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1956rif. 015450New York: Limited Editions Club 1956. Hardcover. Small owner stamp on both pastedowns. Near Fine in a Near Fine gold paper-covered slipcase. Bernard Lamotte. Quarto 7-1/8" x 10-3/8" bound in blue cloth with burgundy morocco leather spine; 648 pages. Introduction by Cecil Brown. Printed by Peter Beilenson Mt. Vernon. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte reproduced in collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Copy #851 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1853rif. 0145161853. 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. unknown books
1837rif. 56314London: James Fraser 1837. First Edition in Original Condition The first edition of Carlyle's classic study of the French Revolution complete with all half titles and the integral advertisement leaf in the second volume in its original contemporary binding and with all edges untrimmed. Carlyle arranged his work in three parts the first subtitled "The Bastille" the second part "The Constitution" and the final part "The Guillotine." "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 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 English-speaking world and has outside France moulded popular conceptions of the French Revolution down to the present day" - PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN. Copies of Carlyle's work rarely appear in original condition as here. Three volumes. vii404; vii4222; vii448pp. Uniform half brown patterned cloth and drab paper-covered boards printed paper labels. Edges and corners rubbed front joint of second and third volumes partially split labels worn and darkened. Bindings somewhat shaken with all hinges cracked but cords holding strong; occasional gatherings standing proud. Bookplate on each front pastedown minor scattered foxing to first few and last few leaves of each volume. Withal a very good set in contemporary bindings. Untrimmed. In a red half morocco clamshell case spine gilt. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 304. DYER p.85. TARR A8.1. hardcover books
1840rif. 130201840. CARLYLE THOMAS. Chartism. London 1840. 4 113 2 p. Contemporary embossed ribbed cloth. Hinges and spine ends worn else very good. First edition. The Chartist movement among the "finest peasantry in the world. unknown books
1883rif. 1272941883. 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 lettersÑ""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' publicationÑthree 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 expressionÉ 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 herÉ 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 loveÑand 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 books
1989rif. 78780Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1989. First edition. xxi 543 pp w/index. Fine in full blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket as issued. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, hardcover books
1965rif. 73608NY: Knopf 1965. First US edition. xviii 385 pp w/index. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a small chip at the base of the spine NY: Knopf, unknown books
1943rif. 629409No place: Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History 1943. Softcover. Fine. First separate edition. Octavo. P. 59-74. Printed pale brown wrappers. Slight bump on one corner about fine. Signed by the author on the front wrap. Article on Louisiana sugar plantations. Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History unknown books
rif. 605827Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Two volumes. Small quartos. 632 686pp. Illustrated. Bookplate on the pastedown of each volume binding with toned spines and some soil rear cover of Volume II with modest dampstaining along the foredge not affecting the interior sound and about very good lacking the slipcase. Winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in History. Indiana University Press hardcover books
1840rif. 595709London: James Fraser Regent Street 1840. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 4 113pp. with a publisher's advertisement on one page at the back. In the original publisher's decorative cloth stamped in blind on both sides gold lettering on spine light yellow endpapers. Binding is rubbed and toned spine moderately faded with a few small tears at head and tail of spine very good. An attractive first edition copy of Carlyle's classic long essay in which he raised the "Condition-of-England Question" and expressed his sympathy for the poor and the industrial classes in England arguing for the need for reform. James Fraser, Regent Street hardcover books
1900rif. 549447New York: The Colonial Press 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition. Volume two only. Introduction by Julian Hawthorne. Large octavo. 401pp. Illustrated in black and white. Cloth covered boards with gilt on the spine topedge gilt. Very good with offsetting to the title page from the frontispiece toning and bumping to the spine and boards and some wear to the spine label. The Colonial Press hardcover books
1970rif. 436746New York: Negro Universities Press 1970. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile edition of the third edition. Octavo. 185pp. Orange cloth titled in black. Fine issued without dustwrapper. Negro Universities Press hardcover books
1859rif. 399076New York: Delisser & Procter 1859. Hardcover. Good. 24mo. Approximate measurements: 6" x 4 1/4". Decorative blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Edited with a preface by O.W. Wight. Russel Van Arsdale Lee's bookplate on front pastedown pages foxed gutter cracked spine ends chipped a good only copy with cloth soiled. Delisser & Procter hardcover books
1886rif. 397178London: Macmillan and Co 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Single volume. Black ruled brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated with portraits. Owner's name neatly inked on half-title small chip on top edge of page 25 small nicks on spine ends and corners else a very good copy. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1975rif. 358873New York: New York Botanical Garden 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Quartos. 293; 361pp. Illustrated with plates some in color. Owner's gift inscription on front endpapers of both volumes light foxing to preliminary pages else near fine in near fine dustwrappers with volume one price-clipped and both modestly soiled. New York Botanical Garden hardcover books
1887rif. 300677London: Chapman & Hall 1887. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Three volumes; in publisher's terra-cotta bindings which are decorated in black and gilt in the Eastlake style. there is a Dutch booksellers sticker on the front pastedown of Volume I; iv; 1 2-252; II: iv1 1 2-260; III. iv 1 - 300 pages including the Index; there are scattered underlinings to the Table of Contents in Volume III.~~An attractive set. ~~~~. Near Fine binding. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1969rif. 72124London: Regency Press 1969. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 111 pp. Octavo 22 cm Brown paper over boards. Spine ends bumped. Mild wear to dust jacket. "The 'Tarot of the Magi' is an uncommon book by an unusual man. Carlyle Pushong an end product of the Public School system claims taht any minimal knowledge that he possesses was forcibly imparted by the Irish Christian Brothers of whom he speaks with great affection. Of his scholarship we have no doubt but of his versatility we feel that this is but a beginning . He is well informed in the spiritual beliefs of the Orient with particular reference to the philosophy of the Vedanta. His concise explication of the Tarot will we feel do much to encourage and popularise this the most ancient and accurate of divinatory systems."-from front dust jacket flap. Regency Press hardcover books
1962rif. 38281Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press 1962. Two matching volumes as issued in original cloth with gilt-lettered title on red spine backing. In original slipcase. Fine. First published in 1950. Indiana University Press unknown books
1895rif. 18800New York: Home Book Company 1895. Later Edition. Cloth. Very good. Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle from the library of Martha Truman the mother of President Harry S. Truman. Twelvemo 403pp 8. Green cloth title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Notable wear to hinges leaves in delicate condition. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper: "Mattie Truman / 1895." Martha Ellen "Mattie" Young Truman 1852-1947 was the mother of President Harry S. Truman. She was the mother of three children Harry John Vivian and Mary Jane Truman and remained a central figure in the Truman family into her son's presidency. She died in 1947 during Harry Truman's first elected term as president and is buried in Jackson County Missouri. Home Book Company unknown books
1843rif. 14445London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First English Edition Early Printing. Full calf. Near fine. An early printing of the first English edition of Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle finely bound by Mudie. Octavo iv 299pp 1. Full calf wavy border stamped in blind to covers with thin gilt trim. Five raised bands title in gilt over brown morocco label. Marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Bound by Mudie. "1843" printed in square brackets on title page lacking the first printing Roman Numerals. Solid text block rubbed corners and spine. Some foxing and marks to front cover. BAL 5194. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1865rif. 82811865. Engraving of a photograph of the great writer and historian by Elliott and Fry taken approximately 1854. Signed and dated by Carlyle in 1865 as he finished his great work on Frederick the Great. Signed images of Thomas Carlyle are very uncommon this being the first we have carried. unknown books
1840rif. 5101London: James Fraser 1840. First Edition first printing. Original publisher's cloth. Very good; spot on the front cover; slight wear at the head of the spine. 8vo 4 1 - 113 1 2 - adverts. It was at about this time that Chartist agitation in England concentrated on economic reforms. Carlyle rebukes the reformers in this series of essays addressing the main questions of the day. Dyer p. 51; Tarr's "A" binding. James Fraser hardcover books
rif. 337133London: doves press. hardcover. near fine. 8 blank ;4 5-341 1 10 blankpp. Printed in red and black. Large 8vo Bound by the Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown crushed morocco with watered silk textured end-papers 5 raised bands gilt decoration & dentelles top edge gilt London: The Doves Press 1907. Near fine in a cloth slipcase. Beautifully printed book. One of 300 copies printed on paper of a total of 315. doves press unknown books
1938rif. 2323995New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1938. First Edition. Spiral-Bound Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10x8x0. First edition. Rear board soiled pages lightly toned. 1938 Spiral-Bound Hardcover. 151 pp. Several hundred lithographic reproductions of commercial layouts by type designers who influenced many typographers during their careers. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc hardcover books
1895rif. 124080Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Very Good-. 1895. Hardcover. A soiled and edgeworn Very Good- edition with loose binding and scribbled inking to the front flyleaf ; Thomas Carlyle's On Heroes Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History is a sweeping and ambitious work that examines the various forms of heroism throughout history and the various ways that people have responded to them. Carlyle offers a unique perspective on the subject examining heroism not just from a moral perspective but also from a historical one. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the history and meaning of heroism.; 337 pages . Henry Altemus hardcover books
