Boston: James Munroe, 1841 & 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; somewhat faint dampstain to preliminaries and first 10 pages of the second volume. Near Fine. First Editions of Emerson's two essential collections of essays, each uniformly bound in later 3/4 brown morocco leather and boards with gilt rules, gilt-lettered spines with five raised bands, top edges gilt. Half-title in first volume, second volume bound without advertisements. One of the defining texts of American Transcendentalism. BAL 5189 and BAL 5198; GROLIER AMERICAN 47: "In effect a single book.... Timeless, and without a trace of 'dating'"; MYERSON A10.1.a and A16.1.a-b.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 019803
Title: ESSAYS: with ESSAYS: SECOND SERIES
Author: EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; somewhat faint dampstain to preliminaries and first 10 pages of the second volume. N
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: James Munroe
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1841 & 1844
Keywords: Fine Binding, High Spots, 19th Century American Literature, Gift Ideas, Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th Century Literature, Transcendentalism
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century American Literature; 19th Century Literature; Transcendentalism;

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