Hardcover. New York, Zone Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 565 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, in protective brodart. Boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Some light pencil underlining throughout. Boards have a touch of rubbing, but in very good shape. A little light foxing to edges (shelfwear). A stunning, innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection that will fascinate anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality.
Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st Edition, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Tan cloth bound covers, red title on spine. In excellent condition, pages clean, bright, unmarked. Binding tight. Spin straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning, otherwise very good, no tears or rips. Previous bookstore's label on spine. Traces the historical roots of an idea that has had an incalculable impact on twentieth-century thought and culture by examining the interplay of Freud's inner life--his fantasies and dreams--with the world around him.
Hardcover. London, Williams and Norgate, 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound edition of the four journals for 1897. 584 pages. Half leather with marbled boards, spine with raised bands, fading. Short closed tear at top of spine. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, First Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 398 pages. Hardcover compilation of 6 essays that originated from the Eranos Conferences in the years 1952 to 1960. Brown & black cloth covers with gilt titles. Ivory dust jacket with toning to spine, and in very good condition. Clean text.
Hardcover. La Salle, Illinois, Open Court, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 151 pages. No. 14 of the Paul Carus Lecture Series. Tears on dust jacket and some foxing on rear of dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbing on front. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Small notes and markings in pencil on about 20 pages. Light creasing on top edge. Nice reading copy.
Softcover. Athens OH, Ohio University Press, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 647 pages. The Ever-Present Origin is a translation of Ursprung und Gegenwart, a book which was published in German in two parts around 1949 and 1953. The central contribution of this book is Gebser's analysis of the history of culture -- mainly but not exclusively Western culture -- in terms of the predominance of different modes of consciousness. Gebser details five structures of consciousness: the archaic, the magical, the mythical, the mental, and the integral (or aperspectival). His theory seems to be that these structures unfold in a sequential but non-linear fashion (i.e. in quantum increases in the self-transparency of consciousness), and have different kinds of characteristic ways of experiencing self, other, and world. Clean, bright copy
