Frothingham O B Octavius Brooks (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition of this collection of writings by transcendentalist minister O.B. Frothingham. 272 pages, brown cloth. Has edgewear, otherwise minimal sign of previous use.

Salem: The Observer Office, 1854. First edition. Cover title, self-wrappers, 21 pp. Some wear, browning, string separated. A Good copy, only.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Twelve essays by the contrarian minister, who broke with his congregation over his abolitionist beliefs, was a radical Unitarian, and an ardent supporter of Charles Darwin. Bumped with wear at the spine ends. Spine darkened with a damp stain that wraps around onto the front board. Binding square and solid, previous owner's name on the front end paper.…

Imprint of Warren's, Boston, 289 Washington Street - Warren's operated there from 1872-1875 (Steele and Polito). Frothingham published "Transcendentalism in New England" in 1876. A Fine example.

New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck and Thomas, 1862. First edition. Original printed wrappers. A little soiled and chipped, a Very Good copy.

Cambridge: John Wilson, 1895. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 51 pp. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for May, 1895. Ellis was an historian, biographer, Professor of Systematic Theology at Harvard. He had been a classmate of Theodore Parker and John Sullivan Dwight at the Harvard Divinity School. This memoir prints extensive extracts from an unpublished journal kept by Ellis on a trip to Europe in 1838. He visited Carlyle twice - they discussed the late Emerson controversy (The Divinity School Address); Carlyle "spoke of the Address as the most remarkable utterance he had ever heard from that side of the water." And, he "spoke highly of (John Sullivan) Dwight's Translation (Select Minor Poems of Goethe and Schiller, 1839) who, he said, seemed to understand the matter better than anyone else." A little chipping, stamp of the Maine Genealogical Society. A Very Good copy.…

A bust portrait, signed. Frothingham is about 40. A major member of the second generation of Transcendentalists, he wrote Transcendentalism in New England, 1876. Obverse of the card with large mounting adhesions, obscuring the imprint. A little soiling on the image. A Good copy.