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1880135178London: Chapman and Hall 1880. hardcover. very good. 34 volumes 30 original 1 volume Index 3 volumes of Carlyle's Translations from the German. Frontispiece illustrations in some volumes. 8vo handsomely bound in 3/4 tan polished calf; ornately gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; burgundy and black leather labels marbled edges. London: Chapman and Hall no date circa 1880. A very good set. The Library Edition.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1880179594London: Chapman and Hall 1880. hardcover. very good. 34 volumes 30 original 1 volume Index 3 volumes of Carlyle's Translations from the German. Frontispiece illustrations in some volumes. 8vo handsomely bound in 3/4 tan polished calf; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands and red and black leather labels marbled boards and edges three volumes slightly chipped. London: Chapman and Hall no date circa 1880. A good set. The Library Edition.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
183765348Capturing the French Revolution CARLYLE Thomas. The French Revolution. A History. In Three Volumes. London: James Fraser 1837. First edition. Three octavo volumes 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 197 x 121 mm. vii 1 404; vii 1 422 2 publisher's ads; vii 1 448 pp. Complete with half-titles and the integral ad leaf in Vol. II. Uncut. Publisher's brown boards expertly rebacked to style and with original printed spine labels laid down. Some expectable rubbing to boards but still a remarkable copy. Very difficult to find in the original boards and complete. housed in a blue cloth clamshell case with a red morocco gilt spine label. "Of the three great political upheavals which have altered the face of the earth-the American French and Russian Revolutions-only the French has stimulated literary masterpieces which in turn have made their impact direct and indirect upon millions of readers who would have and have left unread the productions of dispassionate scholarship. They are Carlyle's book offered here and the 'History of the French Revolution' by Michelet. Carlyle wrote his French revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism utilitarianism and democracy. Scottish puritanism and German romanticism were his lodestars; 'History is the essence of innumerable biographies' was his historical creed. The result is not a work of scholarship but a prose epic teeming with colorful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries. The book at once captured the Englihs-speaking world and has outside France moulded popular conceptions of the French Revolution down to the present day" PMM. Printing and the Mind of Man 304. HBS 65348. $3500 James Fraser hardcover books
18743586London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First Thus. Near Fine. Library Edition. Thirty-four octavo volumes 207 x 133 mm uniformly bound by Morrell ca. 1930 in three-quarter crushed brown levant morocco over brown cloth ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively gilt lettered and tooled in compartments. Two volumes professionally repaired at top of spines. Engraved frontispieces and plates. The Library edition originally issued in 30 volumes 1869-71 with three additional volumes translations from the German added in 1871 and also a thirty-fourth volume as General Index . A near fine set. <br/><br/>"In literature Carlyle was the pioneer who explored and made known the work of modern Germany. His literary judgments were penetrating and when he had a congenial subject just; and on men like Voltaire Burns and Johnson he gave verdicts that approached finality. At a historian he is in the highest rank. Bating certain unimportant errors of detail he illumined the past with astonishing insight and made his personages actual and his scenes dramatic. His style is an extraordinary farrago leaping not flowing coining strange words and performing extravagant evolutions; yet cumulatively it impresses as a great style suffused with humor irony and passion; impossible to imitate utterly personal burning and convincing" British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. Beautifully bound by W. T. Morrell on London established c. 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford who in turn had assumed control of the esteemed bindery of Charles Lewis. Sarah T. Prideaux in Modern Bookbindings states that Morrell had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men" bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." Near Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
03825London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1889. Considered to be One of the Finest Works of the Nineteenth Century<br/>A Superb Binding by Rivière & Son<br/><br/>RIVIÈRE & SON binders. CARLYLE Thomas. Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co. 1889. <br/><br/>Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black.<br/><br/>Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'.<br/><br/>Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a Scottish philosopher satirical writer essayist historian and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time he presented many lectures during his lifetime with certain acclaim in the Victorian era. One of those conferences resulted in his famous work On Heroes and Hero Worship and The Heroic in History where he explains that the key role in history lies in the actions of the "Great Man" claiming that "History is nothing but the biography of the Great Man". A respected historian his 1837 book The French Revolution: A History was the inspiration for Dickens' 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities and remains popular today. Carlyle's 1836 Sartor Resartus is considered one of the finest works of the nineteenth century.<br/><br/>Sartor Resartus meaning 'The tailor re-tailored' is an 1836 novel by Thomas Carlyle first published as a serial in 1833-34 in Fraser's Magazine. The novel purports to be a commentary on the thought and early life of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh which translates as 'god-born devil-dung' author of a tome entitled "Clothes: Their Origin and Influence" but was actually a poioumenon. Teufelsdröckh's Transcendentalist musings are mulled over by a skeptical English Reviewer referred to as Editor who also provides fragmentary biographical material on the philosopher. The work is in part a parody of Hegel and of German Idealism more generally. However Teufelsdröckh is also a literary device with which Carlyle can express difficult truths. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889 unknown books
282124New York: Scribner. hardcover. near fine. Frontispiece. 30 volumes 8vo 3/4 green morocco spines evenly faded to brown gilt-stamped raised spines top edges gilt New York.: Charles Scribner's n.d. ca. 1930. Near Fine. Centenary edition.<br/><br/> Scribner unknown books
19031883Canton: The Kirgate Press 1903. First edition. First edition. 4to. Superb intensely ornate decorative and inlaid binding by RALPH RANDOLPH ADAMS an innovative binder in the early 1900's who revitalized the Viennese inlay or mosaic technique in fine binding. ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER. TEG others uncut. Bound in full brown morocco; the front cover is nearly completely filled with ornate leaf and stylized floral design ipress in the leather inlaid black petals arranged in groups with gilt stamped internal designs and inlaid black petals similar designs on back cover and spine From "Brush and Pencil" 1904: "Randolph Adams whose magnificent bindings in Viennese inlay have become so well know of late. and wonderful mosaic designs in leather surpass it is said anything o fthe sort hitherto attempted by either ancient or modern binders and his bindings are in the collections of many well-known connoisseurs." An important though perhaps lesser known American fine bookbinder. Margins of spine sightly corners very slightly rubbed an extremely tight and solid binding near fine. <br/><br/> The Kirgate Press hardcover books
1885229257London: Chapman and Hall 1885. The Ashburton Edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume I numerous plates throughout the set. 17 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and marbled boards gilt spines raised bands t.e.g. Fine handsome set. The Ashburton Edition". Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume I numerous plates throughout the set. 17 vols. 8vo. Chapman and Hall unknown books
183824655London: Saunders and Otley 1838. First English Trade Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; original plum cloth-backed boards printed paper spine label; xii3102adspp. Spine a bit discolored label darkened with very tiny vertical crack else a Very Good copy in original binding. Armorial bookpate of an Edward Arthur Lee to front pastedown; slightly later 1840 ownership signature to front free endpaper. Meta-fictional comic novel first serialized in Fraser's Magazine 1833-1834 from which a few separate copies were distributed privately. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARLYLE 1881 17. Saunders and Otley unknown books
1906006551London: Doves Press 1906. Limited Edition. First Edition Thus. Full Vellum. Near Fine. One of 300 copies in limitation. 8vo. 23.5 by 16.5 cm. 310 pp. Condition: a touch of soiling on the vellum spine. Overall a beautiful copy of this private press landmark. <br/><br/> Doves Press hardcover books
1880135220London: Chapman and Hall 1880. hardcover. very good. 18 volumes. Small thick 8vos 3/4 tan polished calf over marbled boards; gilt-decorated spines with raised bands red and black leather labels marbled edges. London: Chapman and Hall no date circa 1880. A very good set.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1902295719New York: Putnam 1902. hardcover. near fine. 3 volumes. Title pages printed in red & black handsomely rebound in older 3/4 tan polished calf; ornately gilt-stamped spines marbled boards and endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. New York: Putnam 1900. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1825007687London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1825. In full contemporary polished calf with each cover decorated with a border of 4 blind rules two gilt fillets and blind dot roll tool inner corners with fine gilt floral tool spine with 4 padded compartments with gilt rules and 4 with blind rules gilt lettering and tail date marbled edges and endpapers. With the small label of Hessey Bookseller Fleet Street rear end page. Thomas Carlyle's first published book. Near fine boards lightly rubbed spine a bit darkened light toning primarily to end pages.SCARCE in contemporary fine binding. . First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for Taylor and Hessey Hardcover books
1900166189London: Macmillan 1900. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. Title pages printed in red & black. Thick 8vos handsomely rebound in older 3/4 green polished calf; ornate gilt-stamped spines with red and blue leather labels; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. London: Macmillan and Co. 1900. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
19103787London: Chapman and Hall 1910. First Thus. Large paper copy limited to 150 sets signed by the artist this being 83. Two quarto volumes 11 x 7 1/8 in; 282 x 181 mm. Original quarter vellum over natural linen boards. Front cover and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt others uncut. Collating xii 2 418; xi 1 blank 484 with thirty-three black and white plates and 124 black and white text illustrations. A very Fine set in the original pale blue dust jackets printed in red.<br/><br/>"Of the three great political upheavals which have altered the face of the world - the American French and Russian Revolutions - only the French Revolution has stimulated literary masterpieces which in turn have made their impact direct and indirect upon millions of readers. They are Carlyle's book and . Michelet's. Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism utilitarianism and democracy. The book at once captured the English-speaking world and has outside France moulded the popular conception of the French Revolution down to the present day" PMM.<br/><br/>Edmund Joseph Sullivan 1869-1933 was a British book illustrator who worked in a style which merged the British tradition of illustration from the 1860s with aspects of Art Nouveau. He was only 20 years old when he began contributing to various magazines including the Daily Chronicle The Daily Graphic The Pall Mall Gazette and Punch magazine. He soon graduated to the more prestigious role of book illustrator. Sullivan's style is comparable to that of Aubrey Beardsley but is more romantic without Beardley's acerbic attitude. <br/><br/>PMM 304 for the true first edition. Chapman and Hall unknown books
183608395Boston: James Munroe and Company 1836. Three Quarter Leather. Near Fine. Small Octavo. First Published Edition. Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of 500 Copies. Bound in 3/4 black textured leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering spine marbled endpapers. Additional lined paper pages bound in front and rear. Mild cover edge wear. Minimal scattered foxing. viii 299 pp. The American edition is the first published edition of which only 500 copies were printed. The British edition of 1834 was limited to 58 copies for friends and used the plates from Fraser's Magazine. Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. <br/><br/> James Munroe and Company hardcover books
1881WRCLIT61695London: Printed for Private Circulation at the Chiswick Press 1881. Small octavo. Printed self wrappers bound up in slightly later three quarter polished calf and marbled boards spine stamped in gilt t.e.g. A few small smudges to wrapper title bound without final blank otherwise very good to near fine. First edition first printing collating A2B- C8D1. One of fifty copies printed. Edited and published by Anne Benson Proctor in rebuttal to certain material concerning the Proctors printed in Froude's edition of Carlyle's REMINISCENCES. This copy bears Mrs. Proctor's inscription on the wrapper title: "F. Macmillan Esq. with Mrs. Procter's kind regards." The recipient Frederick Macmillan published the second edition of Carlyle's REMINISCENCES and subsequent editions of Carlyle's letters omitting these letters. His bookplate appears on the front pastedown. The error 'the King' is corrected to 'thinking' in manuscript on page 30. A second corrected impression of 100 copies appeared later in the year but collates differently. Tarr cites vertical dimensions of 14.0cm; this copy measures a full 19cm. TARR A31.I.a. Printed for Private Circulation [at the Chiswick Press hardcover books
1955257741Kew Richmond Surrey 1955. Each on a single folded "Aerogramme" sheet addressed by Cockerell on verso; one page each. 8vo. Very good. Each on a single folded "Aerogramme" sheet addressed by Cockerell on verso; one page each. 8vo. Cockerell to Paul Standard. Charming letters from the aging museum director collector and calligrapher to his American counterpart Paul Standard founding member of the Typophiles and champion of calligraphy.<br/><br/>In the first Cockerell expresses his delight on receiving the news that he "will have the great pleasure of seeing you and Mrs. Standard here in June - by the same post came one from RUTH DRAPER saying exactly the same thing . I shall be delighted to show you my Bembo ms and other fine specimens of Italian calligraphy."<br/><br/>In the second Cockerell touchingly apologizes for his tardiness in answering: "I am going through rather a tiresome phase of my malady Old Age which makes me lethargic and rather disinclined to answer letters . Stella dear I think of you lovingly and wish speedy completion to your new book with much applause to follow. Dear Paul I feel that we understand each other and have a mutual affecton which wll not wear thin ."<br/><br/>In the last letter Cockerell is glad to know that "'Italian Food' by Elizabeth David has been an acceptable addition to Stella's culinary library . Also I was glad to have news of STANLEY MORISON for whom I have great admiration . BR is another old and dear friend to whom I am glad to have had my recalled - He is maturing but I believe he's not eager to grow old - what a lot he has done for printing both in America and here .". unknown books
190248904New Rochelle New York: Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press 1902. 1st edition Walsdorf 93. Limited to 210 cc. Linen cloth spine over blue-grey paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. Age-toning. Modest wear. Bookplate to front paste-down with library no. inked above. A VG copy. 6 44 2 19 12 pp. Deckle edges. Unpaginated divisional t.p. for "The Ideal Book"; divisional t.p. for "An Essay on Printing". Laid-on are two samples of red-patterned wallpaper presumed to be of Morris' design. Illustrated including a 5 page section depicting "the Troy and Chaucer types printed from process blocks to ensure fidelity to the original Kelmscott Press work." 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/>Per Walsdorf "Clarke Conwell was not only an excellent printer of finely made books but with the help of his designer wife H. M. O'Kane he managed to turn out a remarkable number of first-rate books. He produced nine books in 1902 four of which were related to William Morris." Here offered is one of those 4 "finely made" volumes. Printed by Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press hardcover books
9449Emerson Ralph Waldo Carlyle Thomas. CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. Boston: James Munroe 1838-9. 4 vols. First edition first printings. Original blue-green cloth gilt. Minor wear and a few stray marks but a very attractive sharp set of this rare collection of Carlyle's works edited by Emerson. The edition was 1000 copies. The first two volumes were printed and published together in 1838 and last two volumes were published together in mid-1839. After the four volumes were issued Carlyle bought 260 sets for distribution in England with a cancel title page leaving 740 for the American market. This set contains a contemporary owner's signature in each volume. Tarr A10.1.I-IV.a. Myerson F1. BAL 5187. hardcover books
24391Emerson Ralph Waldo Carlyle Thomas. SARTOR RESARTUS. Boston: James Munroe 1836. First edition. Original dark blue-green heavily embossed cloth gilt. Virtually none of the usual foxing only the mildest rubbing; a near fine copy. Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson with his preface. Carlyle had this work finished in 1831 and was unable to interest a London publisher. It appeared in 1834 in `Fraser's Magazine' and the author had 50 offprints struck off for friends. It was not published in an English trade edition until 1838. Tarr A5.4. Myerson D5 and I1. Grolier English Hundred 79. BAL 5180. hardcover books
0207<br/><br/>Carlyle Thomas. The Life of Friedrich Schiller. Comprehending an Examination of his Works. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1825. 1st ed. 8vo. Original maroon cloth skillfully rebacked. Paper label with price of "10s. 6d." With frontis portrait of Schiller engraved by Bull after Graff. A handsome copy. Protected with a cloth folding case. The work is recast and somewhat enlarged from the version that appeared in The London Magazine in 1823-4.<br/><br/>Reference: Dyer p. 244; NCBEL III.1249; Tarr A3.I. <br/><br/>Provenance: Edward Jackson Baron; Oliver Brett bookplates. hardcover books
1852WRCLIT56867The Grange Alresford Hamps 1852. Three pages on folded small octavo lettersheet. In ink. Blank lower 40% of lower leaf cut away just touching the initials a few original ink smudges otherwise very good. Addressed to "Dear Sir" but in all probability to his publishers Chapman & Hall: "A certain Mr. Lenthall a descendant of the old Cromwellian speaker so-called has discovered that in many of the Cromwell letters which I copied from Carey's book there are frequent errors." He notes that Lenthall has offered to compare the texts with the originals at no cost and advises the wisdom of taking him up on that offer. Toward that end Carlyle instructs the recipient to send to Lenthall a copy of the 1846 SUPPLEMENT and provides details for accomplishing that end. unknown books
1866008308London: Chapman & Hall 1866. Four volumes finely bound in contemporary full vellum with beveled edges red morocco labels with gilt lettering and black morocco tail labels marbled end papers with red edges Near Fine moderate toning mainly at end papers light soiling to vellum. The bookplates of noted New Testament scholar William Sanday Christ Church to front paste downs. A quite handsome and well-bound set with distinguished provenance. Extra postage charges will be requested for international orders. . Later Edition. Full Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
1930WRCLIT68234Oak Park IL 1930. Original drawing in ink 43 x 32.5 cm plus large margins. A few faint smudges to margins verso a bit smudged and soiled. with mounting residue on top edge verso. Matted. Very good. A fine portrait of a contemplative Carlyle seated. deep in thought smoking his pipe by a fireplace by the Chicago commercial artist and book plate designer 1880 - 1972. The portrait is enclosed within a complex border of flowers thistle and vines with Carlyle's name entwined in the lower margin. This portrait is very much in the style of - but surpasses in composition - the portrait he did of William Morris which appeared as part of a series in THE INLAND PRINTER to which he was frequent contributor. Signed in the image and with Junge's name and address in pencil on the verso. unknown books
