‎Autographs‎

‎"IBSEN, HENRIK.‎

‎Originalt fotografi. - [ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF IBSEN]‎

‎(Ca. 1885). 13,6 x 9,7 cm. Monteret på hvidt pap, som måler 14,5 x 10,8 cm. Ibsen er fotograferet i 1/3 profil med hovedet drejet til venstre, i dobbeltradet jakke med adskillige mindre medaljer på jakken og en stor om halsen og med briller.‎

‎Imposing original photograph of the famous Norwegian playwright, the author of ""Hedda Gabler"" (PMM 375: ""Revolution in the Theatre""), ""Pillars of Society, ""A Doll's House"" etc, etc. Original photographs of Ibsen are hard to come by and very sought after.‎

Bookseller reference : 36331

‎"JASPERS, KARL.‎

‎Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen. Politisches Bewusstsein in Unserer Zeit. - [PRESENTATION-COPY FOR SCHILPP]‎

‎München, Piper & Co, (1958). Lex 8vo. Original blue full cloth binding with original dust-jacket in red and black with white and grey lettering. Dust-jacket with nicks and tears to extremities. A few underlinings to the first leaves. With the bookplate of the famous American educator Paul Arthur Schilpp. 506, (6, -advertisements). Inscribed by the author to front free end-paper: ""Herrn College Schilpp/ in alter Dankbarkeit/ Karl Jaspers"". And with the inscription ""Basel, den 7. August 1958"" underneath.‎

‎First edition, presentation-copy, of Jasper's main work in political philosophy, ""The Atom Bomb and the Future of Man"", in which Jaspers outlines his humanist doctrine. It is in this work that we find most explicitly expressed his ideas on the importance of the social and collective conditions of human integrity. The work became greatly influential. The German philosopher and psychiatrist Karl Theodor Jaspers (1883-1969) was one of the main exponents of existentialism in Germany and he had an enormous impact on theology, psychiatry and philosophy of his time. Later on, his works in political philosophy came to exersize an even greater influence upon 20th century thought. ""Karl Jaspers (1883 - 1969) began his academic career working as a psychiatrist and, after a period of transition, he converted to philosophy in the early 1920s. Throughout the middle decades of the twentieth century he exercised considerable influence on a number of areas of philosophical inquiry: especially on epistemology, the philosophy of religion, and political theory. His philosophy has its foundation in a subjective-experiential transformation of Kantian philosophy, which reconstructs Kantian transcendentalism as a doctrine of particular experience and spontaneous freedom, and emphasizes the constitutive importance of lived existence for authentic knowledge. Jaspers obtained his widest influence, not through his philosophy, but through his writings on governmental conditions in Germany, and after the collapse of National Socialist regime he emerged as a powerful spokesperson for moral-democratic education and reorientation in the Federal Republic of Germany."" (SEP).Paul Arthur Schilpp (1897 - 1993) was famous an American educator. He was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States prior to World War I. Schilpp taught at Northwestern University, University of the Pacific and spent the last years of his professional career teaching undergraduate philosophy courses at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He was considered a serious and driven teacher of moral decision and thought, often controversial. He was known for his passionate teaching methods and highly energetic delivery. For many years he was the editor of the Library of Living Philosophers. As editor he was able to convince people like Albert Einstein to contribute to the library.‎

Bookseller reference : 49006

‎"JENSEN, JOHANNES V. - EGENHÆNDIGT MANUSKRIPT.‎

‎Kritik af Kritiken. 31. Okt. 22.‎

‎Trykt i Politiken 1.11.1922. 4to. Indbundet i et hshirtbd. Indeholder 25 + 5 sider egenhændigt og med et egenhændigt brev indsat forrest og dateret 31. Okt. 22 til Henrik Cavling. I brevet meddeler han Cavling, at han har ""mildnet artiklen meget i det tilskrevne Stykke og gjort ham (Henning Kehler) det muligt at blive hvor han er"". I bindet er indsat Jensen trykte artikel fra Politiken ligesom Kehlers anmeldelse af 25.10.22 af Cimbrernes Tog (og Den lange Rejse) er indsat. Alle sider har en lille reparation på bagsiden efter et lille hul fra sætteriet.‎

‎Artiklen (manuskriptet) er en heftig kritik af danske anmeldere, specielt Henning Kehler fra Politiken og markerer Johannes V. Jensens brud med avisen, et brud der varede indtil 1926. Han blev her heftigt antændt af Henning Kehlers negative anmeldelser af Den lange Rejse.‎

Bookseller reference : 53996

‎"KANT, IMMANUEL.‎

‎Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft. - [ONE OF NO MORE THAN A HANDFUL COPIES ON SPECIAL PAPER, GIVEN BY KANT TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND HASSE]‎

‎Königsberg, Friedrich Nicolovius, 1793. 8vo. In the original bluish cardboardbinding, with handwritten title to spine. Binding very neatly restored at spine and extremities. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free end-paper and title-page as well as pasted-down front end-paper. One leaf with a tiny closed tear to blank outer margin and some leaves with a single hole to the blank outer margin. Light pencil-underlinings and -markings to a few leaves. Internally clean and fresh. Printed on very heavy paper (about three times the thickness of the normal paper) and with wide margins. XX, (2), 296, (2, -errata) pp. Housed in a beautiful marbled half calf box in pastiche-style, with splendidly gilt spine and gilt morrocco title-label.‎

‎Extremely rare presentation-copy inscribed by the recipient, a close friend of Kant, Johann Gottfried Hasse, to whom Kant gave the present copy. The copy is one of no more than perhaps five copies printed on special paper of the first edition of Kant's ""Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason"", the seminal work in which he develops his religion of reason and most fully accounts for his philosophy of religion.This magnificent copy is completely unique. Not only is one of only four or five presentation-copies printed on special paper - perhaps less - that Kant himself requested from the printer, to be given to a handful of recipients"" we also know to whom it was given, namely his close friend and professor of religion Johann Gottfreind Hasse. And Hasse has not only put his ownership signature in the book, he has also noted that it was given to him by Kant in the year of publication (""Donum auctoris 1793"").We have not been able to find information anywhere about the presentation-copies of ""Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft"" specifically. There is nothing in the Kant-correspondence about that at all, and no letters to/from the publisher about them have been preserved. But we know that Kant commissioned four or five copies of ""Critik der Urtheilskraft"" on special paper and four copies of ""Critik der reinen Vernunft"". The present copy is clearly on special paper as well (about three times the size of copies on normal paper), so even though it is not mentioned anywhere, it is fair to assume that Kant also ordered about a handful copies of ""Religion..."" to be printed on special paper as well. However, this number might be smaller. As opposed to the other two books that we know he commissioned these copies of, the publication of ""Religion..."" was caught up in a controversy over censorship, and Kant was given a reprimand in the name of the Prussian emperor, Friedrich Wilhelm II. Kant was forced to pledge not to publish on matters of religion. Furthermore, copies of the ""Religion..."" on special paper seem not to have appeared anywhere, as opposed to the very few copies of the two other works that have surfaced"" so all in all, there is absolutely no reason to think that he should have commissioned more than four or five copies of this book either. The inscription to the front free end-paper is in Hasse's hand and reads ""(Donum auctoris 1793.)/ J.G. Hasse"". The name of Hasse has been crossed out by the later owner, who has written his name underneath ""N. Grosch...(?)/ stud. Theol./ Som[mer]. Semest[er]. [18]05"" and on the title-page.The Königsberg professor J.G. Hasse (1759-1806) was a close friend of Kant and a frequent guest at his dinner table. He was a then famous German evangelist theologian and orientalist. After having graduated from the University of Jena in 1784, he became assistant professor at the faculty of philosophy there. Due to his very respected publications within science of religion, he became professor of oriental languages and later professor of theology, which is the position he possessed, when Kant gave him the present copy of his own main work on religion. A few years later, in 1801, he took over Kant's position at the academic Senate, after Kant retired from academic life. And in the last years of Kant's life, Hasse grew even closer to him. He was a frequent guest in his home and a close friend. Hasse was furthermore one of the first to publish a biography of Kant. This biography became particularly famous, because it was written by someone in the inner circle of friends. There is no doubt that Kant had tremendous respect for the renowned professor of religion, to whom he gave one of the only four or five copies printed on special paper of his own definitive work on religion. This is presumably the best presentation- or association-copy of a Kant-book that one can hope to come across. Warda: 141.‎

Bookseller reference : 58186

‎"KIDDE, HARALD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Hr.Otto Wang"". Dat. """"Carit Etlars Hus"" Gentofte.17.Nov.07."" 2 1/2 side 8vo.‎

‎Brevet omhandler en af O.W. udbedt kritik, af et af sine værker, han har givet Kidde. K. skriver bl.a., at han har svært ved at give sit indtryk af ham som skribent, men ""Et kan man let se: at De kan fatte Dem kort og præcist.""...""Dine Fortællinger er ikke videre originale - Herman, også Otto Ring har skrevet sådan før.""...‎

Bookseller reference : 13842

‎"KIDDE, HARALD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Kære Hr.Otto Wang"". Dat. ""Gentofte 27.Nov.1910."" 5 1/2 side 8vo.‎

‎Brevet er primært en kritik af O.W.s bog, også en tak til O.W. ""for de så meget overdrevent venlige Ord, De har skrevet foran. (At nogle i deres Ungdom kan være mig TAKNEMLIGE, er muligt, STOLTE bør de være af en Styrke og et Geni som Johs.V.Jensens, af en Kunnen og Kunst som Rings)"". Om værket siger K., at det er et ordentligt fremskridt, og løsrevet fra Bangs og Rings inspiration. ""Der er virkelig noget sølv-fint inde i den bog""...""ejer et lille glimt af den Skønhed, der er Fare, og den Fare, som er Skønhed. men De må læse bedre Korr.! De må alvorligt talt give Dem bedre Tid til at lære Dem selv at kende.""...‎

Bookseller reference : 13845

‎"KIDDE, HARALD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Kære Hr.Otto Wang."" Dat. ""Dronningens Tværvej 4, 23 Nov.15."" 4 sider 8vo.‎

‎K. takker for tilsendelsen af O.W.s nye bog, og beklager sin tavshed. K. har boet i Sverige i to år, og har fåer ""en saare pinagtig og meget lidt kendt Mundsygdom."".. K. kritiserer bogen på mange områder, og siger bl.a.: ""Man læser om Deres Mand og Deres Kvinde og lærer intetsomhelst personligt eller nyt om dem - de er kun Mand og Kvinde. Og deres Historie er selvfølgelig og primitiv som en lille Folkevises.""...‎

Bookseller reference : 13847

‎"KIDDE, HARALD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Kære Hr.Otto Wang."" Dat. ""25 april 1911""(?). 2 sider 8vo.‎

‎K. beklager, at han ikke har haft tid til at komme med ordentlig kritik af O.W.s bog. Han siger dog: ""- den synes mig svagere end den forrige."".. K. har haft meget travlt, da han arbejder på en meget omfangsrig bog.(""Helten""(?),1912).‎

‎"KIHLE, HARALD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev i Harald Kihles hånd, underskrevet ""Ingrid og Harald"", til ""Kjære Agnes og Einar.""‎

‎Dateret Oslo 12/1-48. 2 sider 4to. Ægteparret Kihle skriver om deres oplevelser i vidunderlige Italien, hvor de har set på kunst og ""den store bukkene bruse"". De synes ikke om triste Oslo og den kolde vinter.‎

Bookseller reference : 40184

‎"KINCK, HANS E.‎

‎Egenhændigt beskrevet visitkort m. underskrift til ""Hïstærede Frue!"" (Mathilde Mann). Dat. ""Bealund 10/1 - 1914."" 17 linier.‎

‎Skrevet på Kincks eget visitkort i poststemplet kuvert m. frimærke. Kinck nævner flere af sine værker og disse i udenlandske udgaver.‎

Bookseller reference : 26765

‎"KINCK, HANS E.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift på visitkort til Tilskuerens redaktør.‎

‎Dateret ""25/9 - 09"". Visitkort med ""Hans E. Kinck"" påtrykt. Spørger om den medsendte novelle ""Blond Eros"" kan anvendes. I modsat beder han om at få novellen tilbage, da han ikke har nogen afskrift.‎

‎Valdemar Vedel var redaktør af Tilskueren på dette tidspunkt.‎

Bookseller reference : 40172

‎"KINCK, HANS E.‎

‎Egenhændigt brevkort m . underskrift til ""Ærede Frue"" (Mathilde Mann). Dateret ""24/3 -1914"". 1 1/2 side 8vo.‎

‎Poststemplet brevkort. Omhandler ""Den sidste g."" som teaterudgave samt forhandlinger m. forlag og teatre.‎

Bookseller reference : 26763

‎"KINCK, HANS E.‎

‎Egenhændigt brevkort m. underskrift til ""Ærede Frue"" (Mathilde Mann). Dateret ""21/3 - 14"". 1 1/2 side lille 8vo.‎

‎Poststemplet brevkort. Omhandler teaterudgaver og tyske bearbejdelser.‎

Bookseller reference : 26764

‎"KIRK, HANS.‎

‎Les Pêcheurs (Fiskerne). Roman traduit du danois par Mme M. Metzger.‎

‎Paris, (1947). Uncut and unopened in orig. wrappers. Mint condition.‎

‎First French edition of Kirk's debut with dedication from the author: ""Til Helene og Poul/ fra jeres/ Hans K.""‎

Bookseller reference : 26527

‎"KNUTSEN, FRIDTJOF.‎

‎Maskinskrevet brev med underskrift til Redaktør Uchermann (Tidens Tegn).‎

‎Dateret ""Oslo den, 16. sept. 1933"". 1 side tvær-8vo. Knutsen beder om pæn behandling af sin debutbog: ""Så underslår vi litt."" Han nævner også Oscar Hagens svindlerier.‎

‎Fridtjof Knutsen (1894 - 1961) var en norsk journalist og forfatter. Han var medarbeider ved Dagsposten i Trondheim (1914), ved Morgenposten i Oslo (1916), ved Tidens tegn (1917) og fra 1934 retsmedarbejder ved Aftenposten. Han skrev ca. 30 revyer (under pseudonymet Filius Kanuti) og ca. 30 kriminalromaner.‎

Bookseller reference : 40173

‎"KRUSENSTERN - DANISH MANUSCRIPT TRANSLATION‎

‎Beretning til Kaartet over Sonda Stræde samt Batavia Rehd (Translated from the French: ""Mémoire sur une carte du détroit de la Sonde et de la rade de Batavia"" - [DANISH MANUSCRIPT TRANSLATION OF KRUSENSTERN'S ""STRAIT OF SUNDA"", INCLUDING THE MAP]‎

‎København, 1820 (Original work published St. Pétersburg, 1813) 4to (190 x 258 mm). In later half cloth. Gilt lettering and stamp to front board. Two stamps to title-page. Manuscript in brown ink by Danish Rear Admiral Lövenørn. Fine and clean with text in very good and legible condition. (6), 32 pp. + coloured manuscript map of Strait of Sunda. Copy of Krusensterns 1813-map. (590 x 460 mm)‎

‎Danish Manuscript translation of Krusenstern's commentary to his of map of the Strait of Sunda and Batavia habour from 1813. We have been able to locate only one other copy of this work (also a Danish translation, from 1815, but lacking the map), manuscript and printed, in Danish, Swedish or Norwegian. Despite the fact that the Strait of Sunda was sailed relatively frequently by European sailors, Krusenstern's 1813-memoir is one of the earliest reliable pilots to this strait. From the present memoire: ""Although a strait so important as that of Sunda, frequented every year by more than 50 European ships, ought to be (as one would naturally suppose) perfectly well known"" notwithstanding which, after having examined the charts of these coasts reputed the best, I venture to say that I have been convinced that there does not exit one with which one can be entirely satisfied"". Rear admiral Lövenørn became the first director of Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive in 1784.‎

Bookseller reference : 58819

‎"KÄMPF, JOHANN.‎

‎Kort Afhandling om Temperamenterne, efter Kæmpfs tydske Original omarbejdet og forøget ved D.E.J.T. de Mexa.‎

‎Helsingør, 1799. Samt. slidt hldrbd. Indvendig helt ren på skrivepapir. Begeste friblad m. ældre noter. (4), 156 pp.‎

‎Første danske udgave af dette tidlige psykologiske værk. Har tilhørt Sophie Thalbitzer, forfatterinden til ""Grandmamas Bekiendelser"" og bærer hendes egenhændige navnetræk samt året ""1799"" på fribladet. Har senere tilhørt A. Brun, 1891 og Holger Tahlbitzer.‎

Bookseller reference : 27761

‎"LA COUR, PAUL.‎

‎Alt kræver jeg. Digte K., 1938.‎

‎Ubeskåret, orig. omsl.‎

‎Originaludgave med egenhændig dedikation: ""Til/ Cai og Xenia/ med Tak for jeres Venskab/ jeres/ hengivne/ Paul/ 5 Maj 1938.""‎

Bookseller reference : 16684

‎"LA COUR, POUL.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Kære Hr. Chefredaktør Blædel."" Dat. ""Asserbo d. 27/ 9 1939."" 2sider 8vo.‎

‎La Cour roser Blædel og beder ham ""fortsætte Deres ypperlige Artikel i ""Tilskueren"" om Churchills ""Mens England sov"" ved at anmelde den danske udgave af ""Skridt for Skridt."""" Han foreslår, at artiklen kunne ""formes som en Oversigt over nogle af Efteraarets politiske Bøger, f.eks. G.E.R. Gedyes ""Faldne Bastioner"", som har interesseret mig meget.""...‎

‎Skrevet på brevpapir fra ""Tilskueren.""‎

Bookseller reference : 22203

‎"LAGERLÖF, SELMA.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til Direktør Hjalmar Carlsen. Dateret ""P.T. Karlavägen 99/ 26.1.1934.‎

‎1934. 8vo. 1 side,13 linier egenhændigt underskrevet ""Med utmärkt högaktning/ Selma Lagerlöf""‎

‎Hjalmar Carlsen (1875-1951) var dansk forlægger, og brevet angår en betinget tilladelse til at trykke en af hendes noveller (""Vid Spiskro....??).‎

Bookseller reference : 50536

‎"LANGE, H. O.‎

‎To egenhændigt breve fra H. O. Lange, det første til H. Olrik, det andet til Kunstakademiets forvalterkontor. - [TO EGENHÆNDIGE OG SIGNEREDE BREVE FRA H. O. LANGE.]‎

‎Gjentofte, 17/3, (19)10 + (København), 20/3 1918. 1) Tvær-8vo, 5 linier: ""Kjære Hr. Professor! / Tak for Deres Brev med Anmodningen om en Anmeldelse af Kierkegaards Papirer. Hvis den skal skrives i Løbet af de første to Maaneder, tør jeg ikke love det. Men hvis det maa vente, saa haaber jeg at kunne sende Dem en. / Deres hengivne / H. O. Lange.""2) 8vo, 4 linier, skrevet på brevpapir fra ""Bibliotheca Regia Hafniensis"": ""Beklagende ikke at kunne komme / sender jeg hermed Adgangskortet tilbage. / Ærbødigst / H. O. Lange. / Til / Kunstakademiets Forvalterkontor.""‎

‎To håndskrevne og signerede breve fra egyptologen og bibliotekaren H. O. Lange til Hans Olrik.‎

Bookseller reference : 58934

‎"LANGE, JULIUS.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Hr.Dr.Vilh.Bergsøe!"" Dat. 19/10 83. 1 1/2 side 8vo.‎

‎Omhandler et arbejde, hvis omfang er usikkert.‎

Bookseller reference : 13615

‎"LARSEN, SOPHUS.‎

‎Egenh. manuskript til ""Ebbe Skammelssons Vise"".‎

‎458 sider i 4to. med en del rettelser og anvisninger til sætteren. Herudover noter på ca. 250 pp.‎

‎Udkom som ""Ebbe Skammelsens Vise. Med kritisk Kommentar. 1923."" 348 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 1509

‎"LARSEN, SOPHUS.‎

‎Egenh. manuskript til ""Mulieres non homines esse. Oversat og udgivet med et Forord af Sophus Larsen. Hafniae,1920"".‎

‎4to. Indbundet i papirsbd. m.titeletiket i guldtryk.‎

‎Manuskriptet omfatter 46 sider i 4to samt noter. Nogle rettelser og tilføjelser.‎

Bookseller reference : 1507

‎"LYOTARD, JEAN-FRANCOIS.‎

‎La Condition Postmoderne. Rapport sur le savoir. - [INTRODUCING ""POSTMODERNISM""]‎

‎(Paris), Minuet, (1979). 8vo. Original wrappers. Very minor soiling/sunning to wrappers and light underlinings to the first two pages. Otherwise a very nice, clean, and fresh copy. 109, (3) pp. + The Minuet advertisement leaf, dated September 1979, for the work laid in loose. Author's presentation inscription for Roger Parmentier to half-title, signed ""J-F Ly."".‎

‎First edition, presentation-copy for the famous theologian Roger Parmentier, of the groundbreaking work that introduced the term ""post-modernism"" and fundamentally altered the interpretation and course of (post-)modern philosophy. With this book, Lyotard set the agenda for the discussion of the postmodern, which began in the 1980'ies. Lyotard's main point is that modern society has become postmodern because man no longer believes that scientific and technological progress will lead to freedom, prosperity, and enlightenment for all. For postmodern man, doubt is the dominating factor. The term ""postmodernism"" was previously only used by art critics, but with ""The Postmodern Condition"", Lyotard introduced it in philosophy, with the following quotation: ""Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives"", altering our comprehension of this most recent period of philosophy. The influential French theologian and priest Roger Parmentier (1914-2008) was born in the region of Paris. Later he moved with his family to Constantine in Algeria where he became interested in Judaism. In 1941 he moved to Paris wher he studied theology at the Protestant faculty. He founded a group that famously fought against Nazism and antisemistism. After the liberation he took part in the creation of Meetings between Jews and Christians, paving the way for the Jewesh-Christian Friendship (""l'Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne""). He continued his religious-political path throughout his life, is known as an important 20th century-intellectual, and is famous for his many theological writings. ""The term ""postmodern"" came into the philosophical lexicon with the publication of Jean-François Lyotard's ""La Condition Postmoderne"" in 1979 (English: ""The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge"", 1984), where he employs Wittgenstein's model of language games (see Wittgenstein 1953) and concepts taken from speech act theory to account for what he calls a transformation of the game rules for science, art, and literature since the end of the nineteenth century. He describes his text as a combination of two very different language games, that of the philosopher and that of the expert. Where the expert knows what he knows and what he doesn't know, the philosopher knows neither, but poses questions. In light of this ambiguity, Lyotard states that his portrayal of the state of knowledge ""makes no claims to being original or even true,"" and that his hypotheses ""should not be accorded predictive value in relation to reality, but strategic value in relation to the questions raised"" (Lyotard 1984, 7). The book, then, is as much an experiment in the combination of language games as it is an objective ""report.""On Lyotard's account, the computer age has transformed knowledge into information, that is, coded messages within a system of transmission and communication. Analysis of this knowledge calls for a pragmatics of communication insofar as the phrasing of messages, their transmission and reception, must follow rules in order to be accepted by those who judge them. However, as Lyotard points out, the position of judge or legislator is also a position within a language game, and this raises the question of legitimation. As he insists, ""there is a strict interlinkage between the kind of language called science and the kind called ethics and politics"" (Lyotard 1984, 8), and this interlinkage constitutes the cultural perspective of the West. Science is therefore tightly interwoven with government and administration, especially in the information age, where enormous amounts of capital and large installations are needed for research."" (SEP).‎

Bookseller reference : 48868