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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

Paris: YMCA Press, 1972. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. PLATONOV, Andrei, [Chevengur], YMCA Press, Paris, 1972. 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = photo + 9 - 375. Small octavo. FIRST EDITION. First written in 1928, but only published in fragments prior to 1972, Chevengur stands as Platonov’s longest and most significant text and tells the story of the failed efforts to establish Communism within a small, rural community during War Communism and Lenin’s New Economic Policy of the 1920s. Platonov presents this transitional generation as “imperfect human beings, insufficiently prepared for life under Communism… yielding their place to future generations who will ultimately resurrect them… Platonov’s novel has a very pessimistic ending… The author seems to be asking the question: who, then, will live and resurrect the ancestors in the future city of the Sun?” (Handbook of Russian Literature, p. 341). Part of what is considered by some to be Platonov’s philosophical trilogy,… Read More

New York: Continuum, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. HAIGHT, Roger, Christian Community in History, Volume I: Historical Ecclesiology, New York: Continuum, 2004. 438 pages. Octavo. Roger Haight was strongly censured by the Catholic Church for his book Jesus Symbol of God. Here Haight provides an insightful historical theology that presents an ecclesiology from below. CONDITION: Near fine in full cloth and mylar-protected dustjacket. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

New York: Continuum, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. HAIGHT, Roger, Christian Community in History, Volume II: Comparative Ecclesiology, New York: Continuum, 2005. 518 pages. Octavo. Roger Haight was strongly censured by the Catholic Church for his book Jesus Symbol of God. Here Haight provides an insightful historical theology that presents an ecclesiology from below. A follow-up volume to the "Historical Ecclesiology" published the previous year. CONDITION: Near fine in full cloth and mylar-protected dustjacket. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Paris: Religious Philosophical Academy, 1938. First Edition. Wraps. Good. BERDYAEV, Nikolai, ( ) [Christianity and Anti-Semitism], Religious Philosophical Academy, Paris, [1938]. TP + 3 - [32]. Small octavo. FIRST EDITION in original printed wrappers. Berdyaev is considered by many to be one of the most important thinkers of late 19th, early 20th century Russia. His writing engages with themes both philosophical and theological–the spirituality of human freedom in contrast to the historical determinism of Marx and Lenin–and places him under the anachronistic umbrella of Christian Existentialism along with previous thinkers like Soren Kierkegaard. In Christianity and Anti-Semitism Berdyaev observed that “for Christians, the Jewish question does not consist in knowing whether the Jews are good or bad, but whether we are good or bad” (Gary Saul Morson, Mosaic, 2020) CONDITION: Good+ in original wrappers, chipping along edges, splitting… Read More

St. Petersburg, 1905. Second Edition. contemporary boards. Very good. The most influential Russian novel ever written CHERNYSHEVSKY [TCHERNICHEFSKY]. Chto Delat? [What is to be Done?], St. Petersburg, 1905. 1 leaf + TP + [3] - 456 + 1 leaf. Octavo. The second edition of the first book edition, published the same year, of the most influential Russian novel ever written. Chernyshevsky's magnum opus is considered the single most important work of modern revolutionary thought. "[N]o work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with "What Is to Be Done?" in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. For Chernyshevsky's novel far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution" (Joseph Frank). Chernyshevsky wrote the story of Vera Pavlovna, “a love story” (as identified in his own preface) to redeem the reputation of the new intellectuals. The character of Bazarov, in Turgenev’s… Read More

St. Petersburg: Sovremennik / Contemporary, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Most Popular Russian Novel of the 19th Century , H. . (CHERNYSHEVSKY, Nikolai). ? (Chto Delat?). In the original printing of issues 3-5 of (Sovremennik / Contemporary) March – May, 1863. St. Petersburg, 1863. [5] – 142; [373] – 526; [55] – 197 + [1]: "Zagadka", by N. Berg. Octavo. First Appearance. The extremely scarce first printing of all parts of the most influential Russian novel ever written, Chernyshevsky's magnum opus, which is considered the single most important work of modern revolutionary thought. "[N]o work in modern literature, with the possible exception of Uncle Tom's Cabin, can compete with What Is to Be Done? in its effect on human lives and its power to make history. Chernyshevsky's novel, far more than Marx's Capital, supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went to make the Russian Revolution" (Joseph Frank). Chernyshevsky wrote the story of Vera… Read More

à Genève: à Genève, 1782. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. One of the First Autobiographies, in the Tradition of Augustine ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Confessions. à Genève, 1782. Vol 1: Half-title + TP + [1] - 471; Vol 2: Half-title + TP + [1] - 279 + [1] - 300. 2-volume octavo. First Edition. First edition of Rousseau’s classic, bringing together the first 6 books of the Confessions and the Reveries of the Solitary Walker. The continuation of the Confessions would not appear until 1789. This is the so-called large print edition, first separate edition, to which Dufour and Emile Henriot attribute the character of the original edition; Tchemerzine hesitates with the publication in the collective edition from 1780-1782. One of the first real autobiographies, and the first to be an account of one’s life outside a religious context. CONDITION: Very Good+ in original, contemporary binding quarter-vellum, slightly rubbed, without volume numbers and with only one title label on volume one… Read More

Kjobenhavn, 1844. First Edition. good+. Goldschmidt, M. A. (Meir Aron), Corsaren [The Corsair] Kjobenhavn, 1844. An nearly complete set from 1844. Includes issues 174 - 180; 182 - 184; 186 - 189; 193; 195 - 207; 209; 211 - 215; 215b + Tillade; 217; 219 - 223. Includes censored issue “no. 176” but with bottom corner of title page missing, replaced with newer blank paper resulting in loss of text on verso. This satirical weekly typically was issued with 8 pages with numbered columns (2-per page). Filled with short polemics and dozens of caricatures of various public figures in Denmark. A wonderful snapshot of literary and political life in mid-19th century Denmark, often the target of political and police censure due to its scathing depictions of powerful figures. CONDITION: Good++ in contemporary quarter leather with marbled boards. Leather along front hinge slightly starting. Staining and moderate wear to leather with light to moderate foxing to pages.

Kjobenhavn, 1842. First Edition. good+. Goldschmidt, M. A. (Meir Aron), Corsaren [The Corsair] Kjobenhavn, 1842. An nearly complete set from 1842. Includes issues 62, 64, 66, 69, 71 - 72, 74 - 76, 78, 81 - 82, 84 - 97, 99 - 108, 110 - 111. This satirical weekly typically was issued with 8 pages with numbered columns (2-per page). Filled with short polemics and dozens of caricatures of various public figures in Denmark. A wonderful snapshot of literary and political life in mid-19th century Denmark, often the target of political and police censure due to its scathing depictions of powerful figures. Profusely illustrated with numerous charicatures. CONDITION: Good++ in contemporary quarter leather with marbled boards. Staining and moderate wear to leather with light to moderate foxing to pages.

Paris: Bachelier, 1830 - 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. “Positivism” (PMM 295) COMTE, Auguste, Cours de Philosophie Positive [6 volumes], Bachelier, Paris, 1830 - 1842. Volume 1 (1830): 1 blank leaf + TP + 1 leaf = dedication + [v] - viii = avertissement + 1 - 739 + [741] - [742] = table des matieres & errata + 1 blank leaf with folding table tipped in between pages 16 and 17; Volume 2 (1835): 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = avis de l’auteur + [7] - 722 + [723] - 724 = table des matieres; Volume 3 (1838): 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = avis de l’auteur + [7] - 845 [lacking contents pages]; Volume 4 (1839): 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + [v] - vi = avis de l’editeur + [vii] - xi = advertisement de l’auteur + [xii] = table des matieres + [1] - 736; Volume 5 (1841): 1 blank leaf + TP + 1 leaf = avis de l’editeur + [1] - 775 + [776] - table des matieres; Volume 6 (1842): 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + [v] - xxxviii = preface personnelle + 1 leaf = table des… 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 + [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

Berlin u. Libau: Lagarde und Friederich, 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Kant’s Third and Final Critique: Judgment KANT, Immanuel, Critik der Urtheilskraft (Critique of Judgment), Lagarde und Friederich, Berlin u. Libau, 1790. 1 blank leaf + TP + [iii] – x = Vorrede + [xi] – lvi = Einleitung (introduction) + [lvii] – lviii = Eintheilung (divisions/contents) + half-title + [1] – 476 + 1 leaf = Druckfehler; (errata), Octavo. First Edition [Warda 125]. Kant’s third and final critique explores the notion of beauty. For Kant, the beautiful rests between the good and the pleasant. Where the good is that which is esteemed by all and the pleasant is that which gratifies the one, the beautiful pleases the one as it does others. Beauty in art is bound up with such subjective universality—it speaks to the hearts of all men. Judgment of the beautiful is true because pleases me in a way that it also universally pleases those with taste. The experience of the beautiful is free from being… 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