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Leipzig: E.W. Fritzsch, 1887. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. First complete edition of one of Nietzsche’s most important texts! NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Die Frohliche Wissenschaft ("la gaya scienza"). Neue Ausgabe mit einem Anhange: Lieder des Prinsen Vogelfrei (The Gay Science…). E.W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1887. [III] – XII = Vorrede + 1 leaf =… Read more

Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Kant’s Masterpiece: Arguably the Most Important Philosophical Work in Modern Times KANT, Immanuel, Critik der reinen Vernunft (Critique of Pure Reason), Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga, 1781. 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 leaves = Dedication + 8 leaves = Vorrede + 1 leaf = Inhalt +… Read more

Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss, 1766. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A Classic of Art History—PMM 213 LESSING (Gotthold Ephraim ), LAOKOON : oder uber die grenzen der mahleren und poesie. mit beylaufigen erlauterungen verschiedener punkte der alten kunstgeschichte, Christian Friedrich Voss, Berlin 1766, 298pp. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Lessing’s most famous work outside Germany, and a… Read more

Leipzig: Naumann, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Nietzsches Most Important Work? NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Beyond Good and Evil) Naumann, Leipzig, 1886. TP + [III]-VI + [VII] = Inhalt + half title + [3]-271 + [272] = Berichtigungen, Octavo. First Edition (Schaberg 40). Nietzsche had 600 copies of this work privately printed by… Read more

Berlin: Haude und Spener,, 1785. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Problematic views on Race KANT, Immanuel, Bestimmung des Begriffs einer Menschenrace (Determination of the Concept of a Human Race), in Berlinische Monatsschrift. Haude und Spener, Berlin, 1785. 12mo. First Printing [Warda 99]. First printing of… Read more

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker (That which does not kill me, makes me stronger) NIETZSCHE, Friederich. Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the Idols). C.G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1889. TP + 3 leaves + [1] 144, Octavo. First Edition (Schaberg 56). Gotzen-Dammerung includes some of Nietzsches most direct and… Read more

[Geneva]: Henr. Stephani, 1578. First Edition. vellum. Very good. The STEPHANUS Plato The Book That Established the UNIVERSAL REFERENCE System for Platos Writings PLATO. Platonis opera quae extant omnia. (The Complete Works of Plato) [Title also in Greek], Henr. Stephani, [Geneva], 1578. First Greek/Latin Edition. Volume 1: TP + 16 unnumbered leaves [handwritten replacement preliminaries… Read more

Leipzig/Wien/Zürich: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1927. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. Freud Describes Religion as an Illusion without a FutureFREUD, Sigmund. Die Zukunft einer Illusion (The Future of an Illusion). Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Leipzig/Wien/Zürich, 1927. Half-title + TP + 5-91 + [93]-[95] = Publisher’s ads, Octavo. First Edition. In this famous assessment, Freud describes religion as an… Read more

Leipzig/Wien/Zürich: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1924. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. FREUD, Sigmund. Zur Einfuhrung des Narzißmus (Study of Narcissism). Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Leipzig/Wien/Zürich, 1924. Half-title + TP + [3] – 35 + [37] - [40] = Publisher’s ads, Octavo. First Edition. Freud’s theories on narcissism and its relationship to sexual development. This text first appeared as… Read more

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1888. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Der Fall Wagner, C.G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1888. Front TP + 3 leaves + [1]- 57 + [58]; rear wrap with publisher’s advertisements, Octavo. First Edition in Original Wraps. Schaberg 54.Nietzsche had 1,000 copies of this work privately printed but 500 of them were falsely marked… Read more

Chemnitz: Schmeitzner, 1878. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich, Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy). Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1878. TP + [III]-IV + [1]-144, Octavo. The famous Second Edition, First Issue of Nietzsche's first book. (Schaberg 30). The publication history of Nietzsches Birth of Tragedy is about as complicated as any. The 143-page first edition appeared… Read more

Leipzig: E. W. Fritzsch, 1887. First edition thus (definitive). Hardcover with wrappers. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Morgenrothe (Dawn). E. W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1887. TP + [III]-XI + 1 leaf + [5]-363, Octavo with front and rear wrappers affixed to covers. First Edition, Second Issue [Definitive]. Schaberg 50.This is the Definitive Edition with WRAPPERS (scarce!) which… Read more

Leipzig: E. W. Fritzsch, 1872. First edition. Very Good +. Nietzsches First Book Apollo, Dionysus and Wagner!NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy). Leipzig: E. W. Fritzsch, 1872. TP + [III]-IV + [1]-143, Octavo. First Edition. Schaberg 20. Printing and the Mind of Man notes, "(Nietzsche's) principle work during the Wagner period, 1868-1878, was… Read more

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzel, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Only 250 First Edition Copies Printed of The Concept of Dread “the rarest of his first editions” KIERKEGAARD, Soren. Begrebet Angest. af Vigilius Haufniensis (The Concept of Dread), C. A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1844. TP + Dedication page + [i]- [ii] = Forord + [iii]-[iv] = Indhold + [1]-184,… Read more

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. FORSTER-NIETZSCHE, Elisabeth. Das Leben Friedrich Nietzsche (The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche). C.G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1895/1897/1904. Volume 1: Photo + TP + [iii] = Quote page + [v]-vi = Inhalt + [vii] – viii = Vorwort + Half title + [3]-80 + [80a]-[80d] = Musical score + 81-93 +… Read more

Frankfurt: Klostermann, 1932. First edition. Very Good/none. Marcuse, Herbert. Hegels Ontologie und die Grundlegung einer Theorie der Geschichtlichkeit (Hegel’s Ontology and the Theory of Historicity). Klostermann, Frankfurt, 1932. 367 (1) Original Printed Wrappers. FIRST EDITION Marcuse’s radical “Heideggerian” reading of Hegel in which he seeks to establish the meaning of ‘historicity’. This book furthered the phenomenological Marxism of… Read more

Leipzig: E. W. Fritzsch, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. OVERBECK, Franz. Ueber die Christlichkeit unserer heutigen Theologie (How Christian is our Present Day Theology) — E. W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1873. 1 blank leaf + Half-title + TP + [v] – vii = vorwort + [1] – 99 + [101] – 102 = Anmerkungen + [103] =… Read more

New York: W. Gowan, 1833. First American edition. Very Good. The First American Printing of a Work by PlatoPLATO. Phædon: or, A Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul. New York: W. Gowan, 1833. TP + 1 leaf = Dedication page with advertisement on verso + [5]-209 + [1]-2 = publisher's advertisements, 12mo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION … Read more

[Amsterdam]: [Jan Rieuwertsz],, 1677. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/none. First Edition of Spinoza’s Masterwork – Ethica, Ordine Geometrico demonstrataSPINOZA, Baruch. Opera Postuma, Quorum series post Præfationem exhibetur. [Jan Rieuwertsz], [Amsterdam], 1677. TP + 18 leaves = Præfatio + half title + [1]-614 + 16 leaves = Index Rerum + half title + 1-112 + 4 leaves… Read more

Paris: Durand, 1758. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. HELVÉTIUS, Claude-Adrien. De l’esprit (On the Mind), Durand, Paris, 1758. 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + i-xxii + [1]-643 + [644] = Approbation and Privilege du Roi + 1 blank leaf. Quarto. The “B” Tirage of De l’esprit (see below).Smith E.1b. “The history of Helvétius’s De l’esprit, his… Read more