Weil simone 1909 1943 (6 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. xi, 227 p.; 18 cm. (Capricorn ; Cap 17) [First printed in English 1951] Good in black and red on ivory wrapper. Pages toned, ink scoring.

dj. First Edition. [Theology] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.85 [3]. Publisher's purple cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Celia Balkwill. Contents mostly clean, some toning and offsetting to endpapers. Jacket price clipped. Jacket lightly toned, heavy loss to top extremities. Very good. In 1942, whilst living in New York, Simone Weil wrote an extended letter to a priest which contained "35 expressions of opinion on matters concerning Catholic faith, dogma, and institutions" (blurb). She hoped for a response in which the priest would categorically judge whether each of her statements were compatible with her reception into the Catholic church. It is believed Weil never received such a response. …

dj. First Edition. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 207 [3]. With four photographic halftone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered green label to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at 30s to front flap. Internally bright and clean, spotting to textblock edges. Bookplate label adhered to front flyleaf, signed in blue ink by the previous owner. Gentle spotting to rear jacket flap. Minor edgewear to jacket. Many of Weil's letters from throughout her life translated into English for the first time. These correspondences shed life on the different facets of her life, from her stint as a philosophy teacher to her time as a factory worker. Signed.…

dj. First Edition. [Philosophy] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 195 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, red label with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. Moderately spotted throughout text. Gift inscription in blue ink to front flyleaf, dated 1966. Bookplate label adhered to flyleaf. Jacket price clipped, gentle spotting to flaps and textblock edges. Toning and rubbing to jacket spine. Mild edgewear. Very good. Weil's analysis of the causes and continuation of oppression, written shortly before she became a factory worker in Renault to better understand the realities of labour.…

dj. First Edition. [Philosophy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiv; 368 [2]. With one double-sided plate (two halftone photographic illustrations). Publisher's pink cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at £3 to front flap. Internally clean, some minor spotting to textblock edges. Gentle toning/splashing to reverse side of jacket. Light toning and wear to extremities/joints of jacket. Weil's Pre-War Notebook (1933), her New York Notebook (1942), and London Notebook (1943) which she kept up to her death. All three contain many fascinating unedited thoughts and ideas.…

dj. First Edition. [Philosophy] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xv [1] 288. Publisher's light blue cloth, red label with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s to front flap. Top edge red. Moderate spotting - mostly to endpapers, jacket flaps, and margins/textblock edges. Bookplate label adhered to front flyleaf. Toning to jacket spine. A few open and closed tears to jacket extremities, minor loss. Very good. A discussion of the certain 'roots' a society deems fundamental to its existence, and whether those roots are as permanent as the word suggests. With a preface written by T.S. Eliot.…