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. Mainly very good, some stamped "with the author's compliments." Rescher and Sellars were in the same department of Pitt's History and Philosophy of Science department, and both are among the most important analytic philosophers of the 20th century. Includes: On the Logic of Existence and Denotation (1959), The Revolt.....
New York: The Free Press, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Carl Hempel, who is cited often throughout text! First printing, 1970, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 242pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of sun to spine tips, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.....
Dordrecht: D. Reidel / Humanities Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 1968, First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. From the collection Carl Hempel, a philosopher and colleague of Rescher's at the University of Pittsburgh, on the fly leaf. Hempel is cited twice within the text. Sharp.....
Paperback. Both very good in wraps, one with "Rorty" in pencil in Sellars' hand on cover.
Paperback. All very good, some with light wear and soil. Salmon was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the 20th century, as was Sellars, and they were longtime colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh. Includes: The Status of Prior Probabilities in Statistical Explanation (1965), Carnap's Inductive Logic (1967), Inquiries.....
Paperback. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, Salmon's colleague and friend at the University of Pittsburgh. Very good collection from this important philosopher of science.
Bussum, Netherlands: Kroonder, (1949). Paperback. 8vo, gray printed wraps, vgood with tanning pages and some waterstain tidemarks to top outer corner throughout the contents. INSCRIBED to Herbert Feigl on cover by Rynin, the translator of the Schlick piece and commentator upon it, using his initials. Has a few instances of.....
Paperback. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, a friend and colleague of Sellars at the University of Pittsburgh. Reply to Alan Donagan is 46 typed double spaced pages, dated 1971, with the note 'Here is the contra-Donagan I have been promising you. W.' Empiricism and Abstract Entities is 47 typed.....
Paperback. Stapled wraps pp 496-504, 'with the author's compliments' in Sellars's hand on front cover, from the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh. One small holograph correction probably by Sellars. VG.
Paperback. Stapled wraps, pp. 544-570, very good, inscribed "With the author's compliments" in Sellars's hand -- from the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh.
Paperback. Stapled wraps, pp. 287-315, 'With the author's compliments' in Sellars's hand on front cover, two short marginal notes by Sellars within. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh.
Paperback. Stapled wraps, inscribed in Sellars's hand on cover, "With the author's compliments" -- from the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh. VG, pp. 645-660.
Paperback. Generally very good in wraps, "The Paradox of Analysis" has "do not shoot this" in pencil in Sellars' hand; although not stated, these are duplicates from Sellars' own collection.
Paperback. From the collection of Adolf Grünbaum, his friend and colleague at the University of Pittsburgh. Stapled wraps, 13-32 pp. VG.
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.