Ralph Waldo Emerson

Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900 (1880s). Reprint. Hardcover. Minor rubbing and wear. Near Fine and with a charming look on the shelf. Ten small (4-1/2" x 6-1/8") volumes bound by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribner's in 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spines, top edges gilt. Though not numbered on the spines, these appear to be from a 12-volume set and includes NATURE, ADDRESS AND LECTURES, ESSAYS I: FIRST SERIES, ESSAYS II: SECOND SERIES,... Read more about this item

Boston & London: E. P. Peabody/John Green, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents with light to moderate foxing; several ink and blindstamp library stamps. Binding Fine. Recently and handsomely bound, without wrappers, in half green morocco leather and marbled boards with morocco corners and gilt-lettered red and brown morocco spine labels. A prototype of the 20th-century little magazine, the DIAL was the most important American literary periodical of the 19th century and one of the scarcest with... Read more about this item

Didier, 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 539 pages, with index. Thèse pour le doctorat ès lettres preséntée par Maurice Gonnaud à la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de l'Université de Paris Trade paperback format, banged up at corners, but interior in very good condition and unmarked. Inscribed by the author and his wife on ffep "Pour Ann et Warner ce livre d'un 'Haverford boy' de l'anee 1951-1952... Read more about this item