an important work of Stoic philosophy by the last of Rome's Five Good...

First Dibdin octavo edition. A finely printed example of one of the most important works of English philosophy and social commentary. The first Dib...

Calvinism and the Reformation in England. The first edition printed in England of Calvin's seminal work of systematic theology, arguably the most i...

Rare early English edition. The first edition of this translation by Gilbert Burnet of Thomas More's most important contribution to political philo...

Rare lifetime edition of Smith's first book. A handsome, life-time edition of Adam Smith's (d.1790) first published book, and his most important co...

One of the great man's more important mid-period collections. Signed by Russell on the front free endpaper and distinctly uncommon thus. The Ameri...

The patron saint of statesman and politicians. The first collected edition of Sir Thomas More's (1478-1535) English works, from his youthful sallie...

The two highly collectable first issues of the first edition of Chairman Mao's 'Little Red Book', preceded only by a special issue presented to se...

[philosophy] earl of Macclesfield's copy. A beautifully bound set of The Works of Francis Bacon edited by the poet David Mallet (d.1765), with an i...