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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 about this item

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 about this item

[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 about this item

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 about this item

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 about this item

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 about this item

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 about this item

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 about this item

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 about this item

[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 about this item

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 about this item

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… Read more about this item

[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… Read more about this item

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzel,, 1847. First edition. Very Good +. KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Opbyggelige Taler i forskjellig Aand (Edifying Discourses in a Different Spirit). C. A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1847. TP + 1 leaf = Indhold + half-title + TP (En Leiligheds=Tale) + [5] = Forord + [7]-155 + half-title + TP (Hvad vi loere af Lilierne paa Marken… Read more about this item

Kjøbenhavn: C. A. Reitzel,, 1847. First edition. original boards. Very Good +. KIERKEGAARD, Søren. Opbyggelige Taler i forskjellig Aand (Edifying Discourses in a Different Spirit). C. A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1847. TP + 1 leaf = Indhold + half-title + TP (En Leiligheds=Tale) + [5] = Forord + [7]-155 + half-title + TP (Hvad vi loere af Lilierne… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Tubingen: Max Niemeyer, 1954. First printing. Very Good +. “as important as Being and Time… perhaps his most exciting book”HEIDEGGER, Martin. Was Heisst Denken? (What is Thinking?), Max Niemeyer, Tubingen, 1954. TP + 3 leaves + 1-[175], Octavo. First Edition. "For an acquaintance with the thought of Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking? is as important as Being and… Read more about this item

Leipzig: E. W. Fritzsch, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. … Attacks German Historians…NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen II: Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil (Unconventional Observation II: The Use and Disadvantage of History for Life). E. W. Fritzsch, Leipzig, 1874. TP + [III]-VI + [7]-111 Octavo. First Edition, First Issue. Schaberg 25a.There were approximately 650 copies of the first edition in… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item