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.
Paperback. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh. Stapled wraps, 13-32 pp. VG.
NP: Appleton-Century Crofts, c. 1972. Hardcover. Large 8vo, hardback, 678 pp, very good, inscribed by Sellars to Grunbaum, 'Adolf from Wilfrid, a small quid --most of it borrowed -- for a most impressive quo.' Also Grunbaum's bookplate. VG, light wear.
Paperback. Generally very good, some with "Smart" written in pencil on cover pages in Sellars' hand. Includes: Is Time Travel Possible? (1963), Plausible Reasoning in Philosophy (1957), Brain Processes and Incorrigibility (1962), Dispositional Properties (in Analysis, Dec. 1961), Colours (1961), Moore's Paradox (1957, with B. H. Medlin), Professor Ziff on.....
Paperback. Very good in wraps with one having old tape along left edge, two with "Strawson" in pencil on cover pages in Sellars' hand.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. Second printing. Hardcover. Signed by Carl G. Hempel, who is cited in text! Second printing, 1965, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 277pp., not illustrated. Book VG with handsome boards and tight binding, text has some of Hempel's underlining to first.....
Paperback. Mainly very good, two with Taylor's name in pencil on front covers in Sellars' hand. Taylor was an influential philosopher (and beekeeper) known for his work on metaphysics. Sellars was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the 20th century. Includes: Can A Cause Precede its Effect? (1964), Thought.....
Paperback. Stapled wraps, a few pages, with "H. F." and "Please return!" in Feigl's hand. Actually from the collection of Feigl's colleague Sellars. Light wear and creasing.
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.....