Search Results: Titles starting with S from Eternal Return Antiquarian Bookshop

Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer, 1938. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good. MANN, Thomas, Schopenhauer, Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm, 1938. 1 leaf + half-title + TP + 7 - 83 + 1 leaf. 8vo. First Edition. Thomas Mann's famous essay on Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer's popularity in the 19th century was steadily declining into the 20th c. Mann aimed to bring back to the fore some of the great lessons of Schopenhauer's pessimism. CONDITION: Very good in stiff wraps. Some edgewear and a former owner's name to top of front wrap. Some fading to interior end pages where wraps meet endpaper. Clean throughout. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1987. First edition. Near Fine. IRIGARAY, Luce, Sexes et Parentés (Sexes and Genealogies). Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1987. Half-title + TP + 7-[222] + [224]-[225] = Publisher’s advertisements + [226] = Imprimé, Octavo. First Edition. A collection of papers presented at conferences, interviews and smaller publications representing the political turn in her writing. Irigaray examines and attempts to expose the need for social justice in regards to the place of women in society. CONDITION: A near fine copy in publisher's printed wraps. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1990. First edition. Very Good. IRIGARAY, Luce, Sexes et Genres a Travers les Langues, Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1990. Half-title + TP + 1 leaf + [7] – 8 = Sommaire + 1 leaf + [11] - 461 + 2 leaves, Octavo. First Edition. Irigaray's and others discuss men and women in conversation and language. Do men and women speak the same language? Here, men and women answer questions like this as an exploration of men and women in conversation.CONDITION: A very good copy in publisher's printed wraps Small price-sticker to rear wrapper with some loss. Else very good.  PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1974. First edition. Very Good. IRIGARAY, Luce. Speculum de L’Autre Femme (Speculum of the Other Woman). Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1974. Half-title + TP + Half-title + 9-463 + [465] = Publisher’s advertisements + [467] = Imprimé, Octavo. First Edition. $250 First edition of Luce Irigaray’s doctoral dissertation, a complex engagement with the history of philosophy and psychoanalytic theory. In this, her first major work, she outlines her massive project of a philosophy of sexual difference and makes her first major contribution to feminist theory. Irigaray argues that Western thought is grounded in the paternal and masculine, and explicitly estranged from the maternal and the feminine. In order to find a way forward, Irigaray undertakes a psychoanalysis of western philosophers and thinkers – especially Freud and Plato – seeking to liberate the ‘repressed’ of western… Read More

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzel, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. very good+. Kierkegaard's Update to Either/OrKIERKEGAARD, Soren. Stadier paa Livets Vei. af Hilarius Bogbinder (Stages on Life's Way), C. A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1845. Blank leaf + TP + [III] = Indhold + [V]-VIII = Lectori benevolo + half-title + [3]-383 + 1 blank leaf, Octavo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 78)."Similar in structure and content to, and something of an update of, Either/Or and undoubtedly among Kierkegaard's most brilliant literary achievements. Despite its appearance under the pseudonym Hilarious Bookbinder and with the subtitle Studies by Sundry Persons, this 'aesthetic' work is perhaps Kierkegaards's clearest and most self-disclosing presentation of the aesthetic, ethical and religious stages of life." (Wronoski, p. 18)"In his religious works, notably 'Stages on Life's Way', Kierkegaard again sees the progress of religion as a pattern of decisions and conflicts, and the history of Christianity mainly as a process of… Read More

Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. LEVINAS, Emmanuel. Sur Maurice Blanchot (For Maurice Blanchot); Fata Morgana, Montpellier, 1975. Half-title + TP + 1 leaf + 9-79 + 1 leaf = Table + 1 leaf = Du Meme Auteur + 1 leaf = Imprimer, Octavo. First Edition. $100 Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas were lifelong friends and intellectual companions who shared an admiration for each other. Levinas dedicated many of his studies to Blanchot, and in this book, Levinas collects four such studies. CONDITION: Original printed wrappers. Minor edge wear, else near fine. A bright, clean, unopened copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Gallimard, 1945. First printing "SP". Wraps. Very Good. TP + 1 leaf + half title = "preface" + [11] - 284 + 1 leaf = imprimer . Original Wrappers, "SP" Edition (Sur la Presse) first edition after the 14 copies on velin paper. Bataille's book on Nietzsche and how Nietzsche influenced his life, ultimately leading Bataille to abandon his Catholic faith. CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers. "SP" edition following 14 special copies on velin paper. Name in ink to corner of first free endpaper. Pages lightly browned as usual. Photos available upon request

Paris: Editions du Seuil,, 1963. First printing. Very Good/none. BARTHES, Roland. Sur Racine (On Racine). Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1963. Half-title + TP + 1 leaf + 9 - 167 + 2 leafs = Table + 1 leaf = Imprime, Octavo. SIGNED First Edition. On Racine is a brilliant, personal view of theatre in which Barthes discusses all the major tragedies of Racine as well as the range of critical views of his work. CONDITION: Original printed wrappers. Usual review copy perforations 'SP' to last few leaves and rear wrapper. Signed and inscribed on half-title page. Original printers band loosely laid-in. Very good. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Original printed wrappers. Usual review copy perforations 'SP' to last few leaves and rear wrapper. Signed and inscribed on half-title page. Original printers band loosely laid-in. Very good.

Londres: par M. Mirabaud, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The Bible of Materialism (PMM 215) HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215 This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered. In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all… Read More