201. Wittgenstein, Ludiwg.

Philosophische Bemerkungen. Herausgegeben von Michael Nedo.

Wien/New-York, Springer-Verlag, 1994. 4°. XIX, 195 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. [Wiener Ausgabe. Band 1: Philosophische Bemerkungen].

202. Wittgenstein, Ludwig / Durand, Guy (translator).

Le Cahier Bleu et le Cahier Brun.

France, Gallimard, 1965. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. XIX, 428 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

203. [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.

204. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Barrett, William.

Irrational Man – A Study in Existential Philosophy.

Garden City / New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. Octavo. [4], 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this early engagement with Existentialist philosophy in English and certainly one of the books that defined the terrain for the Beats and later for the Hippy “movement.” Fine in very good+ dust jacket. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff.

205. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Janik, Allan / Habermas, Jürgen.

Philosophical Sources of Wittgenstein’s Ethic [by Allan Janik]. Inscribed and signed by Allan Janik to Kurt Wolff: “For Kurt – best wishes – Allan”.

St.Louis, Telos, 1980. 8°. 15 pages. Original brochure. Very good condition. Signed / Inscribed.

206. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Mannheim, Karl / Wolff, Kurt Heinrich.

German Sociology (1918 – 1933) – [Signed and Inscribed offprint – Presentation-copy by famous sociologist Karl Mannheim to his student and colleague, the sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Prof.Kurt Wolff in friendship – K.Mannheim – London, April 1946”].

POLITICA, February, 1934. Large Octavo. 21 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The stunning association copy between two german social scientists in exile is a testament to their collegiality and friendship. With one annotation and some markings by Wolff. It is not clear if Wolff met Mannheim in London or if the offprint was sent to him. There is a note in ink by Wolff on the endpaper stating: “Columbus, May 13 ‘46”.

207. [Wolff, Kurt, H.] / [Durkheim, Emile] Mestrovic, Stjepan G.

The Coming Fin de Siècle – An Application of Durkheim’s Sociology to Modernity and Postmodernism.

London/New York, Routledge, 1991. 8°. XIV, 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. This book comes from the personal library of Kurt H. Wolff. Typed Letter Signed by author Stjepan G. Mestrovic to sociologist Kurt H. Wolff from the year 1991, loosely inserted. Mestrovic writes to Wolff in his letter: “It seems that you and I share some similar concerns about Sociology’s role in a world that seems to be on the brink of disaster, as well as an openness to pessimism as a counter-balance to boosterish optimism.” Mestrovic continues by consoling Wolff about the death of his wife and then talks about a meeting with american philosopher and sociologist David Riesman in which they talked about the role of the USA in the war with Iraq [First Gulf War]. He continues to say that “It seems that many of his [Riesman’s] observations on US foreign policy and mar-making tactics in his ‘Abundance for What ?’ still apply”.