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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
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 A follower of Coleridge he was entrusted to edit his unpublished theological writings.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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1897mon0000032151Peter Fenelon Collier Publisher 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher hardcover
1825007687London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1825. Book. Near Fine. Full Calf. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Printed for Taylor and Hessey Hardcover
18852091202133203517Chapman & Hall 1885. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 16 Chapman & Hall paperback
19832307060009Verlag Helga Koniger Munchen; 1983-1998 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Orchidology Folio 42 cm. 22 fascicules in publisher’s wraps. Held in two large folding quarter morocco clamshell boxes. 315 color plates. Fascicule 20a contains only text. German/English parallel text. Includes a description of over 300 Masdevallia species. Each volume 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches contains descriptions of 15 Masdevallia species. Each species is illustrated by a full page occasionally double-page color painting of the plant and bloom followed by a technical description of the plant a discussion of when and where it was found and the general conditions under which it grows and a map of its present distribution. Orchids of Central and South America. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Verlag Helga Koniger, Munchen; 1983-1998 hardcover
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
1836145348Boston: James Munroe and Company 1836. First American edition of this literary parody of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and German Idealism. Octavo full green cloth with branching pattern. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and rear panel rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Scottish historian satirical writer essayist translator and philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote on a variety of subjects. In his book On Heroes Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History 1841 he argued that the actions of the "Great Man" play a key role in history claiming that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men". Other major works include The French Revolution: A History1837 and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia Called Frederick the Great 1858–65. His 1837 history of The French Revolution was the inspiration for Charles Dickens' 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities and remains popular today. James Munroe and Company hardcover
18841402354Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat 1884. Deluxe Edition #164/315. Hardcover. Octavo 20 volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Brown paneled spines with gilt lettering. Gilt ruled boards half-bound in brown leather with marbled paper. Boards have light rubbing wear minor chipping to some spine ends and fore corners and bumping to fore corners. Textblocks have marbled end papers a bookstore label to the rear pastedowns mild to moderate offsetting to pages opposite frontispieces age toning from the red ribbon page markers age toning to edges and gilt to top edges. Some maps have hand-coloring. Will be shelved somewhere on the floor/ need to coordinate with Dylan<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Partially uncut text in volumes “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays†I and II “Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches†I and II and “The Life of Friedrich Schillerâ€. The volume “History of Friedrich II of Prussia†has significant rubbing wear to the front pastedown. Volumes “The French Revolution II†and “Sartor Resartus†have ink and pencil marks to the front free end pages. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Completed in 20 Volumes. Contains: “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays…†Vol. 1-4;-- “History of Friedrich II of Prussia†Vol. 1-7;-- “The French Revolution†Vol. 1-2;-- “Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches†Vol. 1-3;-- “Past and Present: The Portraits of John Knox Miscellaniesâ€;-- “The Life of John Sterlingâ€;-- “Sartor Resartus…Heroes and Hero-Worshipâ€;-- “The Life of Friedrich Schillerâ€. Limited edition of three hundred and fifteen copies on parchment linen paper. A further thirty five copies were printed on Japanese paper. 1402354. FP New Rockville Stock. Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat hardcover
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
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. 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
