American Passages Volume I

Blackstone, Sir William; Tucker, St George: Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference, Volume I, 1803

Extremely Rare American Blackstone, Volume I Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Tucker, St. George [1752-1827]. Blackstone's Commentaries: With Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In Five Volumes, with an Appendix to Each volume, Containing Short Tracts upon Such Subjects As Appeared Necessary to Form a Connected View of the Laws of Virginia As a Member of the Federal Union. Philadelphia: William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1803. Volume I of a five-volume set. Errata sheep tipped-in after p. 466. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing, a few shallow scuffs to boards, hinges cracked, front free endpaper partially detached. Toning, occasional light foxing. Early owner name (of B.H. Magruder) to front free endpaper, early annotations in pencil to endleaves, others in ink to a few passages in the text. A solid copy. * First edition. Tucker's Blackstone is a primary source for understanding how Americans viewed English common law in the years following the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Based on his lectures at the College of William and Mary, Tucker interprets Blackstone's often anti-democratic viewpoint in the American context. "Tucker's Blackstone became a standard reference work for many American lawyers unable to consult a law library, especially those on the frontier. It is impossible to measure its impact on American law, but it is clear that sales were strongest in Virginia, as could be expected; it was also widely used in Pennsylvania and South Carolina" (Bryson). More recently, Tucker's Blackstone has been cited in numerous constitutional cases by the U.S. Supreme Court relating to "original intent." Bryson, The Virginia Law Reporter Before 1800 102. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 87.

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A. Foucher Illustrator: NA: The Life of the Buddha: According to the Ancient Texts and Monuments of India, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2003 ISBN: 9788121510691

New Hardcover 16 x 24 cm. Like many other great religions of the world, Buddhism arose from the teachings of one man: in this case, Prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu, later called Sakyamuni or Gautama. This book, turning to Buddhist scriptures and artistic monuments for its sources, presents the story of his life, so nearly as the facts can be determined, in a judicious, straightforward narrative designed for western readers. While it does not accept the pious myths and supernatural events as necessarily true, and does not accept to explain the nuances of Buddhist doctrine, it pays adequate attention to their place in the master's career. The result is a volume of great interest to all concerned with the development and influence of eastern thought and culture. Here are the details of Siddhartha's life: his birth in the sixth century B.C. and his upbringing in luxury; his religious conversion; his seven years of wandering and seeking before he found enlightenment; his subsequent career as teacher of many disciples and as founder of the Buddhist order. Here are the miracles and the preachments, sympathetically presented against a panoramic background of Indian life and thought in that far-off time. Here too are the basic tenets of Buddhism, neither attacked nor defended but set both with clarity, fairness, and proportion. Here, in short, is an excellent introduction to the Buddhist world. In preparing this American edition, on the advice of scholars and with the consent of the French publisher, the translator has shortened or omitted a few passages that seemed cumbersome in English or of no immediate interest to the general reader-excisions amounting to perhaps a dozen pages altogether. But she has made every effort to be faithful to the original in other respects, and particularly to preserve the quality of Foucher's style and the humanistic turn of his mind. Most of the thirty-one illustrations depict monuments cited by Foucher, some of them so ancient as to be virtually contemporary with Gautama himself. Contents Translator's Note Preface Introduction Part A : THE KAPILAVASTU CYCLE : Chap. I : THE NATIVITY (I) : Before Birth; Transmigration and Works; Previous Births; So Journ in the Tusitas' Heaven; The Four Investigations (Mahavilokitani); Conception; Gestation; Birth Chap. II : THE NATIVITY (II) : After Birth; Buddhist Legend and Christian Tradition; The Reception of the Infant Buddha; The Bath; The Seven Steps; The Simultaneous Births; The Presentation at the Temple; The Horoscope; Asita's Prediction; Maya's Death Chap. III : CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (I) : Social Life; The Coefficient of Reduction; Education; Scholarly Manifestation; Physical Training; The Engagement; The Athletic Competition; Marriage Chap. IV : CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (II) : Religious Vocation; The First Meditation; The Four Signs; The Instigation; The Women's Sleep; The Great Departure; Chandaka's Return; Epilogue Part B : THE MAGHADA AND BENARES CYCLES : THE SECOND AND THIRD GREAT PILGRIMAGES : Chapter V : THE SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT : Transformation from Layman to Monk; The Dismissal of the Gods; Orientation of the Buddha and Buddhism; King Bimbisara's Visit; Period of Study; The Practice of Mortification (Dushkara Carya); The Last Meal Before Bodhi Chap. VI : ENLIGHTENMENT : Two Aspects of Abhisambodhana; Towards Enlightenment ; Sambodhi; Mara Papian; The Conflict Between Mara and the Bodhisattva; Attainment of Enlightenment; The First Watch; The Second Watch; The Third Watch; Parenthesis on the Unknowable (Avidya); The Third Watch (Continued and Ended) Chap. VII : THE FIRST SERMON The Days Following Enlightenment; The First Meal After Sambodhi; The Request; The Choice of an Audience; On the Road to Benares; The, Place and the Prologue of the First Sermon; The First Sermon : Setting the Wheel in Motion; The Other Si Printed Pages: 286. First edition

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Bly, Robert: The Winged Life. The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, Sierra Club Books 1996 San Francisco ISBN: 0871567628
151S. ca. 26 x 18,5 cm

Leinen Der Schutzumschlag hat sehr deutliche Läsuren, vor allem oben und einige Flecken, unschön. Umso besser sind Einband und Seiten: sehr gut und frisch mit allen falls winzigen Gebrauchsspuren. To many people today, Henry David Thoreau is known chiefly as the author of hvalden and "Civil Disobedience" and is mostoften viewed as a symbol of the person who "hears a different drummer" and pursues a simple fife outside society. In The Winged Life, distinguished poet Robert Bly presents a rediscovery and new appreciation of the poetic voice of Thoreau and reveals him as the fully realized literary artist and complex personality he was. In this perceptive work-, Bly selects the niost powerful and revealing of Thoreau's verse, as well as passages from his i ournals, essays, and travel books, in which "some of his greatest poetry lies secretly glowing." He groups these selections around key themes in Thoreau's work, such as the secret life hidden within every person, the decision not to live one's life "meanly," the value ofan unhurried -estation perlod in everyone's young adulthood, thejoyful and involving observation of the nonliuman world, and Thoreau's celebration of his own wildness and the wildness he loved in nature. Bly traces Thoreau's masterful explorations of these themes, and his probing commentaries relate the growth of Thoreau's own inner awareness to the development of his artistry, In so doing, he sheds iniportant new light on the intellectual and spiritual life of this major American literary figure. Seven dramatic wood engravings by ,Michael McCurdy enhance the lyrical mood of this handsoi-nely designed volume.

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Leeser, Isaac. SIDUR SIFTE TSADIKIM: ... KOLEL SEDER HA-TEFILOT LA-TA'ANIYOT KE-MINHAG ... SEFARADIM .... THE FORM OF PRAYERS: ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS. 2nd ed. vols 1, 3, & 5,

Philadelphia: Slote & Mooney, 1853. Full Leather, large 12mo. 18 cm. Hebrew text, parallel English translation. "Stereotyped by Slote and Mooney for the editor. " Singerman 1282. Sidur Sifte Tsadikim, Leeser's comprehensive Sephardic prayer book, was the first American prayerbook containing the liturgy for the entire year. It contains the original Hebrew text and an English translation. Starting with the 2nd Revised edition of 1853, Leeser changed to this smaller, 12mo, "more portable form...As to correctness, I pledge my word that the text and translation shall be far in advance of any which have hitherto appeared" (adv. In the Occident, Dec. 1851, cited in Goldman) . In the preface to the 1853 edition, Leeser noted the he had changed the translations of Bible passages to conform to the Bible translation he was completing elsewhere. This work thus contains the original Hebrew text and an English translation. Leeser marketed his prayer book both to audiences in American and the British colonies in the Caribbean, and he thus included prayers on behalf of a Monarch and a Republican government. Reprinted a number of times throughout the 19th & 20th Centuries, it became the standard prayer book for Sephardic Jews in North America. Leeser founded the first Jewish Publication Society of America and "brought many important works to the attention of the American Jewish community. He published the first Hebrew primer for children (1838) , the first complete English translation of the Sephardi prayer book (1848) [sic 1837-8], and numerous textbooks for children. He founded the first Hebrew high school (1849) , the first Jewish representative and defense organization in 1859 (the Board of Delegates of American Israelites) , Maimonides College, and the first American Jewish rabbinical school in 1867. His major literary achievement was the first American translation of the Bible, ...published in 1845. This became the standard American Jewish translation of the Bible until the new Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917....Leeser was a traditionalist who did much to stem the tide of Reform. Although he was identified with the Sephardi community his influence affected the entire community and he laid the foundations for many of the key institutions of present-day Jewish life. His contributions to every area of Jewish culture and religion made him a major builder of American Judaism. " (Jack Reimer, EJ) Contents of complete set: v. 1. Daily prayers [here missing]. --v. 2. New-year service. --v. 3. Day of atonement service [in 2 parts]. --v. 4. Tabernacle service. --v. 5. Passover and Pentecost service. --v. 6. Fast day service. SUBJECT(S) : Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts. Jews. Liturgy and ritual. OCLC lists 12 institutions with holdings of the 1853 edition (plus NYPL has a single volume, vol V) , 2 with holdings of the 1856-1864 printings (Harvard & Penn) , and 1 with a single volumes from the 1856-7 printings (Yale) . Brown, see below, lists a mixed set. Original or late 19th century leather, Good+ Condition (AMR-11-17).

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