221. Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich (Voznesensky, Andrei).

Nostalgia for the Present. Edited by Vera Dunham and Max Hayward. With Forewords by Edward M. Kennedy and Arthur Miller.

Bilingual Edition. Garden City / New York, Doubleday, 1978. Octavo. 268 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First US edition of this collection of poems by the important Soviet author, present in facing bi-lingual text, with translations by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Stanley Kunitz, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Richard Wilbur, William Jay Smith and others. Forewords by Edward Kennedy and Arthur Miller. Near fine in dust jacket with the word “Autographed” in red pen to front panel. Extensively inscribed by the author. [With a nice photograph of Voznesensky to the rear dustjacket flap / Including a leaflet for the Yale Russian Chorus – 1977 USSR Tour].

222. Waldrop, Keith.

Transcendental Studies. A Trilogy.

Berkeley / Los Angeles / London, University of California Press, 2009. 8°. 201 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by Keith Waldrop on the titlepage. Signed books by Keith Waldrop are exceedingly rare. (New California Poetry)

223. Waters, Frank.

Masked Gods – Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism.

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1950. 18 x 26 cm. 438 pages, including illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the Author.

224. Wattenbach, Wilhelm / Holtzmann, Robert.

Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter. Die Zeit der Sachsen und Salier. Dritter Teil: Italien (1050- 1125)-England (900- 1135) – Nachträge zum ersten und zweiten Teil. Neuausgabe, besorgt von Franz-Josef Schmale.

Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1971. 8°. IX, – Seiten 841-1010 der Gesamtausgabe und 282 Seiten Nachträge. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Originaler Leinenband. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Franz-Josef Schmale an den Historiker Ferdinand Seibt auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

225. [Weber, Max] Otsuka, Hisao.

Max Weber on the Spirit of Capitalism.

First Edition. Tokyo, Institute of Developing Economics, 1976. 8°. XI, 95 pages. Original brochure. Very good condition. Inscribed by Hisao Otsuka to Professor (Dr. Hans Heinrich) Gerth. With numerous annotations and underlinings by Professor Gerth. [I,D.E. Occasional Papers Series No. 13].

226. Wedgbury, Cliff.

Beautiful Guitars. The poems of Cliff Wedgbury.

Cork ; London, Wedgbury, 2002. 13 x 19.5 cm. 96 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Cliff Wedgbury.

227. Wideman, John Edgar.

Fatheralong – A Meditation on Fathers, Sons, Race and Society.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XXV, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

228. Wierzynski, Kazimierz.

Siedem Podkow. [Signed by Wierzynski]

First Edition. New York, Roy Publishers [Printed in Israel], 1953. Octavo. 92 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Wierzynski on the titlepage (dated 31.X.1954). Exlibris on endpaper.

229. [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”.

230. [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.

231. [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”.

232. [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.”

233. [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.

234. [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”).

235. [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.”.

236. [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.”.

237. Wright, Charles / McLellan, Leigh.

Dead Color. Poems.

San Francisco, The Meadow Press, 1980. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages. Original green wrappers (Softcover). First edition. One of an edition of only 285. Signed by Charles Wright and Leigh McLellan in pencil. French-folded pages, With four woodcut illustrations by Leigh McLellan. Fine.

238. Xingjian, Gao.

L’Encre et la Lumière. [Ink and Light]

Limited Edition [One of only 222 copies, signed and numbered]. Voix, Jeanne Hyvrard, 1998. Duodecimo. 40 unnumbered pages with illustrations and poetry. Includes also the very fragile, folded illustration on fine, extra-thin paper. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication of the exiled nobel laureate from China.

239. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich).

Almost at the End.

New York, Holte, 1987. Octavo. 145 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A work of interrelated prose and poetry, some translated by the author himself. Faint Remainder mark to top edge, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket with a very nice portrait of Yevtushenko. Beautifully signed by Yevtushenko on the endpaper.

240. Young, Eamonn.

Rebels at the Double – Cork’s Historic Football and Hurling Triumphs of 1990 [signed by the author Eamonn Young, Cork Hurler Tomas Mulcahy and another unidentified Hurler or footballer of the famous 1990 Teams].

Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1990. Octavo. 216 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.