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In an Unpublished Note, Thomas Wolfe Writes That He Has Arrived In Normandy

In an Unpublished Note, Thomas Wolfe Writes That He Has Arrived In Normandy by Thomas Wolfe

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In an Unpublished Note, Thomas Wolfe Writes That He Has Arrived In Normandy
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Thomas Wolfe
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21/06/1930. William Faulkner once said that Thomas Wolfe, who died before age 40, may have been the greatest talent of his generation for aiming higher than any other writer. His influence extends to the writings of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, and to authors Ray Bradbury and Philip Roth, among others. He was one of the first masters of autobiographical fiction, and his work was filled with details that came from his own life and his home in North Carolina, as well as that of his friends in New York.Henry Hart was an editor at Scribner’s. The two had a close and long relationship and corresponded as friends. In Christmas 1930 Wolfe wrote to Hart, with some cheeky remarks, one referencing Oscar Wilde and the other Calvin Coolidge.Autograph postcard signed, June 21, likely 1930, from Rouen, to Hart. ""Dear Henry, I finally got here, in order to uphold your reputation for veracity. Don't know how long I'll stay. Sedgewick, your other novelist, came down from Paris with me but has now gone back.""
The Subjects That Matter: Eleanor Roosevelt Advises a Young Man to Study History, Political Economy and Languages

The Subjects That Matter: Eleanor Roosevelt Advises a Young Man to Study History, Political Economy and Languages by Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Subjects That Matter: Eleanor Roosevelt Advises a Young Man to Study History, Political Economy and Languages
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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2/10/56. The letter also mentions her husband, Franklin D. RooseveltAfter her years as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt served as U.S. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. It was a post that perfectly suited her desire to contribute to world peace. And she always took an interest in young people, and was glad to advise them.Typed Letter Signed, on her personal letterhead, New York, October 2, 1956, to a Mr. Hardgrave telling him the subjects he would need to study. “In reply to your letter, I would advise you to study history, political economy and languages.""I wish I had some of my husband’s campaign buttons to send you, but I have none and I don’t know where you could find one.”The areas of studies she mentions would have been of great benefit to someone who wanted to work at the United Nations in which she had been active since its beginning.
Shi jia zhai yang xin lu 十駕齋養新錄 [Records for Nurturing New Virtues & Bringing Up New Knowledge from the Studio of “Riding for Ten Days”]

Shi jia zhai yang xin lu 十駕齋養新錄 [Records for Nurturing New Virtues & Bringing Up New Knowledge from the Studio of “Riding for Ten Days”] by QIAN, Daxin 錢大昕

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Shi jia zhai yang xin lu 十駕齋養新錄 [Records for Nurturing New Virtues & Bringing Up New Knowledge from the Studio of “Riding for Ten Days”]
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QIAN, Daxin 錢大昕
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with yu lu 餘錄 [further records] in the supplement. 20 & 3 juan in six vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (lower wrapper of final vol. torn), new stitching. [China]: 1806. First edition of this collection of scholarly notes or “jottings” (biji 筆記) by one of the leading Chinese intellectuals of the 18th century, Qian Daxin (1728-1804). “The gentleman says: Learning must never stop.” Thus reads the first sentence in the ancient philosophical work Xunzi. Further on, the philosopher expounds on what great things can be achieved by going about them little by little: “Let the horse Qi Ji [famous for its reach] take a single leap; / It still would go no farther than ten strides; | Yet old nags ridden ten days [shi jia 十駕] equal him; / Not giving up is where success resides.” The title of Qian’s book is a reference to these lines. The occupant of the “Studio of ‘Riding for Ten Days’” assembles his evidence slowly, piecing together a solid edifice of learning. This meticulous assemblage served to “nurture new virtue [yang xin de 養新德] and bring up new knowledge [qi xin zhi 起新知].” This second reference, ultimately from the writings of a Song-dynasty philosopher, Qian had borrowed from the studio name of one of his ancestors. Together, the two allusions in the title of Qian’s book illustrate the ethos of “evidential learning,” a trend in Chinese scholarship of which Qian — academy director and tutor to one of the imperial princes — has always been considered one of the most prominent representatives. In his Records and its supplement, Qian included studies of Chinese philology, phonology, history, historical geography, mathematics, education, and their various subgenres. Shi jia zhai yang xin lu carries two Prefaces: one by the author dated 1799 and one by Ruan Yuan 阮元 (1764-1849) dated late in 1804. Some sources give 1804 as the first date of printing. However, our copy also has a colophon by Qian Dongshu 錢東塾 (n.d.), Daxin’s second son, dated late in 1806. The book was reprinted several times, and our copy does not carry an imprint of any of these later editions. Our copy has a seal with the imprint hongxue ling guan 紅雪詅館, from an unknown previous owner. Fine set, preserved in a hantao. Minor worming. References Gu Jichen 顾吉辰. “Jiading Qianshi Qianyan Tang quanshu (Guangxu chongkan ben) shishou zhushu kao” 《嘉定钱氏潜研堂全书》（光绪重刊本）失收著述考. In Qian Daxin yanjiu 钱大昕研究, edited by Gu Jichen. Shanghai: Huadong ligong daxue chubanshe, 1997. Sela, Ori. China’s Philological Turn: Scholars, Textualism, and the Dao in the Eighteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Xunzi: The Complete Text. Translated and edited by Eric L. Hutton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Yao Jirong 姚继荣. Qingdai lishi biji luncong 清代历史笔记论丛. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe, 2014.
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VIEWS OF MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS. COLLATED, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES, BY ALFRED LIEF. WITH A FOREWORD BY CHARLES A. BEARD

THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VIEWS OF MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS. COLLATED, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES, BY ALFRED LIEF. WITH A FOREWORD BY CHARLES A. BEARD by [Brandeis, Louis D.]

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THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VIEWS OF MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS. COLLATED, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES, BY ALFRED LIEF. WITH A FOREWORD BY CHARLES A. BEARD
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[Brandeis, Louis D.]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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New York: Vanguard Press, 1930. Signed by Brandeis March 17, 1931 on Arthur Leonard Ross's early bookplate on the front pastedown. Original publisher's black cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xxi, [3], 419, [1 blank] pp. With frontispiece portrait of Brandeis, and half title. Near Fine. New York lawyer Arthur Leonard Ross had many well-known clients, such as Emma Goldman, Frank Harris, and H. L. Mencken. His large bookplate, by German artist Otto Ubbelohde and engraved by Botho Schmidt, deliberately left space for authorial autographs, which. Ross passionately collected. "Long before he came to the Supreme Court, Louis Dembitz Brandeis had emphasized the law's need of social and economic intelligence. With prophetic insight he foreshadowed many of the challenging problems which confront our world today, and devised 'social inventions' to cope with them. There was hardly a phase of economic, industrial and social life to which he did not turn his hand; labor, trusts, railroads, insurance, finance are but part. So he brought to the Court an unequalled wealth of experience in such matters. . ." Mason, Mr. Justice Brandeis and the Constitution, 80 U PA Law Review 799 (1932).
LITHOGRAPHY'S FACES, THE FIRST GENERATION

LITHOGRAPHY'S FACES, THE FIRST GENERATION

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LITHOGRAPHY'S FACES, THE FIRST GENERATION
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(New York: The Grolier Club, 1996. wrappers. Lithography. 8vo. wrappers. 14 pages. Introduction by Colta Ives. 1996 Grolier exhibition of lithographic items on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Wrappers partly torn, top of spine.

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