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Sheng xue shi tu 聖學十圖 [K: Sŏnghak sipto; Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning] by YI, Hwang 李滉 (or T’OEGYE)

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Title: Sheng xue shi tu 聖學十圖 [K: Sŏnghak sipto; Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning]
Author: YI, Hwang 李滉 (or T’OEGYE)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: All sheets with woodblock diagrams. Ten woodblock-printed sheets (each ca. 1045 x 580 mm.). [Korea]: 18th or 19th century? A very rare woodblock-printed broadside edition of the influential Sŏnghak sipto, by Yi Hwang (1501-71), “Korea’s greatest philosopher.”–Pratt & Rutt, Korea. A Historical and Cultural Dictionary (Curzon: 1999), p. 517. Yi, a child prodigy, was a scholar and government official. He served four kings in a number of high positions, but his integrity and stand against corruption caused him to be relieved of his posts and sent into exile a number of times. “Yi Hwang, better known by his penname, T’oegye, is generally reputed as Korea’s foremost Neo-Confucian thinker. From the very beginning of the Yi dynasty (1392-1910) the Neo-Confucian doctrine of the Ch’eng-Chu school was the officially sanctioned ideology, but with T’oegye it arrived at its full maturity on the peninsula, for he was the first to present it with a fully sophisticated and integral grasp of its scope, unity, and implications. Consequently, his teaching became a constant reference point for subsequent generations of Korean Neo-Confucians and his understanding of Chu Hsi’s [Zhu Xi’s] vision exercised a profound and lasting influence… “One of his last and most important works was the Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning (Sŏnghak sipdo), which he composed for the instruction of young King Sŏnjo (reigned 1567-1608) in 1568, two years before his death. Considered the summation of T’oegye’s lifetime of learning, the Ten Diagrams became one of the classics of the Korean Neo-Confucian tradition: during the course of the Yi dynasty it was reprinted at least twenty-four times, and it now circulates in three modern Korean translations… “‘Sage learning’ is a phrase that appears frequently in Neo-Confucian works meant for the instruction of rulers, reflecting the view that the essential duty of a ruler is to learn from and emulate ancient sage kings. In terms of its origin, the Ten Diagrams is certainly such a work. But T’oegye’s title is ambiguous, for ‘sage learning’ also means ‘learning how to become a sage,’ that is, a fully perfected human being. This is a kind of learning that has to do with not only kings, but every human being. Thus the provenance of this work is universal, and through the centuries it has served as a basic handbook for generations of serious Neo-Confucians in their endeavor to understand and cultivate the full perfection of their humanity… “This kind of ‘sage learning,’ in its full scope, is a distinctively Neo-Confucian development. With the Neo-tradition revival of the tradition in the Sung dynasty, Confucians finally developed a metaphysical, psychological, and ascetical framework that could fully describe the status of sagehood and delineate it. Sagehood became a practical goal rather than a theoretical ideal. T’oegye’s object in the Ten Diagrams is to present that framework and path… “Doing this, of course, amounts to presenting a structured summation of the essence of Ch’eng-Chu theoretical and practical learning. One could devote a large book to this topic; T’oegye compressed it into ten chapters, each brief enough to be mounted on a single panel of a ten-paneled screen. Each chapter begins with a diagram and is followed by a text. T’oegye’s own remarks are only a short portion of each chapter. As far as possible he tried to make this a compilation of diagrams and words from other authoritative sources so that the work would clearly represent the cumulative wisdom of the Confucian tradition, not just his own private opinion… “The compressed format is not a concession to hasty readers or beginners needing a simple introduction. Quite the opposite; whether as a short book or a screen placed in one’s quarters, T’oegye intended this as a work to be lived with and absorbed slowly through repeated reading and leisurely reflection. In that way its compressed contents would unfold gradually and become a part of oneself through the lengthy and personal effort of apprehending its full meaning. The diagrammatic format he chose is ideal for such use, for the categories, correspondences, and relationships suggested by spatial arrangement offer food for reflective thought far beyond the content of the words themselves. T’oegye could expect that the Ten Diagrams would be approached in this way because the Neo-Confucian approach to texts emphasized this kind of repeated reading, prolonged reflection, and personal assimilation. The theory was that reading should be a process of self-transformation, not mere information gathering. T’oegye designed his Ten Diagrams precisely as a tool to be used in such a process.”–Michael C. Kalton, “T’oegye’s ‘Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning’: A Korean View of the Essence of Chu Hsi’s Teaching” in The Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 7 (1990), pp. 97-99–(& see the rest of this wonderful article for the importance of this text, which was influential in both Korea and Japan). The titles of the ten chapters are: The Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate, The Western Inscription, The Elementary Learning, The Great Learning, The Rules of the White Deer Grotto Academy, The Mind Combines and Governs the Nature and Feelings, Diagram of the Explanation of Humanity, Diagram of the Learning of the Mind-and-Heart, Diagram of the Admonition of Mindfulness Studio, and Admonition on Rising Early and Retiring Late. As mentioned in Prof. Kalton’s essay, these broadsides were intended to be made into a ten-panel standing screen. Fine condition, and a remarkable survival. A few minor stains and a little dusty at extremities. We find no broadside edition in WorldCat.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS WITH NOTES, GLOSSARY, INDEX OF FIRST LINES AND CHRONOLOGICAL LIST by BURNS, ROBERT

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Title: THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS WITH NOTES, GLOSSARY, INDEX OF FIRST LINES AND CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
Author: BURNS, ROBERT
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Oxford University Press, 1939. 14th Printing. 180 x 120 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 3/4"). xx, 636 pp.Edited by J. Logie Robertson. Attractive burnt orange morocco, covers with gilt filet border, raised bands, gilt in compartments with central fleuron, floral gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Robert Burns. Spine sunned to even tan color, very slight scratches on boards, small tear on fore margin of three leaves, not affecting text, otherwise very fine inside and out. This is an attractively bound edition of poetry by the immortal Scottish bard, Robert Burns, issued by an outstanding scholarly press. This edition was compiled and edited by Logie Robertson (1846-1922), a literary scholar and writer, who, in the words of DNB, was "an important figure in the reinvigoration and renationalization of Scottish cultural life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" through his editions of poetry by the likes of Allan Ramsey, Walter Scott, Thomas Campbell, and Burns. A poet who achieved notable popularity in his own day, Burns (1759-96) was immortalized after his death as Scotland's national poet, and has remained a popular and influential force in the literary world..

Turn of the Century Manuscript Album, Friendship Book by [manuscript album]

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Title: Turn of the Century Manuscript Album, Friendship Book
Author: [manuscript album]
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: England, 1890s. Ephemera. Very Good+. Text block only, comprised of different color leaves, edged in gilt; approx. pp. 150, with handwritten poems and prose, plus original artwork, from numerous contributors, scattered throughout. Includes 20 pieces of poetry or prose (Edmund Burke, Matthew Arnold, George Eliot, et al), and 18 pieces of original art, primarily ink and gouache, with some pencil sketches thrown in for good measure. The artwork is nicely accomplished, and ranges from a comic gouache of robed intellectuals, to a sweet ink sketch of bonneted girls sharing a secret, to some lovely landscapes. A few contributors locate themselves in Bedford and Halifax. A nice breaker -- many of the pieces collected here are suitable for display. Also includes laid-in scraps of poetry and prose, and a sketch.

The Common Reader by WOOLF, Virginia

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Title: The Common Reader
Author: WOOLF, Virginia
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Description: London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. Uniform Edition. One of 3,200 copies. Octavo (18cm); dark teal cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-305,[3]pp. Gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, adhesive residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown, some offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, with faint foxing to text edges; Very Good+. In the original dustjacket, priced 5/- net on spine; sunning to spine and extremities, with light wear to same; Very Good+. Uniform edition of Woolf's 1925 collection of essays, several of which originally appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Athenaeum, New Statesman, Dial, New Republic, and the London Mercury. KIRKPATRICK A8c.

Badges of Imperial Russia: Military, Civil, Religious by ANDOLENKO, Serge; Robert Werlich, ed. & trans

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Title: Badges of Imperial Russia: Military, Civil, Religious
Author: ANDOLENKO, Serge; Robert Werlich, ed. & trans
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Washington DC: Quaker Press, 1983. Second Printing. Quarto (28.5cm x 22.5cm). Black leather boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gold on cover and spine; 216pp; illus. Very Good copy; slightly bumped corners; slight soiling to top cover, else tight. Catalogue of military, civil, and religious badges of Imperial Russia. 765 items with images and descriptions.

[PRESENTATION COPY] [MYSTERY] THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER by Sarah Caudwell | [Elizabeth Peters] [Alexandra Ripley]

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Title: [PRESENTATION COPY] [MYSTERY] THE SIRENS SANG OF MURDER
Author: Sarah Caudwell | [Elizabeth Peters] [Alexandra Ripley]
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in pale blue paper-covered boards, backed in blue cloth, with dustjacket; 276 pages; the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~From the library of the late novelist Alexandra Ripley; with a wonderful inscription from Caudwell: "FOR PANSY, BUT WITH WARNINGS NOT TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR FROM ELIZABETH PETERS - & WITH VERY BEST WISHES, SARAH CAUDWELL, BOUCHERCON 1989". "Pansy" is an "in-joke" between them -- it is the name Ripley gave to Scarlett's maid in Ripley's sequel to Gone With the Wind, Scarlett. Ripley and Caudwell must have been at the Bouchercon Mystery Awards together in Philadelphia in 1989. Caudwell's book, "The Sirens Sang of Murder" was the Bouchercon winner the next year in London. ~~A very nice association, with the reference to their mutual and good friend, Elizabeth Peters. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.

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The Stranger by Allsburg, Chris Van

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Title: The Stranger
Author: Allsburg, Chris Van
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780395423318
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1986. First Edition number sequence is printed on bottom of copyright page "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1." This copy is SIGNED by the author. Book fine. DJ fine except for slight rubbing on corners and on both top and bottom of spine. DJ price reads "$15.95". We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.

The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry

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Title: The Education of Henry Adams
Author: Adams, Henry
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Description: Franklin Library, 1982. limited. hardcover. fine. Leather-bound limited edition. Fine. The Hundred Greatest Books of All Time.

Instrument Flying Handbook

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Title: Instrument Flying Handbook
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Revised. Very good in wrappers. Book has slight rubbing of spine and edges of cover, minor readers crease, nice, clean copy.

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