Karl Popper | A group of 9 works in 11 volumes

Karl Popper

A collection of 9 works, most inscribed by Popper to Melitta and Raymond Mew, comprising

Four works by Popper:

i) Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie. 1979. Inscribed ("Für Melitta from Karl, with love. [T]o work on it for the 2nd edition and for the translation into English 7-4-1991"), printed wrappers

ii) Logik der Forschung. 1989. Scattered autograph corrections and revisions to about 10 pages in total, original printed wrappers

iii) Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics. 1982. Inscribed ("To Melitta Mew from Karl Popper 22-7-1985"), autograph annotations and notes on two adhesive notes to p.15, original printed wrappers

iv) A World of Propensities. 1990. Inscribed ("For Melitta, with love from Karl. 16-4-1990"), printed wrappers

And five works by other authors:

v) Martin Gilbert. Churchill's Political Philosophy. Oxford, 1981. Inscribed ("Für Raymond von Karl, with love. Christmas 1986"), cloth, dust-jacket

vi) Homer, trans. E.V. Rieu. The Odyssey. 1987. Inscribed ("Für Melitta von Karl 25-6-88"), boards

vii) Fritjof Nansen. In Nacht und Eis. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1898. 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, first volume inscribed "I received this book as a gift from my elder sister Dora in 1909: 80 years ago! Karl Popper", with a further note by Popper loosely inserted ("This book was a joy of my childhood, the combination of thinking about theory and the courage to act."), light wear and staining to covers

viii) Wilhelm Nestle. Die Vorsokratiker in Auswahl übersetzt und Herausgegeben. 1908. 8vo, pencil ownership inscription ("Karl Popper"), annotations to about 14 pages in German and English, boards, bumped at corners

ix) G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, III, eds. Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality, and the Sociology of Knowledge. La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1987. 8vo, inscribed ("For Raymond for his sixty-second birthday, 29-8-87, with love from Karl"), original cloth, dust-jacket

altogether 9 works in 11 volumes, all 8vo

Melitta Mew was Popper's indispensable personal assistant and secretary in his later years. She and her husband Raymond managed his literary estate after Popper's death.