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The Vocation of Man

The Vocation of Man by FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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.
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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.
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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

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

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Oklahoma. A History of the Sooner State
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McReynolds, Edwin C.
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
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Fine
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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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CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE ELMER BELT LIBRARY OF VINCIANA. by Finger, F.L.

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CATALOGUE OF THE INCUNABULA IN THE ELMER BELT LIBRARY OF VINCIANA.
Author
Finger, F.L.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Los Angeles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Ltd to 500 copies printed by Ward Ritchie Pr.
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Manhattan Architecture by Berenholtz, Richard (photos); Reynolds, Donald Martin (text)

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Manhattan Architecture
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Berenholtz, Richard (photos); Reynolds, Donald Martin (text)
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Gift inscription on free front end paper else a fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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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

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

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From Kapuvár to California 1893. Travel Letters of Baron Gustav van Berg
Author
Berg, Gustav von; Madden, Henry Miller, trans
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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.
EINE ANDERE WELT [ANOTHER COUNTRY]

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

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EINE ANDERE WELT [ANOTHER COUNTRY]
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Baldwin, James; Hans Wollschläger
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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.
Aperture 95 Minor White: A Living Remembrance

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

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Aperture 95 Minor White: A Living Remembrance
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WHITE, Minor
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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.
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THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATION, ITS OBJECT by STICKLEY, Leopold

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THE STORY OF A DEVELOPING FURNITURE STYLE, ITS INSPIRATION, ITS OBJECT
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STICKLEY, Leopold
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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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.
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1852. by Indiana State Board Of Agriculture

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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1852.
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Indiana State Board Of Agriculture
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Hoffman Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Indianapolis, 1853. 384 p, original cloth, a little spotting but generally very good condition. .
Gunfight in Apache County, 1887: The Shootout Between Sheriff C.P. Owens and the Blevins Brothers in Holbrook, Arizona

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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Gunfight in Apache County, 1887: The Shootout Between Sheriff C.P. Owens and the Blevins Brothers in Holbrook, Arizona
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Will C. Barnes; Neil B. Carmony, editor
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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Very good
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Tucson: Trail to Yesterday Books, 1997. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 42pp+index. Slightly darkened, else very good in publisher's wraps.
Most Favored Nation; the Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912
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Most Favored Nation; the Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912 by Wolman, Paul

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Most Favored Nation; the Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912
Author
Wolman, Paul
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780807820223
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Chapel Hill & London: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. xxv, 328p., slightly chipped dj.
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Literary Houses; Ten Famous Houses In Fiction by Ashe, Rosalind

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Literary Houses; Ten Famous Houses In Fiction
Author
Ashe, Rosalind
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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Very good
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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.
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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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Savannah Sampler Cookbook: A Collection of the Best of Low Country Cookery and Restoration Recipes, Old and New, Including Favorites from the Savann
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Debolt, Margaret Wayt
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9780915442492
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Very Good
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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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