London, UK J.M. Dent: Aldine House, 1901. Leather Bound BRACKETS AND MARGINALIA in ink. Else, Very Good: shows mild rubbing to the panels; former owner's name and place inside the front pastedown endpaper; some darkening to the front and rear free endpapers; light wear to the extremities; the red sink ribbon marker is somewhat frayed; the binding leans ever so slightly but remains secure. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and a number of other described flaws. A lovely little reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 24mo. (6.15 x 4.15 x 0.3 inches). 231 pages. Notes. Top Edge Gilt. Crimson Ribbon Marker. Fore-Edge and Bottom Edge Rag-Edged. Decorated Title Page and Frontispiece. Blue Leather Binding with Embossed Owl-Motif at the front panel; gilt titles and designs at the backstrip. The Temple Classics Series. Hardback: Flexible Leatherette.

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From the book:IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and, actually or ideally, we manage to live with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 56414
Title: Representative Men.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Format/Binding: Leather Bound
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J.M. Dent: Aldine House,
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1901.
Bookseller catalogs: Essays; Literature: World; Literary History; English Literature; Belles Lettres; American Literature; Classic American Literature;

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Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Remainder: Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...