1. Gabel, Joseph.

Idéologies II: Althussérisme et Stalinisme.

Paris, Éditions Anthropos, 1978. 167 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Annotation et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed and inscribed by Gabel to sociologist Kurth H. Wolff].

2. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Blum, Alan / McHugh, Peter.

Self Reflection in the Arts and Sciences.

Atlantic Highlands, Humanities Press Inc., 1984. 23.6cm x 15.8cm. 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff. With many markings and annotations by Wolff within the text and a lengthy, basically a “catalogue of notes” to rear endpaper and pastedown.

3. Gabel, Joseph.

La Fausse Conscience: Essai Sur La Reification.

Third Edition. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1962. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 272 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Y compris une lettre originale signée par l’auteur Joseph Gabel. [The letter says “Cher Ami” but it was addressed to Joseph Gabel’s friend, sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff. In the letter, Gabel is grateful for a newsletter on Herbert Marcuse, which Wolff had sent him. He also discusses Karl Mannheim etc.]. With few, but significant annotations by Wolff.

4. Small, Albion W.

General Sociology. An Exposition of the Main Development in Sociological Theory from Spencer to Ratzenhofer.

Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 1905. 21.6cm x 15cm. xiii, 739 pages. First Edition bound in Modern Hardcover (green cloth) with black lettering. Former copy of Iowa State University in excellent new binding (withdrawn). The new binding eliminated all external signs of a former library copy. A wonderful edition.

5. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Dewey, John.

German Philosophy and Politics.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 134 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his annotations and markings in the text.

6. Durkheim, Emile.

Two Laws of Penal Evolution [I. The Law of Quantitative Variations / II. The Law of Qualitative Variations]. Translated by William Jeffrey, Jr.

Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati Law review, 1969. 8°. 28 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Stamped: “With the Compliments of the Translator”. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, given to him by the TranslatorWilliam Jeffrey, Jr. Original offprint from “The University of Cincinnati Law Review”.

7. Small, Albion W./ Vincent, George E.

An Introduction to The Study of Society. [Includes six coloured charts/maps of: 1.The First Settlement / 2. The Rural Group / 3. The Village / 4. The City / 5. Postal Routes arranged about Indianapolis as a Center / 6. A Chart designed to show the distribution of functions at various stages of social organization /

New York and others, American Book Company, 1894. 19cm x 14cm. 384 (6) pages. First Edition bound in modern Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition of the modern binding. New endpapers. Some very few pencil annotations on the rear endpaper. Very few fine pencil annottaions within the text (erasable). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

8. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Brown, Norman O.

Closing Time.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1973. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. (18) 109 (6) pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes newspaper-clipping with New York Times Book Review-Essay on “closing time” from 1973 (by Edward W. Said). Includes a letter from Pantheon Books / Random House Publisher, Kathleen Macomber, addressed to Kurth H. Wolff during his stay in Florence, 1973. Printed Letter in form of a newspaper-clipping, from Norman O. Brown to the Editor in New York Times Book Review. Small pen annotation on end papers. Annotations on rear paste down. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff.

9. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Comfort, Alex.

The Novel and our Time.

First Edition. London, Phoenix House Limited, 1948. Small Octavo. 80 pages. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff, with his signature and mention when he purchased the book (Princeton, 17 Aug 58).

10. [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.