first edition Hard Cover
1867 · Boston / Cambridge
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston / Cambridge: Ticknor and Fields / Welch, Bigelow, & Co, 1867. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition, one of 2000 copies (BAL 5250; Myerson A28.1.a, binding A). Some stains along spine and on rear board, spine and edges faded (common with this pigment), front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink gift note dated Christmas 1867 on front flyleaf. iv, 205 pp. The second collection of poetry by the American Transcendentalist author known for his literary and philosophical writings, as well as his friendships with several other important American literary figures of the time, most notably Henry David Thoreau.
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