1. Dormitzer, Else / [Kohn, Hein]

Theresienstädter Bilder. [Gift from dutch exile – publisher Heinz Kohn to exiled sociologist Kurt H. Wolff according to Wolff’s note to endpaper)].

Hilversum, De Boekenvriend, 1945. 14.7 cm x 22.3 cm. 23 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. No. 222 von 500 Exemplaren. Exemplar des Soziologen Kurt H. Wolff, mit seinem Namenszug dezent auf dem Vorsatzblatt.

2. 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”.

3. 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].

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 !

7. 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.

8. 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 !

9. [Wolff, Kurt] / [Kellner, Hansfried].

The Sociology of Georg Simmel. [Personal, annotated copy of german sociologist Hansfried Kellner]. Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Kurt H.Wolff.

Glencoe (Illinois), The Free Press, 1950. Octavo. LXIV, 445 pages. Hardcover / Former library copy. Slightly stained, with some very interesting annotations and highlightings by german sociologist Hansfried Kellner, who not only owned Kurt Wolff’s publication but applied some interesting markings and highlightings within the text. From the library of Hansfried Kellner, injected into the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, by Inanna Rare Books, together with Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy (with annotations) of Peter L. Berger’s and Hansfried Kellner’s book “Sociology Reinterpreted”.

10. [Wolff, Kurt] Broch, Hermann.

Gedichte. Herausgegben und Eingeleitet von Erich Kahler.

Zürich, Rhein-Verl., 1953. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 262 pages. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some light spots of discolouration on front of dustjacket. From the library of Kurt H. Wolff, with his handwritten ownership notation to the endpaper: “Wolff – Cols. (Columbus)”. Hermann Broch: Gesammelte Werke.

11. [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.

12. [Wolff, Kurt] [Merton, Robert K. / Kellner, Hansfried / Berger, Peter L.].

Sociology Reinterpeted – An Essay on Method and Vocation [Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy of his and Peter Berger’s own publication but including a Xerox of a personal letter of praise for the book, with xeroxed signature by Robert K. Merton, “founding father of modern sociology”, directed at Loretta A. Barrett from Doubleday].

Garden City, New York, Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1981. Octavo. 183 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition. From the library of Hansfried Kellner, injected into the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, by Inanna Rare Books, together with Hansfried Kellner’s personal copy (with annotations) of Kurt Heinrich Wolff’s book “Sociology of Georg Simmel”).

13. [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.”.

14. [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.”.

15. [Wolff, Kurt] Sorokin, Pitirim.

Fads and Foibles in Modern Sociology.

Chicago, Henry Regnery Company, 1956. Large Octavo. 357 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards, lacking dust jacket. Dust jacket material has been pasted to the inside of the front cover. First English edition. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his ownership signature to the front blank.

16. [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.”