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Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1838. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. First Edition of Kierkegaard’s First BookKIERKEGAARD, Soren. Af en endnu Levendes Papirer (From the Papers of One Still Living), C.A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1838. 1 blank leaf + TP + Half-title ("On Andersen as a Novelist with Constant Reference to his Work: Only a Fiddler") + iii-x = Forord + [1]-79, 12mo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 6).Kierkegaard's first book published "against his will" (as noted on TP)."Kierkegaard's first book, a rather merciless ad hominem attack on the great children's storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's attempt at a serious novel, Kun en Spillemand (Only a Fiddler). The work's importance - an old joke has it that only Kierkegaard and Andersen read the book - lies less in the critique of Andersen's novel than in its presentation, in tentative but recognizable form, of Kierkegaard's theory of the individual, or rather,… Read More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. First edition. Long, Samuel P.Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for Them, Collected, Considered, and Arranged for General and Educational Purposes.Lee and Shepard, Boston 1871. 1 leaf + [i] - ii = advertisements + frontis + TP + 1 leaf = dedication + [vii] - xxxii + 1 - 248, 9 plates, four of which are from engravings by Joseph Andrews. 8vo, An important work on aesthetics, with a section on Terms in Architecture and a Catalogue of Works of Art to Which Reference is Made in This Volume. CONDITION: Very good in original green cloth with gilt spine. Spine ends and corners with bumping and small fray at top of spine. Light edge wear. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Collectif Change, 1975. First edition. Very Good +. VARIOUS. Change 22: Limprononcable. Lecriture nomade. Collectif Change, Paris, Fevrier1975. TP + 3 4 = Table + 5 222 + 1 leaf, Octavo. First Edition.A collection of philosophical essays by leading French intellectuals of the 20th century. Authors include Levinas and Blanchot, among others.CONDITION: Original wrappers, bright and clean, with slight edgewear. A very good+ copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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 + [1]-856 + 1 blank leaf, Octavo. First Edition [Warda 59]. PMM 226 Kant’s masterpiece, the book that made him world-famous, and arguably the most important book of philosophy published in modern times. “Kant’s great achievement was to conclude finally the line on which philosophical speculation had proceeded in the eighteenth century, and to open up a new and more comprehensive system of dealing with the problems of philosophy’” (PMM, p. 137). Having been woken from his “dogmatic slumbers” by his reading of Hume, Kant went on to effect a “Copernican” revolution in philosophy – the effects of which have not yet subsided. In a letter to… Read More

Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1975. Very Good +. Cultural Hermeneutics, An International Journal for Philosophy and Social Thought. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston, August 1975. Front wrap + [105] - 198 + 1 leaf = advertisements + rear wrapper. Octavo. First Edition. Articles about Foucault, Derrida, Habermas, Althusser. CONDITION: Very good to near fine in originalwrappers. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Wien: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag,, 1930. First edition. Very Good +. FREUD, Sigmund. Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (Civilization and Its Discontents). Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Wien, 1930. Half-title + TP + [5]-136. Octavo. First Edition. One of Freud’s most intensely studied and influential books, Civilization and Its Discontents, takes the foundational principles of psychoanalysis and applies them to man and his place in society. In this seminal book, Freud enumerates his understanding of the fundamental tensions that exist between civilization and the individual. The primary friction arises from the individual's quest for instinctual freedom and civilization's contrary demand for conformity and instinctual repression. Many of humankind's primitive instincts are clearly harmful to the well-being of a human community. As a result, civilization creates laws that prohibit killing, rape, and adultery, and it implements… Read More

Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen, 1691. First edition. Very Good. with the Rare 1691 Portrait of the Author and All Four of His Certifying Signatures BEKKER, Balthasar, De betoverde Weereld, zynde een grondig ondersoek van 't gemeen gevoelen aangaande de GEESTEN, derselver Aart en Vermogen, Bewind en Bedryf: als ook 't gene de Menschen door derselver kraght en gemeenschap doen. vier Boeken ondernomen. (The Bewitched World, or, an Examination of the Errors in the Common or Vulgar Opinions Concerning SPIRITS: Their Nature, Power, Administration and Operations. and also the Effects Men are able to produce by their Communication with Good or Evil Spirits.). Daniel van den Dalen, Amsterdam, 1691-1693. Four books in one volume: 2 blank leaves + 1 leaf with engraved portrait of Bekker on verso + [i] = Verklaaringe van’t Sinnebeeld + TP to Book 1 [1691] + half title with Beright on verso [signed by Bekker] + [i]-[xii] = Voorrede + 1-136 + TP to Book 2 [1691] with Beright on verso [signed by… 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 first major work, is eventful, complicated and paradoxical. No book during the eighteenth century, except perhaps Rousseau’s Émile, evoked such an outcry from the religious and civil authorities or such universal public interest. Condemned as atheistic, materialistic, sacrilegious, immoral and subversive, it enjoyed a remarkable success de scandale. The work lost its privilege within a fortnight of its publication.”The publication history is no less eventful and complicated. There are three distinct “first” editions of the book: called the “A”,… Read More

Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1877. First edition. contemporary boards. Very Good. First Edition of Paul Rée’s Book – A Significant Influence on NietzscheRÉE, Paul. Der Ursprung der moralischen Empfindungen (The Origin of the Moral Sentiments) Ernst Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1877. TP + [III] = Vorwort + [V] = Inhalt + [VII]-VIII = Intro + [1]-142 + [143] = Druckfehler, Octavo. First Edition.Nietzsche met Paul Rée in May of 1873. They traveled south together in October of 1877 en route to Sorrento, where they stayed for several months. Rohde and the Wagners – especially Cosima – blame Rée for the ‘corruption’ of Nietzsche during this Italian sabbatical. At the time, Nietzsche not only wouldn’t have denied this, he reveled in it. His presentation copy of Human, All Too Human to Rée was inscribed: “To you it belongs – to others it will be given!” and in a contemporary letter he commented:… Read More

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzel, 1855. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Kierkegaard's '”Midnight Cry” for the Rejection of State ChristianityKIERKEGAARD, Søren. Dette skal siges; saa vaere det da sagt (This Must Be Said; So Let It Now Be Said), C. A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1855. Original front wraps + TP + [3]-12 + original rear wrap, small Octavo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 177).The verso of front and rear wraps contain a list of Kierkegaard's works, including the pseudonymous titles available from Reitzel, and indicating what edition is current."Kierkegaard's 'midnight cry' in which he councils Christians to demand that the Church confess and cleanse itself before they will participate any longer in its worship. (Wronoski, p. 28)CONDITION: Very good in original wraps. Edgewear and some minor loss to corners of wrappers. Scarce.  CONDITION: Very good in original wraps. Edgewear and some minor loss to corners of wrappers.… Read More

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1894. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy) (1894) C.G. naumann,, Leipzig:, 1894. TP + Half-title + [1] 172 + [I] XII, Octavo. THIRD EDITION. The third edition of Nietzsches look at art, aesthetics, and the aesthetic existence. Last leaves with three column register comparing the first three editions.CONDITION: Very good. Contemporary marbled boards with cloth spine. ORIGINAL FRONT WRAPPER affixed to front board. Clean pages throughout. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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 in 1872, published by E.W. Fritzsch. Shortly after its release, Fritzsch printed a second edition that included Nietzsches corrections, extending the text to 144 pages. This was completed by March of 1874, yet because of some conflicts between Nietzsche and Fritzsch (and the financial difficulties Fritzsch was experiencing), the 750 copies of this 144-page second edition were never available for sale. They sat in a warehouse for 4 years, until Schmeitzner, Nietzsches new publisher, acquired the copies. Schmeitzner affixed his own label on top of the original publishers information and made the books… 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 illusion, as wishes that are the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent wishes of mankind.”. To differentiate between an illusion and an error, he lists scientific beliefs such as "Aristotle's belief that vermin are developed out of dung" as errors, but "the assertion made by certain nationalists that the Indo-Germanic race is the only one capable of civilization" is an illusion, simply because of the wishing involved. Religion, according to Freud, is an outshoot of the… Read More

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzels,, 1859. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. KIERKEGAARD, Søren. En Bladartikel (A Newspaper Article), C. A. Reitzels, Kjøbenhavn, 1859. Original front wrap + TP + [3]-[16] + original rear wrap, small Octavo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 287). Original Wrappers."A brief work reprinting Kierkegaard's article "A Passing Comment on a Detail in Don Juan", which originally appeared in Fatherland... and had been omitted from Bladartikel in 1857. An afterthought on Mozart's great opera, sublimely treated at length by Kierkegaard in Either/Or." (Wronoski, p. 30)CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers.. Minor edgewear. CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers.. Minor edgewear.PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Leipzig: C. G. Fritzsch, 1898. First printing. Wraps. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Gedichte und Spruche (Poems and Maxims) C. G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1898. TP + 1 leaf + [V] – XXII + [1] – 203 + 6 leaves = advertisements, 16mo. First Edition. Schaberg 59. INSCRIBED BY ELISABETH FORSTER-NIETZSCHE.The first printing of several of Nietzsche's poems. This book was made available in four different bindings and a total of 1,000 copies were printed. The dedication is written by Nietzsche's sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, the editor of the book, and reads "Herrn Aug. Beck mit den herzlichsten Grüssen v. d. Herausgeberin" (To Mr. Aug. Beck with the kindest regards, the editor).CONDITION: Original green printed wrappers, inscribed on front free endpaper. A scarce book in any binding, but especially in original wraps. Very good condition in custom clamshell box. CONDITION: Original green printed wrappers, inscribed on front free endpaper. A… Read More

Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1843. First edition. Very Good +. First Edition of Kierkegaards RepetitionKIERKEGAARD, Soren. Gjentagelsen. Et forføg i den experimenterende Psychologi auf Constantin Constantius. (Repetition. An Essay in Experimental Psychology). C.A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1843. 1 blank leaf + TP + [3]-157 + 1 blank leaf, 12mo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 53)."A pseudonymous aesthetic work, published on the same day as Fear and Trembling. Lowrie viewed 'repetition' as the most important and most puzzling term in Kierkegaard's vocabulary. It is associated with natural repetition, with the young lover's futile efforts to repeat particular experiences, and with the stories of Abraham, who receives his son back, and of Job, who receives everything back. But as Lowrie notes, for Kierkegaard, such physical repetition matters only insofar as it may lead to an intuition of repetition as a religious category, 'a movement in virtue of the absurd' through which the individual achieves a second,… 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 the late 19th and early 20th century, a view inhereited by Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, among others.CONDITION: Very good or better in the original printed wrappers. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Very good or better in the original printed wrappers. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

[Amsterdam]: [Aart Wolsgrein], 1691. First edition. Very Good +. [DUIJKERIUS, Johannes] Het leven van Philopater, opgewiegt in Voetiaensche talmeryen, en groot gemaeckt in de verborgentheden der Coccejanen. Een waere historie. [Bound with:] Vervolg van 't leven van Philopater. Geredded uit de verborgentheeden der Coccejanen, en geworden een waaragtig wysgeer. Een waare historie. Tot Groeningen, voor Siewert van der Brug, in de Waerheyd [Aart Wolsgrein, Amsterdam] 1691 & 1697. 1 leaf + TP + [i] – [xiv] = voorreden + 1 – 221 + 1 leaf + TP + 3 – 12 = voorreden + 1 – 292. 12mo. First Editions.First (only) edition of the two famous Spinozistic Philopater-novels. The first volume describes the fight of the protagonist Philopater (very much similar to the author) against the orthodox Calvinism of Voetius and Coccejus, with some references to Spinoza and his followers. Since both the orthodox and the more liberal party in the Dutch Republic were attacked it did not… 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 classic of art history. In Laokoon, Lessing claims that certain arts have certain limits. The rules of poetry are not the same as those of sculpture or painting, each has its unique sphere. "Laokoon is perhaps Lessing's best-known work outside Germany, and it has had a world-wide influence ... It contains the first clear statement of the truth, which is now considered axiomatic, that every art is subject to limitations, and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of and self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages, and those which have borne most fruit, are those on poetry ...… Read More

Chemnitz: Schmeitzner, 1879. First edition. Very Good +/none. The Second “Aphoristic” Work – the “Anhang” to MenschlischesNIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, Anhang: Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche (Human, All Too Human A Supplement: Mixed Opinions and Maxims). Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1879. TP + [3]-163. Octavo. First Edition (Schaberg 31).There were approximately 350 copies of the first edition in the first issue state.The present work was conceived as an addendum to the previous book and it continues Nietzsche’s incisive observations and evaluations on any number of topics, once again presented in the famous aphoristic style that characterizes these works of Nietzsche’s middle period, the works for “free spirits.” Nietzsche saw this book so integrally as a continuation of the first Menschliches Allzumenschliches that he suggested to his publisher that it simply continue the pagination… Read More