‎Af en endnu Levendes Papirer. Udgivet mod hans Villie. K., 1838. X + 79pp. + Gjentagelsen. Et Forsøg i den experimenterende Psychologi af Constantin Constantius. K., 1843. 157pp. + Tvende ethisk-religieuse Smaa = Afhandlinger. Af H.H. K., 1849. 85pp.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, 1838-49. Alle indbundet i ét lidt senere halvlæderbind m. rig rygforgyldn. False nænsomt restaureret. ""Af en endnu Levendes Papirer"" er kun en smule plettet"" ""Gjentagelsen"" også ganske pæn, de første par blade dog lidt brunplettede, og de sidste sider m. skjold"" ""Smaa = Afhandlinger"" er en del brunplettet.‎

‎Et nydeligt sæt af tre af Kierkegaards væsentligste værker, heriblandt hans første bog, indbundet næsten samtidigt. Alle tre originaludgaver. Himmelstrup 6,53,116.‎

‎Af en endnu Levendes Papirer. Udgivet mod hans Villie. - [KIERKEGAARD'S FIRST BOOK]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, 1838. Ubeskåret, i et senere blankt omslag. Gennemgående skjold i øverste venstre hjørne, overvejende ganske svagt. Første og sidste blade mest påvirkede. X, 79pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven af Kierkegaards debut, -værket i hvilket han skarpt kritiserer H.C. Andersen, og i hvilket inspirationen fra Poul Martin Møller (til hvem han dedikerede værket ""Begrebet Angest"" - den eneste uden for familien, der er blevet beæret med en trykt dedikation af Kierkegaard) formenlig er tydeligst at spore. Den specielle titel kan med en vis rimelighed siges at hentyde til en villet videreførelse af den beundrede og på tidspunktet for udgivelsen netop afdøde Poul Martin Møllers nærmest upublicerede produktion. Den ""endnu Levende"" skulle således være ""Danmarks Gæde i Glæden over Danmark"", ""Mindet i den danske Sommer"", Poul Martin Møller, den mand, der ved sin person har inspireret Kierkegaard mere end nogen anden. Himmelstrup 6.Uncut in a very nice later halfleatherbdg. of dark red morocco w. green marbled paper and dark red gilt leather-title-label on front board. Gilt lines to back. (Oscar Jacobsen). Some brownspotting. X + 79pp.First edition of Kierkegaard's first work" -the work in which he sharply critisizes Hans Christian Andersen and ridicules the genre of fairy tales in general.‎

‎Af en endnu Levendes Papirer. Udgivet mod hans Villie. - [KIERKEGAARD'S FIRST BOOK]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1838. Lille 8vo. Pænt samtidigt halvlæderbind med enkelte, diskrete stregforgyldninger på ryg. False slidte, ellers ren og frisk. X + 79pp. Small 8vo. Nice contemporary half calf with discreet gilt lines to spine. Hinges with wear, but fine and tight. A large and unusually clean copy. X + 79pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven af Kierkegaards debut, -værket i hvilket han skarpt kritiserer H.C. Andersen, og i hvilket inspirationen fra Poul Martin Møller (til hvem han dedikerede værket ""Begrebet Angest"" - den eneste uden for familien, der er blevet beæret med en trykt dedikation af Kierkegaard) formenlig er tydeligst at spore. Den specielle titel kan med en vis rimelighed siges at hentyde til en villet videreførelse af den beundrede og på tidspunktet for udgivelsen netop afdøde Poul Martin Møllers nærmest upublicerede produktion. Den ""endnu Levende"" skulle således være ""Danmarks Gæde i Glæden over Danmark"", ""Mindet i den danske Sommer"", Poul Martin Møller, den mand, der ved sin person har inspireret Kierkegaard mere end nogen anden. Himmelstrup 6.First edition of Kierkegaard's first work" -the work in which he sharply critisizes Hans Christian Andersen and ridicules the genre of fairy tales in general.‎

‎Afluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift til de philosophiske Smuler. Mimisk=pathetisk=dialektisk Sammenskrift, Existentielt Indlæg af Johannes Climacus. K., 1846. X+480+(4)pp.‎

‎Ubeskåret i med den original hollanderede forperm bevaret. Ryg restaureret m. papir som det originale samt ny bagperm.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 90.‎

‎Afsluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift til de philosophiske Smuler. Mimisk=pathetisk=dialektisk Sammenskrift, Existentielt Indlæg af Johannes Climacus. Udgiven af S. Kierkegaard.‎

‎K., 1846. Samt. hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. Øvre fals restaureret. Skjold i øvre højre hjørne. X+480+(4)pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 90. ""Jakob Knudsen"" på smudstitilbl.‎

‎Afsluttende uvidenskabelig Efterskrift til de philosophiske Smuler. Mimisk=pethetisk=dialektisk Sammenskrift, existentielt Indlæg af Johannes Climacus. Udgiven af S. Kierkegaard.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, 1846. Samt. hldrbd. m. rig tidstypisk rygforgyldn. False slidte og indre false lidt svage. Hjørner slidte. Brunet og med understregninger, primært i blyant.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 90.‎

‎Atten opbyggelige Taler.‎

‎K., 1843-1845. Lidt senere sort hldrbd. Nedre kapitæl lidt stødt. Gennemgående vandskjold. (IV)+52+62+84+59+70+111pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 85.‎

‎Atten opbyggelige Taler.‎

‎K., 1843-1845. 8vo. Smukt lidt senere hldrbd.m. rig rygforgyldn., ophøjet ""bind"", dannet af heftesnoren. 2. blad (indhold) repareret. Pp 1-50 m. svagt skjold for neden, ellers pæn. (Iv)+52+62+84+59+70+111pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 85.First edition of Kierkegaard's important eighteen upbuilding discourses, which comprise his two, three, and four upbuilding discourses from the years 1843-45, with the joint title-page of all eighteen. The work constitutes Kierkegaard's religious works, which supplement his theological and philosophical ones.The first upbuilding discourses were published the same year as Either-Or, and it is interesting to note that in opposition to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page, -a fact that was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could make one doubt the religiousness of the author, the parallelly written religious discourses stress the fact that we are dealing with an author, who was religious from the very beginning, -a fact that Kierkegaard also wished to establish himself"" in his journals he clearly states that the religious discourses bear as much significance for his work as a whole as do the larger pseudonymous works, ""I began with ""Either-Or"" and two upbuilding discourses..."" he says, and explains that he intended the upbuilding, the religious, to advance, and that he wanted to show ""that the writer was not an aesthetic author who in the course of time grew older and for that reason became religious"" (Journals, IX A 227).The importance of the upbuilding discourses and the close relationship they have with the major works and Kierkegaard's philosophical development also becomes evident with the fact that every pseudonymous work was accompanied by a little collection of ""upbuilding discourses"" until ""Concluding Postscript"" appeared.‎

‎Atten opbyggelige Taler.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], P. G. Philipsens Forlag, 1843-1845. 8vo. Bound uncut in a recent pastiche cardboardbinding, imitating the original brown cardboard binding, in which it was issued. Printed pastice paper label to spine. Some brownspotting as always, due to the paper quality. (4), 52, 62, 84, 59 (recte 57 pp., i.e. without the blank leaf between the title-page and the preface), 70, 111 pp. Complete with all the titles and the joint title-page (without the blank leaf after the preface of ""To opbyggelige Taler, 1844"" - which is not called for and hardly ever present).‎

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‎First edition of Kierkegaard's important eighteen upbuilding discourses, which comprise his two, three, and four upbuilding discourses from the years 1843-45, with the joint title-page of all eighteen. The work constitutes Kierkegaard's religious works, which supplement his theological and philosophical ones.The first upbuilding discourses were published the same year as Either-Or, and it is interesting to note that in opposition to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page, a fact that was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could make one doubt the religiousness of the author, the parallelly written religious discourses stress the fact that we are dealing with an author, who was religious from the very beginning, a fact that Kierkegaard also wished to establish himself"" in his journals he clearly states that the religious discourses bear as much significance for his work as a whole as do the larger pseudonymous works, ""I began with ""Either-Or"" and two upbuilding discourses..."" he says, and explains that he intended the upbuilding, the religious, to advance, and that he wanted to show ""that the writer was not an esthetic author who in the course of time grew older and for that reason became religious"" (Journals, IX A 227).The importance of the upbuilding discourses and the close relationship they have with the major works and Kierkegaard's philosophical development also becomes evident with the fact that every pseudonymous work was accompanied by a little collection of ""upbuilding discourses"" until ""Concluding Postscript"" appeared.Himmelstrup 85.‎

‎Atten Opbyggelige Taler. Anden udgave.‎

‎Kbhvn., 1862. Samt. hldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning. Ryg lidt slidt. (6),378 pp.‎

‎Atten opbyggelige Taler. - [THE UPBUILDING DISCOURSES]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1843-1845. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with richly gilt spine. Binding with very light wear. Front free end-paper with the ownership-inscription of Michael Bentzon and his acquisition date of 1855 (the same year that Kierkegaard died). Some brownspotting here and there and the first couple of leaves of ""To opbyggelige Taler, 1844"" with a damp stain. Neat underlinings in the text as well as several marginalia, mostly in pencil. A very good copy indeed. (IV), 52, 62, 84, 59, 70, 111pp. Complete with all the half-titles and the joint title-page (without the blank leaf after the preface of ""To opbyggelige Taler, 1844"" - which is not called for and hardly ever present).‎

‎First edition of Kierkegaard's important Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, which comprise his two, three, and four upbuilding discourses from the years 1843-45, with the joint title-page of all eighteen. The work constitutes Kierkegaard's religious works, which supplement his theological and philosophical ones.The first upbuilding discourses were published the same year as Either-Or, and it is interesting to note that in opposition to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page, -a fact that was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could make one doubt the religiousness of the author, the parallelly written religious discourses stress the fact that we are dealing with an author, who was religious from the very beginning, -a fact that Kierkegaard also wished to underline himself"" in his journals he clearly states that the religious discourses bear as much significance for his work as a whole as do the larger pseudonymous works, ""I began with ""Either-Or"" and two upbuilding discourses..."" he says, and explains that he intended the upbuilding, the religious, to advance, and that he wanted to show ""that the writer was not an esthetic author who in the course of time grew older and for that reason became religious"" (Journals, IX A 227).The importance of the upbuilding discourses and the close relationship they have with the major works and Kierkegaard's philosophical development is also stressed by the fact that every pseudonymous work was accompanied by a little collection of ""upbuilding discourses"" until ""Concluding Postscript"" appeared.Himmelstrup 85.‎

‎Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana. Edenda curaverunt Niels Thulstrup, Marie Mikulova Thulstrup. 16 vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1978-88. Orig. printed wrappers to all volumes. In English.‎

‎The paperback edition.‎

‎Bibliotheca Kierkegaardiana. Edenda curaverunt Niels Thulstrup, Marie Mikulova Thulstrup. 16 vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1978-88. Orig. printed wrappers to all volumes. In English.‎

‎The paperback edition.‎

‎EDIFYING DISCOURSES, A Selection‎

‎Collins - Fontana Books. 1958. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 253 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Fontana Books, 718 R. Edited with an Intro. by Paul L. HOLMER. Trans. by David F. and Lilian MARVIN SWENSON. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎En literair Anmeldelse. To Tidsaldre, Novelle af Forfatteren til ""En Hverdagshistorie"", udgiven af J.L.Heiberg. Kbhv. Reitzel, 1845, anmeldt af S.Kierkegaard.‎

‎K., 1846. Ubeskåret i senere blankt omsl. Første og sidste blade noget brunplettet. 114pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 100.‎

‎Enten – Eller. Et Livs=Fragment udgivet af Victor Eremita. Anden Udgave. Første Deel, indeholdende A.’s Papirer + Anden Deel, indeholdende B.’s Papirer, Breve til A.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1849. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear and scratches. Back hinge partly split. Previous owner's name ""P. O. Bugge / 1852"". First and last leaves slightly browned, otherwise internally nice and clean. XIV, (2), 320" (4), 250 pp + final blank.‎

‎Second edition of Kierkegaard’s Either-Or, his magnum opus, widely regarded as a foundational work of existentialism and among the most celebrated writings of the greatest Scandinavian philosopher. Kierkegaard is “now generally considered to be, however eccentric, one of the most important Christian philosophers” (PMM 314). Kierkegaard's monumental magnum opus seminally influenced later as well as contemporary philosophy and ranks as one of the most important works of philosophy of modern times. Either-Or is the earliest of Kierkegaard’s major works and the work with which he begins his pseudonymous authorship. Kierkegaard’s pseudonymity is an entire subject unto its own. The various cover names he uses play a significant role in his way of communicating and are essential to the understanding of his philosophical and religious messages. And it all properly begins here, with his groundbreaking magnum opus. Conjuring up two distinctive figures with diverging beliefs and modes of life – the aesthetic “A” of Part One, and the ethical B (note that this is the first “pseudonym” that Kierkegaard uses, in his earliest articles – no. I above)/Judge Vilhelm of Part Two, Kierkegaard presents us with the most basic reflections on the search for a meaningful existence, seen from two completely different philosophical views. This masterpiece of duality explores the foundational conflict between the ethical and the aesthetical, providing us along the way with the now so famous contemplations on music (Mozart), drama, boredom, pleasures, virtues, and, probably most famously, seduction (and rejection – The Seducer’s Diary). It is primarily Judge Vilhelm from Part Two of Either-Or that has bestowed upon Kierkegaard the reputation as the Father of Existentialism. His emphasis on taking ownership of oneself and the importance of making choices has made him the (first) personification of Existentialism and the idea that one does not passively develop into the self that he or she should be or ought to become. Kierkegaard went to great lengths to ensure that the public would not know the identity of the author was of Either-Or. He even had the draft of the work done by several hands, so that employees at the printer’s would also be deceived. Despite his efforts, however, it did not take long for the public to guess that Kierkegaard had written this astounding work. But Kierkegaard himself kept up the façade and did not accept authorship until several years later. Nothing Kierkegaard did was left to chance, which his carefully chosen pseudonyms also reflect. This also spills over in his presentation-inscriptions, which follow as strict a pattern as the pseudonyms themselves – he never signed himself the author, if his Christian name was not listed as the author on the title-page. And seeing that he had not accepted authorship of Either-Or and is not mentioned by name anywhere on the title-page (also not as the editor nor publisher as with the other pseudonymous works), he was not able to give away copies of his magnum opus, which is why no presentation-copy of the first edition exists. The appearance of the second edition of this monumental work was, naturally, carefully planned. Either-Or first appeared in 1843, and due to the great demand for the work, which had originally only been printed in ca 525 copies, it had quickly been sold out but Kierkegaard refused to have it reprinted. In 1849, finally, he decided to let it appear again, in a textually unchanged version. When the second edition appeared (recte second issue), Kierkegaard had meanwhile owned up to the authorship of Either-Or. He had done so in 1846, in his Concluding Unscientific Postscript to The Philosophical Fragments (own translation): “For the sake of manners and etiquette I hereby acknowledge, what can hardly in reality be of interest to anybody to know, that I am, as one says, the author of Either-Or (Victor Eremita), Copenhagen in February 1843...”. Now, finally, Kierkegaard could give away his magnum opus! In his Papers from 1849, Kierkegaard states (own translation): “The poets here at home each received a copy of Either-Or. I thought it my duty and now I was able to do it because now one cannot reasonably claim that a conspiracy is made concerning the book. -because the book is now old and its crisis over. Of course they were given the copy from Victor Eremita...” (Pap., X1A 402). Naturally, because “as little as I in Either-Or is the Seductor or the Assessor, as little am I the publisher Victor Eremita, exactly as little he is a poetically-real subjective thinker, as he is also found in “in vino veritas.” “ (the postscript to the Postscript, 1846) Either-Or is now not only the title of Kierkegaard’s most famous and widely read work, it is also a phrase that summarizes much of the thinking for which he is best known and a cornerstone of what we now characterize as Existentialism. The first edition caused a sensation. The second issue (termed “edition”, although it is textually unaltered) is not only the first edition of the work to appear after Kierkegaard had acknowledged authorship of it and thus also confirmed being one and the same with his most famous pseudonym, it is also the first of Kierkegaard’s works to appear in a second edition or issue. The second edition of the work is thus also of the utmost importance and is one of the only important second editions of any of Kierkegaard’s works. PMM: 314 Himmelstrup 21 ‎

‎Enten-teller, bind 1.‎

‎Gyldendals Bogklub. 1982. In-8. Relié toilé. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 437 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 490-Autres langues‎

‎Bind 1. Classification Dewey : 490-Autres langues‎

‎Forførerens Dagbog. Med et indledende Forord af Hans Brix.‎

‎København, Christians=Pressens Forlag, 1919. Ubeskåret i orig. helldrbd. med blindtryk på ryg og permer. 163 pp. Kobberstukket titelvignet of kobberstukket portræt af Søren Kierkegaard, stukket af Knud Hendriksen, trykt af kobbertrykker Johan Beck. Trykt på Van Gelder Zonen papir.Nr. 71 af 325 eksemplarer.‎

‎Forførerens Dagbog. Med et indledende Forord af Hans Brix.‎

‎København, Christians=Pressens Forlag, 1919. Ubeskåret i orig. helldrbd. med blindtryk på ryg og permer. 163 pp. Kobberstukket titelvignet of kobberstukket portræt af Søren Kierkegaard, stukket af Knud Hendriksen, trykt af kobbertrykker Johan Beck. Trykt på Van Gelder Zonen papir.Nr. 67 af 325 eksemplarer.‎

‎Forord. Morskabslæsning for enkelte Stænder efter Tid og Leilighed af Nicolaus Notabene. K., 1844. 110pp.‎

‎Ubeskåret i orig. hollanderet bd. m. den bogtrykte titeletiket. Forperm lidt løs. Sidste 30 sider m. skjold. Noget brunplettet.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 70. Har tilhørt Vilhelm Grønbeck.‎

‎Forord. Morskabslæsning for enkelte Stænder efter Tid og Leilighed af Nicolaus Notabene. - [KIERKEGAARD'S MOST HUMOROUS WORK - A FORERUNNER OF POSTMODERNISM]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. A splendid copy in contemporary full cloth with blindstamped decorations to boards and gothic gilt lettering to spine. Light damp stains to back board and a bit of wear to capitals. Internally unusually nice and clean. 110, (1) pp. With an inscription for Josephine Bidoulac (later married to Welhaven), from Emil Wedel, to front fly-leaf. Pencil annotations by Jonas Skovgaard to front free end-paper. ‎

‎The uncommon first edition, in a lovely copy, of Kierkegaard's most humorous work. Published simultaneously with The Concept of Anxiety, Prefaces can be viewed as its companion piece. It represents an altogether different genre, but the two fictional authors of the works interestingly contrast each other. Although having been eclipsed by the now notoriously famous Concept of Anxiety, Prefaces was in fact more popular when it appeared and sold many more copies. Written under the pseudonym of Nicolaus Notabene, the “author” name indicates that despite its humorous approach, Prefaces is still something serious – something to be noted. And it certainly is. It is here that we find Kierkegaard’s sarcastic roasting of the Hegelian system and of the Danish Hegelians with Johan Ludvig Heiberg as the main representant. Through Notabene, he makes fun of Heiberg and Hegel, who both want to explain everything and want to be mediators of understanding. Just as Hafniensis in The Concept on Anxiety poses that “how sin came into the world each man understands solely by himself. If he would learn it from another, he would misunderstand it” (p. 51), so Notabene in Prefaces states that “My frame, my health, my entire constitution do not lend themselves to mediation” (p. 45). In Prefaces we also find Kierkegaard’s thoughts about the relationship between the reading public and the author and his fierce criticism of literary critics and reviewers. And in the very amusing preface to the Prefaces, we are given another glimpse into Kierkegaard’s thoughts on marriage and the dilemma he found himself in with Regine – the inner struggle between he, who is the husband and he, who is the author can one be both? With its challenging notions on the idea of the book and the interaction of the book with its readers, his little ironic masterpiece is a clear forerunner of Postmodernism Himmelstrup 7.‎

‎Frygt og Bæven. Dialektisk Lyrik af Johannes de Silentio. - [FEAR AND TREMBLING - INTRODUCING THE LEAP OF FAITH]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, 1843. 8vo. Contemporary dark brown half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Capitals and a bit of the front hinge worn, but overall very nice and tight. Internally a bit of brownspotting (as always due to the quality of the paper), but less than usual. Old owner's signature to title-page. VIII, 135 pp.‎

‎First edition of one of Kierkegaard's most important and sought-after works, Fear and Trembling, which is rather more difficult to find than most of his other works. Fear and Trembling is one of Kierkegaard’s most important works. And it is also one of his most difficult. It deals – in forceful brevity – with the relationship between reason and faith and provides us with Kierkegaard’s most thorough exposition of the religious stage, which he considered the most meaningful form of existence. It is here that Kierkegaard introduces the “tragic hero” and contrasts it to the “Knight of Faith”, who both ignore their own wishes for a higher good. These two essential figures epitomize the ethical and the religious and pave the way for the understanding of these stages in Kierkegaard’s philosophy. It is arguably also here that the idea of the essential leap of faith is introduced for the first time. The Knight of Faith sacrifices his son at the command of God and thus sets aside an ethical demand in in order to attain a higher goal that exists beyond the ethical. This teleological suspension of the ethical requires a leap of faith that is only possible through faith in virtue of the absurd. Himmelstrup 48.‎

‎Gjentagelsen. Et Forsøg i den experimenterende Psychologi af Constantin Constantius.‎

‎K., 1843. Lidt senere simpelt hshirtbd. Rent ekspl. 157 pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 53.‎

‎Gjentagelsen. Et Forsøg i den experimenterende Psychologi af Constantin Constantius.‎

‎K., 1843. Ubeskåret i et nydeligt senere mønstret mørkegrønt papirsbindd. Mangler 1/3 af skindtitlen på ryggen. Hér og dér noget plettet, revne på titelbl. restaureret.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 53.‎

‎Indøvelse i Christendom. Af Anti-Climacus. Nr.I.II.III. Udgivet af S.Kierkegaard. ‎

‎K., 1850. Nyere blåt blankt omsl. Lidt brunplettet. (4)+277pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 121.‎