101. Tokiwa, Gishin.

A Dialogue on the Contemplation-Extinguished. A translation based on Professor Seozan Yanagida’s modern Japanese translation and consultations with Professor Yoshitaka Iriya.

No place, The Institute for Zen Studies, 1973. 8°. 39 pages english text plus c. 95 pages of text / images in chinese. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

102. Vierhaus, Rudolf [Hrsg.].

Wissenschaften im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Aus Anlass des 250jährigen Bestehens des Verlags Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Göttingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1985. 8°. 282 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand.

103. Ward, J.P.

The Killing of Kin – A study of Greek Tragedy and Social Interactionism.

Saint David’s University College, 1979. 8°. 46 pages. Softcover. Original wrappers. Near fine condition. [Trivium 14]

104. [Weber, Max] Weber, Marianne.

Max Weber – Ein Lebensbild. Mit 11 Tafeln und 2 Faksimiles.

Tübingen, J.C.B.Mohr, 1926. 15.7 cm x 24 cm. Portrait-Frontispiz, 719 Seiten. Mit einem Chronologisch geordneten Verzeichnis der Schriften von Max Weber, einschliesslich der politischen Zeitungsartikel. Moderner Ganzleinenband / Cloth Hardcover with silver gilt lettering. Professionally rebacked with blue cloth. Seite 431/432 mit stärkerem Knick. Sonst sehr guter Zustand. / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Strong wrinkle on Page 431/432.

105. Westmann, Stephan K.

Radiation of Cavities of the Body – Experimental and Clinical Results. [First Edition Offprint from “The British Journal of Physical Medicine”].

British Journal of Physical Medicine, 1936. Folio (22 cm x 28,5 cm). 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some fraying only. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

106. Whitehead, Alfred North.

Symbolism – Its Meaning and Effect / Barbour-Page Lectures – University of Virginia 1927. [First Edition: 1927 / Reissued 1958 / This edition here: “Reset Line-for-Line and republished in 1985].

New York, Fordham University Press, 1985. Octavo. VIII, 88 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of german philosopher, Manfred Walther, with his ownership-stamp to endpaper. A very clean version of this book.

107. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Rieff, Philip.

Fellow Teachers. [Signed and inscribed by Philip Rieff to Sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Kurt, fellow teacher, with admiration – Philip”].

New York, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1973. Octavo. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed by Philip Rieff to Kurt Wolff, a fellow member of the Brandeis Faculty. Rieff’s ideas and writing reached the peak of popularity in the 1960s, when he was known as cultural philosopher and an interpreter of the works of Sigmund Freud. He contributed to the idea of cultural modernization and secularization via his theory about a “Psychological Man.” With some markings in pencil by Kurt Wolff in the text and on the rear endpaper. Very good condition.

108. [Wolff, Kurt] Kurzweil, Edith.

The Age of Structuralism. Lévi-Strauss to Foucault.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1980. 8°. X, 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to sociologist Kurt Wolff: “To Kurt – one of the sociologist [sic] I most admire, and to Carla – With thanks, Edith”.

109. 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.