Offprints of works by famous philosophers, usually the first separate printings of these essays and issued in small press runs for reviewers, colleagues and friends. From the collections of Wilfrid Sellars, Adolf Grunbaum and other prominent philosophers.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977. Hardcover. With ownership signature of philosopher Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Hardcover with blue cloth boards, 1977, octavo, 520pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of shelfwear to boards and spine ends, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.....
Paperback. All very good in wraps. Although not stated, from the collection of Wilfrid Sellars.
Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Ownership signature of philosopher Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Presumed first edition, 1978, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 450pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild edgewear to boards, binding tight, mild off-setting to endpapers, a few.....
Dordrecht: Reidel, (1963). Paperback. 2nd volume only, wraps, very good, 59 pp.
Paperback. All very good in wraps, three with "Vlastos" written in pencil on covers in Sellars' hand. Vlastos was a preeminent scholar of ancient philosophy who applied modern philosophical analytical thinking to elucidate the ancients. Sellars was one of the most important analytical philosophers of the 20th century. Includes: Afterthoughts.....
Paperback. All very good, light wear and soil. Although not stated, from the collection of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars. Wells was a distinguished philosopher and linguist who taught at Yale.
Washington DC: Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, 1952. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, 8.5 x 11 inches, good copy with some soil and wear, uncommon in the trade for some reason. 72 pp.
Reseda, CA: Ridgeview Publishing Company, 1979. First printing. Paperback. 1979 Blue softcover 8vo, 182pp. Near fine with light sunning to the spine. Inscribed by Sellars to Adolf Grunbaum on the front flyleaf. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. Grunbaum is a prominent philosopher of science and critic of psychoanalysis, and.....
Paperback. Mainly very good with minor wear and soil, 2 with "Wilson" in pencil on covers in Sellars' hand. Wilson was an important author on linguistic philosophy.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1959. First printing. Paperback. Association copy inscribed by Wilson to Carl G. Hempel (who is cited in the text) on the front flyleaf--also, Hempel has written in pencil the date he received the book there on the flyleaf. First edition, 1959. Cloth hardcover in dust.....