Essays: First and Second Series
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395081254
- ISBN 13
- 9780395081259
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. 20 essays and a lecture by the Transcendentalist leader. Later printing, undated, but circa 1978 goinf by the note inside. Hardcover, 14th printing, full bright blue cloth, gilt titling & decoration. Light wear to book, date & gift note on free endsheet; price-clipped jacket shows a little rubbing. Text clean; 343 + 270 pages; b/w frontipiece portrait.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- q1101
- Title
- Essays: First and Second Series
- Author
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395081254
- ISBN 13
- 9780395081259
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Poetry, Spirituality, Character, Transcendentalism
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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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...