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Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1535291192ISBN 13: 9781535291194
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1535291192ISBN 13: 9781535291194
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1535291192ISBN 13: 9781535291194
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: New.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016
ISBN 10: 1535291192ISBN 13: 9781535291194
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by London: Trübner & Co., 1882
Seller: My Father's Books, Bennington, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Printed in Great Britain by the Ballantyne Press. Date on the title page. First edition in English. Biographical Sketch, list of sources; xliv, 216 pages, plus 73 page catalogue from the publisher. There is some superficial spotting to the slate-blue silk cloth and rubbing at the extremities; however, the black and gilt decoration and lettering on the spine and upper board have remained bright and clear. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] The interior is bright and supple, despite general mild age-toning and some dust-spotting on the top edge; and there is a very small Oxford bookseller's label on the original rich-brown endpapers. A wide range of subjects and topics is covered in these dialogues and essays, written by a man who was reading Greek classics in his father's library at the age of eight. From the brief sketch that begins this volume: Leopardi's "theory of the 'infelicita' of things, cheerless though it be, often suggests ideas, sublime in themselves and noble in their effect; and the very essence of his philosophy resolves itself into a recommendation to act, rather by contemplation to lose the power of action; for, as he says, 'A life must be active and vigorous, else it is not true life, and death is preferable to it.'" Subjects include: Atlas, Brutus, Columbus, Copernicus, Plato, Prometheus, Plotinus, Nature, The Soul, Earth, Moon, and a Panegyric of Birds. As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking.
Published by [The Grabhorn Press] / Edwin And Robert Grabhorn, San Francisco, 1921
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. One Of A Reported 100 Copies, Of Which Worldcat Reports 21 Institutional Holdings. The Bibliography States "Bound With Gray Wrappers" But This Copy In Marbled Paper Covered Nearly Rigid Boards With Spine Label "Being A Discourse On The New Year From Edwin And Robert Grabhorn, Forty-Seven Kearney Street, San Francisco" Printed In Black Within A Double Ruled Black Border. Very Good +, Trace Of Wear To Covers (No Wear To Label) And With Pinpoint Losses A Ens Of Spine, No Fading Or Staining. With A 1939 Letter From Bookseller George Fields To California Bibliophile Henry R. Wagner Discussing How He Obtained The Book- He Had Never Had A Copy And Knew It Was Missing From Three Grabhorn Collections.