Republic Plato, Signed (9 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 119pp. Navy faux leather with gilt title, author's inscription on the front endpaper, owners name in the corner of the front flyleaf. P9. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Inscribed by Sinaiko on the half-title page. ; Midway Reprint Series; 0.9 x 8.8 x 5.8 Inches; 314 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. Barbara G. Mertz's copy with her signature on half-title page. (Ancient Greece, Greek literature, Socratic dialogue, ancient literature, classics, philosophy, political theory).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 238 pp., x. First edition but printing ostensibly in 1988. Following the Preface, Contents divided into an Introduction and 3 Parts: INTRODUCTION, [1] Commentary on Plato's Republic, Book V and the Exclusion of Women from the Philosophic Life; [2] Details of the Platonic Proposals for Sexuality and Some Early Interpretations; Part 1: THE PREVALENCE OF ANTI-FEMALE BIAS IN PLATO SCHOLARSHIP, 1870-1970: SEVEN TYPES OF HOSTILITY [1] Equality as a Non-Issue: Neglect of the Proposals; [2] Women Are Different: The Proposals as Unnatural; [3] Women Have Better Things to Do: The Proposals as Undesirable; [4] Plato Didn't Really Mean It: The Proposals as Unintentional, Unwelcoime, or Comic; [5] Other Ways of ' Explaining Away ' the Plan for Gender Equality; [6] Bias in Language: The Consequences of Hidden Assumptions; [7] As Long As They Don't Go Too Far: The Warnings of the So-Called Feminists; [8] The Exceptioins: Early Genuine Enthusiasm for the Egalitarian Reforms; Part 2: THE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN PHILOSOPHER QUEENS [1] The Quality of the New Scholarship; [2] The First Awareness of Previous Bias; [3] Inconsistencies in Plato: Was He a Feminist?"; [4] Private Wives and Sexual Equality; [5] Education, Environmentalism, and the Concept of Physis; [6] Down with Plato--Down with th Life of Reason: The Family and New Theories of Women's special Virtues; [7] How Important Is the Body? Homoeroticism, Human Nature, and Androgyny; [8] The Persistence of Sexism in Recent Commentary; Part 3: THE CONTINUING IMPORTANCE OF PLATO'S QUESTIONS; Notes, pp. 197-224; References, pp. 225-231; Index, pp. 233-238. Shiny red wrappers with Title and Subtitle in white letters in a front cover left column on top half front cover, adjacent to a photo-illustration of bust of ancient Greek woman, "Tete Heroique" (1923) by Aristide Malliol. Only previous owner name and purchase date at top left inside front cover blemish the artifact, else As New, appearing UNREAD: Tight binding; sharp corners; NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks. Clean text. Inscribed and Signed by Author on the upward right slant below her printed name on Title page: "For Ruth -- whose work I admire, Natalie". Inscribed by Author(s).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo ix + 201pp., bibliog., index, Presentation copy signed by Kimon Lycos on front end paper.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Presentation copy from the Author. Slight wear, spine dulled, otherwise very good.

Signed on endpaper J. H. Wilson, Jesus College, Oxford 1936, VG bright copy in publishers green cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 1 only. "To Edward O. Fiske with the compliments of Isaac A. Loos" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). Limited Edition. Two volume set sans slipcase. Limited to 1,200 copies, of which this is number 420. Signed by the designer and the illustrator to the limitation page (see image). Quater black leather over red paper covered boards with decorations to covers. Top edge gilt. Includes the monthly Limited Editions Club letter. Previous owner's name to the front endpaper of both volumes, otherwise this is a very nice clean set with no defacements to the text. 6.5 x 10 in (16.5 x 25 cm).