11. [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.

12. [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).

13. [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.

14. 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.

15. [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.”

16. Westmann, Stephan K.

Radiation of Cavities of the Body – Experimental and Clinical Results. [First Edition Offprint from “The British Journal of Physical Medicine”].

British Journal of Physical Medicine, 1936. Folio (22 cm x 28,5 cm). 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some fraying only. From the library of Percy Bridgman student, Gerald Holton.

17. [Levin, Harry] Kahler, Erich von.

The True, the Good and the Beautiful. A lecture delivered at Ohio State University December 10,1959.

Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 1959. 8°. 40 pages. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by Erich Kahler “for Harry Levin with gratitude for the splendid Gauss lectures – Erich Kahler – May 1961” (by mentioning Gauss he speaks of “Christian Gauss”) / Also included: “The Nature of the Symbol – Offprint from “Symbolism in Religion and Literature, 1960”

18. [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.

19. [Churchill, Sir Winston / Theodore Roosevelt / Herbert Hoover / Léon Blum / Sven Hedin / Alexej Tolstoi / Jules Romain and others].

Excentric Shampoo [Camouflage Resistance Pamphlet against Fascism and the November Pogrom and Kristallnacht in 1938 in Berlin – Germany]. This rare, original, german-language pamphlet, was deliberately published hidden in an envelope, disguised as a shampoo-sample and fabricated to have been published by the company “Lloyd Parfumerie” [Lloyd Perfumes].

[possibly London], Lloyd Parfumerie, [c.1938 / 1939]. Small Octavo (8,7 cm x 14,2 cm). 47 pages in vintage envelope. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. [Benjamin, Walter] Holz, Detlef.

Deutsche Menschen – Eine Folge von Briefen [Umschlag-Titel: “Deutsche Menschen: Von Ehre ohne Ruhm – Von Größe ohne Glanz – Von Würde ohne Sold”]. Auswahl und Einleitungen von Detlef Holz.

2. Auflage. Luzern, Vita Nova Verlag, 1937. Octavo. 116 Seiten. Original Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Die Bindung, besonders die Broschur, in aussergewöhnlich guter und frischer Erhaltung. Der Buchblock, wie so oft, mit einigen starken Stockflecken zu Beginn und am Schnitt. Grossteil des Texts ist ganz sauber.