1. Parsons, Talcott.

Essays in Sociological Theory Pure and Applied. [Heavily annotated].

Illinois, The Free Press, 1949. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 366 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt Heinrich Wolff, Translator of landmark publications by Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Karl Mannheim. With several annotations, pencil-notes and minor red markings throughout. Especially in the chapters “Propaganda and Social Control” and “The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change”. Two pieces of ephemera loosely inserted. Dustjacket notes pasted to front pastedown enpaper. Ink inscription (ownership entry and date) by Kurt Wolff on front free endpaper, dated 1949.

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. [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.

4. [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).

5. [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.

6. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Krieger, Murray.

The Tragic Vision – Variations on a theme in literary interpretation.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. 22 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author Murray Krieger on the endpaper to sociologist Kurt Wolff and his wife Carla: “To Carla and Kurt – who have now learned that the existentialists are wrong – that what is dreadful may not, after all, be free – Affectionately, Murray”. With some annotations by Wolff.

7. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Mannheim, Karl / Wolff, Kurt Heinrich.

German Sociology (1918 – 1933) – [Signed and Inscribed offprint – Presentation-copy by famous sociologist Karl Mannheim to his student and colleague, the sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Prof.Kurt Wolff in friendship – K.Mannheim – London, April 1946”].

POLITICA, February, 1934. Large Octavo. 21 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The stunning association copy between two german social scientists in exile is a testament to their collegiality and friendship. With one annotation and some markings by Wolff. It is not clear if Wolff met Mannheim in London or if the offprint was sent to him. There is a note in ink by Wolff on the endpaper stating: “Columbus, May 13 ‘46”.

8. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Sharp, Gene.

Social Power and Political Freedom.

First Edition. Boston, Porter Sargent Publishers, 1980. 21.5cm x 14.6cm. 432 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good or better copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in like dust jacket. Inscribed by Gene Sharp on the titlepage to sociologist Kurt Wolff: “To Carla and Kurt (Wolff), with much love and gratitude for your kindnesses for so many years. Gene. 27 February, 1981.”