The Big Typescript: TS 213

Wittgenstein, Ludwig; Luckhardt, C. Grant [and] Aue, Maximilian A.E. (Editors, Translators)

Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, England, 2005

About this Item

First printing, quarto size, 516 pp. (but over 1000 including both German and English pp., see below). The philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) has been vastly influential to artists and thinkers alike; despite having only one book published during his lifetime, Wittgenstein was a prolific writer and many of his manuscripts were published posthumously. This the first printing of his "Big Typescript": a collection of his writings dictated to a typist which Wittengenstein began revising even as he was dictating, "here set out in an en-face German-English scholars' edition, complete with clear indications to help the reader identify the various leverls of Wittgenstein's edition" (n.b., info and quote from jacket flap). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards, silver lettering stamped onto the spine, black endpapers, the German-language pages on the left (versos) and the English-language pages facing those, on the right (rectos); quarto size (9 7/8" by 6 7/8"), pagination: [i-v, preliminary pages] vi-xviiie [2] 1-506e (note that the publisher numbered the English pages with the same page number as the German with the letter 'e" appended), 507-512 ("Register") 513-516 ("Index"). The dust jacket is unclipped (albeit unpriced), on the front panel an image of Wittgenstein overlaid with a facimile of the annotated typescript, review blurbs on the back panel, short summary of work on the front flap, short bios of the editors/translators on the back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a minute spot at the top of the front joint, a very shallow ding to the bottom edge of the front board, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket near fine, clean with light overall edgewear and a few shallow unintended creases at the head of the spine and the top of the back panel. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an unusually large and heavy volume (as the actual page count is over 1000, including the German and English pages) and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Seller Inventory # CNJL2386

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Big Typescript: TS 213

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, England

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: near fine

Edition: First Edition.