11. 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].

12. [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.

13. 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.

14. [Wolff, Kurt] Sharp, Gene.

Making Europe Unconquerable: The Potential of Civilian-based Deterrence and Defense. Foreword by George F. Kennan.

Cambridge, Ballinger Publishing Company, 1985. Octavo. 190 pages. Original Softcover. Near fine copy in publisher’s printed wrappers. Inscribed by Sharp on the half title page: “To Kurt & Carla, Love. Gene. 30, January, 1987.”.

15. [Wolff, Kurt] / [Sayer Minas, J. / Horowitz, Irving Louis].

Manuscript – Review by Kurt Wolff for Irving Horowitz’ publication: “Philosophy, Science and the Sociology of Knowledge” and enclosed also correspondence between Kurt H. Wolff and Professor J. Sayer Minas, from the “Philosophy of Science Association” (J.Sayer Minas was at the time Book Review Editor and taught at Case Institute of Technology”).

[Brandeis / Cleveland], CIT etc., 1962. Octavo. 6 pages. Very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff.

16. [Wolff, Kurt] Slater, Philip.

Microcosm: Structural, Psychological and Religious Evolution in Groups.

New York, John Wiley, 1966. Octavo. 266 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Prof. Wolff on the front free endpaper: “To Kurt with warm regards, Phil.”.

17. [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.

18. [Wolff, Kurt] Levin, David Michael.

Reason and Evidence in Husserl’s Phenomenology.

Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1970. Octavo. 232 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, with is name on endpaper.

19. Simpson, George.

Science as Morality – An essay towards Unity [I. The Scientist: Technician or Moralist ? / II. The Assault on Social Science / III. The Conduct of Sociologists / IV. Science as Morality] Including an original letter by Simpson to Wolff, on his Brooklyn College Stationery and stapled to it a typescript of Kurt Wolff’s letter to Simpson.

Yellow Springs, The American Humanist Association, 1953. 8°. 60 pages. Softcover. From the library of Kurt H. Wolff. With several annotations by Wolff. Includes a typescript of a letter by Wolff to Simpson regarding this essay as well as an original letter with Simpsons answer to Wolff. Wolff criticizes Simpson briefly but has also positive things to say – Simpson answers Wolff that he is “supposed to draw up a code of standards for sociologists”. Very interesting document on american sociology !

20. [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.