Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days of Encounter

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1984. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); beige and brown cloth-covered boards, with titling in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xx],[2],3-748pp., with 16 inserted photographic plates (halftones). A tight, unmarked copy; Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $27.50); some inconspicuous creasing to flaps and spine ends; Near Fine.

"Emerson's life unfolds here through "encounters" - intimate explorations of his loves and friendships, crucial decisions, domestic ties, pivotal works, and difficult crises. Because they are developed indiviudually we see, for instance, the full emotional spectrum of his relationships with Thomas Carlyle, Margaret Fuller, Henry Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, George Eliot. Similarly, his inner conflicts over his father and his difficult second marriage reveal much more of Emerson's character when seen as a whole" (from front flap). [82107].