Skip to product information
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle, published by Henry Frowde for Oxford University Press. This 1906 reprint is No. 62 in The World’s Classics and Volume II of The Works of Thomas Carlyle.
Carlyle’s six lectures explore different kinds of heroes through figures including Odin, Muhammad, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Cromwell and Napoleon. This pocket-sized copy has burgundy boards, gilt page edges and a portrait frontispiece facing a title page with an ornate green border. A previous owner’s name is written on the front endpaper.
Size:15cm x 10cm x 1.5cm
Weight: 153g
Condition
Poor binding condition. Large sections of the spine covering are missing at the head and foot, exposing the underlying lining. The surviving gilt-lettered section is lifting at its edges. The boards are heavily rubbed and scuffed, particularly along the edges and corners. There is age toning to the endpapers, with some creasing and small splits at the gutter of the preliminary leaves. Please see the close-up photographs.
Thomas Carlyle On Heroes Hero-Worship 1906 Oxford World’s Classics No. 62
£12.99
Pickup currently not available
Carlyle’s six lectures explore different kinds of heroes through figures including Odin, Muhammad, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Cromwell and Napoleon. This pocket-sized copy has burgundy boards, gilt page edges and a portrait frontispiece facing a title page with an ornate green border. A previous owner’s name is written on the front endpaper.
Size:15cm x 10cm x 1.5cm
Weight: 153g
Condition
Poor binding condition. Large sections of the spine covering are missing at the head and foot, exposing the underlying lining. The surviving gilt-lettered section is lifting at its edges. The boards are heavily rubbed and scuffed, particularly along the edges and corners. There is age toning to the endpapers, with some creasing and small splits at the gutter of the preliminary leaves. Please see the close-up photographs.