11. James, William / [Gibbens, Alice Howe].

The Energies of Men. [Personal copy of William James’ wife Alice Howe Gibbens – signed: “A.H.James”]. Stunning provenance of the First Edition-offprint from ‘The Philosophical Review’, Vol. XVI, No. 1, January, 1907, of William James’ Presidential Address to the American Philosophical Association on December 28th, 1906. A study of psychic energy ranging from Pierre Janet to Yoga to the “mind-cure” movement. James already is fascinated in this address about G.Papini’s “Doctrine of Action”, “the study of all human powers and means”.

1907. Octavo. 19 pages. Original Wrappers / Softcover. The wrappers detached and brittle. The pages stapled and in very good condition. James retired in January 1907 from Harvard. Possibly one of the rarest offprints with a William James-connection and with high probability, a gift from James to his wife. Books with the provenance of his wife never seem to surface on the market.

12. Bennett, Arnold.

The Human Machine.

London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 13 cm x 19 cm. 151 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Spotting on initial and final pages. Clean inside with solid binding.

13. Russell, Bertrand.

Collection of important publications by and on the British Philosopher Bertrand Russell [some of the publications from libraries of important philosophers like Quine]. The collection includes: 1. Bertrand Russell – War – The Offspring of Fear (First Edition – London, 1914) / 2. Bertrand Russell – Ideas that have harmed Mankind – Man’s Unfortunate Experience with his self-made enemies, including sadistic Impulses, Religion, Superstition, Envy, Economic Nationalism, Pride, Racism, Sex Superiority, Creeds and other evil things. (First Edition – Girard (Kansas), 1946) [From the library of Henry David Aiken] / 3. Bertrand Russell – Scientific Method in Philosophy (First Edition – Oxford, 1914) / 4. [Bertrand Russell] Paul Foulkes – Wisdom of the West (London, 1960) / 5. Bertrand Russell – The Analysis of Mind (London, 1951) / 6. Bertrand Russell – “Per Aspera ad Astra” (in: “Science and the Future of Mankind” – together with essays by Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer others, this copy used to belong to the library of Boston’s “Simmons College”) / 7. Ronald Jager – The Development of Bertrand Russell’s Philosophy [From the library of philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine (with inscription and signed by Jager to Quine)] / 8. Quine, Willard Van Orman / Heimpel, Carl G./ Wang, Hao – Symposium – Issue on Bertrand Russell by “The Journal of Philosophy”: ‘The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell’: Willard van Orman Quine – Russell’s Ontological Development / Carl G. Hempel – On Russell’s Phenomenological Constructionism / Hao Wang – Russell and Philosophy // A Historical Survey of Western Philosophy in its Social and Political Setting.

London / Oxford / Den Haag and others, Clarendon Press / Dr.Junk / Allen and Unwin / Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 1914 – 1972. Original Hardcover and Softcover – Bindings. Only one publications iwth some minor damage, otherwise all publications in very good or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Dewey, John.

German Philosophy and Politics.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1915. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 134 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of sociologist Kurt Wolff, with his annotations and markings in the text.

15. Bauer, Edmond.

Théorie de la relativité.

Paris, Librairie de l’Enseignement Technique, 1922. 8°. 128 pages. Reliure originale / Hardcover. Good condition with some minor signs of wear.

16. Cohn-Wiener, Ernst.

Die jüdische Kunst. Ihre Geschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Berlin, Martin Wasservogel Verlag, 1929. 20 cm x 25 cm. 267 Seiten. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. (Blaues Leinen mit rötlicher Rückenbeschriftung und Vorderdeckelbeschriftung). Originalausgabe. Außergewöhnlich guter Zustand. / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A comprehensive overview of the history of Jewish art, concluding with Ludwig Meidner, Max Liebermann and Marc Chagall. A very good and attractive copy in publisher’s cloth-covered boards, heavily illustrated.

17. [Siger de Brabant] / [Siger de Courtrai].

Collection of eight (8) Volumes of Works by Siger de Courtrai and Siger de Brabant. The collection includes: 1. G.Wallerand – “Les Oeuvres de Siger de Courtrai” (Louvain, 1913) / 2. Siger de Brabant d’après ses oeuvres inédites [2 volumes] I: “Les oeuvres inédites” – II: “Siger dans l’histoire de l’Aristotélisme” – Louvain, 1931-1942 [Les Philosophes Belges] / 3. Cornelio Andrea Graiff – “Siger de Brabant Questions sur La Metaphysique” – [Philosophes Medievaux – Tome I] (Louvain, 1948) / 4. Antonio Marlasca – “Les Quaestiones Super Librum de Causis De Siger de Brabant” – Edition Critique [Philosophes Medievaux – Tome XII] (Louvain / Paris, 1972) / 5. Bernardo Bazan – “Siger de Brabant – Quaestiones In Tertium de Anima – De Anima Intellectiva – De Aeternita Mundi” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XIII] – (Louvain / Paris, 1972) / 6. Bernardo Bazan – “Siger de Brabant – Ecrits de Logique, De Morale et de Physique” [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XIV] (Louvain / Paris, 1974) / 7. William Dunphy – Siger de Brabant – “Quaestiones In Metaphysicam” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XXIV] – (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1981) / 8. Amand Maurer – “Siger de Brabant – Quaestiones In Metaphysicam” – [Philosophies Medievaux – Tome XXV] – (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1983) /

Eight Volumes (bound in seven Volumes). Louvain, Editions de L’Institut Supérieur de Philosophie de l’Université Louvain, 1931 – 1983. Quarto and Octavo. Pagination: 1. Volume: 175 pages / 2.Volume: Volume I and II (bound in one): I: VII, 355 pages / II: VIII, continuation of pagination as pages 357-759 pages plus Errata-Leaf / 3. XXXII, 399 pages / 4. 211 pages / 5. 151 pages / 6. 196 pages / 7. 457 pages / 8. 480 pages //. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth and Original Softcover Volumes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Item No.2of the collection with a split spine (needs rebinding). All other Volumes strong and firm and in excellent condition. Provenanace: From the private collection of german philosopher Philipp W. Rosemann, with his library-stam to the endpapers. Original Provenance of some of these Volumes is the “Universite Catholique de Louvain – Bibliotheque de L’Institut Superieur de Philosophie” (with several Volumes bearing the Exlibris of the University-Library but Professor Rosemann having acquired these directly from the library during a sale of duplicates etc.).

18. Reichenbach, Hans.

Wahrscheinlichkeitslehre. Eine Untersuchung über die logischen und mathematischen Grundlagen der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung

First Edition. Leiden, Sijthoff, 1935. 24.5cm x 16cm. IX, 451 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Gilt lettering on spine and frontboard. Bindung lose ! / Binding loosened / Very good publisher’s cloth, front hinge starting, former owner’s name in ink, B. Wiesner, twice on front endpapers.

19. Aiken, Henry David / John Rawls / Donald Davidson / Rudolf Carnap / Roderick M. Chisholm / Nelson Goodman / Raphael Demos and others.

Collection of manuscript material, offprints, association-copies and books from the library and personal collection of Professor Henry David Aiken, American Philosopher, specialist on Analytic Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics and Education at the Universities of Columbia, Harvard, Michigan and Brandeis. The collection reflects Aiken’s deep connections to the important postwar-period of great thinkers at American Universities like Harvard and Brandeis. Aiken was friends with John Rawls, Raphael Demos, Daniel Bell, Arnold Kaufman, Stephen Toulmin, Israel Scheffler. Aiken’s “Beloved teacher” and mentor was Ralph Barton Perry (see his dedication in “Predicament of the University”). More importantly, Aiken was accepted as scholar and friend around important thinkers like Willard Van Orman Quine, Alfred North Whitehead, Robert Nozick and John Rawls. The collection includes first edition offprints from nearly all of these mentioned, including the rare first appearance of John Rawls’ “Justice as Fairness” in its original wrappers-issue from 1957 [See on our website images under “Libraries & Collections”]. The collection also includes materials previously inscribed and gifted to fellow philosophers in Aiken’s circle of friends, now reunited with this Archive. [Please enquire for access to excellent photographs and descriptions to each title, included in this collection]. The collection includes for example the Proof of Aiken’s publication “The Predicament of the University” [Working-Title: “The Future of the University”] – This title is of great interest alone, with Aiken’s annotations. Also included is the first edition of Aiken’s personal copy of his Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: “Hegel’s Philosophy of Fine Art – A Study with special reference to the Theory of Tragedy”. Among the collection are roughly 200 offprints, often with dedications and inscriptions to colleagues. [Each title is listed in detail, with images, on our website under “Libraries & Collections” (click on “Henry D. Aiken Collection”).

Harvard / Brandeis / Cambridge (Mass.) etc., c. 1935 – 1975. Octavo & Quarto. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. [Wainwright, Thomas Griffiths] Curling, Jonathan.

Janus Weathercock. The Life of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright 1794-1847.

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1938. 15 x 22,5 cm. 415 pages. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Some minor staining to cover – otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.