lectures metaphysics volumes de hamilton sir william (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Volume 2 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing, some tears and loss at the crown of the spine. Pages are tanned and clean.

Hard cover. First edition. Volume I, 738 pages; Volume II, 732 pages plus publishers ads. First American edition. Brown cloth binding with embossed cover. Bumped at corners. Volume II has about a 1/2 inch split along spine. Both volumes are in remarkably good condition for their age. Vol I (Metaphysics) was published in 1859 and Volume II (Logic) was published in 1860. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Later printings (?). Large octavo, 718pp., 713pp. A good set in the publsiher's brown cloth. Mildly ex-library with minimal markings. Front outer joints of both volumes quite worn, with the front boards loosned, but holding, and the spines beginning to flap freely, though intact. Nicer inside than out, quite clean and crisp internally. Scarcer than the British editions.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Two volumes. A Very Good set in original pebbled brown cloth lettered in gold, each with the early bookplate of a Charles A. Woolley inside the front cover. Sound bindings, clean/unmarked text. Volume I and II from a 4-volume set of Hamilton on Metaphysics and Logic, with these first two volumes covering Metaphysics, with a cumulative Index at the end of Volume II. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. 4 volumes. Fading to spines. Rubbing at top and bottom edges of spine, general shelf wear. Some bumping/chipping at corners. Pages tanned but clean, NO foxing or markings. Somewhere between good and acceptable, all bindings sturdy.

8vo, 444pp, 568pp, 468pp and 510pp. A good hardback set bound in original decorated boards, with mild wear. The spine of volume one is torn along left side (not detached) and some loss to base. Foxing heavy to endpapers and half titles of all volumes. Previous owner's signatures and bookplates to each volume. Occasional pencil notations.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1869 (fourth edition)/ 1860 (Volumes I and II) and 1866 (second, revised, edition)/ 1860 (Volumes III and IV). Octavo, four volumes, xx, 444, [40] (publisher's catalogue); x, 568; xiv, 468, [40] (publisher's catalogue); and x, 520 pages with several illustrations and tables. Early cloth (Volume I) and original blind-decorated cloth; all edges uncut; cloth a little rubbed, marked, and slightly bumped at the extremities; spines a little darkened; scattered foxing (confined mainly to the endpapers and adjacent leaves); half-title and cumulative title leaf in the first volume a little marked and indented; minimal conservation to the inner hinges of two volumes; minor signs of age and use; overall, a very good set. The first volume has been rebound in cloth of a similar colour, and lettered in gilt on the spine in a similar font, to the three original bindings. Sir William Stirling Hamilton (1788-1856), Scottish philosopher, 9th Baronet of Preston and Fingalton. Provenance: Edward C. Stirling, with his small name-plate in each volume. Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919) was an eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician. The ownership initials of his daughter Jane (J.W.R. 1932) are written in ink on the front free endpaper of each volume; she had married Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930), a South Australian biochemist of world renown. The later ownership signature of H.S. Jeffery is written in pencil in the last three volumes. [4 items].