1. Bergmann, Frithjof / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

The Experience of Values. / Handwritten letter from Bergman to Henry Aiken.

University of Michigan, 1973. 8°. 32 pages. Softcover. Stapled wrappers. Including a handwritten letter by Bergman with a letterhead of “The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor”: “Dear Henry : I very much look forward to your visit here for the lecture on Dewey. Meanwhile here is this small piece of mine – Affectionately yours, Frithjof” (1979). Letter coffeestained.

2. Schapiro, Meyer / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

The Still Life as a Personal Object – A note on Heidegger and van Gogh.

4°. 7 pages. Stapled offprint from “The Reach of Mind: Essays in Memory of Kurt Goldstein” – 1968. Sent by Schapiro to Henry David Aiken (this lot includes the original envelope).

3. Chisholm, Roderick M. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of six (6) first edition offprints by and on Roderick M. Chisholm, all from the library of his friend and colleague Henry David Aiken, most of them signed and inscribed by Chisholm and one signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: 1. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Reichenbach on Observing and Perceiving” / 2. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Philosophers and Ordinary Language” / 3. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Contrary-To-Fact Conditional” / 4. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Defeat of Good and Evil” / 5. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Sentences about Believing” / 6. Roderick Firth – “Chisholm and the Ethics of Belief” [signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: “Henry – with best regards – Rod”].

Harvard / Brown University, 1946 – 1969. 8°. c. 80 pages. Original Offprints / Stapled. All offprints in very good+ – near fine condition.

4. [Voegelin, Eric] Sebba, Gregor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Eric Voegelin: From Enlightenment to Universal Humanity.

The Southern Review, 1975. Octavo. 7 pages [pages 918 – 925 of Volume XI, No.4 – Autumn 1975 of the Southern Review. Original Offprint / Stapled. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some staining only. Signed and inscribed by Emory Professor, Gregor Sebba, to Henry David Aiken: “For Professor Aiken from a fellow traveller – G. Sebba”.

5. Goodman, Nelson / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of First editions of Papers and Essays on and by american philosopher Nelson Goodman. The Collection includes: 1. Nelson Goodman – “On Relations that Generate” (Numbers 5-6 of Volume IX of Philosophical Studies, 1958) / 2. Nelson Goodman – “Discussion on Infirmities of Confirmation Theory” [Carnap] (Offprint from “Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947) / 3. Hugues Leblanc – A Revised Version of Goodman’s Confirmation Paradox (Number 4 of Volume XIV of Philosophical Studies, 1963) /

Minnesota a.o., Philosophical Studies / Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1947 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprints / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken. [Philosophical Studies – Edited by Wilfried Sellars and Herbert Feigl].

6. Pepper, Stephen C.

Whitehead’s “Actual Occasion”.

New Orleans, Tulane University, 1961. 8°. 17 pages. Stapled offprint from “Tulane Studies in Philosophy” – Volume X. Excellent condition. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

7. Lowe, Victor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“A Resurgence of “Vicious Intellectualism”. (Number 14 of Volume XLVIII of Philosophical Studies, 1951).

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1951. Octavo. 12 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

8. Langer, Susanne K.

Philosophy in a New Key. A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art. [Including a Typescript of a letter to Susanne K. Langer, written by Philosopher Henry David Aiken to her in the year 164 while at Connecticut College: “Dear Mrs. Langer, i am writing on behalf of the Department of Philosophy to invite you to participate in a Memorial Meeting for Harry Sheffer…..we very much hope, Ms.Langer, that you will be able to say something about the philosophical implications of Harry Sheffer’s thought and to indicate if possible its influence upon recent philosophy including your own…”]. [The book with the printed dedication by Langer: “To Alfred North Whitehead – my great Teacher and Friend”].

First Edition. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1942. 22.8cm x 16cm. xiv, 313 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare dust-jacket with minor abrasions and some fraying. The jacket with a faded dampstain. Tiny tear to spine of jacket. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken with some minor annotations and markings in pencil.

9. [Peyre, Henri] / Watson, Curtis / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Henri Peyre – Observations on Life, Literature and Learning in America” – [Original Offprint from “Les Livres”].

[Les Livres], c. 1962. Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

10. Blackmur, Richard P. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Religious Poetry in the United States [Original First dition Offprint from “Religion in American Life”].

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1961. Octavo. 14 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

11. Sharp, Gene / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal.

New York, World Policy Institute, 1980. Octavo. 15 pages. Offprint / Pamphlet. This essay first appeared in the World Without War Issues Center-Midwest Newsletter, Dec 1980. Very good copy in publisher’s wrappers. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

12. Davidson, Donald / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of Offprints by american philosopher, Donald Davidson. The Collection includes: 1. Donald Davidson – Semantics for natural language (Original Offprint from “Linguaggi nella societa e nella tecnica”, 1970) / 2. Donald Davidson –

Milano / Dordrecht, Edizioni di Comunita / D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1970. Octavo. 11 pages / 18 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

13. White, Leslie A. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Energy and the Evolution of Culture. [Original first edition offprint from “American Anthropologist”].

American Anthropologist, 1943. Octavo. 21 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

14. Carnap, Rudolf / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of original First edition essays in “Philosophical Studies” and other publications by and on Vienna Circle – Philosopher, Rudolf Carnap. The Collection includes: 1. Leonard Linsky – A Note on Carnap’s “Truth and Confirmation” / Rudolf Carnap – “Rejoinder to Linsky” [Philosophical Studies Volume I, Number 6, 1950] / 2. Rudolf Carnap – Meaning Postulates [The Problem of Truth Based on Meaning] [Philosophical Studies Volume III, Number 5, 1952] / 3. Rudolf Carnap – “On Some Concepts of Pragmatics” / Roderick M. Chisholm – A Note on Carnap’s Meaning Analysis” [Philosophical Studies Volume VI, Number 6, 1955] / 4. Rudolf Carnap – “Remarks on Probability” [Philosophical Studies Volume XIV, Number 5, 1963].

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1950 – 1963. Octavo. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

15. Kohák, Erazim / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Existence and the Philosophical Epokhe. [Original First Edition Offprint from “The Journal of Existentialism”].

New York, 1967. Octavo. 26 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

16. Rawls, John / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Justice as Fairness” [First Edition of the First Appearance of John Rawls’ Theory of “Justice as Fairness” which would lead to “A Theory of Justice”. This is the very rare Double Number of the separate Double Number-Issue in its original wrappers-version; Provenance: from the library of John Rawls’ friend, Henry David Aiken. [in: “The Journal of Philosophy” – Volume LIV. No.222: October 24, 1957 (Double Number) – Contents: American Philosophical Association Eastern Division – Symposium Papers – To be presented at the Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Harvard University, December 27-29, 1957: Symposium: “Justice a Fairness” – I. “Justice as Fairness”: John Rawls [pages 653 – 651] / II.Justice as Fairness: “A Modernized Version of the Social Contract”: Everett W. Hall [pages 662 – 669] / Symposium: “The Evidence for Esthetic Judgment” – I. “The Importance of a Choice of Context”: Mortimer R. Kadish [pages 670 – 678] / II. On the Grounds of Esthetic Judgment: Albert Hofstadter [pages 679 – 687] / Symposium: “Substance and Form in Aristotle” – I. “Substance and Form in Aristotle”: Wilfrid Sellars [pages 688 – 698] / II. Forms of Particular Substances in Aristotle’s Metaphysics: Rogers Albritton [pages 699 – 707]//

New York, The Journal of Philosophy, 1957. Octavo. pages 653 – 712. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only and some mild staining to front and rear wrapper. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

17. Demos, Raphael / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

The State and the Law [inscribed by Raphael Demos: “With the author’s compliments”].

New York, The Journal of Philosophy, 1944. Octavo. pages 589 – 598. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of rust to the staples. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

18. 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.

19. [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.

20. [Lewis, C.I. (Clarence Irving)] / [Aiken, Henry David] / Lucius Garvin / Virgin G.Hinshaw.

The Journal of Philosophy, Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31, 1949: Contents: Lucius Garvin – Relativism in Professor Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Theory of Esthetic Value / Virgil G.Hinshaw – Basic, Propositions in Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Analysis of Knowledge / Book Reviews: Henry Aiken – D.W.Gottschalk, Art and the Social Order and others [Inscribed and signed by Henry David Aiken: “For Lillas – In partial a poor repayment for happiness received – HDA”].

First Edition. [New York], [Columbia University] / The Journal Of University, 1949. Octavo. 59 pages (pages 169-228 of Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31,1949 of The Journal of Philosophy). Original, stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Very good+ condition. Signed and inscribed by Henry David Aiken, including a Book Review by Aiken but mainly including two early contributions on C.I.Lewis’ Philosophy.