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1843réf. 1311161843. First Edition. KIERKEGAARD S¿ren. Enten-Eller. Et Livs-Fragment. Kjobenjavn Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel 1843. Two volumes. Octavo contemporary violet ribbon-embossed cloth elaborately gilt-decorated spines. $9500.First edition of Kierkegaard's first significant work one of only 525 copies printed and published by the philosopher under the pseudonym ""Victor Eremita.""Kierkegaard's earliest major work Enten-Eller Either/Or contrasts two ways of life: the aesthetic and the ethical. The book comprises ""a curious bundle of papers essays semi-dialogues and notes seemingly ill-assorted but in fact dialectically arrangedÉ the chief advantage of this method seems to have been to give Kierkegaard the opportunity of letting different sides of his mind converse as individuals with each other in a semi-Socratic fashionÉ Choice as the title of his work suggests was at the root of Kierkegaard's theory. There can be no system of existence only a system of ideas. From this he develops his thesis of 'Existence' since taken up by the modern ExistentialistsÉ As a thinker Kierkegaard had to wait for the twentieth century to find his audience; he is now generally considered to be however eccentric one of the most important Christian philosophers"" PMM 314. With the scarce half titles. Kierkegaard's name inked in an early hand under the author line on the half title of volume I; partially removed oval stamp on title page of volume II.Contents with occasional light foxing small area of offsetting from inked author name; spines evenly toned to brown boards with spots of toning cloth slightly rubbed at corners and spine ends. A very good copy. hardcover books
1843réf. 1006Kierkegaard's Famous "Either-Or" Challenge to Life – PMM 314 KIERKEGAARD Sören. Enten-Eller. Et Livs-Fragment. udgivet af Victor Eremita Either-Or A Fragment of Life C.A. Reitzel Kjøbenhavn 1843. Volume 1: Half-title TP V-XX = Forord XXI = Indhold half-title 3-470 2 blank leaves; Volume 2: Half-title TP 1 leaf = Inhold half-title 1-368 1 blank leaf Octavo First Edition Himmelstrup 20. Printing and the Mind of Man 314 With the often missing half-titles present. This is one of only 525 copies printed of this work. "Kierkegaard's third published book and the first of many pseudonymous 'aesthetic' works. Generally regarded as the first major statement of his own unsystematic philosophy this 'fragment' is a literary and philosophical tour de force incorporating a stunning array of subject matter literary effects and moods including melancholy aphorisms and personal meditation elaborate musical dramatic and literary criticism lyrical effusions odd essays on unhappiness and boredom a strange 'Seducer's Diary' and in the second volume an extended treatise on marriagethe human personality and the ethical life in the form of a letter from a Judge to a younger man capped by a sermon sounding a note of radical doubt about both the aesthetic and ethical justifications for existence." Wronoski p. 11 "Enten-Eller was written before he was twenty-nine. It is a curious bundle of papers essays semi-dialogues and notes seemingly ill-assorted but in fact dialectically arranged. Adopting what he called an 'aesthetic attitude' he held that this consisted in balancing possibilities and that in matters religious and ethical it was up to the individual to make his choice. Choice as the title of his work suggests was at the root of Kierkegaard's theory. There can be no system of existence only a system of ideas. From this he develops his thesis of 'Existence" since taken up by the modern Existentialist in which human beings considered as subjects not objects are the only real existence: their reflective as opposed to active nature being focused on the 'acts' of making perpetual decisions" PMM pp. 190-91 CONDITION: Very good in original contemporary quarter cloth with marbled boards. Minimal edgewear. Handwritten spine labels light spotting to pages. Housed in protective cloth clamshell box. C.A. Reitzel hardcover
1843réf. 8Either/Or Danish: Enten – Eller is the first published work of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Volume 2 only. First edition. First printing. C.A. Reitzel Kjøbenhavn. 1843. Very good condition for an 1843 edition. Bound in an attractive contemporary half leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is solid and structurally sound with moderate rubbing and wear to the spine corners and board edges consistent with age. The text block is complete and firmly attached. Pages are clean and fully legible showing expected age toning with occasional light foxing and minor staining. Blank endpapers display old pencil ownership or catalogue annotations and some dampstaining near the corners. No significant tears or loss of text were observed. Overall a well-preserved and highly presentable copy with an attractive period binding retaining its historical character. C.A. Reitzel, hardcover
1843réf. 1311161843. First Edition. KIERKEGAARD S¿ren. Enten-Eller. Et Livs-Fragment. Kjobenjavn Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel 1843. Two volumes. Octavo contemporary violet ribbon-embossed cloth elaborately gilt-decorated spines. $9500.First edition of Kierkegaard's first significant work one of only 525 copies printed and published by the philosopher under the pseudonym ""Victor Eremita.""Kierkegaard's earliest major work Enten-Eller Either/Or contrasts two ways of life: the aesthetic and the ethical. The book comprises ""a curious bundle of papers essays semi-dialogues and notes seemingly ill-assorted but in fact dialectically arrangedÉ the chief advantage of this method seems to have been to give Kierkegaard the opportunity of letting different sides of his mind converse as individuals with each other in a semi-Socratic fashionÉ Choice as the title of his work suggests was at the root of Kierkegaard's theory. There can be no system of existence only a system of ideas. From this he develops his thesis of 'Existence' since taken up by the modern ExistentialistsÉ As a thinker Kierkegaard had to wait for the twentieth century to find his audience; he is now generally considered to be however eccentric one of the most important Christian philosophers"" PMM 314. With the scarce half titles. Kierkegaard's name inked in an early hand under the author line on the half title of volume I; partially removed oval stamp on title page of volume II.Contents with occasional light foxing small area of offsetting from inked author name; spines evenly toned to brown boards with spots of toning cloth slightly rubbed at corners and spine ends. A very good copy. hardcover
1843réf. 140946922Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel 1843. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of Soren Kierkegaard's best-known work Either/Or. Octavo. Two volumes bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled boards; bound without the half-titles. Text in Danish. Very Good rubbing and wear to bindings neatly rebacked with old spines preserved. Former owner names to preliminary blacks and owner's rubber stamp to title pages. Contents tanned sporadically foxed and occasionally lightly stained. A lovely set. Either/Or Danish philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard's groundbreaking first published work. Only 525 copies of this edition were published in 1843 under an editorial pseudonym "Victor Emerita" at the author's own expense. It was mostly written during his stay in Berlin where he took notes on Schelling's Philosophy of Revelation. It includes essays of literary and music criticism and a set of romantic-like-aphorisms as part of his larger theme of examining the reflective and philosophical structure of faith. He is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. "As a thinker Kierkegaard had to wait for the twentieth century to find his audience; he is now generally considered to be however eccentric one of the most important Christian philosophers" write Carter and Muir in Printing and the Mind of Man. C. A. Reitzel unknown
1978réf. 2-8845903648Adelphi 1978. Paperback. New. Italian language. 6.93x4.02x1.26 inches. Adelphi paperback
1989réf. 2-8845906647Enten-Eller 1989. Paperback. New. Italian language. 6.93x4.17x1.18 inches. Enten-Eller paperback
1849réf. 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.
1849réf. 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. Second edition of Kierkegaard’s Either-Or his magnum opus widely regarded as a foundational work of existentialism and among the most celebrated writings of the greatest Scandinavian philosopher. Kierkegaard is “now generally considered to be however eccentric one of the most important Christian philosophers” PMM 314. Kierkegaard's monumental magnum opus seminally influenced later as well as contemporary philosophy and ranks as one of the most important works of philosophy of modern times. Either-Or is the earliest of Kierkegaard’s major works and the work with which he begins his pseudonymous authorship. Kierkegaard’s pseudonymity is an entire subject unto its own. The various cover names he uses play a significant role in his way of communicating and are essential to the understanding of his philosophical and religious messages. And it all properly begins here with his groundbreaking magnum opus. Conjuring up two distinctive figures with diverging beliefs and modes of life – the aesthetic “A” of Part One and the ethical B note that this is the first “pseudonym” that Kierkegaard uses in his earliest articles – no. I above/Judge Vilhelm of Part Two Kierkegaard presents us with the most basic reflections on the search for a meaningful existence seen from two completely different philosophical views. This masterpiece of duality explores the foundational conflict between the ethical and the aesthetical providing us along the way with the now so famous contemplations on music Mozart drama boredom pleasures virtues and probably most famously seduction and rejection – The Seducer’s Diary. It is primarily Judge Vilhelm from Part Two of Either-Or that has bestowed upon Kierkegaard the reputation as the Father of Existentialism. His emphasis on taking ownership of oneself and the importance of making choices has made him the first personification of Existentialism and the idea that one does not passively develop into the self that he or she should be or ought to become. Kierkegaard went to great lengths to ensure that the public would not know the identity of the author was of Either-Or. He even had the draft of the work done by several hands so that employees at the printer’s would also be deceived. Despite his efforts however it did not take long for the public to guess that Kierkegaard had written this astounding work. But Kierkegaard himself kept up the façade and did not accept authorship until several years later. Nothing Kierkegaard did was left to chance which his carefully chosen pseudonyms also reflect. This also spills over in his presentation-inscriptions which follow as strict a pattern as the pseudonyms themselves – he never signed himself the author if his Christian name was not listed as the author on the title-page. And seeing that he had not accepted authorship of Either-Or and is not mentioned by name anywhere on the title-page also not as the editor nor publisher as with the other pseudonymous works he was not able to give away copies of his magnum opus which is why no presentation-copy of the first edition exists. The appearance of the second edition of this monumental work was naturally carefully planned. Either-Or first appeared in 1843 and due to the great demand for the work which had originally only been printed in ca 525 copies it had quickly been sold out; but Kierkegaard refused to have it reprinted. In 1849 finally he decided to let it appear again in a textually unchanged version. When the second edition appeared recte second issue Kierkegaard had meanwhile owned up to the authorship of Either-Or. He had done so in 1846 in his Concluding Unscientific Postscript to The Philosophical Fragments own translation: “For the sake of manners and etiquette I hereby acknowledge what can hardly in reality be of interest to anybody to know that I am as one says the author of Either-Or Victor Eremita Copenhagen in February 1843.”. Now finally Kierkegaard could give away his magnum opus! In his Papers from 1849 Kierkegaard states own translation: “The poets here at home each received a copy of Either-Or. I thought it my duty; and now I was able to do it; because now one cannot reasonably claim that a conspiracy is made concerning the book. -because the book is now old and its crisis over. Of course they were given the copy from Victor Eremita.” Pap. X1A 402. Naturally because “as little as I in Either-Or is the Seductor or the Assessor as little am I the publisher Victor Eremita exactly as little; he is a poetically-real subjective thinker as he is also found in “in vino veritas.” “ the postscript to the Postscript 1846 Either-Or is now not only the title of Kierkegaard’s most famous and widely read work it is also a phrase that summarizes much of the thinking for which he is best known and a cornerstone of what we now characterize as Existentialism. The first edition caused a sensation. The second issue termed “edition” although it is textually unaltered is not only the first edition of the work to appear after Kierkegaard had acknowledged authorship of it and thus also confirmed being one and the same with his most famous pseudonym it is also the first of Kierkegaard’s works to appear in a second edition or issue. The second edition of the work is thus also of the utmost importance and is one of the only important second editions of any of Kierkegaard’s works. PMM: 314 Himmelstrup 21 unknown
1849réf. 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.
1894réf. 40965AB1894. Kjobenhavn George C. Gron 1894. 20.7cm x 13.2cm. XVIII 414 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Søren Kierkegaard. Original Hardcover Halfleather with gilt lettering on spine in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing to endpapers. Text itself in excellent condition. Published in two volumes in 1843 Either/Or original Danish title: Enten - Eller is an influential book written by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard exploring the aesthetic and ethical "phases" or "stages" of existence. Either/Or was Kierkegaard's first published book; it was released under the pseudonym Victor Eremita Latin for "the victorious hermit". Either/Or portrays two life views one consciously hedonistic the other based on ethical duty and responsibility. Each life view is written and represented by a fictional pseudonymous author with the prose of the work reflecting and depending on the life view being discussed. For example the aesthetic life view is written in short essay form with poetic imagery and allusions discussing aesthetic topics such as music seduction drama and beauty. The ethical life view is written as two long letters with a more argumentative and restrained prose discussing moral responsibility critical reflection and marriage. The views of the book are not neatly summarized but are expressed as lived experiences embodied by the pseudonymous authors. The book's central concern is the primal question asked by Aristotle "How should we live" His motto comes from Plutarch "The deceived is wiser than one not deceived. The aesthetic is the personal subjective realm of existence where an individual lives and extracts pleasure from life only for his or her own sake. In this realm one has the possibility of the highest as well as the lowest. The ethical on the other hand is the civic realm of existence where one's value and identity are judged and at times superseded by the objective world. In simple terms one can choose either to remain oblivious to all that goes on in the world or to become involved. More specifically the ethic realm starts with a conscious effort to choose one's life with a choice to choose. Either way however an individual can go too far in these realms and lose sight of his or her true self. Only faith can rescue the individual from these two opposing realms. Either/Or concludes with a brief sermon hinting at the nature of the religious sphere of existence which Kierkegaard spent most of his publishing career expounding upon. Ultimately Kierkegaard's challenge is for the reader to "discover a second face hidden behind the one you see" in him/herself first and then in others: "The Middle Ages are altogether impregnated with the idea of representation partly conscious partly unconscious; the total is represented by the single individual yet in such a way that it is only a single aspect which is determined as totality and which now appears in a single individual who is because of this both more and less than an individual. By the side of this individual there stands another individual who likewise totally represents another aspect of lifes content such as the knight and the scholastic the ecclesiastic and the layman." Either/Or Part I p. 86-87 Swenson. Wikipedia hardcover
1849réf. 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 235 x 145 cm. making it ab. 15 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. A truly magnificent copy of the second issue of Either-Or truly splendidly preserved in completely original condition. The spines of the original Kierkegaard cardboard bindings are always just thin paper directly glued on the block making them extremely fragile especially on the thicker volumes as Enten-Eller and Afsluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift. If one finds these original bindings the spines are almost always more or less disintegrated and the original paper-labels are hardly ever preserved. Here we not only have an extremely well-preserved copy with very little of the paper missing of an original binding on the bulkiest Kierkegaard-title there is with the original printed paper title-label preserved in its entirety we have the second issue of Either-Or in its completely original condition bound in one volume as evidently it came from the publishers. This is an extreme rarity! Over the decades we have been able to locate two copies of the first edition of Either-Or in the original bindings but we have never come across a copy of the seminally important second issue in the original binding. This is possibly a unique preservation. Kierkegaard’s magnum opus Either-Or is considered the foundational work of existentialism and doubtlessly the most famous work by the greatest Scandinavian philosopher of all times who "is now generally considered to be however eccentric one of the most important Christian philosophers" PMM 314. Kierkegaard's monumental magnum opus seminally influenced later as well as contemporary philosophy and ranks as one of the most important works of philosophy of modern times. Either-Or is the earliest of Kierkegaard’s major works and the work with which he begins his pseudonymous authorship. Kierkegaard’s pseudonymity is an entire subject unto its own. The various cover names he uses play a significant role in his way of communicating and are essential to the understanding of his philosophical and religious messages. And it all properly begins here with his groundbreaking magnum opus. Conjuring up two distinctive figures with diverging beliefs and modes of life – the aesthetic “A” of Part One and the ethical B note that this is the first “pseudonym” that Kierkegaard uses in his earliest articles – no. I above/Judge Vilhelm of Part Two Kierkegaard presents us with the most basic reflections on the search for a meaningful existence seen from two completely different philosophical views. This masterpiece of duality explores the foundational conflict between the ethical and the aesthetical providing us along the way with the now so famous contemplations on music Mozart drama boredom pleasures virtues and probably most famously seduction and rejection – The Seducer’s Diary. It is primarily Judge Vilhelm from Part Two of Either-Or that has bestowed upon Kierkegaard the reputation as the Father of Existentialism. His emphasis on taking ownership of oneself and the importance of making choices has made him the first personification of Existentialism and the idea that one does not passively develop into the self that he or she should be or ought to become. Kierkegaard went to great lengths to ensure that the public would not know the identity of the author was of Either-Or. He even had the draft of the work done by several hands so that employees at the printer’s would also be deceived. Despite his efforts however it did not take long for the public to guess that Kierkegaard had written this astounding work. But Kierkegaard himself kept up the façade and did not accept authorship until several years later. Nothing Kierkegaard did was left to chance which his carefully chosen pseudonyms also reflect. This also spills over in his presentation-inscriptions which follow as strict a pattern as the pseudonyms themselves – he never signed himself the author if his Christian name was not listed as the author on the title-page. And seeing that he had not accepted authorship of Either-Or and is not mentioned by name anywhere on the title-page also not as the editor nor publisher as with the other pseudonymous works he was not able to give away copies of his magnum opus which is why no presentation-copy of the first edition exists. The appearance of the second edition of this monumental work was naturally carefully planned. Either-Or first appeared in 1843 and due to the great demand for the work which had originally only been printed in ca 525 copies it had quickly been sold out; but Kierkegaard refused to have it reprinted. In 1849 finally he decided to let it appear again in a textually unchanged version. When the second edition appeared recte second issue Kierkegaard had meanwhile owned up to the authorship of Either-Or. He had done so in 1846 in his Concluding Unscientific Postscript to The Philosophical Fragments own translation: “For the sake of manners and etiquette I hereby acknowledge what can hardly in reality be of interest to anybody to know that I am as one says the author of Either-Or Victor Eremita Copenhagen in February 1843.”. Now finally Kierkegaard could give away his magnum opus! In his Papers from 1849 Kierkegaard states own translation: “The poets here at home each received a copy of Either-Or. I thought it my duty; and now I was able to do it; because now one cannot reasonably claim that a conspiracy is made concerning the book. -because the book is now old and its crisis over. Of course they were given the copy from Victor Eremita.” Pap. X1A 402. Naturally because “as little as I in Either-Or is the Seductor or the Assessor as little am I the publisher Victor Eremita exactly as little; he is a poetically-real subjective thinker as he is also found in “in vino veritas.” “ the postscript to the Postscript 1846 But he only sent few copies to very choice people fewer than he did most of his other works and only three copies have been identified to Henrik Hertz Christian Winther and Hans Christian Andersen. Three further copies in gift-bindings corresponding to these have been identified but in these copies the leaf with the presentation-inscription has also been torn out. He must have given away yet another copy – one presumably not being on vellum-paper as according to his own notes he had asked the printers for six copies on vellum paper see Pap. Vol. X part five p. 203. - making the total known albeit not all identified number of copies seven. “Two copies in a binding corresponding to Hertz’s copy have been traced but in both the front free end-paper has been torn out. It leads one to think that the completely unusual presentation inscription signed by Victor Eremita! for the immediate posterity has been of such a curious nature that it has tempted autograph hunters on several occasions.” Tekstspejle p. 97 translated from Danish. “The other book of which the recipients stand out is the second edition of Either-Or which appeared in May 1849. The first edition from 1843 had been sold out for several years but Kierkegaard had refused to have it reprinted. In our context we must remember that in 1843 he was unable to send gift copies of the first edition… When in 1843 he lets Either-Or be reprinted in textually unaltered form he has meanwhile 1846 admitted to authorship of the work. But the wording on the title-pages of the two leaves does not allow him to sign the dedication “from the Author” or “from the publisher” or the like.” Tekstspejle p. 96 translated from Danish. Either-Or is now not only the title of Kierkegaard’s most famous and widely read work it is also a phrase that summarizes much of the thinking for which he is best known and a cornerstone of what we now characterize as Existentialism. The first edition caused a sensation. The second issue termed “edition” although it is textually unaltered is not only the first edition of the work to appear after Kierkegaard had acknowledged authorship of it and thus also confirmed being one and the same with his most famous pseudonym it is also the first of Kierkegaard’s works to appear in a second edition or issue. The second edition of the work is thus also of the utmost importance and is one of the only important second editions of any of Kierkegaard’s works. PMM: 314 Himmelstrup 21 hardcover
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1998réf. 365790Princeton: Princeton 1998. 3rd printing. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 358 Princeton paperback
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