201. Capra, Fritjof.

Turning Point. Science, Society, and the Rising Culture.

First Edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1982. 24cm x 16cm. 464 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition with foxing to pastedowns and the edges, as well as a small dampstain to top edge. Internally fine.

202. Durkheim, Emile.

Two Laws of Penal Evolution [I. The Law of Quantitative Variations / II. The Law of Qualitative Variations]. Translated by William Jeffrey, Jr.

Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati Law review, 1969. 8°. 28 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Stamped: “With the Compliments of the Translator”. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, given to him by the TranslatorWilliam Jeffrey, Jr. Original offprint from “The University of Cincinnati Law Review”.

203. Rieff, Philip.

Two offprints: 1. History, Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences (1953) / 2. The Authority of the Past – Sickness and Society in Freud’s Thought (1954) //

Social Research, 1953 – 1954. 8°. 13, 23 pages. Softcover. Stapled. Only slightly stained. Rare !

204. Perry, Charner.

Two offprints: 1. The Semantics of Political Science / 2. The Rationale of Political Discussion.

American Political Science Review / American Philosophical Association, 1950 – 1955. 8°. 9, 13 pages. Softcover. Both offprints in very good+ condition (1950-1955).

205. [Maluf, Brother Francis] Wild, John / Aiken, Henry D.

Typed Letter signed from american philosopher John Wild to Philosopher Henry David Aiken, informing Aiken: “I missed you especially two weeks ago when I attempted to defend a realistic view of ethics in terms of the concept of natural law. I am not sure, but I think you might have been in agreement with some of the points I tried to make as over against Lewis’ Kantian subjectivism and Demos’ [Raphael Demos] extreme Platonism….”. Besides some further niceties, John Wild talks in this letter intensely about Christian Arab Philosopher Francis Maluf, from Mashrah, Lebanon, who could be in John Wild’s mind the perfect “section man for your Phil A course”. Wild continues to praise the syrian, Maluf, who had been “teaching Mathematics and Physics in a war job out of Worcester and who has been keeping up his interest in philosophy by attenting courses around here, organizing discussion groups and other intellectual activities which amaze me by their versatility and intensity”. John Wild continues: “He has been offered a permanent job at the University of Beirut in Syria to teach Philosophy there (he is a friend of Malik’s) but if possible wants to stay around here for another year to study and learn before he goes back.” [Maluf had converted to catholicism in 1940 and was later known as Brother Francis Maluf.

Cambridge, April 15th, 1945. Octavo. 2 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original two-page-letter with original envelope.

206. Aiken, Henry David / [Hans Jonas] / Quine, W.V.O.

Typed letter, signed by German-born, American Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, loosely inserted in Henry David Aiken’s pamphlet “God and Evil: A Study of Some Relations Between Faith and Morals”. The Essay by Aiken is inscribed and signed by Aiken in a sarcastic manner: “To God, from one of his congregation – Shem”. In the letter, Jonas reflects on two pages on an evening with Henry David Aiken and his then wife Lillian Woodworth. In his letter to Aiken, Hans Jonas reports back to Aiken after reading his essay [″God and Evil”] and calls it “a beautiful piece of work – in style and content worthy of your “master” who wrote on natural theology….”. Jonas goes on encouraging Aiken: “you are also dead wrong n not publishing a collection of your essays in ethical theory. If your pal Quine can do it “from a logical point of you [sic]”, so can you “from a moral point of view”. Jonas also mentions “that it is worth writing about the ancient problem opf a theodicy in a contemporary context”. [The Essay is n Offprint from Ethics, An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Volume LXVIII, No. 2].

New York / Washington, DC, 1958. 16,8 x 24 cm. 21 pages (pages 77-97 of the Journal) plus two page-letter (on one leaf), signed by Hans Jonas Original Offprint / Original TLS (Typed letter signed). Very good+ condition. Stapled. Only minimal signs of staining. The letter also discusses a Reference for one “Ed Sayles” and Jonas suggest that Aiken writes “casual but fairly strong” to Howard R. Bartlett, professor of history and head of the Department of Humanities at MIT.

207. Humboldt, Wilhelm von.

Über das Entstehen der grammatischen Formen, und ihren Einfluss auf die Ideenentwicklung. (Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 17. Januar 1822).

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 29 Seiten plus Errata-Blatt (Seiten 401 – 430 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

208. Horkheimer, Max / Rahner, Karl / Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von.

Über Die Freiheit.

Stuttgart / Berlin, Kreuz-Verlag, 1965. 24.9cm x 15.1cm. 76 (3) pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Cover slightly stained. Text itself in excellent condition.

209. [Melancholy and Solitude in the 18th century] – Zimmermann, Johann Georg [Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann].

Ueber die Einsamkeit [On Solitude].

4 Baende (komplett). Frankfurt und Leipzig, [ohne Verlagsangabe], 1785. Klein-Oktav. XL, 328, [8 nn.], XL, 442, [12 nn.], XVI, 430, [6 nn.], XXXII, 416, [8 nn.] Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder des 18.Jahrhunderts. Alle Baende in sehr guter Erhaltung bis auf einen kleinen Schaden am oberen Kapital des 3.Bandes. Durchgehend minimal stockfleckig. Restaurierte Wurmspur auf einigen Seiten des 3.Bandes. Wahrscheinlich ein zeitgenoessischer Raubdruck dieser bedeutenden Publikation ueber die Melancholie.

210. Ferrater Mora, José.

Unamuno. A Philosophy of Tragedy. Translated by Philip Silver.

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1962. 13 cm x 19 cm. X, 136 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight rubbing to the spine.

211. [Gadamer, Hans-Georg] Davey, Nicholas.

Unquiet Understanding – Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics.

Albany, State University of New York Press, 2006. 15,5 x 23 cm. XVII, 291 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

212. Morus, Thomas.

Utopia. Eine Konstruktion des humanen Staates. Ins Deutsche übertragen und eingeleitet von H.M. Endres.

München, Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 1960. 11 cm x 19 cm. 134 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales, gruenes Ganzleinen mit dem seltenen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter, aussergewoehnlich guter Zustand !

213. Heidegger, Martin.

Vier Seminare.

Frankfurt am Main. Vittorio Klostermann, 1977. 21 cm x 14 cm. 151 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor sign of external wear and minor foxing on top edge. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper.

214. Steiner, Rudolf.

Von Seelenrätseln.

Berlin, Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, 1917. 8°. 271 Seiten. Originaler Leinenband. Bindung minimal fleckig. / Essays on anthropology and anthroposophy and on German philosophers Franz Brentano and Max Dessoir by the prolific esoteric writer and creator of anthroposophy. Nowadays, Steiner is probably best known for his educational ideas which are embodied in the Waldorff schools. A very good, spine-faded copy with light foxing to borders of front and rear boards.

215. Leonhardi, Hermann Karl von / Krause, Karl Christian Friedrich.

Vorbericht zur Karl Christian Friedrich Krauses Vorlesungen über die reine d.i. allgemeine Philosophie der Geschichte. Nebst der Inhaltsübersicht dieser Vorlesungen besonders abgedruckt.

Göttingen, Dieterich’sche Buchhandlung, 1843. 8°. 84, XXXII Seiten. Softcover. Originale Titelbroschur. Aus einem Sammelband ausgebunden. Buchblock voll intakt. Rücken etwas defekt.

216. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich / Gans, Eduard.

Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Geschichte.

Dritte Auflage, besorgt von Karl Hegel. Berlin, Verlag von Dunder und Humblot, 1848. 22.2cm x 140cm. XXVI, 547 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. Die Bindung wunderbar erhalten. Etwas berieben. Zu Beginn und im hinteren Teil etwas stärker stockleckig. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung auf dem Zwischentitel: “T.J.N.Utrecht from his friend Charly Jennings – Edinb. Feby.7.1853” [Werke – Neunter Band].

217. Reichenbach, Hans.

Wahrscheinlichkeitslehre. Eine Untersuchung über die logischen und mathematischen Grundlagen der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung

First Edition. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1935. 24.5cm x 16cm. IX, 451 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Gilt lettering on spine and frontboard. Bindung lose ! / Binding loosened / Very good publisher’s cloth, front hinge starting, former owner’s name in ink, B. Wiesner, twice on front endpapers.

218. Touraine, Alain.

Was nützt die Soziologie ?

1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1976. 8°. 240 Seiten. Softcover. Ehemaliges Exemplar des Historikers Hans – Ulrich Wehler. KEINE Anstreichungen. Sehr gut erhalten. Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft ; 133

219. [Blackmur, R.P.] Jones, James T.

Wayward Skeptic. The Theories of R.P. Blackmur.

Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 16 x 24 cm. 216 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Very good condition with traces of rubbing on the dustjacket. Text very tight, clean and fresh. Some minor staining to edges.

220. Rombach, Heinrich.

Welt und Gegenwelt. Umdenken über die Wirklichkeit: Die philosophische Hermetik. [Widmungsexemplar / signiert / SIGNED Association-copy from the library of Philosopher Graham Parkes]. Mit zahlreichen Fotografien und Illustrationen.

Erste Auflage. Basel, Verlag Herder, 1983. 21 x 20 cm. 181 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. From the library of Philosopher Graham Parkes. With some spotting to the first three and last three pages and pastedowns. Otherwise in Excellent condition. Very rare, signed and inscribed association-copy, gifted from Rombach to his fellow philosopher, Graham Parkes. / Leicht fleckig auf den ersten und letzten drei Blatt und Innendeckeln. Sonst sehr guter, eigentlich neuwertiger Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Aus der Bibliothek des Philosophen Graham Parkes. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung (signiert) von Heinrich Rombach auf dem Vorsatzblatt: “In Erinnerung an ein Gutes Gespräch im Juni 1985 – Rombach”. Widmungsexemplare des Philosophen Heinrich Rombach sind von grosser Seltenheit. Dieses Buch ist einer der wirklich seltenen und immer wieder vergriffenen Titel des Philosophen Heinrich Rombach.

221. [Heidegger, Martin] Barrett, William.

What is Existentialism ?

Partisan Review, 1947. 8°. 63 pages. Softcover. Original printed wrappers. Binding stained with small tear. Some staining to a few pages. [PR Series – Number Two]

222. Bahm, Archie John.

What is Self ? – The Organicist Answer.

Moradabad, Darshana, 1962. 8°. 27 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. [Reprinted from Darshana – an international quarterly of Philosophy, Psychology, Psychical Research, religion, Mysticism & Sociology – No.5 – ]

223. [Rawls, John / Matson, Wallace] / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

What Rawls calls Justice. Mimeographed, signed and inscribed essay by Wallace Matson to Henry David Aiken (who was a friend of Rawls).

Berkeley, 1978. Octavo. 12 pages. Original, mimeographed Offprint / Stapled and sent as Third Class Airmail. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only and some mild rusting to staples. Manuscript corrections by Wallace Matson in the text. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

224. Havelock, E.A.

Why was Socrates Tried ?

Toronto, [The Phoenix], 1952. 8°. 13 pages. Softcover / Stapled offprint. Inscribed / signed by Havelock. Offprint from “Studies in Honour of Gilbert Norwood”.

225. [Adorno, Theodor W. / Horkheimer, Max / Benjamin, Walter] Haag, Karl-Heinz / Schweppenhäuser, Prof. Dr. Hermann.

Wichtige Frankfurter Schule-Sammlung von sehr bedeutenden Arbeitsexemplaren / Widmungsexemplaren / Autorenexemplaren, Autographen und Manuskript-Notiz-Zetteln des deutschen Philosophen Karl-Heinz Haag. Die Arbeitsexemplare (Sieben Buchtitel in neun (9) Bänden) und handschriftlichen Notizen und Autographen (Postkarten), stammen aus der privaten Bibliothek des Adorno und Horkheimer- Schülers, Karl-Heinz Haag. Die in der Sammlung enthaltenen Manuskript-Notizen und Autographen (Postkarten von Horkheimer) sind inhaltsreich und teilweise auch deshalb sehr bedeutend, weil es unter Insidern bekannt ist, dass Haag auch während seiner aktiven Zeit innerhalb der Frankfurter Schule notorisch wenig veröffentlicht und schriftlich kommentiert hat. Beiliegt ausserdem ein Zeitungsausschnitt zur Adorno-Lehrstuhl-Nachfolge. / Important, stunning collection of seven, signed or/and annotated association-copies (working-copies) from the private library of german philosopher Karl-Heinz Haag. Haag was pupil, friend and colleague of Adorno and Horkheimer and was one of the members of the Frankfurt School of Social Theory and Social Research. The collection of annotated books (Seven Booktitles in nine (9) volumes) also includes ephemera (Autograph postcards, newspaper-clipping, as well as several manuscript – pages of significant notes and thoughts by Karl-Heinz Haag regarding topics discussed in some of these publications). The collection is especially important because Haag published and commented notoriously little during and after his tenure in Frankfurt. [See complete set of photographs of this collection on our website].

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.

226. Russell, Bertrand.

Wisdom of the West. A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in its Social and Political Setting.

London, Macdonald & Co. Ltd, 1960. 21 cm x 28.2 cm. 320 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and edges. Minor rubbing to spine and corners. Otherwise interior bright and clean.

227. [Wittgenstein, Ludwig] Colloquium Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Wittgenstein – et le Problème d’une Philosophie de la Science. [Essays include for example: Prof. B.F. McGuiness – Philosophy of Science in the ‘Tractatus’] Aix – En – Provence – 21-26 Juillet 1969.

Paris, Centre National, 1971. 8°. 224, [2] pages. Softcover / Broche. Reliure originale. Bon état.