‎SANBORN, P. F.‎
‎Existentialism.‎

‎L'être et le néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique. - [THE MAIN WORK OF EXISTENTIALISM - FIRST PRINTING, REVIEW-COPY]‎

‎Paris, nrf, Librairie Gallimard, 1943. 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut and first quire unopened. Light traces of use, but overall remarkably fresh. Spine very slightly darkened and wrappers with very light scattered brownspotting. A small, vague couloured thump bark to lower corner of front wrapper (and first leaves). An unusually good copy, as the fragile wrappers are often much more worn. Also internally unusually fresh. Wrappers printed in red and blue. With half-title. 722, (2) pp, 2ff. (one with colophon).‎

‎The very rare first edition, first impression from ""Bibliothèque des idées"" printed on 25th of June 1943 (""Le vingt-cinq juin mil neuf cent quarante-trois"" (colophon) ), rare review-copy (with ""S.P. - Service des Presses) to back wrapper. With the printed dedication ""au CASTOR"" (i.e. for Simone de Beauvoir""). This, the first edition of Sartre's first and main philosophical work, which is one of the absolutely most important philosophical works of the 20th century, passed virtually unnoticed, as it appeared in the summer of 1943, which is why it is now extremely scarce. It didn't reach recognition till 1945, thus very few copies of the first edition have been preserved. ""Achevé au debut de 1943, le livre parut en été et, étant donné les circonstances, passa à peu près inapercu. Il fallut attendre 1945, année aù la vogue soudaine de Sartre attira sur son oeuvre maîtresse une attention qu'aucun ouvrage philosophique n'avait connue précédemment, pour que les commenteurs s'en ampareut"" (Contat & Rybalka p. 86). Even though the work was hardly noticed when it first appeared, a few scholars acknowledged it as a great work of seminal character, importance and novelty; in 1964 Michel Tourier writes: Un jour de l'automme 1943, un livre tomba sur nos tables: ""L'Être et le Néant"". Il y eut eu moment de stupeur, puis une longue rumination. L'oeuvre était massive, hirsute, débortante, encyclopédique, superbement technique..."" (Les Nouvelles littéraires, 29 octobre 1964).Sartre is first and foremost known for his philosophical works, and as ""L'être et le néant"" (""Being and Nothingness"") is generally accepted as his greatest and main work, this marks the beginning of 20th century existentialism, and furthermore ""has also come to be regarded as a text-book of existentialism itself..."" (Mary Warnock's Introduction to Hazel E. Barnes' translation). This, his seminal work of existentialism, marks one of the most influential philosophical movements of our age.Contat & Rybalka, Les Écrits de Sartre, 1970.‎

‎Existentialisme est en humanisme. - [EXISTENTIALISM IS A HUMANISM]‎

‎(Paris), Les éditions Nagel, (1946). 8vo. Uncut and in the original printed wrappers, w. black and blue printing. A very nice and clean copy with almost no markings . 141, (3) pp.‎

‎First edition (43e mille, on back wrapper), the regular issue (not one of the 500 numbered copies) of the second of Sartre's two main philosophical works, which have both influenced 20th century philosophy greatly, and contributed immensely to the development of existentialism in general. ""Existentialism is a Humanism"" became one of Sartre's most widely read and most criticized works, and it caused great controversies and uproar at the time of its appearance"" -as opposed to his ""L'Être et le Néant"", all of Sartre's critics actually read this work, and so did huge parts of the population, causing the book to appear in huge numbers after the publication of the first edition.The work is the literary re-working of an exposition given by Sartre at a conference in October 1945, where he caused a scandalous discussion, which among other things led to the fact that all references to the existentialist T.E. Lawrence were omitted from the work when it appeared in print. ""Cette conférence marqua une date dans l'histoire anecdotique de l'existemtialisme..."" (Contat & Rybalka p. 131).""L'Existentialisme est un Humanisme"" fut l'un des ouvrages les plus lus et les plus critiqués de Sartre et suscita de considérables malentendus. Comme l'a bien vu M.-A. Burnier dans ""Les Existentialistes et la politique"" (p. 31), ""l'importance prise par ces pages semble due à la paresse d'un bon nombre de critiques qui hésitant à lire ""L'Être et le Néant"" et qui furent heureaux de pouvoir attaquer Sartre sans grande fatique et avec bonne conscience après avoir parcouru 141 pages."" Il est bon de rappeler cependant que l'ouvrage constitue une assez mauvaise introduction à la philosophie de Sartre, surtout pour un public non averti..."" (Contat & Rybalka p. 132). Sartre himself also disowned great parts of this work, which makes it all the more interesting, since it is the only one of his works of which he has done so. The work was reprinted numerous times during the first years, and the first edition (on vellum-paper) is very difficult to come by. This copy states ""Achevé d'imprimer en février 1946..."" and ""(1946 1er trimestre)"" on colophon, as with the numbered issue.Contat & Rybalka 46/88.‎

‎Existentialisme est en humanisme. - [EXISTENTIALISM IS A HUMANISM]‎

‎(Paris), Les éditions Nagel, (1946). 8vo. Uncut and in the original printed wrappers, w. black and blue printing. A very nice and clean copy. Old owner's name to front free end-paper. 141, (3) pp.‎

‎First edition (17e édition, on back wrapper), the regular issue (not one of the 500 numbered copies) of the second of Sartre's two main philosophical works, which have both influenced 20th century philosophy greatly, and contributed immensely to the development of existentialism in general. ""Existentialism is a Humanism"" became one of Sartre's most widely read and most criticized works, and it caused great controversies and uproar at the time of its appearance"" -as opposed to his ""L'Être et le Néant"", all of Sartre's critics actually read this work, and so did huge parts of the population, causing the book to appear in huge numbers after the publication of the first edition.The work is the literary re-working of an exposition given by Sartre at a conference in October 1945, where he caused a scandalous discussion, which among other things led to the fact that all references to the existentialist T.E. Lawrence were omitted from the work when it appeared in print. ""Cette conférence marqua une date dans l'histoire anecdotique de l'existemtialisme..."" (Contat & Rybalka p. 131).""L'Existentialisme est un Humanisme"" fut l'un des ouvrages les plus lus et les plus critiqués de Sartre et suscita de considérables malentendus. Comme l'a bien vu M.-A. Burnier dans ""Les Existentialistes et la politique"" (p. 31), ""l'importance prise par ces pages semble due à la paresse d'un bon nombre de critiques qui hésitant à lire ""L'Être et le Néant"" et qui furent heureaux de pouvoir attaquer Sartre sans grande fatique et avec bonne conscience après avoir parcouru 141 pages."" Il est bon de rappeler cependant que l'ouvrage constitue une assez mauvaise introduction à la philosophie de Sartre, surtout pour un public non averti..."" (Contat & Rybalka p. 132). Sartre himself also disowned great parts of this work, which makes it all the more interesting, since it is the only one of his works of which he has done so. The work was reprinted numerous times during the first years, and the first edition (on vellum-paper) is very difficult to come by. This copy states ""Achevé d'imprimer en février 1946..."" and ""(1946 1er trimestre)"" on colophon, as with the numbered issue.Contat & Rybalka 46/88.‎

‎Abbagnano N. An introduction to existentialism. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/‎

‎Abbagnano N. An introduction to existentialism. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Abbanyano N. Vvedenie v ekzistentsializm. Translated from St. Petersburg Aleteiya 1998. 512 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb746845a7fa76b9d5‎

‎Vernunft und Existenz. - [INTERPRETING EXISTENTIALISM]‎

‎Groningen, Batavia, 1935. 8vo. Original printed green wrappers. Light sunning to spine and upper part of front wrapper, otherwise a very fine, fresh and clean copy, also internally. Old owner's name to title-page, dated 1947. (8), 115 pp.‎

‎First edition of Jasper's seminal work ""Reason and Existence"", which constitutes one of the most important contributions to the interpretation of the two great existentialists, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, as well as a primary witness to the anti-Nazi philosophy of pre-World War II philosophy and the themes that divided the great philosophers of the era. It is in this work that Jaspers introduces the concept of ""das Umgreifende"".The German philosopher and psychiatrist, Karl Theodor Jaspers (1883-1969) was one of the main exponents of existentialism in Germany and he had an enormous impact on theology, psychiatry and philosophy of his time. The present work constitutes the five lectures on reason and existence that he gave at the University of Groningen in Holland during the spring of 1935, a series of lectures that introduce us to the main themes of the philosophy of the influential thinker.‎