The Dawn of Day
by Nietzsche, Freidrich
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903. No Editiond Stated, Presumed 1st. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Translated by Johanna Volz. Preface dated: Ruta, near Genoa/ Autumn, 1886 " ... philology is now more than ever required; for this reason it is the chief attraction and stimulus in the midst of an age of ' work, that is, of haste, of unbecoming and excessive precipitation which is intent upon ' despatching .." )' everything at once, even every book old and new' (Preface) Book is divided into 5 ' Books' across 575 articles/essays/questions. Book has black cloth covered boards with 10 blindstamped, circular motifs and gilt text on spine and front panel, black ep's, half-title p. " THE WORKS OF/ FRIEDRICH NIETZCHE '. Book has worn/scuffed extremities, some surface panel rippling at top front and rear bottom near spine. ffep has rectangular sticker' scar', edges are rough cut and sized, small cursive notations in German, small " Bretano's /Booksellers & Stationers,/New York" sticker rear paste down. Bookseller's Inventory # 213727.
Synopsis
A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed In The Signature of All Things , Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker—a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry’s brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father’s money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma’s research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction—into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist—but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe—from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who—born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution—bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert’s wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003727
- Title
- The Dawn of Day
- Author
- Nietzsche, Freidrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No Editiond Stated, Presumed 1st.
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Pages
- 387
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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