151. Temple, Robert K.G.

Conversations With Eternity. Ancient Man’s Attempts to Know the Future.

First Edition. London, Rider, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 206 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight stains on the page’s edge.

152. 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.

153. 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.

154. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Fantastic Collection of eight [pristine] Volumes of Philosophical Writings and Biographical Works by and on Walter Benjamin. The collection includes all the important modern, historical-critical english-language publications: I.Walter Benjamin – Selected Writings. Volume I (1913-1926), Volume II (1927-1934), Volume III (1935-1938) and Volume IV (1938-1940) – Translated by Rodney Livingstone and others – Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W.Jennings, Howard Eiland and Gary Smith / V. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin (1910-1940) – Edited and Annotated by Gershom Scholem and Theodor W.Adorno – Translated by Manfred R.Jacobson and Evelyn M. Jacobson / VI. Walter Benjamin – Early Writings (1910 – 1917) – Translated by Howard Eiland and Others / VII. Theodor W. Adorno & Walter Benjamin – The Complete Correspondence (1928 – 1940) / VIII. Walter Benjamin – The Arcades Project – Translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin //

Chicago / Cambridge, (Massachusetts), University of Chicago Press / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994 – 2011. Octavo. More than 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjackets all in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, near pristine condition. Unusual in this condition and compilation, this collection is a must for each admirer of Walter Benjamin.

155. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Benjamin, Walter] Leinweber, J.

Walter Benjamin – Sammlung J. Leinweber. [Mit einem Vorwort von Iring Fetscher].

Marburg, Antiquariat Dr. Jörg Leinweber, 1996. Quarto (21 cm x 29,7 cm). [2], Portrait-Frontispiz, 457, [3] Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen von faksimilierten Briefen Benjamins, Buchtiteln etc. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

156. 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]

157. [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.

158. 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.

159. White, Morton.

Academic Freedom Logic, and Religion. [Including the important essay by George Boas & Sidney Hook: “The Ethics of Academic Freedom”].

Volume Two. Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. 21.2cm x 14cm. 161 (2) pages. Original hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

160. 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.

161. Wisdom, John.

Other Minds.

First Edition in book form. Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1952. 22cm x 14cm. 259 pages. A fine copy in publisher’s green cloth, in a near very good dust jacket. In protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some wear to edges.

162. [Wittgenstein] Ramsey, Frank Plumpton.

The Foundations of Mathematics and other logical Essays [With the first edition in book-form of a Review of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’ as an Appendix to this Volume]. Edited by R. B. Braitwaite. With a Preface by G. E. Moore.

First Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1931. Octavo. XVIII, 292 pages. First edition with a later bound-in Catalogue of books from “The International Library”, published by Kegan Paul (20 pages). Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some rubbing to upper and lower spine only. Binding firm with endpapers completely intact. Minor signs of occasional foxing. Extremely Rare !!

163. [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”.

164. [Wolff, Kurt.] Frisby, David.

Fragments of Modernity.

Cambridge, Polity Press, 1985. 8°. 318 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Frisby to sociologist Kurt Wolff. First edition. Near fine copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in near fine printed dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ″ With very best wishes to Kurt and Carla. David.”