7801. Witt, Lana.

Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Scribner, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Block detached, otherwise in very good condition.

7802. Wittgenstein, Ludwig / Durand, Guy (translator).

Le Cahier Bleu et le Cahier Brun.

France, Gallimard, 1965. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. XIX, 428 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

7803. [Wittgenstein, Ludwig] Colloquium Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Wittgenstein – et le Problème d’une Philosophie de la Science. [Essays include for example: Prof. B.F. McGuiness – Philosophy of Science in the ‘Tractatus’] Aix – En – Provence – 21-26 Juillet 1969.

Paris, Centre National, 1971. 8°. 224, [2] pages. Softcover / Broche. Reliure originale. Bon état.

7804. Wittkower, Rudolf.

Allegorie und der Wandel der Symbole in Antike und Renaissance.

Köln, DuMont, 1984. 8°. 418 Seiten. Illustrationen. Softcover. Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand. Ausgabe 1984. DuMont-Taschenbücher ; 142

7805. Wittorski, Colette [Johnston, Fred trans.].

Northern Lights. Poems.

First Edition. Belfast, Lapwing, year.2009. Octavo. XI, 52 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is a dual-language edition in French and English.

7806. [Witza, Ignacego].

Ignacego Witza. Wystawa Rysunków Z 1961 R.

Warsaw, Towarzystwo Przyjaciol Sztuk Pieknych W Warszawie, 1962. 19.5cm x 26cm. 12 unnumbered pages. Original softcover (Paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Small cutout to rear flap

7807. Wohlfart, Günter.

Die Kunst des Lebens und andere Künste. Skurille Skizzen zu einem euro-daoistischen Ethos ohne Moral.

Berlin, Pararga Verlag, 2005. 20,5 cm x 13 cm. 286 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Inscribed and signed by the author. / Selten ! Mit Widmung des Verfassers.

7808. Wohmann, Gabriele.

Passau, Gleis 3. Gedichte.

Darmstadt/Neuwied, Luchterhand, 1984. 4°. 126 Seiten. Hardcover / Illustrierter Pappband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk oder sonstige Eintragungen.

7809. Wojtyla, Karol.

Sign of Contradiction. Foreward by Cardinal Basil Hume and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.

Slough, St. Paul Publications, 1977. 8°. 206 pages. Original softcover (Paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7810. Wolf, Christa.

Lesen und Schreiben: Neue Sammlung: Essays, Aufsätze, Reden.

Darmstadt, Luchterhand, 1980. 11,5 x 18cm. 320 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand, neuwertig. [Sammlung Luchterhand, Band 295].

7811. Wolf, Walther.

Das alte Ägypten.

München, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1978. 10,5 x 18cm. 314 Seiten, mit einer farbigen Geschichtskarte. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [dtv Wissenschaftliche Reihe, Nr. 4332].

7812. [Wolfe, Jasper] Ungoed-Thomas, Jasper.

Jasper Wolfe of Skibbereen.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. Octavo. XIV, 286 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition besides a minor tear to the rear jacket.

7813. [Wolff, Christian] Joesten, Clara (aus Köln).

Über Christian Wolff’s Grundlegung der praktischen Philosophie. I.Teil.

Naumburg, Lippert, 1931. 8°. 34 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren.

7814. [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”.

7815. [Wolff, Kurt] Broch, Hermann.

Gedichte. Herausgegben und Eingeleitet von Erich Kahler.

Zürich, Rhein-Verl., 1953. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 262 pages. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some light spots of discolouration on front of dustjacket. From the library of Kurt H. Wolff, with his handwritten ownership notation to the endpaper: “Wolff – Cols. (Columbus)”. Hermann Broch: Gesammelte Werke.

7816. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] / Barrett, William.

Irrational Man – A Study in Existential Philosophy.

Garden City / New York, Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958. Octavo. [4], 278 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this early engagement with Existentialist philosophy in English and certainly one of the books that defined the terrain for the Beats and later for the Hippy “movement.” Fine in very good+ dust jacket. From the library of sociologist Kurt Wolff.

7817. [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.

7818. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Blum, Alan / McHugh, Peter.

Self Reflection in the Arts and Sciences.

Atlantic Highlands, Humanities Press Inc., 1984. 23.6cm x 15.8cm. 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of sociologist Kurt H. Wolff. With many markings and annotations by Wolff within the text and a lengthy, basically a “catalogue of notes” to rear endpaper and pastedown.

7819. [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.

7820. [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).

7821. [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.

7822. [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.

7823. [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”.

7824. [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.”

7825. [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”.

7826. [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.

7827. [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”).

7828. [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.”.

7829. [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.”.

7830. [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.

7831. [Wolff, Kurt, H.] / [Durkheim, Emile] Mestrovic, Stjepan G.

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

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”.

7832. [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.”

7833. Wolffe, Bart.

Genus Loci.

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

7834. [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].

7835. Wolkan, Rudolf.

Geschichte der deutschen Literatur in Böhmen und in den Sudetenländern. Mit einem Titelbild in Fünffarbendruck und 22 Bildbeilagen.

Augsburg, Johannes Stauda Verlag, 1925. 8°. VIII, 184 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen. Nur ganz minimale Gebrauchsspuren am Einband. Innen tadellos.

7836. Wolos, Hans-Georg.

Frieden auf dieser Welt. Textbuch. (Die Kinder von Girouan) Ein Musical für Kinder und Jugendliche in 5 Bildern. Text von Margartehe Johannsen.

Mainz, B. Schott’s Söhne, 1990. 14,5 x 21 cm. 60 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

7837. Wolpers, Theodor (Hrsg.).

Gelebte Literatur in der Literatur. Studien zu Erscheinungsformen und Geschichte eines literarischen Motivs. Bericht über Kolloquien der Kommission für literaturwissenschaftliche Motiv- und Themenforschung 1983-1985.

Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1986. 8vo. 364 Seiten. Softcover / Broschiert. Eine Kante stärker bestossen. Sonst sehr guter Zustand. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen – Philologisch-historische Klasse, III/152).

7838. Wood, Christopher.

Victorian Painting.

First North American Edition. Boston, Mass./New York, N.Y./London, Bulfinch Press, 2000. Quarto (27 cm wide x 29 cm high). 384 pages with 500 illustrations (mainly in colour) and an Index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With a private gift-inscription.

7839. Woodcock, Caroline.

An Officer’s wife in Ireland. With an introduction by Tim Pat Coogan.

London, Parkgate Publications, 1994. 21 cm. 95 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7840. Woodman, Marion.

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter. Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Repressed Feminine. A Psychological Study.

Toronto, Inner City Books, 1980. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. Frontispiece, 139 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With a dedication to Kruger’s wife Nell on the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a copy of the Russian folk tale “Prince Danila Govorila” with a dedication from Kruger to his wife on the first page. [Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts].

7841. Woodroffe, Patrick / Greenslade, Dave.

The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony: The Birth and Death of a World.

Surrey, Dragon’s World Limited, 1979. 31.5cm x 32cm. 47 pages. With unique illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, such us bumped edges.

7842. Woodward, George Ratcliffe.

The Cowley Carol Book – For Christmas, Easter and Ascension-Tide.

Revised and enlarged edition. Oxford, A. R. Mowbray & Co, 1908. Large Octavo. 85 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper with diagonal fold. Wonderful and rare publication on special paper.

7843. Woolf, Virginia.

Orlando – Eine Biographie. Illustriert von Manuela Sliwa und Dusan Milenkovic.

Erste Auflage. Frankfurt, M./Wien/Zürich, Büchergilde Gutenberg, 2008. 22 cm. 312 Seiten mit Illustrationen. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7844. [Woolf, Virginia & Leonard / Hogarth Press] Fry, Roger.

Cézanne – A Study of his Development.

First Edition. London, Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1927. Quarto (20 cm wide x 25.5 cm high). 88 pages text plus XL plates with art / paintings of Cézanne. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the beautifully firm binding.

7845. [Woolf, Virginia] Sterne, Laurence.

A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy: with an introduction by Virginia Woolf.

[First Edition. Limited printrun of 5000 copies. Kirkpatrick B 7]. London, Oxford University Press, 1928. 9.5 x 15.5cm. (17), 233 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford World’s Classics, No. 333].

7846. Woolff Gallery (several artists).

Woolff.

London, Wooldd Galery, c2000. 16 cm x 23,5 cm. 63 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7847. Wootton, David / Margaret Winifred Tarrant, Helen Mary Jacobs, Beatrice May Goldsmith etc.

The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1780-1996 / 1880-1997. [With many short biographies and listings of women illustrators].

2 volumes (complete set). London, Chris Beetles Limited, 1996-1997. 21 cm x 21 cm. 543 pages includes hundreds of colour-illustrations. Original Softcover with colour illustrations on both front and back cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted is the Price-list for the illustrations for their Sale on November 30th – January 25th 1996).

7848. Wordsworth, William.

Poems By William Wordsworth.

London, The Folio Society, 1970. 13 cm x 19 cm. 270 pages with illustrations. Hardcover / Original half-leather with brown gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight fading on cloth clovering and minor wearing on leather spine. Clean inside with solid binding.

7849. Worsøe-Schmidt, Lisbeth.

Forfatter i Danmark 1894-1994.

[No place], Dansk Forfatterforening, 1994. 17.2 cm x 23.9 cm. 293 pages. Black and white text illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners only slightly rubbed. Minor dampstain to lower corners (front endpaper- p.78). From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

7850. [Worth, Adam] MacIntyre, Ben.

The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief.

First US Edition. New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1997. Octavo. XI, 336 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Now out of print.