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.

Durkheim, Emile.

Two Laws of Penal Evolution [I. The Law of Quantitative Variations / II. The Law of Qualitative Variations]. Translated by William Jeffrey, Jr.

Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati Law review, 1969. 8°. 28 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Stamped: “With the Compliments of the Translator”. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff, given to him by the TranslatorWilliam Jeffrey, Jr. Original offprint from “The University of Cincinnati Law Review”.

Gabel, Joseph.

Idéologies II: Althussérisme et Stalinisme.

Paris, Éditions Anthropos, 1978. 167 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Annotation et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed and inscribed by Gabel to sociologist Kurth H. Wolff].

Gabel, Joseph.

La Fausse Conscience: Essai Sur La Reification.

Third Edition. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1962. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 272 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Y compris une lettre originale signée par l’auteur Joseph Gabel. [The letter says “Cher Ami” but it was addressed to Joseph Gabel’s friend, sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff. In the letter, Gabel is grateful for a newsletter on Herbert Marcuse, which Wolff had sent him. He also discusses Karl Mannheim etc.]. With few, but significant annotations by Wolff.

Parsons, Talcott.

Essays in Sociological Theory Pure and Applied. [Heavily annotated].

Illinois, The Free Press, 1949. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIII, 366 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt Heinrich Wolff, Translator of landmark publications by Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Karl Mannheim. With several annotations, pencil-notes and minor red markings throughout. Especially in the chapters “Propaganda and Social Control” and “The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change”. Two pieces of ephemera loosely inserted. Dustjacket notes pasted to front pastedown enpaper. Ink inscription (ownership entry and date) by Kurt Wolff on front free endpaper, dated 1949.

Simpson, George.

Science as Morality – An essay towards Unity [I. The Scientist: Technician or Moralist ? / II. The Assault on Social Science / III. The Conduct of Sociologists / IV. Science as Morality] Including an original letter by Simpson to Wolff, on his Brooklyn College Stationery and stapled to it a typescript of Kurt Wolff’s letter to Simpson.

Yellow Springs, The American Humanist Association, 1953. 8°. 60 pages. Softcover. From the library of Kurt H. Wolff. With several annotations by Wolff. Includes a typescript of a letter by Wolff to Simpson regarding this essay as well as an original letter with Simpsons answer to Wolff. Wolff criticizes Simpson briefly but has also positive things to say – Simpson answers Wolff that he is “supposed to draw up a code of standards for sociologists”. Very interesting document on american sociology !

Small, Albion W.

General Sociology. An Exposition of the Main Development in Sociological Theory from Spencer to Ratzenhofer.

Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 1905. 21.6cm x 15cm. xiii, 739 pages. First Edition bound in Modern Hardcover (green cloth) with black lettering. Former copy of Iowa State University in excellent new binding (withdrawn). The new binding eliminated all external signs of a former library copy. A wonderful edition.

Small, Albion W./ Vincent, George E.

An Introduction to The Study of Society. [Includes six coloured charts/maps of: 1.The First Settlement / 2. The Rural Group / 3. The Village / 4. The City / 5. Postal Routes arranged about Indianapolis as a Center / 6. A Chart designed to show the distribution of functions at various stages of social organization /

New York and others, American Book Company, 1894. 19cm x 14cm. 384 (6) pages. First Edition bound in modern Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition of the modern binding. New endpapers. Some very few pencil annotations on the rear endpaper. Very few fine pencil annottaions within the text (erasable). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

[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”.

[Wolff, Kurt] / [Sayer Minas, J. / Horowitz, Irving Louis].

Manuscript – Review by Kurt Wolff for Irving Horowitz’ publication: “Philosophy, Science and the Sociology of Knowledge” and enclosed also correspondence between Kurt H. Wolff and Professor J. Sayer Minas, from the “Philosophy of Science Association” (J.Sayer Minas was at the time Book Review Editor and taught at Case Institute of Technology”).

[Brandeis / Cleveland], CIT etc., 1962. Octavo. 6 pages. Very good condition. From the library of exiled sociologist, Kurt H. Wolff.