Desmond Lee (ed.), Wittgenstein’s Lectures, Cambridge 1930–1932 (Basil Blackwell, Oxford), 1980 [first edition] [with:] Alice Ambrose (ed.), Wittgenstein’s Lectures, Cambridge 1932–1935 (Basil Blackwell, Oxford), 1979 [first edition] [with:] Rush Rhees (ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein: Personal Recollections (Basil Blackwell, Oxford), 1981 [first edition]

215 x 145mm; various paginations

A very attractive group in uniformly designed dust-jackets. Blackwell’s relationship with Wittgenstein dates to the 1950s and their famous edition of the Philosophical Investigations. These three volumes, each with a photographic college scene to the jacket, are part of the ‘third generation’ of Wittgenstein publishing – the first being the few lifetime works; the second being the major posthumous works. Here we offer two volumes of previously unpublished lectures, dating from the crucial period when Wittgenstein began to develop his mature philosophy. The third volume is the singularly revealing collection of ‘recollections’ by those who knew Wittgenstein, including Hermine Wittgenstein, F.R. Leavis, M. O’C. Drury and others.

Near fine: all three volumes in excellent condition; very slight dusting to the top of the 1932–1935 lectures; all clean and bright throughout.