8361. [Wolff, Kurt] Kurzweil, Edith.

The Age of Structuralism. Lévi-Strauss to Foucault.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1980. 8°. X, 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to sociologist Kurt Wolff: “To Kurt – one of the sociologist [sic] I most admire, and to Carla – With thanks, Edith”.

8362. [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.

8363. [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”).

8364. [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.”.

8365. [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.”.

8366. [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.

8367. [Wolff, Kurt, H.] / [Durkheim, Emile] Mestrovic, Stjepan G.

The Coming Fin de Siècle – An Application of Durkheim’s Sociology to Modernity and Postmodernism [with Letter].

London/New York, Routledge, 1991. 8°. XIV, 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. This book comes from the personal library of Kurt H. Wolff. Typed Letter Signed by author Stjepan G. Mestrovic to sociologist Kurt H. Wolff from the year 1991, loosely inserted. Mestrovic writes to Wolff in his letter: “It seems that you and I share some similar concerns about Sociology’s role in a world that seems to be on the brink of disaster, as well as an openness to pessimism as a counter-balance to boosterish optimism.” Mestrovic continues by consoling Wolff about the death of his wife and then talks about a meeting with american philosopher and sociologist David Riesman in which they talked about the role of the USA in the war with Iraq [First Gulf War]. He continues to say that “It seems that many of his [Riesman’s] observations on US foreign policy and mar-making tactics in his ‘Abundance for What ?’ still apply”.

8368. [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.”

8369. Wolffe, Bart.

Genus Loci.

First Edition. Wolffe, 2014. Octavo. 136 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8370. [Wolfskehl, Karl] Blasberg, Cornelia.

Karl Wolfskehl und Kiechlinsbergen. “Sprechen die Steine ?” ; [eine Veröffentlichung der Arbeitsstelle für Literarische Museen, Archive und Gedenkstätten in Baden-Württemberg].

Marbach am Neckar, Dt. Schillerges., 1995. Gr.-8°. 15 Seiten. Illustriert. Softcover / Originale Broschur. Aus der Bibliothek des Mediaevisten Josef Fleckenstein mit seinem Namenszug auf der ersten Seite und einige feine Bleistiftanstreichungen von seiner Hand. Kleiner Lichtrand. [Spuren ; 30].