Click for full-size.
Essays
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841. First Edition, binding state D (no priority). Original brown ribbed cloth, gilt lettering at spine. On Grolier list of one hundred most influential books, includes his most famous essay, Self-Reliance. Author George Van Santvoord's copy with his bookplate and 1842 ownership signature at front endpaper. Van Santvoord wrote law books including 'Sketches of the Lives and Judical Services of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court (1856). A Good copy, foxing to endpapers, spine end cloth chipped with some loss along spine edges and book corners, modest wave to pages at fore-edge.
Reviews
Review this book and you’ll be entered for a chance to win $50!
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40575
- Title
- Essays
- Author
- EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Munroe and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1841
- Weight
- 0.00
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Biblio.com member since 2020
East Woodstock, Connecticut
Ask Seller a Question
About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Frequently asked questions
Cleaning and repairing leather books
Wondering how to take care of the leather books in your collection? Renowned book care expert Bern Marcowitz explains how and when to clean and repair leather books.
Signed vs. Inscribed
Know what you are getting into when purchasing rare books, and learn the difference between signed books and inscribed books.
