‎S. Kierkegaard's Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter af R. Nielsen.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Reitzels Bo og Arvinger, 1857. Velbevaret i et senere nydeligt sort papbd. med forgyldt skindtitel på ryg. XVI,296 pp. Rent frisk eksemplar.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 272.‎

‎S. Kierkegaards Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter af R. Nielsen. K., 1857. XVI, 296pp.‎

‎Nydeligt lidt senere hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. Øvre fals en smule stødt. Særdeles rent og nydeligt ekspl.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 272.‎

‎S. Kierkegaards Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter af R. Nielsen.‎

‎K., 1857. Lidt senere simpelt hshirtbd. Her og der noget brunplettet. XVI, 296 pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 272‎

‎S. Kierkegaards Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter af R. Nielsen. + En Bladartikel, udgiven som Anhang til ""S. Kierkegaards Bladartikler"".‎

‎K., 1857 + 1859. Indb. sammen med Øieblikket 1-9, 1-4 i 3. oplag, 5-9 i 2. oplag og Dette skal siges" saa være det da sagt. Andet Oplag i ét samt. hldrbd. m. brugsspor. XVI, 29614203116233226473022 12 pp.‎

‎2 originaludgaver. Himmelstrup 272 + 287.‎

‎S.Kierkegaards Bladartikler, med Bilag samlede efter Forfatterens Død, udgivne som Supplement til hans øvrige Skrifter af R. Nielsen. K., 1857. XVI, 296 pp. + En literair Anmeldelse. To Tidsaldre, Novelle af Forfatteren til ""En Hverdagshistorie"", udgi...‎

‎Ét samt. brunt hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn., blindtrykte dekorationer og rygtitelfelter af blåt skind" false og hjørner m. brugsspor. Indvendig helt ren.‎

‎2 originaludgaver, uden halvtitelbl. Himmelstrup 272 + 100.‎

‎Stadier paa Livets Vei. Studier af Forskjellige. Sammenbragte, befordrede til trykken og udgivne af Hilarius Bogbinder. 3. udgave.‎

‎Kbhvn., C.A. reitzel, 1874. Senere halvpluviusin. IV, 463, (2). pp.‎

‎Stadier paa Livets Vei. Studier af Forskjellige. Sammenbragte, befordrede til Trykken og udgivne af Hilarius Bogbinder. - [""THE LEAP OF FAITH""]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1845. Lex8vo. Nice contemporary brown half cloth with gilt title to spine. Capitals worn and wear along upper front hinge. Corners worn. In spite of the wear, an attractive and tight copy. First and last leaves with a bit of brownspotting, otherwise only light occasional spotting. Old owner's signature to title-page. VIII, 383 pp.‎

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‎First edition of one of Kierkegaard's main works, ""Stages on Life's Way"", his pivotal sequal to his main work, ""Either-Or"", in which he had presented the first two stages, the aesthetic and the ethical. In ""Stages on Life's Way"", he continues his work on these stages and moves on to present also the religious stage, which takes up ab. two thirds of the work. The religious stage is that in which man attains a personal relationship with God and that in which man only truly begins to exist, as the aesthetic and ethical stages are inadequate. It is in this foundational work, in the religious stage, that Kierkegaard first properly describes what is now known as the ""Leap of Faith"" (in fact a ""leap to faith""), namely the leap that involves willing and belief in stead of reason and knowledge, the leap that you make in order to connect to God and which requires that which he calls ""the suspension of the ethical"". Stages on Life’s Way is one of Kierkegaard’s most important works. Not only does it sum up and explain some of the most important themes of Kierkegaard’s previous works, utilizing the characters and pseudonymous authors of the earlier works to do so" it goes beyond these foundational themes, introduces the religious stage, and points to the further development of the central themes in Kierkegaard’s philosophy, most of which are only fully developed in Concluding Unscientific Postscript.‎

‎Stadier paa Livets Vei. Studier af Forskjellige. Sammenbragte, befordrede til Trykken og udgivne af Hilarius Bogbinder. - [KIERKEGAARD'S OWN COPY OF THE WORK THAT INTRODUCED ""THE LEAP OF FAITH"", WITH HIS OWN HANDWRITTEN CORRECTION]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1845. Large 8vo. (8), 383 pp. An extraordinary copy printed on very heavy vellum-paper and bound in the mid-20th century in an elegant black half Morocco binding with single gilt lines to boards" double gilt lines and Gothic gilt lettering to spine (bound by Agnete With). Top edge gilt. A bit of brownspotting throughout. With the bookplate of Henning Kehler to inside of front board and with neat pencil annotations to back free end-paper describing the history of the copy. With a handwritten correction on p. 47.‎

‎Kierkegaard’s own copy of the pivotal sequel to his main work Either-Or, one of two copies printed on special paper, with Kierkegaard’s own handwritten correction on p. 47. In Either-Or, Kierkegaard had presented the first two stages, the aesthetic and the ethical. In Stages on Life’s Way, he continues his work on these stages and moves on to present also the religious stage, which occupies approximately two thirds of the work. The religious stage is that in which man attains a personal relationship with God and that in which man only truly begins to exist, the aesthetic and ethical stages being inadequate. It is in this foundational work, in the religious stage, that Kierkegaard first properly describes what is now known as the “Leap of Faith” (in fact a “leap to faith”), namely the leap that involves willing and belief instead of reason and knowledge, the leap that you take in order to connect to God and which requires that which Kierkegaard calls “the suspension of the ethical”. Undoubtedly among Kierkegaard’s most brilliant literary achievements, Stages on Life’s Way is written in the form of different viewpoints of Kierkegaard’s many pseudonymous characters. We have both Hilarius Bookbinder, who by chance has come into possession of the documents presented in the work and has prepared them for printing. We have the famous banquet scene, which mirrors Plato’s Symposium, described by William Afham, and in which the three aesthetics participate: Johannes the Seducer, Victor Eremita, and Constatin Constantius. We have Judge William’s discourse in praise of marriage, and we have the diary, discovered by Frater Taciturnus, of a young man, who was deeply in love but felt compelled to break off his engagement. This story in form of a diary is the closest one comes to a description of Kierkegaard’s own love story, his relationship to Regine. The diary describes an engagement that has lasted for six months it alternates between the morning notes that recall the engagement and the midnight notes that put it all in perspective. The work closes with a letter to the reader from Taciturnus on the three “existence-spheres” represented by the three parts of the book. Stages on Life’s Way is one of Kierkegaard’s most important works. Not only does it sum up and explain some of the most important themes of Kierkegaard’s previous works, utilizing the characters and pseudonymous authors of the earlier works to do so it goes beyond these foundational themes, introduces the religious stage, and points to the further development of the central themes in Kierkegaard’s philosophy, most of which are only fully developed in Concluding Unscientific Postscript. Written under a pseudonym and without Kierkegaard’s name appearing as publisher or indeed anything else, he was unable to give away presentation-copies of the work (due to his own rigid set of rules for his presentation-copies). Thus, not a single presentation copy of the work exists. A single copy of the book was in the auction catalogue of his book collection after his death. In Rohde’s edition of the auction-record, this copy and its recent faith is thoroughly described. Like Repetition, Prefaces, and his other seven pseudonymous works, Stages on Life’s Way was printed in two copies each on vellum-paper and bound in special bindings, one for Regine, one for Kierkegaard himself. 24 years ago, three of these books surfaced, at an auction in 2002, namely Either-Or, Repetition, and Prefaces, all being the copies Kierkegaard had bound for Regine. Before that, only one single copy of one of these eight titles for Kierkegaard himself or for Regine were known (namely Kierkegaard’s own copy of Either-Or, which is in the Danish Royal Library). Seven of the books, Kierkegaard’s own copies, were listed in the auction catalogue after his death, but apart from the mentioned copy of Either-Or in the Royal Library, the others had not been found. Kierkegaard’s wildly famous love story and failed engagement to Regine Olsen plays a pivotal role throughout Kierkegaard’s entire life and work. It all begins in 1837, when Kierkegaard meets the lovely young girl Regine Olsen at a visit to the widowed Cathrine Rørdam. Three years later, in September 1840, after having corresponded frequently with her and visited her on numerous occasions, Kierkegaard decides to ask for her hand in marriage. She and her family accept, but the following day, Kierkegaard regrets his decision and ends up finally breaking off the engagement in October 1841. Disregarding the scandal, the heartbreak (his own included), and the numerous pleas from family members and friends alike, Kierkegaard’s tortured soul, still searching for God and for the meaning of faith, cannot continue living with the promise of marriage. Later the same month, he flees Copenhagen and the scandal surrounding the broken engagement. He leaves for Berlin, the first of his four stays there, clearly tortured by his decision, but also intent on not being able to go through with the engagement. As is evident from his posthumously published Papers, Kierkegaard’s only way out of the relationship was to play a charming, but cold, villain, a charlatan, not betraying his inner thoughts and feelings. Despite the brevity of the engagement, it has gone down in history as one of the most significant in the entire history of modern thought. It is a real-life Werther-story with the father of Existentialism as the main character, thus with the dumbfounding existentialist outcome that no-one could have foreseen. This exceedingly famous and difficult engagement became the introduction to one of the most influential authorships in the last two centuries. “She was the reason for my authorship”, Kierkegaard writes in his Papers, and there is no doubt that several of his most significant works are born out of the relationship with Regine – and its ending. It is during his stay in Berlin, his first of four altogether, right after the rupture of the engagement, that he begins writing Either-Or, parts of which can be read as an almost autobiographical rendering of his failed engagement. After a couple of years, Regine got engaged to someone else, whom she married in 1847. But as is well known, Kierkegaard never married, and the impact of his engagement to Regine and what it made him understand – about himself, about religion, faith, the inner workings of the philosopher and the poet –, never lost its significance. It is evident from the many drafts of a letter that he sent to Regine, through her husband, in 1849 (which was returned to him, unopened) that he had never lain the matter to rest and that the relationship with Regine was still very much alive. He also states in his Notebook 15 from 1849 “By the way, it is certainly the case that my relationship with her has been a very close, present study for me of what faith is. For I know better in this relationship how it is apparently the exact opposite of the foundational. That I have lasted in this relationship has been useful for me in relating to God as a believer.” In his Notebook 15, also known as My Relationship with Her, from 1849, Kierkegaard describes how, when he finally broke off the engagement and she tried to get him to stay, she had told him “that she would thank me her entire life for being allowed to stay with me, even if she were to live in a little cupboard” (SKS No. 16: 6). Thus, Kierkegaard had a little cupboard made, with no shelves in it. Here, he kept “everything that reminds me of her and will remind me of her. There is also a copy of the pseudonyms (i.e. the works that he wrote under a pseudonym) of these, there were always only two copies on vellum-paper, one for her and one for me.” (SKS: Not. 15:6.). In all, Kierkegaard wrote eight pseudonymous books, Stages on Life’s Way being one of them, all of which were evidently printed in two copies each on vellum-paper and bound in special bindings, one for Regine, one for Kierkegaard himself. This splendid copy, which is one of two specially produced copies, being Kierkegaard’s own copy, with his own correction (deleting “ikke” – i.e. “not” on p. 47), is nr. 2136 in the auction catalogue of Kierkegaard’s books sold after his death. In Rohde’s official edition of the auction catalogue, there is a lengthy note on the present copy documenting the more recent history of the copy:“Now: Mogens Müllertz, Copenhagen. Copy on vellum-paper. S.K.,’s own handwritten correction of the printing error “not” on p. 47, cf Papers XI I, p. 36. The previous owner, the author Henning Kehler, has let the book, which was originally in half calf, rebind in black half calf by Agnete With and has pasted his book plate on the inside of the front board. In 1952, Henning Kehler gave the book as a Christmas present to Mogens Müllertz in an accompanying letter Kehler writes, among other things: “even though the present book is my best and dearest, I still want you to have it. I know of no-one else to whom I would rather dispense with it.” In an article “About printing errors”, Berlingske Aftenavis 9.11.1963, Kehler touches upon this book gift: “Being a writer I am naturally hardened when it comes to printing errors, no book and no newspaper article is without errors. Søren Kierkegaard, who could even pay others – eg. Israel Levin – to proofread mentions in his Papers a printing error in “Stages on Life’s Way”, which kept vexing him. It was a “not” that had fallen out. I once owned a copy of the book that had been placed in the palisander book cabinet for Regine, and in that copy, this “not” had been added in ink and in Kierkegaard’s handwriting. I gave the book to a book-mad collector – under false pretenses, alas.” – Identification of the copy uncertain.” (pp. 110-11).Although Kehler is mistaken in the correction being adding a “not” instead of deleting one, there is no doubt that this is the copy he is referring to. The sentence on p. 47, in which the correction occurs reads “Pro dii immortals what is a woman, when she is not in fashion, per deo obsecro what is she when she is not (this being the “not” that Kierkegaard has deleted here and was vexed about) in fashion”.This copy on very heavy paper – one of the two printed like this – is approximately 1/3 thicker than normal copies of the book.The pencil annotations on the back free end-paper bear witness to the previous owner’s frustration at Kehler for having tampered with the copy. After stating that this is Kierkegaard’s personal copy, one of two on vellum-paper and copy nr. 2136 from the auction catalogue, he continues: “The copy used to have all edges gilt, a few leaves still have remains of this. The edge has been shaved at the ruthless rebinding that Henning Kehler in his complete lack of understanding of what he possessed had done.” On Kehler’s bookplate, the same previous owner has noted in neat pencil-annotation “bibliophile vandal”.In spite of the frustration with this particular book having been rebound and not kept exactly as it was, this is still an utterly amazing copy of one of Kierkegaard’s most important works – hands down the best copy there is of the work. Namely Kierkegaard’s own, with his own correction, one of two printed on heavy paper, one for Regine, one for himself. We must be thankful that, despite the “vandalism” of the rebinding, the book is still here and identified as that same copy that Kierkegaard had made for himself. Himmelstrup 78.‎

‎Synspunktet for min Forfatter=Virksomhed. En ligefrem Meddelelse + Om min Forfatter=Virksomhed.‎

‎Kbh., 1859 + 1851. Indb. m. Til Selvprøvelse. Samtiden anbefalet. Tredie Udgave. K., 1856. i et samt. hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn. Ryg m. brugsspor. False nænsomt restaurerede. Indvendig ren. (2), 114 + 20 + 92 pp.‎

‎2 originaludgaver. Himmelstrup 292 + 132.‎

‎Til Selvprøvelse Samtiden anbefalet.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1851. Indbundet i et pænt nyere halvmaroquin med forgyldt rygtitel. Håndsyede kapitælbånd og fladstrøgne kapitæler. (Sign. Axel Jensen). Nogle spredte brunpletter især på de første og sidste blade. (6),92 pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven. Himmelstrup 136.Exlibris Paul Hauge.‎

‎Tre opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard. - [ONE OF TWO KNOWN PRESENTATION-COPIES - THE ONE FOR HEIBERG]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Philipsen, 1843. 8vo. 62 pp. Original gift-binding of the black glitted paper with single gilt lines to spine and all edges gilt. A bit of wear to extremities with tiny loss of paper to front hinge. Minor loss to upper capital. Top of front board restored and with neat restoration to upper part of spine and lower capital. Occasional light brownspotting.With the book-plate of Karl Madsen to inside of front board.‎

‎One of two known presentation-copies of the important Three Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, the religious companien to Fear and Trembling from the same year, inscribed by Kierkegaard to Heiberg, on front free end-paper: “Til / Hr. Professor J.L. Heiberg / R af D. / ærbødigst / fra / Forfatteren. (i.e. For / Mr. Professor / J. L. Heiberg / R af D (i.e. Ridder (Knight) of Dannebrog) / most respectfully / from the Author). Kierkagaard's Upbuilding (or Edifying) Discourses were published over the course of two years, in 1843 and 1844. In all, 18 Upbuilding Discourses were published, divided over six publications, namely: Two Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Three Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Four Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Two Upbuilding Discourses from 1844, Three Upbuilding Discourses from 1844, Four Upbuilding Discourses from 1844. Each of these publications accompanied one of the main pseudonymous works, beginning with Either-Or in 1843. As opposed to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page. Of course, this was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could raise the question of 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 – an essential fact that Kierkegaard wished to stress for those interested in his authorship. In his journals, Kierkegaard clearly states that the religious discourses are as significant in his oeuvre as a whole as are 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). He was religious all along, also during all of the major philosophical publications that were not written in his name. The fact that every major pseudonymous work – up until Concluding Unscientific Postscript appeared and revealed the identity of the real author – was accompanied by one of these small Upbuilding Discourses, bears testament to the pivotal role they play in Kierkegaard’s philosophical development. Furthermore, while Kierkegaard could not present anyone with copies of his pseudonymous works (as his name did not appear as the author on the title-page), he could indeed give away presentation-copies of his accompanying Upbuilding Discourses, which he then did. Most of these presentation-copies are in the typical black glitted paper bindings with single gilt lines to spines. Some, however, are in the original printed boards. The trade copies appeared in original wrappers, some of them blank, some of them printed, repeating the printing from the title-page within a printed frame. In May 1845, the publisher Philipsen buys the remainder issues of all six Discourse-publications, has a joint title-page printed along with a contents-leaf and now issues all six Discourse-publications together under the title Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses. The idea of the Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses. He had agreed to it, but it was not his intended project with the Upbuilding Discourses. Therefore, he wished for the book not to be reviewed, and he naturally did not give away any copies of the Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, only the individual publications. In all, seven presentation-copies of the different Upbuilding Discourses are registered, all being for either Heiberg or Nielsen. Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, playwright, literary critic, literary historian, philosopher, and quite simply the main cultural figure of 19th century Denmark. Heiberg profoundly influenced all of Danish culture within this period and must be considered the patron of Copenhagen's literati. He was very influential as a thinker in general, and he changed Danish philosophy seminally by introducing Hegel to the Northern countries. Needless to say, Heiberg also played a significant role in relation to Kierkegaard, who will comment on and refer to him continually throughout his career. As the unofficial arbiter of taste for the Danish intellectuals, Heiberg was also an inevitable recipient of Kierkegaard’s works as they were published. “There can be no doubt that Johan Ludvig Heiberg was a very important figure for the development of Kierkegaard’s thought. Heiberg’s criticism dominated an entire generation of literary scholarship and was profoundly influential on the young Kierkegaard. His dramatic works and translations are also frequently referred to and quoted by Kierkegaard and his pseudonyms… However, Heiberg was also a philosopher… His philosophical profile is clearly that of a Hegelian, and, not least of all due to Kierkegaard’s influence, this has led him to being unfairly dismissed…” (Jon Stewart in: Kierkegaard and his Danish Contemporaries I: p. (35)). Heiberg was there from the very beginning of Kierkegaard’s authorship, and although the two had both diverging personalities, diverging opinions, and diverging philosophies, Kierkegaard will have had respect for his place in society. Kierkegaard viewed himself as somewhat of an outsider, and it was of great importance to him to try and enter the famous literary and cultural circle of Heiberg. Heiberg is known for founding his own school of criticism and for his brilliant polemics against literary giants of the period. He was without comparison the most dominant literary critic of the period, and he reformed Danish theatre, introducing eg. French vaudeville to the Danish stage. Although through foreign influence, he ended up creating for the first time an actual national theatre in Denmark. “Heiberg’s success in so many different fields during such a rich period is truly remarkable.” (Jon Stewart). Furthermore, he profoundly influenced Danish philosophy and was pioneering in introducing Hegelian philosophy to the country. Himmelstrup: 57. ‎

‎Tre Taler ved tænkte Leiligheder. Af S. Kierkegaard. - [THE ONLY KNOWN PRESENTATION-COPY]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. 100 pp. Original gift-binding of the black glitted paper with single gilt lines to spine and all edges gilt. Spine very neatly restored. The restoration covers a bit of the glitted paper that has been worn off, but the restoration in barely noticeable. A splendid, clean, fresh, and tight copy. Old owner’s name (Jens Jørgensen) to front free end-paper.‎

‎The only known presentation-copy, that for Madvig, of Kierkegaard's religious accompaniment to his seminal philosophical stage work (Stages on Life's Way), Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions.Inscribed to front free end-paper: ”Til Hr Prof. Madvig / R af D. / Med ærbødig Høiagtelse / fra / Forf.” (i.e. for Mr. Prof(essor) Madvig / R of D. (Ridder (i.e. Knight) af Dannebrog – an honorary title / with respectful / reverence / from / the Author”). As Stages on Life’s Way, Three Discourses... is divided into three sections: confession, marriage, and death – three crucial occasions in the life of each single individual. The three imagined discourses that constitute the present work – What It Means To Seek God, On the Occasion of a Confessional Service Love Conquers All, On the Occasion of a Wedding" The Decisiveness of Death, At the Side of a Grave – deal with fundamental questions such as guilt, sin, forgiveness, marriage, and death. They all involve the anxiety of making a decision, a theme that is central in Kierkegaard’s philosophical as well as religious thought, placing these imagined discourses centrally in Kierkegaard’s “first” authorship. Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804-1886) was a classical scholar and politician. As one of the greatest classical scholars of the nineteenth century, Madvig’s influence on scholarly and cultural life in Denmark can hardly be overestimated. Madvig served five times as rector of the University of Copenhagen, president of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters as well as the first chairman of the Carlsberg Foundation. Alongside his astonishingly prolific scholarly career, Madvig had a very successful political career, serving as chairman of the Danish Parliament, president of the Privy Council and Minister of Education. As the leading Danish classical scholar of his time, Madvig discussed with Kierkegaard parts the manuscript for On the Concept of Irony before the public defense of the thesis and continued to play an important role in his life. Only one single presentation-copy of the Three Discourses has been registered and is known to exist (the present). Himmelstrup 76. The present copy is no. 29 in Girsel's ""Kierkegaard"" (The Catalogue) which can be found here.‎

‎Tre Taler ved tænkte Leiligheder. Af S. Kierkegaard. - [IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Reitzel, 1844. 8vo. 100 pp. Completely uncut in the original printed brown wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and the printing year within the same repeated frame to the back board. Lacking a bit of paper on the spine, but 2/3 of the original spineprinting preserved. Back wrapper lacking small piece of blank paper (ca. 2 x cm). Light brownspotting to wrappers as well as leaves. An excellent copy, housed in a beautiful custom-made half morocco box with richly gilt spine in contemporary style. Gilt super ex-libris to front.‎

‎The first edition in the exceedingly scarce original printed wrappers of Kierkegaard's religious accompaniment to his seminal philosophical stage work (Stages on Life's Way), Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions. As Stages on Life’s Way, Three Discourses... is divided into three sections: confession, marriage, and death – three crucial occasions in the life of each single individual. The three imagined discourses that constitute the present work – What It Means To Seek God, On the Occasion of a Confessional Service Love Conquers All, On the Occasion of a Wedding" The Decisiveness of Death, At the Side of a Grave – deal with fundamental questions such as guilt, sin, forgiveness, marriage, and death. They all involve the anxiety of making a decision, a theme that is central in Kierkegaard’s philosophical as well as religious thought, placing these imagined discourses centrally in Kierkegaard’s “first” authorship. Himmelstrup 76. The present copy is no. 30 in Girsel's ""Kierkegaard"" (The Catalogue) which can be found here.‎

‎Tvende ethisk-religieuse Smaa=Afhandlinger. Af H.H. K., 1849. 85pp.‎

‎Simpelt halvshirtbd. Første og sidste blade lidt brunplettede.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 116.‎

‎Værker i Udvalg. Med Indledninger og Tekstforklaringer ved F.J. Billeskov Jansen. 4 Bd.‎

‎Kbhvn., 1950. 4 orig. hshirtbd.‎

‎Øieblikket. Nr. 1-9.‎

‎Kbh., 1855. Indb. i et samt. hldrbd. m. enkel rygforgyldn. Restaureret m. ny skindryg under den samt., som mgl. ca. 1/6 for oven. Her og der brunplettet. 20, 31, 16, 23, 32, 26, 77, 30, 22 pp.Bound in one contemporary half calf w. simple gilding to spine. Rebacked, preserving the cont. spine, which lacks ab. 1/6 at the top. 20, 31, 16, 23, 32, 26, 77, 30, 22 pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven m. alle 9 numre i 1. oplag, hvilket er sjældent. Himmelstrup 180.The first edition with all nine numbers in firsr issue, which is very rare. Himmelstrup 180.‎

‎Øieblikket. Nr. 1-9. + Dette skal siges saa være det da sagt. + Hvad Christus dømmer om officiel Christendom.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1855. 8vo. Bound in one nice, contemporary half calf with richly gilt decorative spine. A bit of wear to extremities. Internally very nice, with only a bit of occasional browning. Øieblikket: 20, 31, 16, 23, 32, 26, 77, 30, 22 pp. Dette skal siges... 12 pp." Hvad Christus dømmer...: 14 pp.‎

‎First printings of all three works, and with first issues of all nine parts of ""Øieblikket"" (""The Moment""), which is rare. Himmelstrup 180, 177, 199.‎

‎Øieblikket. Nr. 1-9. (Medindbundet:) Hvad Christus dømmer om officiel Christendom. (+) Dette skal siges saa være det da sagt. (+) Guds Uforanderlighed. En tale.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, C.A. Reitzel, 1855. Indbundet i et samtidigt hshirtbd. Hjørner lidt stødte og slid ved kapitæler. Øieblikket: 20, 31, 16, 23, 32, 26, 77, 30, 22 pp. Få spredte brunpletter.Hvad Christus dømmer... 14 pp. Mindre skjold i nogle marginer. - Dette skal siges... 12 pp. Lille svag skjold i ydre margin. - Guds Uforanderlighed... 22 pp.‎

‎Alle 4 i originaludgave. Øieblikket har alle 9 numre i 1. oplag, hvilket er sjældent. Himmelstrup 180, 199, 177, 200.The first editions of all 4 works. Øieblikket with all nine numbers in first issue, which is very rare. ‎

‎Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Sokrates.‎

‎K., 1841. 8vo. Nydeligt samtidigt helvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Kapitæler slidt. En del brunplettet.Paul Rubows eksemplar. (2), 350pp.‎

‎Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 8.‎

‎Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Sokrates. Udgivet for Magistergraden.‎

‎K., 1841. Lidt senere beskedent hshirtbd., permer betrukne m. grønt, krokodillelignende papir. Indvendig indimellem noget brunplettet. (8), 350 pp.‎

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‎Originaludgave med Teser. Himmelstrup 8.‎

‎Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Sokrates. Udgivet for Magistergraden.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, P. G. Philipsens Forlag, 1841. Indbundet i et pænt nyere papbind med forgyldt titeletiket. (Sign. Erik Olsen). Indre margin af de to første blade forstærket. Verso af titelbladet forstærket med japanpapir. Enkelte brunpletter især på de første og sidste blade. (8),350 pp.‎

‎Oiginaludgaven med teser. Himmelstrup 8.‎

‎Om Begrebet Ironi med stadigt Hensyn til Sokrates. - [KIERKEGAARD'S DISSERTATION]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, P.G. Philipsen, 1841. 8vo. Elegant later (ca. 1920) brown half calf with four raised bands and gilt morocco title-label to gilt spine. With Paul Rubow's ownership signature to front free end-paper. Clean and fresh both in- and externally, with no signs of wear to the exterior and only faint brown spots to a few pages. (4), 350 pp.‎

‎First edition of Kierkegaard's dissertation, as it appeared in the normal trade, without the preliminary Theses, which were intended for academics attending the defence. Kierkegaard’s dissertation constitutes the culmination of three years’ intensive studies of Socrates and “the true point of departure for Kierkegaard’s authorship” (Brandes). The work is of the utmost importance in Kierkegaard’s production, not only as his first academic treatise, but also because he here introduces several themes that will be addressed in his later works. Among these we find the question of defining the subject of cognition and self-knowledge of the subject. The maxim of “know thyself” will be a constant throughout his oeuvre, as is the theory of knowledge acquisition that he deals with here. The dissertation is also noteworthy in referencing many of Hegel’s theses in a not negative context, something that Kierkegaard himself would later note with disappointment and characterize as an early, uncritical use of Hegel. Another noteworthy feature is the fact that the thesis is written in Danish, which was unheard of at the time. Kierkegaard felt that Danish was a more suitable language for the thesis and had to petition the King in order to gain permission to submit it in Danish rather than Latin. This in itself contains as certain irony, as the young Kierkegaard was known to express himself poorly and very long-winded in written Danish. Both stylistically and thematically, Kierkegaard’s dissertation is a seedbed of his subsequent work and especially a clear precursor for his magnum opus Either-Or that is to be his next publication. The year 1841 is a momentous one in Kierkegaard’s life. It is the year that he completes his dissertation and commences his sojourn in Berlin, but it is also the defining year in his personal life, namely the year that he breaks off his engagement with Regine Olsen. And finally, it is the year that he begins writing Either-Or In many ways, Either-Or is born directly out of “The Concept of Irony” and is the work that brings the theory of Irony to life. Part One of the dissertation concentrates on Socrates as interpreted by Xenophon, Plato, and Aristophanes, with a word on Hegel and Hegelian categories. Part Two is a more synoptic discussion of the concept of irony in Kierkegaard’s categories, with examples from other philosophers. The work constitutes Kierkegaard’s attempt at understanding the role of irony in disrupting society, and with Socrates understood through Kierkegaard, we witness a whole new way of interpreting the world open before us. Wisdom is not necessarily fixed, and we ought to use Socratic ignorance to approach the world without the inherited bias of our cultures. Kierkegaard's dissertation appeared in two states – one with the four pages of “Theses”, for academics of the university, whereas the copies without the theses were intended for ordinary sale. These sales copies also do not have “Udgivet for Magistergraden” and “theologisk Candidat” on the title-page. Himmelstrup 8.‎

‎Den unge Søren Kierkegaard. En Række nye Bidrag.‎

‎Kbhvn., 1929. Lex8vo. 459 pp.‎

‎Kierkegaard: Hvad Christus dømmer om officiel Christendom. Kbh., 1855. + Guds Uforanderlighed. En Tale Kbh., 1855. + Dette skal siges saa være det da sagt. Kbh., 1855. + Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi af Johannes Climacus. Anden Udgav...‎

‎K., 1855-92. Indb. i ét samt. hldrbd. m. lidt brugsspor. Enkel rygforgyldn. Indimellem en smule brunplettet, dog mest Høffding. 14 + 22 + 12 + (4), 102, (1) + VIII, 44 + (4), 159 pp.‎

‎3 originaludgaver af Kierkegaard. Himmelstrup 199, 200, 177.‎

‎Riens philosophiques.‎

‎ Gallimard, 1943, in-12, 210 pp, couv. lég. piquée‎