1. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

Pursuits of Happiness – the Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1981, 15.5 cm x 23 cm, 283 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Some erasable light pencil underlining and notation in places.

2. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

The World Viewed – Reflections on the Ontology of Film.

New York, The Viking Press, 1971. 14 cm x 20 cm. XV, 174 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Stanley Cavell on the front free endpaper. Several pages have annotations as well as a minor entry on rear pastedown in pencil.

3. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

The World Viewed- Reflections on the Ontology of Film. Enlarged Edition.

Massachusetts, Harvard Universaity Press, 1979, 13.5 cm x 21 cm, XXV, 253 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Some erasable light pencil underlining and notation in places.

4. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

Themes out of School. Effects and Causes.

San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. Octavo. XIV, 268 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Signed by Stanley Cavell. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] / Cacciari, Massimo.

Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture. Introduction by Patrizia Lombardo.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1993. 23.5cm x 14.3cm. lviii, (2) 248 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the personal library of philosopher Stanley Cavell. With several annotations and textmarkings in Cavell’s hand.

6. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] / Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie.

The Many Faces of Philosophy. Reflections from Plato to [Hannah] Arendt.

First Edition. Oxford and others, Oxford University Press, 2003. 25.8cm x 18.5cm. XXIX, (2), 512 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of philosopher Stancley Cavell. Inscribed / Signed by the editor Amélie Oksenberg Rorty to philosopher Stanley Cavell.

7. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] Bates, Stanley / Cohen, Ted.

More on what we say.

First Edition. Chicago, Middlebury College, 1972. 8°. 24 pages. Softcover. Offprint from Metaphilosophy – Volume 3 – No.1 – January 1972.

8. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – [Cavell, Stanley] Desan, Wilfred.

The Tragic Finale. An Essay on the Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre.

Revised Edition. New York, Harper Torchbooks / The Academy Library, 1960. 20.2cm x 13.5cm. (8) xxv, 228 pages. Original illustrated softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This book is from Stanley Cavell’s library with several, very interesting annotations and markings by his hand.

9. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley [Stanley Louis Goldstein].

Collection of important and rare publications by and on american philosopher Stanley Cavell. The books in this collection originate from the personal library of Stanley Cavell, his friends Victor and Jacqueline, as well as from the library of philosopher Graham Parkes [Please see each title described and photographed in our section “Libraries & Collections” and search for “Stanley Cavell Collection”]. The collection includes: 1. Must We Mean What We Say ? – Modern philosophical essays in morality, religion, drama, music and criticism. First Edition, 1969. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell / 2. Stanley Bates and Ted Cohen – More on what we say. First Edition. Chicago, Middlebury College, 1972 / 3. Cavell, Stanley – Themes out of School. Effects and Causes. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell / 4. Cavell, Stanley. The World Viewed – Reflections on the Ontology of Film. New York, The Viking Press, 1971. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell in the year 1971, to his friends Victor and Jacqueline / 5. [Cavell, Stanley] Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie. The Many Faces of Philosophy. Reflections from Plato to Arendt. First Edition. Oxford and others, Oxford University Press, 2003. Signed and inscribed by the Editor to Cavell. / 6. [Cavell, Stanley] – Massimo Cacciari – Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture – Stanley Cavell’s personal copy with notes and annotations. / 7. [Cavell, Stanley] Desan, Wilfrid – The Tragic Finale – An Essay on the Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre – with interesting annotations and textmarkings by Stanley Cavell / 8. Cavell, Stanley. Pursuits of Happiness – the Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1981. From the librray of philosopher Graham Parkes / 9.Cavell, Stanley. The World Viewed- Reflections on the Ontology of Film. Enlarged Edition. Massachusetts, Harvard Universaity Press, 1979. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

New York / Cambridge / and others, Charles Scribner’s Sons / Harper / Yale University Press / Oxford University Press / Viking Press etc., 1969-2003. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23,5 cm). XXIX, 365 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth / Softcover. All books in very good or better condition; many signed or inscribed. A rare opportunity to look into the mind of an important philosophical thinker through his annotations and notes, especially in the book on Sartre.

10. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley [Stanley Louis Goldstein].

Must We Mean What We Say ? – Modern philosophical essays in morality, religion, drama, music and criticism.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1969. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23,5 cm). XXIX, 365 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. The very rare first edition, signed, inscribed and dated by Stanley Cavell in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010. The edge of the book with some strange staining, else in near fine condition.