1851Best.-Nr. 61850Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1851. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers loosening and with a few nicks and signs of wear. (2), 20, (2) pp.
1843Best.-Nr. 62091Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1843. 8vo. Two nice slightly later (ca. 1870'ies), brown uniform half calf bindings with gilt spines. Corners and spines with a bit of wear and internally some brownspotting to some leaves (as usual, due to the quality of the paper), mostly in the beginning, and mostly to volume one. Volume one also a little weak in the stitching. Overall a very nice copy, with the often lacking half-titles. XX, (2), 470" (8), 368 pp.
1843Best.-Nr. 62092Kjøbenhavn, 1843. 8vo. Contemporary dark brown half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Capitals and a bit of the front hinge worn, but overall very nice and tight. Internally a bit of brownspotting (as always due to the quality of the paper), but less than usual. Old owner's signature to title-page. VIII, 135 pp.
1844Best.-Nr. 62093Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. A splendid copy in contemporary full cloth with blindstamped decorations to boards and gothic gilt lettering to spine. Light damp stains to back board and a bit of wear to capitals. Internally unusually nice and clean. 110, (1) pp. With an inscription for Josephine Bidoulac (later married to Welhaven), from Emil Wedel, to front fly-leaf. Pencil annotations by Jonas Skovgaard to front free end-paper.
1845Best.-Nr. 62096Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1845. Lex8vo. Nice contemporary brown half cloth with gilt title to spine. Capitals worn and wear along upper front hinge. Corners worn. In spite of the wear, an attractive and tight copy. First and last leaves with a bit of brownspotting, otherwise only light occasional spotting. Old owner's signature to title-page. VIII, 383 pp.
1836Best.-Nr. 62102Kjøbenhavn, 1834-1836. Large 4to. Interimsblade [i.e. Interim Papers] 1-100, with the joint title-page and the contents leaf, bound in a very nice contemporary brown half calf with gilt spine and marbled paper over boards. Spine with wear and hinges and corners bumped. Edges of boards with wear. Occasional brownspotting throughout, but all in all a fine and well preserved copy. Each “Interimsblad” takes up 4 pp. Kierkegaard’s contributions: I: ab. 1 p. II: 2 3/4 pp. III: 4 pp. IV: 4 pp.
1841Best.-Nr. 62111Kjøbenhavn, P.G. Philipsens Forlag, 1841. 8vo. (8), 350 pp. Gift binding of elaborately blindpatterned full cloth with single gilt line-border to boards and single gilt lines to spine. All edges gilt and printed on fine paper. The slightest touch of wear to corners and capitals, but apart from that a complete fresh, clean, bright and tight copy. It looks like it has hardly been opened and seems like it just came from the binder. No markings of any kind.
1841Best.-Nr. 62112Kjøbenhavn, P.G. Philipsens Forlag, 1841. 8vo. (4), 350 pp., 1 f. (blank), 2 pp. (advertisements). Completely uncut and partly unopened in the original brown cardboard binding. Rebacked with paper perfectly matching that of the boards. Corners restored. Title-page evenly browned and a few leaves with a bit of brownspotting, but overall in unusually nice condition, clean, fresh, and bright. Completely unmarked.
1849Best.-Nr. 62135Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1849. 8vo. XIV, (2), 320" (4), 250 pp + final blank. Both volumes in one – the original blue cardboard binding (“hollanderet bind”) with the original printed paper title-label (preserved in its entirety) to the spine. Slight loss to the paper to upper capital and to lower front hinge, but amazingly well preserved, fresh, and crisp. Completely uncut (23,5 x 14,5 cm., making it ab. 1,5 + 1 cm larger than other well margined copies). Some brownspotting (as always), mostly quite light. Old owner’s name to inside of front board. Housed in a beautiful marbled paper box with a richly gilt red Morocco spine. The gilding is in the style of Kierkegaard’s most lavishly decorated full calf bindings and with the title in gilt Gothic lettering. The box is signed “Anker Kysters Efterf. And the gilding by Hagel Olsen. Front board with the gilt super ex libris of the previous owner.
1843Best.-Nr. 62137Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1843. 8vo. VIII, 135 pp. Completely uncut in the original blue cardboard binding. Spine and front hinge neatly restored, preserving part of the original printed title-label. Brownspotting as usual. Overall a very nice copy indeed. Old owners’ names to inside of front board (N. Pedersen 18/8 1879 and C. Wegener).
1843Best.-Nr. 62218Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1843. Small 8vo. 157 pp. Original blue cardboard-binding. The spine has been restored, but it has the original printed paper title-label partly preserved. Hinges are a bit weak, and there is some edgewear. Browning and brownspotting, but not more than usual. Completely uncut. Housed in a nice custom-made half lather box in pastiche style with richly gilt spine.
1844Best.-Nr. 62257Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. Small 8vo. 164 pp. Completely uncut in the original printed light green wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and the printing year within the same repeated frame to the back board. An almost untouched copy with just a tiny crease to the front wrapper and a tiny little nick to lower capital at back hinge. A bit of brownspotting due to the quality of the paper. Housed in an elegant green half morocco box with gilt lines and Gothic gilt lettering to spine. Green marbled paper boards and gilt super ex libris to front board (Anker Kysters Eftf. And gilt by Hagel Olsen).
1844Best.-Nr. 62260Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. (8), 184 pp. Lovely contemporary brown half calf with richly gilt spine. Light wear to hinges, capitals, and corners, but overall very nice. First leaves with a bit of brownspotting, but also internally unusually nice.
1844Best.-Nr. 62263Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. Small 8vo. 110, (1) pp. Completely uncut in the original blue cardboard-binding. Minimal wear to capitals, and hinges with a tiny tear to front upper and back hinge. Minute paper loss to capitals, and minimal loss to one corner. The printed title-label preserved in its entirety. Brownspotting due to the quality of the paper.A truly magnificent copy in completely original state – almost looks like it came straight off the press.
1844Best.-Nr. 62265Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. 100 pp. Completely uncut in the original printed brown wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and the printing year within the same repeated frame to the back board. Lacking a bit of paper on the spine, but 2/3 of the original spineprinting preserved. Back wrapper lacking small piece of blank paper (ca. 2 x cm). Light brownspotting to wrappers as well as leaves. An excellent copy, housed in a beautiful custom-made half morocco box with richly gilt spine in contemporary style. Gilt super ex-libris to front.
1851Best.-Nr. 62810Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1851. 8vo. Contemporary brown half calf with marbled paper boards. Spine and corners worn. Title-page brownspotted and brownspotting throughout. Occasional light pencil notes. Ownership signature of Henning Kehler to front free end-paper. (4), 92 pp.
1848Best.-Nr. 62871Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1848. 8vo. Beautiful a little later (ca. 1870'ies) brown half calf with gilt spine. Boards with blind-stamped pattern. Corners slightly bumped. a lively, tight, and well-preserved copy. Internally very fresh and clean with jst some occasional brownspotting. A faded owld ownership signature to title-page. A few notes in pencil. Some brownspotting. 1037496 77 pp.
1844Best.-Nr. 62873Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. Small 8vo. Nice contemporary half calf with marbled boards. A small crack to upper front hinge and a bit of wear to extremities. Corners worn. Otherwise very nice. Also internally very nice and clean. 164 pp.
1843Best.-Nr. 62941Kjøbenhavn, Philipsen, 1843-45. 8vo. (4), 52 + 62 (+ 1 blank leaf) + 84 + 59 (including the blank leaf between the title-page and the preface!) + 70 (+ 1 blank leaf) + 111 pp. Completely uncut in the original brownish grey boards with original printed title-label to spine (fully intact). Boards a bit brownspotted and a larger damp stain to top of front board. A couple of smaller stains (lacquer or wax) to spine. A few horizontal creases to spine with paper almost invisibly glued back on to hold tight. Occasional brownspotting, mostly to the first and last leaves. But overall splendidly preserved.
1845Best.-Nr. 62945Kjøbenhavn, 1845-47. 1) 8vo. (IV), 372 (VIII),330 (VI),314 pp. Three volumes, all uncut and all in the original glitted paper bindings with gilding to boards. Rebacked and with restored tears to edges of boards. Inner hinges re-enforced. Gilding to boards rubbed and vague. Some brownspotting throughout. Illustrated. 2) All that was issued of The Corsair during Goldschmidt’s ownership, including those of the seized issued that were not also destroyed: 36, 64, 70, 81, 293 as well as no. 215b, the addenda-issues to 75, 194, 215, 215b, 227, 259, 262, 208 as well as the extra numbers of 86 and 259 (with different dates and contents, i.e. just errors in the consecutive numbering), and “Følgeblad” after no. 204]. [The seized and destroyed issues are, as expected, not present: 3, 11, 21, 22, 26, 63, 65, 67, 68, 73, 77, 79, 80, 136, 149, 151, 176, 192, 194, 199, 208, 226, 242, 243, 261, 265, 270, 281, 294, 305, 307, 313]. Nos. 1-16: Andet Oplag (i.e. second issue). (Copenhagen), 1841-1846. Lex 8vo. Bound in three contemporary uniform black full cloth bindings with gilt lettering and numbering to spines. Extremities a bit worn and hinges a bit weak. Some brownspotting. Overall a very good set. Richly illustrated throughout, both in the text and with plates. 3) 6te Aarg. Nr. 2078. Løverdagen den 27. December 1845. 2 pp. Columns 16653-1660. Kierkegaard’s article: Columns 16653-16658 4) 6te Aarg. Nr. 2079. Mandagen den 29. December 1845. 2 pp. Columns 16661-16668. Møller’s article: Column 16665 5) 7de Aarg. Nr. 9. Løverdagen den 10. Januar. 1846. 2 pp. Columns 65-72. Kierkegaard’s article: Columns 65-68 (København), 1845 & 1846. All three articles in large 4to (33 x 24,7 and 33 x 24,5 cm). 2 columns to a page.
1855Best.-Nr. 62984Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1855. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. A bit of wear to extremities. Internally with a bit of marginal browning. (Øieblikket:) 20, 31, 16, 23, 32, 26, 77, 30, 22 pp. (Dette skal siges...) 12 pp.
1849Best.-Nr. 63142Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1849. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear and scratches. Back hinge partly split. Previous owner's name ""P. O. Bugge / 1852"". First and last leaves slightly browned, otherwise internally nice and clean. XIV, (2), 320" (4), 250 pp + final blank.
1742Best.-Nr. 63315Kiøbenhavn, Trykt paa Oversætterens Bekostning, 1742. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Binding with wear, boards with loss of paper. Internally with occassional browning, last leaves with dampstain. (12), 495,(8)
1846Best.-Nr. 63610Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1846. 8vo. 114 pp. Splendidly bound in full patterned silver-moiré gift-binding with all edges gilt. Green endpapers. A bit of brownspotting. Spine, edges, and corners worn and the silver dulled. But a splendid binding, nonetheless. With Karl Madsen’s ex libris, on which he has added in hand “Eksemplaret har tilhørt Joh. Ludv. Heiberg.” (i.e. the copy has belonged to Johan Ludvig Heiberg) to inside of front board. Inside of front board with previous owner’s neat pencil annotation explaining that this is the copy that Kierkegaard sent to Heiberg with the wish of having it expedited to the author of Two Ages, alias Thomasine Gyllembourg.
1846Best.-Nr. 63611Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1846. 8vo. 114 pp. Completely uncut in the original blue cardboard-binding. Minimal wear to capitals, and upper front hinge with a tiny tear. Tiny paper loss to capitals. Small spotting to lower front board (possibly from removal of an old owner’s signature). The printed title-label splendidly preserved, with only tiny loss of blank paper edge. Light brownspotting due to the quality of the paper. A truly magnificent copy in completely original state – looks like it came fresh from the press. Housed in a beautiful custom-made box with grey morocco spine excellently gilt in pastiche-style and with gilt Gothic lettering. Marbled paper over boards (a bit sunned at top and towards front hinge). Gilt owner’s initials to front board. Box signed in gilt lettering to inside of spine, by Mogens Dickow Lund, Anker Kysters Eftf. and gilt by Hagel Olsen.