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193113704Everyman's Library. As New. 1931. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- . Everyman's Library hardcover
2007b29273Archetype Books 2007-02-14. hardcover. Like New. 8x1x12. Book is in excellent condition text is unmarked and pages are tight. Archetype Books hardcover
18530145161853. Manuscript. Light creases from folding; writing dark and clear. About Fine and uncommon. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT completely in Carlyle's hand but not signed of @250 words on the verso of a letter 8" x 9-7/8" addressed to the writer notifying him of his election to the Atheneum. Mostly in ink with additions in pencil the notes appear to be historical and biographical research in preparation for the writing of his biography of Frederick the Great. The notes spill over to the bottom of the letter. <br/><br/> unknown
1857763A61London: Chapman and Hall; Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1857-1869. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A lovely matching set bound in half leather comprising various historical or biographical volumes on General Oliver Cromwell Thomas Uwins the French Revolution and Frederick the Great. A lovely matching set bound in half morocco and cloth with marbled edges and endpaper.Including three volumes Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle. The second edition of this work with a foreword on the edition to volume one. Including the letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell noted English general and statesman who led the armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War. He acted simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth. Two volumes A Memoir of Thomas Uwins With Letters to his Brother During Seven Years Spent in Italy and Correspondence with the Late Sir Thomas Lawrence Sir Charles L. Eastlake. A E Chalon and other DIstinguished Persons by Mrs Uwins. The first edition of this work. A fascinating memoir of the British painter and letters exchanged with important people of the time. Two volumes on The French Revolution: A History in Three Parts: I. The Bastille; II. The Constitution; III. The Guillotine. A thorough and interesting later edition of these volumes on the history of the French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle. These were inspiration for Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities.Seven volumes A History of Friedrich II of Prussia Called Frederick the Great. A later print complete with sic in text maps and fourteen folding maps. A complete set on the history of Frederick the Great self-proclaimed King of Prussia from 1740 until his death being the longer reigning monarch of the Hohenzollern. Under his rule Prussia became a military power in Europe. Bound in half morocco binding and cloth over boards with marbled edges and endpapers and five raised bands. Externally lovely with only minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Minor faint spotting to the endpapers otherwise pages are bright and clean. Collated. Complete with various maps fourteen of which folding maps to Frederick the Great's volumes. Near Fine Chapman and Hall; Longman, Brown , Green, Longmans, and Roberts hardcover
1827161555Edinburgh: William Tait and Charles Tait 1827. Establishing German romantic literature in Britain First edition of Carlyle's translation "one of the key books in the transmission of the German Romantics to England" Wolff. Carlyle's collection of previously untranslated German Romantic novellas "was intended to build on the success of Thomas Carlyle's translation of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship 1824 and to continue his efforts to promote German culture as a necessary alternative to British empiricism. Carlyle sought to separate the cream of German avant-garde literature from the works of inferior writers that had flooded the literary marketplace in Britain and produced a distorted image of German culture. And he wished to establish German literature as an alternative source of cultural leadership for his age. In addition to garnering high praise for its editor and translator these translations announced Carlyle's ambition to serve as an agent of cultural interaction. A deeply influential episode in the development of Carlyle's literary style and aesthetic sensibility Carlyle's engagement with Hoffmann Tieck and Jean Paul can be seen in the stylistic innovations of such works as Sartor Resartus The French Revolution and Frederick the Great. German Romance also laid the groundwork for Carlyle's extraordinary burst of critical activity during the late 1820s. Carlyle's translations of the German Romantics remained the standard well into the twentieth century and many have never been superseded" Cumming p. 189. 4 vols bound in 2 octavo 185 x 114 mm. Bound without terminal blank in vol. III else complete with half-titles and 4 engraved frontispieces. Later 19th-century half calf twin green and red morocco labels purple cloth sides red speckled edges. Neat early ownership signature to front pastedown. Slight paper residue to half-title of vol. I pp. 85/6 with closed tear not affecting text paper repair at head of pp. 261/2 not affecting text some foxing soiling to vol. IV pp. 307-13. A very good copy. Tarr A4.1; Wolff 1131. Mark Cumming The Carlyle Encyclopedia 2004. hardcover
190747913The Doves Press 1907. Hardback. Good ex-library hardback. The vellum is lightly cockled to boards with some spotting and discolouration narrow strip of water staining along the front edge of front cover and very narrow strip of vellum loss to shelf edge of back cover. Bookplate of Brooklyn Public Library on pastedown and stamped library number to title page 'Brooklyn Public Library' stamped to shelf edge of page edges otherwise no other library markings/stamps/stickers. Small black ink stain to top page edges. Contents clean bright and crisp. This one of 300 copies printed on paper. . 8vo full flexible vellum in purpose-made modern slipcase. Gilt lettering to spine. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. More images are available. The Doves Press hardcover
1906081365London: The Doves Press 1906. Original limp full vellum in very good condition contents bright very slightly toned on the page edges printed in red and black from an edition of 325 from the library of artist and printmaker Harold Lukens Doolittle bearing his label which has resulted in a little offsetting Doves Bindery stamp to the rear pastedown 312pp. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Doves Press Hardcover
1837001679London: James Fraser 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first edition of this classic work on the French Revolution. A very good set in leather rebacked with original spines laid down and new labels corners bumped and boards show some minor wear. Collated to Dyer Page 85 although volume II lacks the advert leaf. All half titles present. Printing and the Mind of Man #304. Volume I inscribed "T. C. Arnold fr. JRB. May 30/1840." Volume III inscribed "C. T. Arnold. Oxford. 1840. Rugby. 1841" in a different hand - see photos. Volume I has some minor pencil annotation to rear endpaper. <br/> <br/>The first edition of this classic work on the French Revolution. James Fraser hardcover
18822210532New York: Edition De Luxe 1882. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover original 19th century publication limited to just 50 copies. Full title reads as follows: "The Trial of Carlyle W. Harris A transcript in narrative form from the Official Stenographer's Minutes taken at the trial before Recorder Smyth in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace January Term 1882". Published by Edition De Luxe and limited to 50 copies. Brown cloth exterior shows moderate to heavy wear/bumps to edges and corners boards are soiled and spine is lumpy with remnants of a paper label at the top. Interior pages are tone due to age and scattered foxing and spotting is present. No signatures or bookplates though scattered pages have minor penciling mainly check marks the one page showed a word written. These are very lightly done in pencil and could easily be erased if desired. Front hinge is good but rear hinge is cracked. Other areas in the book show some pulling to the binding. The book contains numerous illustrations as well as a large foldout drawing showing the court scene. Page edges are uncut with rough edges some pages have chips and small tears because of this. An extremely rare publication with last known copy coming up for auction in 1908 under the George M. Williamson Collection: Catalogue of the Extremely Choice Collection of First Editions of English and American Authors and Association Books. <br/> <br/> Edition De Luxe hardcover
1845D19665London: Chapman & Hall 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition." With a presentation inscription from Carlyle on the front free endpaper: "To Samuel Rogers Esq. with many kind regards T.C. Chelsea 13 July 1845." Backstrip restored; hinges repaired. In a morocco-backed folding case. Another of the younger generation who met Rogers about 1838 was Thomas Carlyle; and the gruff Scotsman's impressions hackneyed as they are must be quoted: "Old Rogers with his pale head white bare and cold as snow. those large blue eyes cruel sorrowful and that sardonic shelf chin." It is evident that Carlyle rebel as he was was impressed with the "grim old dilettante full of sardonic sense"; and when we remember how unresponsive was Carlyle to mere reputations and how hopelessly unfair even to greatness that did not agree with him his tribute is remarkable. There must have been a force of character trained and controlled to make this wild prophet of a new age write so definitely of an old poet to the fellow-prophet in America Ralph Waldo Emerson. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
1871409153London: Bell and Daldy Printed at the Chiswick Press 1871. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spines a touch darkened some very slight wear. Small hole in the front free endpaper of vol. 2 probably the result of moving Carlyle's bookplate from that spot where it was mistakenly placed to the inside front cover; nevertheless an agreeable copy. 2 volumes 8vo. Original dark brown cloth blocked in black and gilt. First edition. The dedication copy to Carlyle with his bookplate in each volume and with an autograph letter signed from Helps to him in the original envelope which is tipped onto the front free endpaper of vol. 1. The letter 3 pages 8vo on Privy Council Office stationery Helps was Clerk dated 3 April 1871 reads: "My dear Carlyle I send herewith a copy of a book which I have taken the liberty of dedicating to you. You must therefore receive it very kindly and be blind or at least blind as you can to its many faults. If one cannot rely upon one's Dedicatee as a partial friend I hate your impartial people and do not believe in them whom can one rely upon Yours always Arthur Helps."<br /> <br /> The printed dedication is in the form of a 6 ½-page dedicatory letter: "Dedication. / My Dear Carlyle I dedicate this Life of Cortes to you. And I cannot content myself by making a simple dedication but must write a letter.I dedicate this work to you because I desire an occasion to record my gratitude for all your kindness to me in times past. I have also an author's as well as a friend's reasons for this dedication." Sir Arthur Helps 1813-1875 had been associated with Carlyle on the founding committee for the London Library. With Carlyle's bookplate. BA. Bell and Daldy [Printed at the Chiswick Press] unknown
189554806Boston: Dana Estes & Company 1895. Centennial Memorial Edition limited. Hardcover. Near fine to fine condition. 493/1000. Original three quarter brown leather over decorative boards with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spines; raised bands. Top edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispieces in b/w or color with printed tissue guards. Title page with portrait vignette printed in red and black. Illustrated edition.<br /> <br /> The French Revolution A History 3 Vols. Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great 7 Vols. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches With Elucidations 3 Vols. Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. Heroes and Hero-Worship 1 Vol. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays 4 Vols. Past and Present. The Portrait of John Knox. Miscellanies 1 Vol. The Life of John Sterling. Latter-Day Pamphlets 1 Vol. Life of Friedrich Schiller. Comprehending An Examination of His Works 1. Vol. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels 2 Vols. German Romance. My Irish Journey 2 Vols. Last Words 1 Vol. Minor wear along bottom edges of bindings. Dana Estes & Company hardcover
182457936E-252: Oliver & Boyd. Good. 1824. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. Leather. 8vo. Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh UK. 1824. 3 Volumes. 324 351 294 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled paper covered boards with raised bands and gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards boards are scuffed and worn. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the front board catalog description tipped into the reverse of the rear board of the first volume. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Oliver & Boyd hardcover
1925951London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1925. Fine Leather Bound by Riviere. Near Fine. A complete two volume set in near fine condition beautifully bound by Riviere in full straight grain Morocco with bright gilt triple rule to boards six compartments to spines with bright gilt details and title. Binding and hinges are excellent marbled end papers and paste downs all edges gilt. Pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing. Books measure 8.75"x5.75". Over 100 years old. A stunning set in remarkable condition. Macmillan and Co. Limited unknown
1885064224London: Chapman and Hall 1885-1888. Hardcover. Very Good . The history of the world is but the biography of great men" - Thomas Carlyle. Carlyle was a notable Scottish historian satirical writer essayist translator philosopher mathematician and teacher; this 17 volume set is a collection of his work. All seventeen volumes are in "Very Good" to "Very Good Plus" condition with red-brown half binding marbled boards marbled endpapers 5 raised bands gilt lettering on the spines and gilt design on the boards. Some volumes have more wear than others but they are all in Very Good condition at minimum with occasional staining and some amount of fading to the board marbling. There are some illustrations throughout most of the volumes but not all as well as the occasional fold-out map. Due to this set's size and weight additional shipping charges will probably be necessary. No international shipping on this set. The individual volume titles and pagination are as follows; Vol. 1: The French Revolution A History Volume 1. The Bastille. The Constitution. The Guillotine Book 1 Chapters I-IV. Illustrated frontispiece. x. 538 pp; Vol. 2: The French Revolution A History Volume 2. The Guillotine Books I-VII. vii. 286 pp. Indexed; Vol 3: Sartor Resartus The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh In Three Books. Illustrated frontispiece. vi. 215 pp. Indexed; Vol 4: The Life of Friedrich Schiller: Comprehending an Examination of His Works. Illustrated frontispiece. viii. 239 pp. Indexed; Vol 5: Latter Day Pamphlets. 143 pp. Indexed; Vol 6: Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches With Elucidations In Three Volumes Vol I. Illustrated frontispiece. viii. 431 pp; Vol. 7: Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches With Elucidations In Three Volumes Vol II. Illustrated frontispiece. xiv. 303 pp; Vol 8: Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches With Elucidations in Three Volumes Vol III. Illustrated frontispiece. xi. 442 pp. Indexed; Vol 9: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol I. Illustrated frontispiece. x. 515pp; Vol 10: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol II. Illustrated frontispiece. ix. 510 pp; Vol. 11: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol III. Illustrated frontispiece. x. 536 pp; Vol 12: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol IV. Illustrated Frontispiece. x. 520 pp; Vol 13: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol V. Illustrated Frontispiece. 501 pp; Vol 13: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia Called Frederick The Great in Six Volumes Vol VI. Illustrated frontispiece. viii. 543 pp. Indexed; Vol 15: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished In Three Volumes Vol I. vi. 686 pp. Appendix at back; Vol 16: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished In Three Volumes Vol II. 604 pp; Vol 17: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished In Three Volumes Vol III. 683 pp. Indexed. Full refund if not satisfied. Chapman and Hall hardcover
99066London Chapman & Hall 1849 3rd edition. Five Volumes. Hardback approx 7 x 5 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spines black decorative panelled designs to boards and spines. Yellow endpapers. In very good conditions. Covers clean and smart. Some minor darkening/tanning to advert pages between front endpapers. Volume 1 has Thomas Hardy’s library bookplate Max Gate at front endpaper and signature to top edge of title page. Inside pages slightly tanned else all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good set. 5 vols: 290 296 272 272 & 266pp. Each with 4pp adverts between front endpapers. From the personal library of Thomas Hardy. Signed in volume 1. London, Chapman & Hall, 1849 3rd edition hardcover
18363467031836. Bifolium 2 pp. 8vo. Old folds wax seal remnants very good. Bifolium 2 pp. 8vo. Carlyle writes to John Sterling 1806-1844 for an account of his - famously poor - health offering the help of his wife and quoting from Goethe.<br /> <br /> Sterling was a Scottish author. A follower of Coleridge he was entrusted to edit his unpublished theological writings. Carlyle much admired Sterling's anonymously-published novel set during the French Revolution Arthur Coningsby 1832 and first met Sterling in person at John Stuart Mill's office in February 1835. In October 1839 Mill published Sterling's a controversial essay on Carlyle. They carried on a correspondence from the time they met until the end of Sterling's short life. Carlyle and Julius Hare were put in joint care of Sterling's papers and Hare published Essays and Tales in 1848 but Carlyle was upset with how it turned out and published his Life of John Sterling in 1851 using most of their correspondence in a highly edited form ODNB.<br /> <br /> Henry James Sr. who visited Sterling near the end of his life on the Isle of Wight called him "a perfectly delightful man just the antipodes of Carlyle and the only man Carlyle had any sincere attachment to" Boston Sunday Herald 17 April 1881.<br /> <br /> The full text of the letter:<br /> Chelsea Saturday Morning <br /> <br /> My dear Sterling - If it will not hurt you to write pray send me a little Bulletin with your own hand. I hear nothing but more or less contradictory accounts the average of which is a vague statu-quo. Your Doctors undoubtedly have done well to seclude you; this I must say tho' I suffer by it like others. If at any hour it become medically permissible for you to be talked to pray send me word. <br /> <br /> But above all things mein Lieher get fast well again. We miss you terribly; it is many long years since I in particular saw a face like yours. Courage Hoffnung und Ergebung!<br /> <br /> Die Zukunjt decket - Schmerzen und Gliicke. <br /> Dock ungeschrecket - Dringen wir vorwdrts<br /> <br /> I am to be at your Father's to-night seeking my Wife: the answer to this cannot come by post till Monday. Jane bids me say "If there were anything in the world she could do! She is the most disengaged woman in London at present." I believe the message is sincere to the fullest extent. <br /> God bless you and keep you my dear Friend! <br /> <br /> Yours brüderlich <br /> T. Carlyle. New Letters of Thomas Carlyle Vol. 1 London: John Lane 1904 p. 1-2 unknown
18831272941883. CARLYLE Jane Welsh CARLYLE Thomas editor. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle Prepared for Publication by Thomas Carlyle. London: Longmans Green and Co. 1883. Three volumes. Octavo contemporary full tan polished calf elaborately gilt-decorated spines raised bands burgundy and blue morocco spine labels marbled endpapers top edges gilt. $1200.First edition of the first selection of Jane Carlyle's letters""an electric-shower of all-illuminating brilliancy penetration wise discernment just enthusiasm humor grace patience courage love"" according to her husband Thomas Carlyle who arranged for the letters' publicationthree volumes handsomely bound by Riviere & Son.""It is hardly disputed that she is the greatest woman letter writer in English. Her skill often lay in the immediacy of her letters; their appeal lies partly in the story that emerges from her self-dramatization. Short excerpts can barely do them justice. Their effectiveness has nothing to do with elegant prose to which she could always rise much to do with her sympathetic imagination clear head alertness and a quick eye and ear for entirely natural expression Yet her letters should not be treated simply as autobiography. She was an artist with a keen and critical eye for the weaknesses and strengths of others. She had a strong and alert intellect and her insights whether skeptical or irreverent are always direct. Her companionship with Carlyle was an education itself as his with her His unheard-of decision to publish her letters so completely was justified; he was convinced that they give 'such an electric-shower of all-illuminating brilliancy penetration wise discernment just enthusiasm humor grace patience courage loveand in fine of spontaneous nobleness of mind and intellect' surpassing 'whatever of best I know to exist in that kind' Carlyle Reminiscences 161. Her other writings show no such power. She was unwilling to make the effort to express herself in other forms and probably unable. Nevertheless she was a great writer"" ODNB. Tarr Carlyle G1.1.I-III.a. Interiors clean and fine joints lightly rubbed bindings sound near-fine and quite handsome. hardcover
21823London: Oliver and Boyd; G. and W. B. Whittaker. 1824. First edition in English first printing. First edition in English first printing. Translated from the German by Thomas Carlyle. Three volumes. Uncut in near contemporary blue cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Half titles discarded by the binder. Those preceding books I through to VIII complete and present as issued. An excellent very good set the bindings square and firm with bumping and minor fraying at the spine tips. The cloth is a little faded and spotted to the spine however the gilt remains bright. The contents with spotting primarily to the margins throughout are otherwise clean and without loss or tears. An attractive example. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was originally published in German in 179596 by Johann Friedrich Unger Berlin. The novel is commonly acknowledged to have played a pivotal role in founding the genre known as the Bildungsroman. Schopenhauer ranked it as one of the four greatest novels ever written; Schlegel compared it in importance to the French Revolution and Fichte's philosophy. Notably the first English translation complete with the 14 page 'translator's preface' is the first major literary work of Thomas Carlyle. This was the text that Ralph Waldo Emerson T. S. Eliot and Henry James debated praised and criticised. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Oliver and Boyd; G. and W. B. Whittaker. 1824 hardcover
1838022286London: Sanders and Otley. Signed leather binding by Sickers and Son in London. First English trade edition. Provenance: Signature in ink of J. Westropp dated October 16 1838 bookplate of notable book collector Sydney Ross. This work first appeared in Frasers Magazine in 1833-34 and was printed first in book form in America in 1836. Highly influential in the 19th-century Transcendentalist movement in America. Carlyles most important work. Near Fine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1838. Sanders and Otley hardcover
1838433852London : Saunders and Otley 1838. 1st edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in aniline-calf-backed marbled boards. edges nicked dust-dulled and rubbed as with age with some loss. Front board completely detached. Creased and cracked pages with some browning. Scattered foxing. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 13.4 cm. Subjects; xii 310 2 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Philosophers Germany ; Fiction. Philosophy ; Fiction. English literature 19th century. London : Saunders and Otley hardcover
18381008F1London: Saunders and Otley 1838 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A handsome example of the sought after first UK trade edition of philosopher Thomas Carlyle's comic novel 'Sartor Resartus'. The first UK trade edition of this work which was initially published in Fraser's Magazine from November 1833 to August 1834. It is believed that only 500 copies of this edition were produced.In a half calf binding with gilt detailing.Scottish essayist historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle's satirical work offers a commentary on the writings of fictional German thinker Diogenes Teufelsdröckh.The significance of this work lies in its innovative form and influence on Victorian thought combining German philosophical ideas with English prose.Carlyle anticipates later developments in existential and symbolic writing. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Gilt detailing to back strip. Light rubbing to back strip head and head of front board otherwise externally excellent. Front hinge strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to first and last few leaves with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Saunders and Otley hardcover
183841508London: Saunders and Otley 1838. First London trade edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Octavo 8 x 5". XII 310 2pp Publisher's advertisement. Original half cloth over paper covered boards with printed title label on spine. <br /> <br /> "Sartor Resartus" is Thomas Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. Originally published in serial form in "Fraser's Magazine" in 1833-1834 it was discovered by the American Transcendentalists. Sponsored by Ralph Waldo Emerson it was first printed as a book in Boston in 1836 and immediately became the inspiration for the Transcendental movement. The first London trade edition was published in 1838 our copy. By the 1840s largely on the strength of "Sartor Resartus" Carlyle became one of the leading literary figures in Britain.<br /> <br /> The work is a fictional autobiography of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Its deeper concerns are social injustice the right way of living in the world and the large questions of faith and understanding.<br /> <br /> Spine sunned and partly frayed along edges. Moderate rubbing to covers. Front hinge starting. Previous owner's name in ink at upper margin of title page. Sporadic foxing throughout. Clear water-staining at lower margin of a few pages not affecting lettering. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Transcendentalism is an American literary political and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Other important transcendentalists were Henry David Thoreau Margaret Fuller Amos Bronson Alcott Frederic Henry Hedge and Theodore Parker. Stimulated by English and German Romanticism the Biblical criticism of Herder and Schleiermacher and the skepticism of Hume the transcendentalists operated with the sense that a new era was at hand. They were critics of their contemporary society for its unthinking conformity and urged that each person find in Emerson's words “an original relation to the universe†O 3. Emerson and Thoreau sought this relation in solitude amidst nature and in their writing. By the 1840s they along with other transcendentalists were engaged in the social experiments of Brook Farm Fruitlands and Walden; and by the 1850s in an increasingly urgent critique of American slavery. Saunders and Otley hardcover
1897mon0000032100Peter Fenelon Collier 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Peter Fenelon Collier hardcover
1871928New York: Scribner Welford and Company 1871. History of Friedrich. 1872-73. 10 vols.<br /> Essays. 1872. 7 vols.<br /> Oliver Cromwell. 1871. 5 vols.<br /> Wilhelm Meister. 1874 3 vols.<br /> French Revolution. 1872. 2 vols.<br /> Tales by Musaeus. 1874. 3 vols.<br /> Latter-day Pamphlets. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Heroes Hero-Worship. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Life of John Sterling. 1871. 1 vol.<br /> Sartor Resartus. 1873. 1 vol. <br /> Friedrich Schiller. 1873. 1 vol.<br /> Past and Present. 1872. 1 vol.<br /> Choice of Books. London: John Camden Hotton n.d.<br /> General Index. London: Chapman and Hall 1874. 1 vol.<br /> <br /> All Scribner titles except 2. Bound in uniform 3/4 calf. Light wear and occasional foxing. 38 volumes. Scribner, Welford, and Company unknown
