Problem Knowledge by A J Ayer, First Edition (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. paperback, paper age-toned, the binding tight the body of text unmarked. 223pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1956 first edition in Penguin Pelican number A377, a volume of the Pelican Psychology Series. Small owner's inscription dated1956 otherwise very clean interior with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, normal light tanning to page edges a few corner creases.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first published 1956 appears unread, # A377.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for corner bumping and minimal rubbing/discoloration with age. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Some shadowing to insides of both covers and respective opposite pages. Ex-Library indications can be found on inside of front cover, EP, and inside of back cover. Text is clean and free of blemishes, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Softcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Good in wraps. Owner personalization on rear panel, front pastedown, and FEP. Text annotated throughout with ink.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Titles, preface & contents list to front. The Problem of Knowledge" by A. J. Ayer explores the central philosophical question of how we can be sure we know anything. Ayer examines the nature of knowledge, addressing skepticism and analyzing the reliability of perception, memory, and our knowledge of other minds. He aims to counter skeptical arguments by examining the foundations of our beliefs and the processes by which we acquire knowledge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 258. Slight foxing front/rear end-papers, but body of book clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Logical Positivism; Verification Principle; Analytic Philosophy ; Philosophy. Inventory No: 5288. Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth).

First edition, 8vo.,pp. x,258, blue cloth, gilt; ownership autograph and small inscription to front paste down endpaper, toning free endpapers, water staining to boards, a good copy, in complete and unclipped dust-jacket, which has some water staining to spine and rear, good(+).

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ in Wraps. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Paperback Edition. First Paperback Edition. Original Wraps. Underlining by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often made comments in the margins or had conversations with the author in the text. Signed by Oliver Sacks on front wrappers. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver?s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Shelfwear/toning, chipping, evidence of dampstaining, else bright, and unmarred. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. 223pp. All underlining, emphasis, and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Signed by former owner on front wrappers. Ex Libris pasted in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st UK Edition. 258 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Lightly darkened and smudged on the edges. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly bumped around the edges. Brown dustjacket with dark brown titles. Jacket is darkened on the spine and around the edges. Worn around the edges with small chips and tears. PC. 1ST UK EDITION. VG+/VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Macmillan and Co Ltd in 1956, here is the first hardback printing of A.J.Ayer's THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE. Blue cloth binding, gilt spine lettering, 258 pages the book is in good condition with some general browning to the end papers, some dusty spotting to the top of the page edges and the name of a previous owner written in black ink to the front free end paper. The dust jacket is good with some general browning to the covers and some minor chipping/ creasing to the edges. A scarce book.

(Edinburgh), (Pelican) Peguin Books, (1956). 8vo. Bound in modest cont. half cloth, loose in back. Leaves browned and some underlinings. 224 pp. An issue of the major work by Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-89) published same year as the first edition.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. ÂPresentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Ryan Evans from Freddie Ayer, October 30, 1956." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.