Essays
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan and Co Ltd London 1903 . Reprint from 1883 first. A beautiful 7x5" full leather presentation copy of Emersons musings on subjects moral, social and philosophical including love, prudence, art and nature amongst others from both the first and second series. Sydenham High School for Girls motif gilt embossed on front cover, five decorated raised boards on spine, gilt titles. Marbled end papers and page edges. Presentation sticker present and plate addressed to Gladys Howell dated July 1904, also named bookmark within. 538pp, no foxing, VG throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pellegrino Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 758
- Title
- Essays
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co Ltd London 1903
- Keywords
- Emerson, Friendhip, Self Reliance, Politics, Essays
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About the Seller
Pellegrino Books
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...