Hans Kelsen - Society and Nature, University of Chicago, 1943, first, inscribed

Description: Society and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry, an inscribed author's presentation copy Hans Kelsen Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1943 First edition, first printing, in dust jacket Condition: Near FineJacket Condition: Very Good This is an inscribed author’s presentation copy of the first edition, first printing. Kelsen wrote in ink in a single line at the upper right of the front free endpaper recto “With the compliments of the Author.” Condition is near fine in a very good dust jacket. The black cloth binding is square, clean, bright, and tight with bright spine gilt. We note only minor wrinkling to the spine ends and slight bruising to three of the corners. The contents are clean and bright, apart from slight dust soiling to the top edges. We find no spotting and no previous ownership marks other than the author’s gift inscription. The dust jacket, though lightly scuffed with a mildly toned rear panel, retains deep, unfaded hue to the front panel and spine. The jacket is neatly price-clipped at the upper front flap and shows trivial loss at the spine ends and flap fold corners, as well as a tiny hole near the center of the rear flap fold. The jacket is newly fitted with a clear, removable, archival cover. Austrian-born jurist, teacher, and philosopher Hans Kelsen (1881-1973) was the principal architect of the 1920 Austrian constitution. After emigrating to the United States in 1940 at the beginning of the Second World War, he taught at Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. This book was published by the University of Chicago in December 1943 during the war that precipitated Kelsen’s emigration. Notable, given the time and the author’s Austrian origins, is Kelsen’s dedication of the book “to the Rockefeller Foundation by one of the many European scholars who owe to this noble institution – the symbol of American generosity – the privilege of continuing their scientific work in a free country”. According to the original publisher, “Kelsen presents in Society and Nature his sociological study of the relationship between the principle of retribution and the law of causality. It is at the same time a study in intellectual history illustrating the metamorphosis of a primitive idea into a scientific conception. The principal thesis of the book is that the modern notion of causality had its origin in the primitive notion of retribution. On the basis of rich ethnological and historical material, Mr. Kelsen analyzes the thoroughly social character which the concept of nature has in the mind of the primitive, and the prominent place which the principle of retribution, the oldest and most usual form of the idea of justice, has in the primitive’s view of the world.” Kelsen’s concluding chapter “examines… a gradual emancipation from the law of causality from the principle of retribution, implying the separation of the concept of nature from that of society and, thus, the differentiation of natural and social science.” Ref #: 007982 CHURCHILL BOOK COLLECTOR We are Churchill Book Collector, a professional bookseller specializing in books and other published works by and about the great twentieth century statesman and acclaimed writer, Sir Winston Churchill. We offer both a singular inventory and approachable expertise. The integrity of our inventory is backed by our membership in the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, rightly called Churchill's long life "remarkable and versatile". Statesman, soldier, war correspondent, ardent social reformer, combative cold warrior, painter - Churchill was many things, but perhaps above all a master wordsmith. We’re here to help Churchill’s words find your shelves. Our extensive inventory features some of the rarest material offered – including fine first editions and inscribed copies – as well as reading copies and works about Churchill’s life and time. While we specialize in Churchill, our inventory also includes noteworthy first and collectible editions by other authors, ranging from Xenophon to T. E. Lawrence, spanning exploration and empire to twentieth century fiction. We are able to help with anything from finding individual books to assembling full collections, working closely with individual collectors to identify and accommodate their preferences and budget. We are also able to commission preservation cases and fine bindings. Please contact us if you have books to sell. We buy, and in some cases consign, fine and collectible individual items, as well as whole collections.

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