[Foster, Vere] Beauvoisins, Joseph Eugène.

Notice sur la cour du Grand Seigneur, son Sérail, son Harem, la Famille de Sang Impérial, sa Maison militaire, et ses Ministres [Personal copy of irish educationalist and philanthropist, Vere Foster, a gift from his father, Sir Augustus Foster, possibly only inscribed in a secretarial hand, on the titlepage].

Seconde édition. Paris, Chez Gabriel Warée, Libraire, quai Voltaire, 1807. Octavo (13 cm x 19,5 cm). 110 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with original spine-label and ornament to spine. Binding rubbed and bumped. Old stamp “de la Calmette” on titlepage. The inscription reads: “Vere Henry Foster from Sir A.F. – London, 1845”.

[Wolff, Kurt] Gurwitsch, Aron.

Sur une Racine Perceptive de L’Abstraction.

Proceedings of the XIth International Congress of Philosophy, 1953. Octavo. pages 43 – 47. Softcover / Original Wrappers. Wrappers frayed / Otherwise in very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, with is name on endpaper. This first edition offprint was a presentation-copy from Aron Gurwitsch to Kurt Wolff (both of them taught at Brandeis University and were colleagues). With one annotation by Wolff. Kurt Wolff also wrote under his name: “Cambridge, A-D 55 (from A.G.)”. [Offprint from “Proceedings of the XIth International Congress of Philosophy”, Volume 2].

Beston, Henry B. / [Sims, Admiral William Sowden].

Full Speed Ahead. Tales from the Log of a Correspondent with Our Navy. [Inscribed Association copy from Henry B. Beston to Admiral William Sowden Sims – with original typescript in an envelope that is tipped into the pastedown / It is a typescript of a letter that was written during Beston’s time as editor at the magazine “The Living Age” (an offshoot of ‘Atlantic Monthly’) and stunningly also reflects on Beston’s classmate, Theodore Roosevelt, whom he obviously gave a copy of this book and according to Beston’s letter to Sims, Theodore Roosevelt and his children confirming that they enjoyed it. The letter reveals that Beston sends this book as a “thank you” to Admiral Sims for his time as war correspondent under Sims’ command during World War I. The typescript of the letter must be seen as an extension to Beston’s Preface in the book in which he writes: “And no acknowledgment, no matter how studied or courtly, its phrasing, can express what I owe to Admiral Sims for the friendliness of my reception, for his care that i be shown all the Navy’s activities, and for his constant and kindly effort to advance my work in every possible way”].

First Edition. New York, Doubleday, 1919. Octavo. XIII, 254 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very Scarce [OCLC locates only 1 copy]. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. The definitive, signed and inscribed association copy by Henry B. Beston to Admiral William Sowden Sims and also with a letter typescript to Admiral William Sowden Sims. The inscription reads: “To Admiral Sims with every grateful good wish of the author – Henry Beston Sheahan – 1919”.

[Adorno, Theodor W. / Horkheimer, Max / Benjamin, Walter] Haag, Karl-Heinz / Schweppenhaeuser, Hermann.

Wichtige Collection / Sammlung von sieben bedeutenden Arbeitsexexemplaren / Widmungsexemplaren / Autorenexemplaren der Frankfurter Schule. Die sieben Arbeitsexemplare stammen aus der Bibliothek des Philosophen Karl-Heinz Haag. Die Sammlung enthält ausserdem einen sehr umfangreichen Bestand an Adorno-relevanten Titeln aus anderen Provenienzen (Info anfordern). / Important, stunning collection of seven, signed or/and annotated association-copies and working-copies from the private library of philosopher Karl-Heinz Haag, friend and colleague of Adorno and one of the members of the Frankfurt School of Social Theory and Social Research. Besides the working-copies of Haag, the collection also includes numerous Adorno-relevant titles (ask for information). The main collection of seven working-copies includes (chronologically) / Die Sammlung der sieben Arbeitsexemplare enthält (chronologisch nach Erscheinungsdatum): 1. Walter Benjamin – Schriften – Band I und II mit umfangreichen, handschriftlichen Annotationen und interessanten Kommentaren im Kapitel “Geschichtsphilosophische Thesen” und im Kapitel “Über Sprache überhaupt und über die Sprache des Menschen” (1955) Mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk Haag’s in Band I und kleinem Photo von Walter Benjamin auf dem Titelblatt eingeklebt / 2. Theodor W. Adorno – Aspekte der Hegelschen Philosophie. (1957) – Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Adorno (voll signiert) an Haag. [″Meinem lieben Karl-Heinz Haag in herzlicher Verbundenheit – Theodor W. Adorno – Frankfurt, 14. Mai 1957”] / 3. Karl Heinz Haag – Kritik der neueren Ontologie – [1956] – Haag’s Handexemplar seiner Habilitationsschrift mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatzblatt und einer nicht verifizierbaren Original-Photographie eingeklebt im Innendeckel. / 4. Theodor W. Adorno – “Drei Studien zu Hegel” (1963) – mit einer sehr persönlichen, handschriftlichen Widmung von Adorno [″Meinem lieben Karl Heinz Haag als ehrliches Zeichen herzlicher Verbundenheit – von seinem Adorno – Frankfurt, 20.September 1963”]. Der Hegel-Titel (″Drei Studien”) von Adorno, beinhaltet ausserdem die gedruckte Widmung von Adorno an Haag: “Karl Heinz Haag gewidmet” und die Ausgabe ist somit Zeichen ultimativer Assoziierung zwischen zwei bedeutenden Philosophen der Frankfurter Schule. Mit Annotationen und Anstreichungen von Haag im Text. / 5. Max Horkheimer – Zur Kritik der instrumentellen Vernunft [Deutsche Ausgabe (1967) von “Eclipse of Reason” [1947]] – Aus den Vorträgen und Aufzeichnungen seit Kriegsende. [Widmungsexemplar, voll signiert von Max Horkheimer an seinen ehemaligen Studenten und Doktoranden: “Karl-Heinz Haag in enger Verbundenheit – Oktober 1967 von Max Horkheimer” – Die bedeutende Ausgabe diente als Handexemplar von Haag und ist mit zahlreichen, sehr interessanten Annotationen und Anstreichungen versehen (beiliegend: Zwei handschriftliche, voll signierte Postkarten von Horkheimer an Haag (aus New York und Verona sowie mehrere Merkzettel von Haag zu Textstellen im Werk und auch eine Rezension des Werks von Kurt Juergen Huch mit Widmung an Haag) / 6. Max Horkheimer – Kritische Theorie – Eine Dokumentation (1968 – Band I und Band II im Schuber) – [Widmungsexemplar, voll signiert von Max Horkheimer: “Für Karl Heinz Haag in tiefer Verbundenheit – Max Horkheimer” – Mit montierter Originalphotographie auf dem Zwischentitel von Band I, auf welcher Horkheimer und Haag vereint in die Camera schauen [Eine weitere Photographie ist auf dem Zwischentitel von Band II montiert und zeigt das Grab von Horkheimer] – Die Ausgabe ist ebenfalls das Handexemplar von Haag mit beiliegendem Merkzettel zu Textstellen sowie Anstreichungen und Anmerkungen (auf Seite 246: “Wie aber ist Dialektik [Dial.] dann noch möglich ?”)] / 7. Hermann Schweppenhäuser – Tractanda – Beiträge zur kritischen Theorie der Kultur und Gesellschaft. (1972) – Mit handschriftlicher Widmung [″Fuer Karl-Heinz Haag in stetem freundschaftlichen Gedenken von seinem Hermann Schweppenhäuser – 18.Mai 1972”] //

Frankfurt u.a., Suhrkamp / Institute of Social Research / Kohlhammer etc., 1955 – 1972. Octavo. Paginierung / Collation: 1. Adorno – Aspekte der Hegelschen Philosophie (Inscribed, signed): 59 Seiten mit zahlreichen Annotationen /59 pages, heavily annotated / 2. Haag – Kritik der neueren Ontologie (Author’s copy): 59 Seiten / 59 pages / 3. Adorno – Drei Studien zu Hegel (Inscribed, signed): 172 Seiten mit zahlreichen Annotationen / 172 pages with annotations / 4. Horkheimer – Zur Kritik der instrumentellen Vernunft (Inscribed, signed): 353 Seiten mit vielen Anmerkungen und Anstreichungen / 353 pages, heavily annotated / 5. Horkheimer – Kritische Theorie (Inscribed, signed): XIV, 376, XI, 358 Seiten mit zahlreichen Anmerkungen und Anstreichungen / XIV, 376, XI, 358 pages, heavily annotated / 6. Schweppenhäuser – Tractanda (Inscribed, signed): 141 Seiten / 141 pages. Original Softcover and Hardcover – Volumes. Sehr guter Erhaltungszustand aller Publikationen mit teilweise eingelegten, handschriftlichen Notizen sowie ein alter Zeitungsartikel in dem der Zersetzungsprozess der Frankfurter Schule kommentiert wird. / All publications in very good condition with minor signs of wear. Amazing provenance and possibly one of the last important collections surfacing from the library of a member of the Frankfurt School. The inter-connection between Adorno – Haag – Horkheimer, reflected in Haag’s annotations, lends itself for study and new publications of criticism.

Quine, Willard Van Orman / Christensen, Niels E.

Collection of twelve (12) offprints from Quine’s personal library. The collection includes twelve essays in original offprints by Quine plus one edition of ‘Philosophical Studies’ signed and inscribed to Quine by his Danish student Niels E. Christensen [″To Professor Quine, my teacher in logic, from yours – Niels E. Christensen”] / The collection includes the following titles: 1. Peano as Logician (1987) / 2. A way to simplify truth functions (1955) / 3. Existence and Quantification (1968) / 4. Alcance y lenguaje de la ciencia (1973) / 5. Indeterminacy Without Tears (1994) / 6. Assuming Objects (1994) / 7. Carnap e la Verita Logica (1957) / 8. The Flowering of Thought in Language (1997) / 9. Paradoxes of Plenty / 10. In appogio della definizione implicita (1964) / 11. Free Logic, Description and Virtual Classes (1997) / 12. On Relations as Coextensive with Classes [comes with a vintage, printed bibliography of Quine’s publications] / 13. Niels E. Christensen (University of Copenhagen) – Further Comments of Two-Valued Logic – Inscribed by Christensen to Quine (1957).

1955 – 1997. Octavo. Original stapled offprints. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Hatta, Mohammad / Koperberg, Sam (Samuel)] Laidler, Harry W. (Harry Wellington).

Collection of two, personally signed and inscribed books from the library of Mohammad Hatta to Sam [Samuel] Koperberg and to former US-Ambassador Howard Palfrey Jones: I. The first book is inscribed in dutch by Hatta and the title is: Social-Economic Movements. By Harry W.Laidler. [Signed / Inscribed Association copy between Mohammad Hatta (Vice-President of Indonesia) and Samuel Koperberg (Secretary of the Java Institute and friend of Rabindranath Tagore)] / II. The second book is the compilation of Selected Writings by Mohammad Hatta: “Portrait of a Patriot”, inscribed and signed to Howard Palfrey Jones, who served as the United States Ambassador to Indonesia during the last years of the Sukarno presidency. Mohammad Hatta inscribed the book to Jones a mere 6 months before Jones’ death. An historical and comparative survey of socialism, communism, co-operation, utopianism, and other systems of reform and reconstruction.

London / Paris / Routledge & Kegan Paul / Mouton, 1949 – 1972. 23 cm. Book I (Laidler-Publication): XX, 828 pages. Illustrations, including 16 unnumbered pages of plates and potraits in black and white. / Book II: “Portrait oif a Patriot” – 604 pages. The Laidler-Publication is bound in its original Hardcover (Publisher’s cloth) without dustjacket / The “Portrait of a Patriot” is in original publisher’s cloth with the rare original dustjacket in protective Mylar. The “Portrait of a Patriot is in absolutely excellent and firm condition / The Laidler-publication a little shaky but besides a minor damage to the edge of some pages (see images), in very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Both books Inscribed and Signed by Mohammad Hatta (Book I to Samuel Koperberg: “Aan myn vriend Sam Koperberg ter herinnering aan eijn ….af 16 September 1954 – HATTA”./ Book II: “For Mr. Howard P.Jones – with compliments – Hatta – Feb.14, 1973”. Signed and inscribed books by Hatta are exceedingly rare. [International library of sociology and social reconstruction (Routledge & Kegan Paul)].

Derrida, Jacques.

Du Droit á la philosophie. [Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida].

Paris, Galilée, 1990. Large Octavo. 658 pages. Original Softcover / Broché in Mylar. Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida. / Excellent condition. Inscribed, signed and dated on the half-title by Jacques Derrida to his friend André in New York.

Moore, George.

Conversations in Ebury Street. [With an interesting full-page manuscript letter by George Moore, written in ink into the book verso titlepage].

Second edition. New York, Boni and Liveright, Inc., 1924. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 315 pages. Original hardcover with spine label. Deckled edges. With a fantastic, full-page, signed message written inside the book by George Moore. Very good – condition of the binding with signs of external wear (some spotting). Moore responds in his manuscript note on the halftitle possibly to the request of Frieda Lawrence, wife of D.H.Lawrence, who requested a copy of Moore’s book “The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe”. Moore sent her instead this edition.

Atwood, Margaret.

You Are Happy.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. 14 x 21 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with blue cloth spine and orange paper-covered boards. With original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Beautiful association copy, inscribed by Margaret Atwood’s to Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the half title.

Atwood, Margaret.

The Journals of Susanna Moodie. Poems by Margaret Atwood.

First Edition. Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1970. 12,5 x 21,5 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with one of the first dedications by Margaret Atwood to later life-long-friends Jerry Buckley and his wife Elizabeth on the title page. The dedication still very formal and emancipation from the law of coverture has not yet set in. Atwood addresses Buckley’s wife in her inscription as “Mrs. J.H.Buckley”: “For Dr. and Mrs. J.H.Buckley – with best wishes – Peggy Atwood – March 1970” / Very clean and tight copy with slight discoloration of the cover only.