7771. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Soldan, George / [Part of Walter Benjamin Collection].

Zeitgeschichte in Wort und Bild – [The Weimar Republic and Rise of Hitler in Historical Photographs].

3 Bände (vollständig). München, National-Archiv, 1931-1934. Gr.-8°. 512, 518, 599 Seiten. Hardcover / Dekorative Originalleinenbände. Alle Bände in firmer Bindung. Rücken des 2.Bandes etwas stärker berieben. Sonst nahezu neuwertig / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price includes international shipping per courier !

7772. Puttnam, David.

“Chariots of Fire” – First Day Cover “Heralding the Resurgence of the British Film Industry” – signed by David Puttnam, Colin Welland and Hugh Hudson. [Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock].

Original First Day Cover envelope and special handstamp designed by Rafael de Swarte & Malcolm Carrick. Leicester, A.G.Bradbury, 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signatures.

7773. Puttnam, David.

First Day Cover “British Film Year” – signed by David Puttnam (with a Broadside inserted, touching on a selective History of British Film) / Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock.

Original envelope –[No. 0010]. London, J & M Arlington Ltd., 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signature.

7774. Lowe, Victor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“A Resurgence of “Vicious Intellectualism”. (Number 14 of Volume XLVIII of Philosophical Studies, 1951).

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1951. Octavo. 12 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

7775. [Clonakilty / Castle Freke / Castlefreke]

Souvenir Views of Clonakilty – Duplex Souvenir Album containing ten Views of Clonakilty and surroundings, including Castle Freke, Cradle Rock, Rosscarbery Convent – The Postcard-Views in “Rich sepia Photogravure detachable for use as postcards, with miniature view of each picture for future reference”.

First Edition. Clonakilty, J.E.Spiller & Co., no year [c.1915]. Oblong slim-octavo. 10 sheets, perforated with miniature view. Original, printed softcover. Tiny faded dampstain to rear. Otherwise in unused, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce with the spectacular views of this rural area and the surroundings.

7776. White, Leslie A. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Energy and the Evolution of Culture. [Original first edition offprint from “American Anthropologist”].

American Anthropologist, 1943. Octavo. 21 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

7777. Gilpin, William. [Castle-Freke Library Bookplates]

Collection of four Volumes (bound in two) by Gilpin – All from the historical library at Castle Freke (Castlefreke, West Cork / Ireland). The Volumes include: I. & II. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. [Second Edition, with an “Account of the Prints” bound to the rear] / III. Observations on the River Wye and several Parts of South Wales &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the summer of the Year 1770 (Third Edition). / IV. An Essay on Prints – [″The chief intention of the following work was to put the elegant amusement of collecting prints, on a more rational footing; by giving the unexperienced collector a few principles and cautions to assist him”] (Fourth Edition with the printed dedication “To the Honorable Horace Walpole in Deference to his Taste in the Polite Arts; and the Valuable Researches he has made to improve them; the following work is inscribed by his most obedient and very humble servant, William Gilpin”). [Volumes I & II with 40 original illustrations and vintage 18th century maps [correctly 39 illustrations and one table], for example of Loch Lomond and the Firth of Forth/ all illustrations are vintage mezzotint-plates].

Mixed Editions. Four Volumes (bound in two). London, Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XI, [1], 221 pages with 24 mezzotints / Volume II: 195, XVI pages with 16 mezzotints and an “Account of the Prints” as well as “Translations of Latin Passages” / [Volume III]: [River Wye]: XVI, 152 pages with 16 (of 17) full – page mezzotints / [Volume IV]: [An Essay on Prints]: XIII, [3], 174 pages plus XI pages Index and 1 page Errata. Hardcover / Early 19th century quarter – morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes bound in unison. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages 185 – 191 of Volume I with some stronger browning. Otherwise the interior very clean. All mezzotints in very good or even better condition. This is the original copy from the historical Castle-Freke Library in West Cork (Ireland), with two armorial bookplates to front and rear pastedown with the family’s motto ‘Pro Patria’. With two pages of manuscript annotations by a contemporary hand with a reference between the common name “Tarbet” in Scotland and a place-name in County Kerry in Ireland” (pages 13 of Volume II) / another entry is on page 12 of Volume II regarding the name-sake “Loch-Loung” for a Lake of ships in Scotland and Ireland.

7778. Davidson, Donald / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of Offprints by american philosopher, Donald Davidson. The Collection includes: 1. Donald Davidson – Semantics for natural language (Original Offprint from “Linguaggi nella societa e nella tecnica”, 1970) / 2. Donald Davidson –

Milano / Dordrecht, Edizioni di Comunita / D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1970. Octavo. 11 pages / 18 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

7779. Aiken, Henry David / [Hans Jonas] / Quine, W.V.O.

Typed letter, signed by German-born, American Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, loosely inserted in Henry David Aiken’s pamphlet “God and Evil: A Study of Some Relations Between Faith and Morals”. The Essay by Aiken is inscribed and signed by Aiken in a sarcastic manner: “To God, from one of his congregation – Shem”. In the letter, Jonas reflects on two pages on an evening with Henry David Aiken and his then wife Lillian Woodworth. In his letter to Aiken, Hans Jonas reports back to Aiken after reading his essay [″God and Evil”] and calls it “a beautiful piece of work – in style and content worthy of your “master” who wrote on natural theology….”. Jonas goes on encouraging Aiken: “you are also dead wrong n not publishing a collection of your essays in ethical theory. If your pal Quine can do it “from a logical point of you [sic]”, so can you “from a moral point of view”. Jonas also mentions “that it is worth writing about the ancient problem opf a theodicy in a contemporary context”. [The Essay is n Offprint from Ethics, An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Volume LXVIII, No. 2].

New York / Washington, DC, 1958. 16,8 x 24 cm. 21 pages (pages 77-97 of the Journal) plus two page-letter (on one leaf), signed by Hans Jonas Original Offprint / Original TLS (Typed letter signed). Very good+ condition. Stapled. Only minimal signs of staining. The letter also discusses a Reference for one “Ed Sayles” and Jonas suggest that Aiken writes “casual but fairly strong” to Howard R. Bartlett, professor of history and head of the Department of Humanities at MIT.

7780. [Aiken, Henry David] Knopf, Alfred A.

Scathing Typed Letter signed from eminent publisher Alfred A. Knopf to Philosopher Henry David Aiken, who promised him to deliver the book “Pragmatism Revisited” two years prior and who he had already reminded twice about deadlines which had been ignored by Aiken. Knopf, famous for his lengthy correspondence, asks for the advance to be returned and expresses his disappointment in no uncertain terms: “….this makes me feel that you have lost all interest in having this book published by Knopf…..you seemed to be so friendly and so interested in our house when I did meet you in Boston that I hesitate to take this action….”. [The letter, from the personal collection of Henry David Aiken, is accompanied by an original typescript of Aiken’s apologetic response to Knopf. Acccording to our sources, this book never saw the light of day].

New York / Cambridge [Mass.],) 1964. Octavo. 2 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.