WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig. 'Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung.' 1921. Peter Harrington Rare Books.

Presented by Adam Douglas, Senior Rare Book Specialist at Peter Harrington.

First edition, first issue, of the extremely rare journal publication of Wittgenstein's earliest published work, the first we have seen. Bertrand Russell's foreword for the edition secured the publication of Wittgenstein's work. "'In any other case I should have declined to accept the article', Ostwald wrote to Dorothy Wrinch on 21 February: 'But I have such an extremely high regard for Mr Bertrand Russell, both for his researches and for his personality, that I will gladly publish Mr Wittgenstein's article in my emAnnalen der Naturphilosophie/em: Mr Bertrand Russell's Introduction will be particularly welcome'". Wittgenstein replied on 28 November: "'I must admit I am pleased my stuff is going to be printed'" (Monk, pp. 203-4). It was published in book form the following year with parallel English translation by C. K. Ogden under the title emTractatus Logico-Philosophicus/em. The journal further includes two works by A. Ölzet-Newin, one by Fritz Dehnow, a review of a new book by Joseph Petzold, and the contents page for the full four-part journal.