1. [Adorno, Theodor] Tiedemann, Rolf (Hrsg.).

Theodor W. Adorno. Beethoven. Philosophie der Musik. Fragmente und Texte. Herausgegeben von Rolf Tiedemann.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1993. 13 x 20,5 cm. 388 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand. Mit einer Grusskarte des Herausgebers. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. [Theodor W. Adorno. Nachgelassene Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Theodor W. Adorno Archiv. Abteilung I: Fragment gebliebene Schriften. Band 1].

2. [Adorno, Theodor] Gödde, Christoph (Hrsg.).

Theodor W. Adorno. Einleitung in die Soziologie (1968). Herausgegeben von Christoph Gödde.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1993. 13 x 20,5 cm. 330 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand. Mit Grusskarte des Herausgebers Christoph Gödde. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. [Theodor W. Adorno. Nachgelassene Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Theodor W. Adorno Archiv. Abteilung IV: Vorlesungen. Band 15].

3. [Adorno, Theodor] Tiedemann, Rolf (Hrsg.).

Theodor W. Adorno. Kants “Kritik der reinen Vernunft” (1959). Herausgegeben von Rolf Tiedemann.

Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1995. 13 x 20,5 cm. 440 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. Sehr guter äusserlicher Zustand mit einigen stärkeren Marker-Anstreichungen und Anmerkungen im Text von Prof. Dr. Hermann Schweppenhäuser. Ausgabe des Herausgebers. Mit einer Karte des Adorno Archivs. [Theodor W. Adorno. Nachgelassene Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Theodor W. Adorno Archiv. Abteilung IV: Vorlesungen. Band 4].

4. [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.

5. [Aiken, Henry David] Demos, Raphael.

Collection of Five (5) Manuscript Letters from Greek-American Philosopher, Raphael Demos to Philosopher Henry David Aiken. Besides very few personal matters (Aiken rented a Lice-infested house from Demos), the letters are lengthy and full of content regarding philosophical questions. Demos thanks Aiken for his “thoughtful comments about my article on ‘Society and the Individual’ and Demos reflects on Aiken: “Now as to your point that goodwill is addressed to me which is capable of joys and sorrows and not just an angel – I will distinguish between respect and goodwill. Angels, because rational, have intrinsic worth, and so claim respect certainly. Value and respectability don’t imply capacity for feeling. But goodwill does imply that the recipient is a striving, failing, succeeding, up-ended individual, who has sorrows & grip – not just an angelic being. While the Greek identify man with his rationality, it is noticeable that common sense proceeds otherwise; when the Radcliffe girls say their Professor is so human, they don’t mean he is intellectual, they mean the opposite – that he has non-rational impulses and feelings…..” / The collection of letters originates from the personal collection of Henry Aiken and also comes with a scathing letter from American Philosopher Arthur Edward Murphy in which Murphy writes to Aiken about Raphael Demos and does not hold back in his evaluation of Demos and his Philosophy: “I just saw your remarks re Demos in the Journal. Very well done ! I think Demos is not very bright, however, and it is perhaps better not to give him too much publicity. I don’t think he will convert any one except for those already suffering from dithers & blithers. And it is a waste to refute him. Intelligent people don’t have to be convinced. And bigots like R.D. can’t be convinced. Strictly speaking, before Demos creates an obligation in others… he ought to say in plain unemotional prose what he means by such concepts as ‘God’ & ‘evidence’. It is perfectly possible that if we knew how he uses these terms, we would agree that what he says is trivially true. This discussion is presumably in the domain of logic. But discussion on that domain when one of the parties refuses to make explicit the rules of his game can never terminate in illumination. Nevertheless, I think you handled him neatly & have done yourself no harm as general opinion is concerned. He is a perfect horrible example of retrogression. Ugh ! A perfectly low grade person morally & intellectually nonregarding as a seer & defender of orthodoxy…… Have you seen Lazerowitz’s [Morris Lazerowitz] paper in Mind on Universals. It is highly provocative. I would like to discuss it with you….”.

Westport Point (Massachusetts), c.1944 – 1967. Octavo. 13 pages of letters by Raphael Demos to Aiken / [Plus:] 1 page of a manuscript letter by Arthur Edward Murphy to Aiken about Demos. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Raphael Demos or Arthur Edward Murphy, are very rare !

6. [Aiken, Henry David] Sheffer, Henry M.

Manuscript Letter signed from eminent american logician, Henry M. Sheffer, to Philosopher Henry David Aiken, congratulating Aiken of being accepted to Harvard: “…..the Harvard Board of Overseers may not have O.K.‘d your appointment yet. However, I consider it final and official. Letme congratulate both you and Harvard on your joining the Emerson Hall First Floor Department. It will be a great pleasure to see you here again next Fall….”. Sheffer then continues ominously: “Then we can talk about a number of things one does not wish to put on paper”.

Cambridge (Emerson Hall), April 17th, 1946. Octavo. 1 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Sheffer, is exceedingly rare !

7. [Aiken, Henry David] Knopf, Alfred A.

Scathing Typed Letter signed from eminent publisher Alfred A. Knopf to Philosopher Henry David Aiken, who promised him to deliver the book “Pragmatism Revisited” two years prior and who he had already reminded twice about deadlines which had been ignored by Aiken. Knopf, famous for his lengthy correspondence, asks for the advance to be returned and expresses his disappointment in no uncertain terms: “….this makes me feel that you have lost all interest in having this book published by Knopf…..you seemed to be so friendly and so interested in our house when I did meet you in Boston that I hesitate to take this action….”. [The letter, from the personal collection of Henry David Aiken, is accompanied by an original typescript of Aiken’s apologetic response to Knopf. Acccording to our sources, this book never saw the light of day].

New York / Cambridge [Mass.],) 1964. Octavo. 2 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [Anonymous]

La Logique ou l’Art de Raisonner. [Les trois principales operations de notre esprit / Des idees / Des jugemens et des propositions / Du raisonement / Du syllogisme / De diverses sortes de Sophismes / Sophismes d’amour-propre, d’interet, de passion, ou suggeres par l’imagination / Methode pratique pour former sa conscience par le moyen d’une Logique chretienne / Ou explication des regles qu’on a donnees dans la premiere / Combien la Logique est utile et necessaire / De la carte et distinction des idees, et de leur obscurite et confusion / etc. etc.]

Gand [Ghent], Imprimerie de J. Poelman, [ca. 1780]. 16.5 x 10 cm. 72 pages. Relié demi-cuir. [Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar – Lower spine slightly damaged]. État d’usage. Couverture, tranches de couverture et coins frottées. Intérieur en bon état malgré quelques traces de rousseurs. Titre sur le dos décoré en doré. Ce livre est lié à une seconde publication.

9. [Aquin, Thomas von] Nisters, Thomas.

Akzidentien der Praxis. Thomas von Aquins Lehre von den Umständen menschlichen Handelns.

Freiburg (Breisgau)/München, Alber, 1992. 8°. 213 Seiten. Softcover / Broschiert. Sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung / Signiert von Thomas Nisters an den Rechtswissenschaftler Alexander Hollerbach. [Symposion ; 93].

10. [Aristotle] / [Daniel Conner].

Interleaved edition with contemporary 19th century manuscript annotations and original drawings by Oxford – student Daniel Conner (Manch House, Dunmanway, Ireland) Aristotelous Technes Rhetorikes Biblia Tria – Aristotelis De Rhetorica Libri Tres. [Bound with: Aristotelous Peri Poietikes = Aristotelis De poetica Liber]. [With a Preface by Theodor Goulston (Gulston)].

Oxford, Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1805. Large Octavo. Pagination of De Rhetorica: XXXI, 237 pages / Pagination of De Poetica: XVII, 104 pages. Modern, recent, stunning half-leather-binding by our bookbindery in Frankfurt / Germany, which included the whole bookblock and endpapers with pastedown. New marbled-paper-pastedown and endpapers and the original bookplate of Daniel Conner applied. In professional Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.