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The Vocation of Man by FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb

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Title: The Vocation of Man
Author: FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: John Chapman, 1848. FIRST EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Publisher’s cloth, embossed emblem of the Catholic Series on covers, corners slightly worn, rebacked with the orginial label; interior very good. From the library of Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, with his bookplate and signature dated March, 1849 on the paste-down, and some pencil annotations at the end of the text. First edition of the English translation by William Smith. Fichte identifies three distinct stages in the development of human existence and the striving for conscious knowledge both theoretical and practical: 1. doubt 2. knowledge 3. faith. Fichte published his famous Wissenschaftslehre, an “essay towards a critique of all revelation” which was an exposition and clarification of Kant’s work, in 1794. He followed up over the next few years covering the theoretical side of his system. Here Fichte reaches for the source of human knowledge, arriving at two conflicting views of human existence: Humans are subject to the cause-and-effect laws of nature, yet their ability to reason will raise humans above the strict necessity that controls the natural world. He concludes that our vocation “is not merely to know but to act in accordance with [our] knowledge.” Fichte (1762-1814) was a German philosopher, one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, often perceived as a figure whose philosophy forms a bridge between the ideas of Kant and the German idealist Hegel. Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford (1823-1898), was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he took a first in classics and won the chancellor’s English essay. From 1847 to 1874 he was elected to parliament for Louth as a liberal. He was junior lord of the treasury, under-secretary of state for the colonies, and succeeded Robert Peel as chief secretary for Ireland under Lord Russell. On formation of Gladstone’s first administration he became president of the Board of Trade, later lord privy seal and president of the council. He shared the burden and the credit of some great reforms following the disestablishment of the Irish Church. John Stuart Mill described his measure as the most important passed by the British parliament since the Roman Catholic Emancipation act. He was raised to the peerage as Lord Carlingford, and succeeded Lord Spencer as president of the council. Carlingford lived with his wife, Frances Elizabeth Anne, Lady Waldegrave (1821-1879), at Strawberry Hill, which she had inherited before their marriage, including all of Walpole’s library and artifacts.

[OEUVRES]. TRADUCTION NOUVELLE EN PROSE, SUIVIE DE LA VEILLE DES FÊTES DE VÊNUS, ET D'UN CHOIX DE PIÈCES DE DIFFÊRENS AUTEURS by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). ANACREON, SAPPHO, BION AND MOSCHUS

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Title: [OEUVRES]. TRADUCTION NOUVELLE EN PROSE, SUIVIE DE LA VEILLE DES FÊTES DE VÊNUS, ET D'UN CHOIX DE PIÈCES DE DIFFÊRENS AUTEURS
Author: (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). ANACREON, SAPPHO, BION AND MOSCHUS
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: Chez Le Boucher, 1773. First Edition with these Illustrations. 214 x 136 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 2 p.l., iv, 280 pp. (without "Héro et Léandre," as usual).Translated by Julien Jacques Moutonnet de Clairfons. LOVELY RED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with rose sprig at center, curling floral cornerpieces, gilt titling, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 25 charming and delicate engraved illustrations by Jean Massard after Charles Eisen. Cohen-de Ricci 79; Brunet I, 254; Graesse I, 113. For the binding: Flety 40. ◆Lower half-inch of joints just starting to show wear, three minor stains and one short scratch to upper board, but a fine and pretty copy, the text fresh and smooth, with deep impressions of the type, with rich impressions of the engravings, with ample margins, and with a lustrous binding. This is a very attractive copy of the first printing of an anthology of French versions of classical poetry, described by Cohen-de Ricci as "one of the most elegantly illustrated books of the 18th century." Charles Eisen (1720-78) was Louis XV's court painter as well as drawing master to Madame de Pompadour. Bryan says that "almost all the important books published in France in his time contain his exquisite plates," which "he engraved with a light point and with striking originality." He "took his inspirations direct from nature, but add[ed] something of the ideal, after the manner of Watteau and Boucher." The text contains biographies of and works by four important Greek poets: Anacreon (sixth century B.C.), Sappho (b. ca. 612 B.C.), Bion (third century B.C.), and Moschus (second century B.C.). The binding here is a perfect example of the kind of handsomely done French classical work produced for an extended period under the name of Chambolle. A rough contemporary of, and certainly the equal in technique to, binders like Trautz, Marius Michel père, Lortic, and Cuzin, the elder Chambolle served his apprenticeship under Hippolyte Duru and later formed a partnership with him, as is clear from the stamped signature on our volume. Chambolle's son continued the business when his father retired in 1898, and in her "Modern Bookbindings," Sarah Prideaux says of her contemporary, "Chambolle most worthily continues the traditions associated with the name of his father. . . . To him are confided the classics of former times, which he clothes in the styles appropriate to them, keeping to a simplicity of ornamentation which reveals great taste and feeling for composition.".

Traite des maladies des Enfans .... by Rosen von Rosenstein, N

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Title: Traite des maladies des Enfans ....
Author: Rosen von Rosenstein, N
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; front hinge strained; slight wear at the head of the spine.
Description: Paris: P G Cavelier, 1778. First French Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; front hinge strained; slight wear at the head of the spine.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 582, [2 - privilege] pp. One of the great works and a foundation book of paediatrics. The book is based on Rosenstein's own research and observations. The commentary is informative throughout, e.g., his remarks on whooping cough that came very close to the modern idea of bacterial infection. G - M #6323 citing the Swedish original; Waller #8208; see Levinson.

The Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity by Rockwell, A - ELECTRICITY

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Title: The Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity
Author: Rockwell, A - ELECTRICITY
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A very good copy.
Description: New York: William Wood and Co., 1896. Second Revised Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. Illustrations throughout the text. One of the premiere books of the 19th century on the use of electricity for medical purposes. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the field. This edition contains a chapter on x-rays. Rockwell was also the inventor of the electric chair. Bakken p. 290; See G - M # 1996.4.

[TRAVEL] RUSSLAND: HANDBUCH FUR REISENDE by Karl Baedeker

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Title: [TRAVEL] RUSSLAND: HANDBUCH FUR REISENDE
Author: Karl Baedeker
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: near Very Good binding
Description: Leipzig: Verlag Von Karl Baedeker, 1888. Second Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 18mo; in flexible red cloth boards with gilt titling; l, 1-442 pages including the Index; with 9 maps and 15 plans; lacking the end papers No pencil or ink markings in text; text written in German; boards slightly soiled and small stain at top corner area of front board; corners bumped; very small closed tears at top and bottom of spine; front and rear hinges beginning to crack; small chip to the last blank leaf. near Very Good binding.

Oklahoma. A History of the Sooner State by McReynolds, Edwin C.

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Title: Oklahoma. A History of the Sooner State
Author: McReynolds, Edwin C.
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1954 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. 9x6 inches. Pp. xii, 461. Illustrated with 32 photographs from old prints and portraits, 12 maps. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. Brick cloth lettered in black and white. Slightest of rubbing to spine ends, else a very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (slight rubbing to jacket spine ends). First edition. Quite scarce thus, especially with the dust jacket! Provides coverage of the entire historical development of the state of Oklahoma. Chapters include the European Rivalry for the Mississippi; The Louisiana Purchase; Exploration and the Spanish Boundary; Indian Removal Treaties before 1834; The Civil War and the Five Civilized Tribes, and much more. [Adams, Herd: 1422 (giving incorrect publication date)]. .

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The Evening Star by McMurtry, Larry

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Title: The Evening Star
Author: McMurtry, Larry
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
ISBN: 9780671685195
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 637pp. Red cloth-backed black boards. Slight dent to head of spine, else a very fine copy with dust jacket. "The stunning sequel to one of the most beloved novels of our time - Terms of Endearment.".

James Johnson: Bringing in the Light by -

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Title: James Johnson: Bringing in the Light
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Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: J. Johnson Gallery, 2003. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. INSCRIBED BY JAMES JOHNSON on the hlaf-title. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the catalogue based on the November 2003-December 2004 exhibition at J. Johnson Gallery. Bright and Fine in its oatmeal cloth. Tall quarto, fold-out plates, #44 of 500 copies published.

CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE ELMER BELT LIBRARY OF VINCIANA. by Finger, F.L.

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Title: CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE ELMER BELT LIBRARY OF VINCIANA.
Author: Finger, F.L.
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Los Angeles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Ltd to 500 copies printed by Ward Ritchie Pr.

Manhattan Architecture by Berenholtz, Richard (photos); Reynolds, Donald Martin (text)

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Title: Manhattan Architecture
Author: Berenholtz, Richard (photos); Reynolds, Donald Martin (text)
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Condition: Gift inscription on free front end paper else a fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Description: New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Gift inscription on free front end paper else a fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.. 256 pp. Illus. with over 230 color photos, many two-page. 4to. Posner, Ellen, intro.

From Kapuvár to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav van Berg by Berg, Gustav von; Madden, Henry Miller, trans

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Title: From Kapuvár to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav van Berg
Author: Berg, Gustav von; Madden, Henry Miller, trans
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Condition: A fine copy. In original somewhat worn plain dust jacket.
Description: San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1979. First edition. Quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards, gilt title, map endpapers. A fine copy. In original somewhat worn plain dust jacket.. 73 pp. Illus. with 9 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One of 500 copies.

Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion by Willems, Mo

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Title: Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion
Author: Willems, Mo
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ISBN: 9780061929571
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Description: New York: HarperCollins, 2010. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpaginated. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Gunfight in Apache County, 1887: The Shootout Between Sheriff C.P. Owens and the Blevins Brothers in Holbrook, Arizona by Will C. Barnes; Neil B. Carmony, editor

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Title: Gunfight in Apache County, 1887: The Shootout Between Sheriff C.P. Owens and the Blevins Brothers in Holbrook, Arizona
Author: Will C. Barnes; Neil B. Carmony, editor
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Tucson: Trail to Yesterday Books, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 42pp+index. Slightly darkened, else very good in publisher's wraps.

Aperture 95 Minor White: A Living Remembrance by WHITE, Minor

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Title: Aperture 95 Minor White: A Living Remembrance
Author: WHITE, Minor
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780893811617
Description: New York: Aperture, 1984. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 78 pages. Summer 1984. A collection of remembrances of Minor White after his death. Some of the photography and writings are from: Garry Winogrand, Art Sinsabaugh, Barbara Morgan, Walter Chappell, Frederick Sommer, and many others. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket.

EINE ANDERE WELT [ANOTHER COUNTRY] by Baldwin, James; Hans Wollschläger

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Title: EINE ANDERE WELT [ANOTHER COUNTRY]
Author: Baldwin, James; Hans Wollschläger
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ISBN: 9783498090296
Condition: Fine in near fine jacket.
Description: (Hamburg): Rowohlt, 1970. Fine in near fine jacket.. Early German edition of novel that Baldwin said "makes GIOVANNI seem conservative-almost square." Baldwin's 1962 novel was written over the course of more than a decade, during the author's stays in Greenwich Village, in William Styron's Connecticut guest house, in Paris, and finally in Istanbul: a writing process so long and so spread out over the globe because "I couldn't find the peace of mind-the space free of other people-to write anywhere in America" (Weatherby). The result, banned for obscenity in New Orleans and panned by a petulant Norman Mailer as "abominably written" except for the sex, was also a bestseller second only to Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES. NATIONAL REVIEW, of all places, called it "brilliantly written." First published in Germany in 1965 by Rowohlt, this edition has a new cover design. 7.5'' x 4.5''. Original white paper boards, spine stamped in black. In original color pictorial dust jacket (no price). 456 pages. Jacket with light toning to spine and margins, tiny closed tear. Boards with a hint of toning.

THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATION, ITS OBJECT by STICKLEY, Leopold

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Title: THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATION, ITS OBJECT
Author: STICKLEY, Leopold
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: STICKLEY, Leopold. THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATIO ITS OBJECTIVE. Fayetteville, New York: 1950. 4to. Boards. 52 pages. First edition. A fiftieth anniversary publication for Stickley furniture, signed by the auth Very good.

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1852. by Indiana State Board Of Agriculture

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Title: SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1852.
Author: Indiana State Board Of Agriculture
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Indianapolis, 1853. 384 p, original cloth, a little spotting but generally very good condition. .

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Most Favored Nation; the Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912 by Wolman, Paul

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Title: Most Favored Nation; the Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912
Author: Wolman, Paul
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ISBN: 9780807820223
Description: Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. xxv, 328p., slightly chipped dj.

Literary Houses; Ten Famous Houses In Fiction by Ashe, Rosalind

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Title: Literary Houses; Ten Famous Houses In Fiction
Author: Ashe, Rosalind
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Facts on File, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities, dust jacket sunned at the spine. Profusely illustrated throughout.

This Awesome Challenge: The Hundred Days of Lyndon Johnson by AMRINE, Michael

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Title: This Awesome Challenge: The Hundred Days of Lyndon Johnson
Author: AMRINE, Michael
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Description: New York: Putnam, 1964. hardcover. very good(+). 283 pages, 8vo, blue cloth. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1964). A very good(+)

Savannah Sampler Cookbook: A Collection of the Best of Low Country Cookery and Restoration Recipes, Old and New, Including Favorites from the Savann by Debolt, Margaret Wayt

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Title: Savannah Sampler Cookbook: A Collection of the Best of Low Country Cookery and Restoration Recipes, Old and New, Including Favorites from the Savann
Author: Debolt, Margaret Wayt
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN: 9780915442492
Condition: Very Good
Description: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. paperback. Very Good. 7x0x9. Signed. Trade paperback, white covers with red & black lettering. Signed by DeBolt on half-title. Main flaw to book is gift inscription which describes buying this book at the Praters (sp?) House gift shop, and about the restaurant & city of Savannah.

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